Meet Molly Uline-Olmstead, VSA Ohio’s New Executive Director Molly Uline-Olmstead has trekked across the state to collect artwork for display in government offices, organized thousands of students and their complex research projects for Ohio History Day, and managed an ever-evolving art studio that aimed to give everyone the opportunity to create. Now, Uline-Olmstead is taking over at the helm of VSA Ohio, the state’s organization on arts and disability, and she sat down to talk about all things art and accessibility in this Q&A. September 20, 2019 artists, For Artists, For Educators, For Organizations, For the Public, Organizations, Public Accessibility, Megan Fitze, Molly Uline-Olmstead, Q&A, SASO, Statewide Arts Service Organization, VSA Ohio Read More »
Albert Paley Sculpture Dedicated on University of Cincinnati Campus Albert Paley’s “Progression,” a 44-foot-wide landscape sculpture, has a new home, moving from Midtown Manhattan to a Midwestern campus to settle in front of the University of Cincinnati’s Health Sciences Building. The piece was commissioned as part of Ohio's Percent for Art program, which supports the acquisition, commissioning, and installation of artwork for new or renovated public buildings. August 29, 2019 Art, artists, For Artists, For the Public, Public Albert Paley, Cincinnati, College of Allied Health Sciences, Ginger Warner, Hamilton County, Health Sciences Building, John K. Seibert, Ohio, Ohio Arts Council, Percent for Art, Progression, Sculpture, University of Cincinnati Read More »
Seeing Alice Schille's Watercolors in a New Light The Columbus Museum of Art's exhibition, In a New Light: Alice Schille and the American Watercolor Movement, showcases the Columbus native’s work from her very beginning through her final years on the occasion of her 150th birthday. In honor of Schille's outstanding contributions to Ohio art, we take a look back through the Ohio Arts Council's Riffe Gallery archives to see how these watercolors change the way we view the world around us. August 20, 2019 Art, artists, For Artists, For the Public, Public, Riffe Gallery Alice Schille, Columbus Museum of Art, In a New Light, Ohio Arts Council, Riffe Gallery, Watercolor Read More »
Hicksville Artist Wins People’s Choice Award at Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition Gina Wolfrum, a Hicksville-based decorative artist and muralist, received the People's Choice Award at the 2019 Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition for her Brazilian amethyst-adorned painting, "Amethyst Awakening." August 6, 2019 Art, artists, For Artists, For the Public, News, Public Amethyst Awakening, Defiance County, Gemstones, Gina Wolfrum, Hicksville, Ohio Arts Council, Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Painting, People's Choice Award Read More »
Poetry for People Who Hate Poetry: Column 12 Forget the Pulitzers. Forget the MacArthur “Genius” grant, The New Yorker, and all the other laurels too. In this column, Ohio Poet Laureate Dave Lucas discusses the oral tradition of poetry and how the greatest honor for a poet—and for a poem—is to be known by heart, memorized and recited. August 2, 2019 Art, artists, For the Public, Public Column, Dave Lucas, Ohio Poet Laureate, Poetry, Poetry for People Who Hate Poetry, Poetry Out Loud, POL, Recitation Read More »
15 Ohio Artists Win Awards at 2019 Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition The 2019 Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition features work by 249 artists hailing from 34 Ohio counties. Each year, hundreds of amateur and professional artists from all around Ohio come together at the exhibition, which officially opened with an awards reception on July 23. Meet the artists who were selected for 15 Ohio Arts Council awards. July 26, 2019 Art, artists, For Artists, For the Public, Public A Natural Perspective, Anne Dorrian Lenzotti, Awards, Camille Laret, Catherine Bell Smith, Cuyahoga County, Dana Boggs, Danica Barreau, David Bowers, Delaware County, Fine Arts, Forge Garrabrant, Franklin County, Gallia County, Joel Yeager, Jose Luis Quinones, Julie Woodrow, Kristi Kloss, Licking County, Lily Elison, Lisa Vottero, Madison County, Muskingum County, Ohio Arts Council, Ohio State Fair, Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Quintin Gleim, Tracy Greenwalt, Union County Read More »