Exploring Plein Air Painting in Creating Identity from Place Riffe Gallery Marketing and Exhibitions Fellow Alexa Demyan explores plein air painting through the gallery's current exhibition, Creating Identity from Place. September 4, 2018 Art, For Artists, For the Public, Public, Riffe Gallery Ann Ferguson Kah, Cody Heichel, Creating Identity from Place, Doreen St. John, Ohio Arts Council, Painting, Plein Air, Riffe Gallery Read More »
To the Beat of Her Own Drum: OAC Heritage Fellowship Recipient Linda Thomas Jones Makes Music Meaningful Considered one of the founding mothers of female African drumming in the United States, Linda Thomas Jones—called Mama Fasi by her students—is a recipient of a 2017 Heritage Fellowship Award from the Ohio Arts Council. August 29, 2018 Art, artists, For Artists, For the Public, Public African drumming, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Drum Woman Productions, drumming, Fasi's Cultural Experience, Heritage Fellowship Awards, Iyanifa Fasi Irunsewe, Linda Thomas Jones, Mama Fasi, Ohio Arts Council Read More »
Governor's Awards 2018: Dr. Ricardo Averbach, Individual Artist Award Winner Celebrating his 16th year as director of orchestral studies at Miami University, Brazilian conductor Ricardo Averbach has also served as president of the College Orchestra Directors Association and guest conductor of orchestras all over the world. August 23, 2018 Art, artists, For Artists, For the Public, Governor's Awards, Public Butler County, College Orchestra Directors Association, conductor, Governor's Awards, Individual Artist, Miami University, OAC, Ohio Arts Council, orchestra, Oxford, Ricardo Averbach Read More »
Governor's Awards 2018: Dr. David Poe Mitzel, Community Development & Participation Award Winner An Ohio native, David Mitzel founded Appalachian Hills of Ohio Territory, the Zanesville Prize for Contemporary Ceramics, the All Ohio Contemporary Ceramics Competition and Show, and the Arts Council of Muskingum County. August 23, 2018 artists, For Organizations, For the Public, Governor's Awards, Public Ceramics, Appalachian Hills of Ohio Territory, Community Development & Participation, David Poe Mitzel, Governor's Awards, Muskingum County, OAC, Ohio Arts Council, Zanesville, Zanesville Prize Read More »
Governor's Awards 2018: Sierra Leone, Community Development & Participation Award Winner Writer Sierra Leone is the president and artistic director of OFP Theatre Company, co-founded with her husband Robert Owens, Sr. For more than a decade, Ohio has benefitted from Sierra's vision of creative urban arts as a powerful artistic medium to bring communities together across racial, cultural, ideological, and economic divides. August 23, 2018 Art, artists, For Artists, For Organizations, For the Public, Governor's Awards, Public Community Development and Participation, Dayton, Governor's Awards, I am moon power, Montgomery County, OAC, OFP Theatre Company, Ohio Arts Council, Poetic Medley Show, Poetry, Sierra Leone, The Signature Read More »
Governor's Awards 2018: Heartland Bank, Small Business Support of the Arts Award Winner Heartland Bank has been Central Ohio’s community bank since 1911. Experts in commercial real estate, property development, and small to medium business finance, Heartland is proud to support the entrepreneurial spirit for those that live, work, and play in the communities they serve. August 23, 2018 Art, For Organizations, For the Public, Governor's Awards, Organizations, Public Business Support of the Arts, Franklin County, Gahanna, Governor's Awards, Heartland Bank, OAC, Ohio Arts Council, Ohio Channel, Scott McComb Read More »