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The Ohio Arts Council's Riffe Gallery Presents Flashback to Now: OAC Support for Individual Artists

An exhibition that combines past with present, Flashback to Now highlights 15 of the Ohio Arts Council's (OAC) earliest individual artist grant recipients of the 1980s. Artworks created at the time of their first grant(s) will be presented alongside current pieces. Curated by Ann Bremner, Flashback to Now: OAC Support for Individual Artists will be on display July 23–October 18 at the OAC's Riffe Gallery.

Exhibiting artists: Dorothy Gill Barnes (Worthington), Mary Jo Bole (Columbus), Nancy Crow (Baltimore), Jack Earl (Lakeview), Maureen France (Cincinnati), Henry Halem (Kent), Frank Herrmann (Cincinnati), Janice Lessman-Moss (Kent), Charles Massey, Jr. (Columbus), Paul O'Keeffe (Cleveland Heights), Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson (Columbus), Gregory Spaid (Gambier), Brinsley Tyrrell (Ravenna), Garie Waltzer (Cleveland Heights), and Walter Zurko (Wooster).

All Flashback to Now exhibition events are free and open to the public.

Opening Reception
Thursday, July 23, 5-7 p.m.

Join us for the public opening and meet-and-greet with the curator and the exhibiting artists.

Curator's Tour
Thursday, September 10, 6-7 p.m.

Discover the process behind the exhibition. Curator Ann Bremner leads a guided tour through the gallery.

Wandering and Writing: The Idea of Place in a Gallery
Thursday, September 17, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

How do we find our place in a gallery, responding to the works that most compel us to write? Ohio poet Terry Hermsen has years of experience guiding both students and adults through galleries around the state. Explore fresh techniques for "entering a work of art" using poetry or prose from his book Poetry of Place (NCTE 2009). Registration opens July 23. Secure your spot here.

Free Family Workshop with Artist Leah Wong
Sunday, October 11, 2-4 p.m.

Let's collaborate! Artist Leah Wong will guide families through a combination of basic calligraphic brush and scissor cut techniques. The resulting paper cutouts will be used to construct a collaborative installation on view within the Riffe Gallery through the close of the exhibition. All children must be accompanied by a registered adult. This workshop is geared toward children age 6–17. Registration opens August 14. Space is limited, secure your spot here.

Flashback to Now is produced by the OAC's Riffe Gallery with support from the OAC's Individual Artist Grants and Services Program. Educational offerings are sponsored by the OAC's Arts Learning program. Media support is provided by CD102.5, CityScene, Ohio Channel, WOSU, Ohio Magazine, and WCBE 90.5 FM.

About the Riffe Gallery:
The Ohio Arts Council's Riffe Gallery showcases the work of Ohio's artists and the collections of the state's museums and galleries. The Riffe Gallery is located in the Vern Riffe Center for Government and the Arts, across from the Statehouse on High Street in Downtown Columbus.

GillBarnes 
Bole
Crow

Dorothy Gill Barnes
Cherry Blocks and Glass, 2013
Glass by Nate Ricciuto
Cherry wood with glass
15" x 16" x 8"

Mary Jo Bole
Cleveland River/Factory Scene, 1983
Glazed ceramic
24" x 24" x 8"
Collection of William Busta and Joan Tomkins

Nancy Crow
Riff #2, 2012-14
Hand-dyed cotton, freehand-cut and machine-pieced improvisationally by Nancy Crow
77" x 68 1/2"

Earl
France
 Halem

Jack Earl 
Where Are You Going, Bill (detail), 2013
Ceramic, canvas
16" x 12 1/2" x 6 3/4"
Courtesy of Sherrie Gallerie

Maureen France
Ostriches, 1988
Gelatin silver print
16" x 20"

Henry Halem
Iraq Memorial, 2010–12
Glass and mixed media
45" x 33"



Herrmann
Lessman-Moss
Robinson
Frank Herrmann
Yuba, 1984
Acrylic on canvas
58" x 48"

Janice Lessman-Moss
Twilight Track (#184), 1989
Linen, cotton, wooden rods, acrylic paint, handwoven
74" x 49"

Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson
The Storyteller: In Honor of My Uncle Alvin Frederick Zimmerman, 1989
Acrylic, cloth, thread
37 1/2" x 57"
Courtesy of Hammond Harkins Galleries

Spaid
 Tyrrell
Waltzer
Gregory Spaid
Coloring #20, 1982
Toned and hand-colored silver print
20" x 16"
Brinsley Tyrrell
Winter with the Sparrow Bush, 2011
Glass enamel on steel
36" x 48"
Garie Waltzer
Amritsar/ Fair + Fixed Price Shop, 2011/2012
Carbon pigmented inks on rag paper
22" x 22"
Zurko    
Walter Zurko
Dueling Thumb Peaks, 2015
Oriented Strand Board (OSB)
47" x 43" x 10"