Resilient Ohio: Global Vaccine Poem Receives Responses From Around the World Shot, meet stanza: An international poetry project with collaborative roots in Ohio and Arizona is collecting responses from people around the globe who are reflecting on the coronavirus vaccine. May 26, 2021 For Organizations, For the Public, Organizations, Public, Resilient Ohio Dear Vaccine, Global Vaccine Poem, Kent, Kent State University, Poem, Poetry, Portage County, Resilient Ohio, University of Arizona, Wick Poetry Center Read More »
Ohio Artists Take Home Exhibition Honors at 13th Annual OOVAR Juried Show The work of four Ohio artists received awards at the 13th annual Ohio Online Visual Artist Registry (OOVAR) Juried Show, which celebrated its closing reception at the Columbus Metropolitan Library’s Carnegie Gallery on Feb. 29. March 9, 2020 Art, artists, For Artists, For the Public, Public Angie Rucker, Carnegie Gallery, Cleveland, Columbus Metropolitan Library, Cuyahoga County, Donna Coleman, Franklin County, Friends of the Library, Gallipolis, Kent, Kevin Lyles, Linda Hutchinson, Lorain County, Meigs County, OAC, Oberlin, Ohio Online Visual Artist Registry, OOVAR, Portage County, Samantha Bias, Westerville Read More »
Two New Public Art Pieces Come to Kent State University At first glance, the new Percent for Art pieces in Kent State University’s Taylor Hall look like crazy crosswords. Or maybe a supersized Scrabble board. While the artwork itself might not actually be a giant puzzle, artist Shane Allbritton said figuring out how to "communicate communication" required some creative problem-solving. October 16, 2019 Art, For Artists, For the Public, Public Elizabeth Graham, Kent, Kent State University, Letterpress, Mass Communication, Percent for Art, Portage County, Public Art, School of Communication Studies, Shane Allbritton, Speak on It, Thinking Made Visible, Visual Communication Read More »
Ohio Arts Council Board Approves More Than $14.7M in Arts Grants The Ohio Arts Council board has approved 743 grants totaling $14,733,107 to support Ohio artists, organizations, students, educators, and public arts programming during its initial and major state fiscal year 2020 funding round. July 23, 2019 For Artists, For Educators, For Organizations, For the Public, News, Public Allen County, Arts Access, Arts Partnership, ArtsNEXT, ArtSTART, Ashland County, Ashtabula County, Athens County, Auglaize County, Board, Brown County, budget, Butler County, Champaign County, Clark County, Clermont County, Clinton County, Columbiana County, Coschocton County, Crawford County, Cuyahoga County, Darke County, Defiance County, Delaware County, Erie County, Fairfield County, Fayette County, Fiscal year 2020, Franklin County, Gallia County, Geauga County, Grants, Greene County, Guernsey County, Hamilton County, Hancock County, Hardin County, Highland County, Hocking County, Holmes County, Jefferson County, Knox County, Lake County, Licking County, Logan County, Lorain County, Lucas County, Mahoning County, Marion County, Medina County, Meigs County, Mercer County, Miami County, Monroe County, Montgomery County, Muskingum County, Noble County, OAC, Ohio Artists on Tour, Ohio Arts Council, Ottawa County, Perry County, Pickaway County, Portage County, Preble County, Richland County, Ross County, Sandusky County, SASO, Scioto County, Seneca County, Shelby County, Stark County, Summit County, Sustainability, TeachArtsOhio, Traditional Arts Apprenticeships, Trumbull County, Tuscarawas County, Union County, Van Wert County, Vinton County, Warren County, Washington County, Wayne County, Wood County Read More »
Fiber Arts in the Ohio Arts Council's Riffe Gallery The Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery will open its newest exhibition, Thread Count: The Intersection of Mathematics and Fiber Arts, on Thursday, May 2. This exhibition features work by 13 contemporary fiber artists from the state of Ohio. These artists have created work featuring a variety of materials, shapes, and sizes. May 1, 2019 Art, Riffe Gallery art, thread, thread count, Athens, Athens County, Bexley, Bowling Green, Christina Pereyma, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Columbus, Cuyahoga County, Deborah Bewley, Fiber art, Franklin County, Fulton County, Greene County, Hamilton County, Ian Ruffino, Jane Black, Janice Lessman-Moss, Jessica Pinsky, John Lefelhocz, Judy Kahle, Judy Rush, Kent, Mary VanWassenhove, Miami County, Migiwa Orimo, Petra Soesemann, Portage County, riffe gallery, Sandra Palmer Ciolino, Troy, Wauseon, Wood County, Yellow Springs Read More »
Bringing Poetry to the People: Q&A with David Hassler on 10 Years of Traveling Stanzas and the 2019 Arts Day Book How do you make poetry approachable? David Hassler, poet and director of the Wick Poetry Center, reflects on 10 years of Traveling Stanzas with Speak a Powerful Magic, the 2019 Arts Day Book at the Governor’s Awards for the Arts in Ohio luncheon on May 15. April 22, 2019 Art, For the Public, Governor's Awards, Public Arts Day, Governor's Awards, Kent, Kent State University, Ohio Arts Council, Poetry, Portage County, Speak a Powerful Magic, Traveling Stanzas, Wick Poetry Center Read More »