A Fantasia of Fiber Arts: Quilt National ’21 Showcases the Best of Contemporary Quilts "Each of the quilts has a story to tell. As your eyes work around the complexities of their surfaces and compositions, you can lose yourself in the world the artists have created." In this blog post, OAC Riffe Gallery Marketing and Exhibitions Fellow Aimee Wissman reflects on the Riffe Gallery's "Quilt National '21" exhibition, on view through April 8, 2022. February 24, 2022 Art, artists, For the Public, Riffe Gallery fiber art, ohio artists, quilt, quilt national 21 Read More »
Build It Puts Art at the Heart of Community "The artists of Build It: Artists Creating Community in Ohio have reminded me that artists are not islands, and that some of our most meaningful work is made in relationship to the people, places, and systems that surround us." In this blog post, OAC Riffe Gallery Marketing and Exhibitions Fellow Aimee Wissman reflects on "Build It," on view through April 10, 2021. February 16, 2021 Art, artists, For Artists, Public, Riffe Gallery Artist Leaders, Artists Give Back, Build It, Community, Ohio artists, Riffe Gallery Read More »
Ohio Arts Council Board Approves More Than $12.5M in Arts Grants The Ohio Arts Council board approved $12,500,446 in grants to support Ohio artists, arts and cultural organizations, students, educators, and public arts programming when it met virtually on July 22 for its summer board meeting. August 4, 2020 Art, For Artists, For Educators, For Organizations, For the Public, Invest, News, Organizations, Public Artist programs, Arts Access, arts learning, Arts Midwest, Arts Partnership, ArtsNEXT, ArtSTART, coronavirus, COVID-19, funding, FY 2021, grants, individual artists, National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, Ohio artists, Ohio Arts Council, Operating support, Project support, SASO, Sustainability, TeachArtsOhio, Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Read More »
Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery Opens Women to Watch Ohio - 2018 through July 7 Women to Watch Ohio - 2018, on view at the Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery, was organized in partnership with the Ohio Advisory Group of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. This exhibition, curated by Ann Bremner and Matt Distel, features 10 Ohio women artists who work in metal. May 24, 2018 Art, artists, Engage, For Artists, For Educators, For the Public, Riffe Gallery Metal, Ohio Artists, Women Artists, Women to Watch, Bowling Green, Butler County, Carmel Buckley, Carol Boram-Hays, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Cuyahoga County, Franklin County, Hamilton, Hamilton County, Kelly Malec-Kosak, Leila Khoury, Llewelynn Fletcher, Marissa Saneholtz, Mary Jo Bole, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Ohio Advisory Group, Olga Ziemska, Oxford, Riffe Gallery, Susan R. Ewing, Tracy Featherstone, Wood County Read More »
2nd Biennial Highlights Artists from Across the State Ohio Arts Council's Riffe Gallery's 2017 Biennial Juried Exhibition on view through January 6, 2018 features 59 artists from across the state. November 21, 2017 Art, For Artists, For the Public, Public, Riffe Gallery 2017 Biennial Juried Exhibition, OAC Riffe Gallery, Ohio artists Read More »
Dresden Residency Part II: Ohio Artists in Germany In the second part of our series on the Residency Exchange, we collect the thoughts of our Ohio artists abroad, Ron Abram and Christi Birchfield. November 6, 2015 artists Christi Birchfield, Dresden Residency Exchange, Grafikwerkstatt, INK House, ohio artists, ohio arts council, printmakers, printmaking, Ron Abram, zygote press Read More »