Poetry for People Who Hate Poetry: Column 15 Say our lives depended on describing a cathedral, or Picasso’s Guernica, or the color blue. Where could we even begin? In this column, Ohio Poet Laureate Dave Lucas explains the origins of exphrasis (the Greek word for "telling out") and then explores how this concept fits into our modern world—emojis and all. November 13, 2019 Art, artists, For the Public, Public Dave Lucas, Ohio Arts Council, Ohio Poet Laureate, Poetry Read More »
New Statewide Teaching Artist Roster Launches A new online tool that helps connect communities with well-qualified Ohio teaching artists is now available on the Ohio Arts Council's website. October 24, 2019 Art, artists, Arts Ed, Educators, For Artists, For Educators, For the Public, News, Public Arts education, Arts educators, Center for Arts-Inspired Learning, Ohio, Ohio Alliance for Arts Education, OhioDance, Roster, TeachArtsOhio, Teaching artists, VSA Ohio Read More »
Ohio State Celebrates Dedication of Roy Lichtenstein Modern Head Sculpture There's a new face on Ohio State's campus, and it's 31 feet tall and made of brushed stainless steel. Funded in part by the Ohio Percent for Art Program, Modern Head, a sculpture by OSU alumnus Roy Lichtenstein, was dedicated at the university during a ceremony that welcomed the new public art piece to campus and celebrated Lichtenstein's connection to his alma mater. September 24, 2019 Art, artists, For Artists, For the Public, Public Carmen Winant, Columbus, Donna S. Collins, Franklin County, Jack Cowart, Jody Patterson, Michael V. Drake, Modern Head, Ohio Arts Council, Ohio State, Percent for Art, Roy Lichtenstein, Roy Lichtenstein Foundation Read More »
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 »