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Past Exhibitions

2015

King
Griffith Tyrrell
 

A Century of Ohio Watercolor
January 29–April 15, 2015

All Play, No Work
May 7–July 5, 2015

Flashback to Now: OAC Support For Individual Artists
July 23–October 18, 2015

 

2014

Atherton
Roese

Quilt National 2013
January 31–April 14, 2014

Impressive Impressions:
Selections from Ohio University's Kennedy Museum of Art Print Collection

May 1–July 13, 2014

Sky High
July 31–October 19, 2014

The Urban Landscape: A Tale of Grandeur and Abandonment
November 6 2014–January 11, 2015

2013

 

Ohio Art League Curated Exhibition
January 31–April 14, 2013

Photography's Back to the Future
May 2–July 7 , 2013

 

Poetics of Pattern
July 25–October 6, 2013

 

The Modern Table:
Ohio Furniture Designers

November 7, 2013–January 12, 2014

 

 

2012

Image of painting by Robert Chadeayne
Image of painting by Ray Hassard

100 Years of Art: Celebrating Columbus' Legacy
January 26–April 15, 2012

 

 

Let's Get Digital
May 3–July 8, 2012

Outside In Ohio: A Century of Unexpected Genius
July 26–October 14, 2012

Watercolor Ohio 2012
November 1, 2012–January 13, 2013

2011

Image of portrait by Arthur Wang
Image of quilt by Barbara Lind
Image of painting by Ray Hassard
Image of painting by Ed Valentine

Here's Looking at You: Portraits in Ohio
January 27–April 17, 2011

In the Riffe Center Lobby, Heralding Spring,
February 1–March 15, 2011

Happiness: Quilted Expressions
May 5–July 14, 2011

In the Riffe Center Lobby, VSA Accessible Expressions Ohio,
June 2011

Natural Light: Paintings by Ohio Plein Air Society
July 28–October 16, 2011

Artful Teaching: Work by College and University Painting Faculty
November 3, 2011–January 8, 2012

 

2010

Image of print by Jana Morgenstern, Dresden, 2006, oil on paper, 27 1/2 x 19 1/2 Image of neon sign art by Jeffry Chiplis image of sculpture "Laundry Monkeys" by Janis Mars Wunderlich Judy Rush, Silence, 2008

Sawdust and Spectacle: Under the Big Top in Small Town America
February 4 – April 21, 2010

In the Riffe Center Lobby, Collective Ink,
March 5-31, 2010

The I of the TEXT
May 6 – July 11, 2010

In the Riffe Center Lobby, VSA Accessible Expressions Ohio,
May 25- June 30, 2010

painting of butterfly.

Deep Space: Ohio Photographers
July 29 – October 17, 2010

In the Riffe Center Lobby, Westbridge Camera Club Juried Exhibition, September 15- October 15, 2010

Against the Grain: Modernism in the Midwest
November 4, 2010 – January 9, 2011

 

2009

Image of an untitled print by Jana Morgenstern, Dresden, 2006, oil on paper, 27 1/2 x 19 1/2 image of a painting by Aka Pereyma titled White Swans from the Ukrainian Folk Song Series, 2006, 30 x 38 Sarah E. Fairchild, Field Corn, 2008, fluorescent, metallic acrylic paint on paper, 45 x 60 Judy Rush, Silence, 2008

Visual Dialogues
January 29 – April 12, 2009

New Narratives: Paintings by Ohio Artists
May 7 – July 12, 2009

HERE and Beyond: Ohio Art League's 100th Anniversary Exhibition
July 30 – October 25, 2009

Quilt National '09
November 12, 2009 – January 17, 2010

 

2008

rotating graphic of four images from Connections II: Ohio Artists Abroad Picture of Charles Kleibacker Design Painting by Otto Bacher titled Mary Holland Bacher Painting by Elise Newman titled A Day in May (detail)

Connections II: Ohio Artists Abroad
January 24 – April 6, 2008

Kleibacker: New York Designer to Ohio Curator
May 8 – July 6, 2008

Midwestern Visions of Impressionism: 1890-1930
July 31 – October 18, 2008

The Ohio Watercolor Society: 31st Annual Juried Exhibition
November 6, 2008 – January 11, 2009

 
2007
Image of Japanese Treaveling Shrine image of art quilt twisted jupiter by janet wildman image of photograph by Dennis Savage Image of painting by Douglas Unger, it is one of eight from his Writers Series.
Far, Near, Here: Selections from the Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art
January 25 – April 15, 2006
Give and Take: Education and the Quiltmaker
May 3 - July 8, 2007
Celebration of Creativity: OAC Fellowships 1980-2005
July 26 – October 7, 2007
New Horizons: Rewards of Time and Place
November 8, 2007 – January 6, 2008

 
2006
Lascaux Cave Wall image of sculpture "Laundry Monkeys" by Janis Mars Wunderlich image of period dress

Quilt National '05
January 26 – April 16, 2006

Also on view Dreams and Hopes  

 

Altered States
May 11 – July 9, 2006

Growing Pains
July 27 – October 15, 2006

In the Riffe Center Lobby, Growing Season: the Life of a Migrant Community, September 19 - October 25, 2006

Detail of Gary Harwood's photograph Ancient Art, which shows migrant workers in a field at dawn.

Fashion on the Ohio Frontier: 1790-1840
November 9, 2006 – January 13, 2007

 

2005

Smith Wings Art Made_In_Ohio Art Educators/Educated: Jewelry & Metals in Ohio
Breaking With Tradition: Ohio Women Painters, 1870 - 1950
November 3, 2005 -
January 8, 2006
Made In Ohio/Diverse Sources
July 28 -
October 16, 2005
Land of Latitudes: Contemporary Art From Chile
May 12 - July 10, 2005
Design For The American Stage: Treasures From The Ohio State University's Lawrence And Lee Theatre Research Institute
February 10 -
April 17, 2005

2004

Educators/Educated: Jewelry & Metals in Ohio Cabello • La Rumba Clairan Ferrono Chicago, Illinois Self Portrait II: A Daughter's Eyes Commercial synthetics, painted, embellished with buttons 31”x26”
Educators/Educated: Jewelry & Metals in Ohio
November 18, 2004 -
January 23, 2005
Cuba Oriente: Contemporary Painting From Eastern Cuba
September 22 - October 31, 2004
The Quilted Surface II: International Contemporary Art Quilts by Quilt Surface Design Symposium Participants
May 6 - July 18, 2004
A Carnival of Animals: Beasts Birds and Bugs in Original Illustrations from Children's Books
January 29 - April 18, 2004

2003

The Method & the Matrix: Contemporary Printmaking in Ohio
November 6, 2003 - January 4, 2004
Imagining Flight: Explorations By Dayton Artists
July 24 - October 19, 2003
The View From Here: Recent Pictures From Central Europe and the American Midwest
May 22 - July 6, 2003
The State of the Arts: A Celebration of Ohio's Rich Artistic Heritage
March 3 - May 4, 2003

2002
The Alliance of Art and Industry: Toledo Designs for a Modern America Connections: Ohio Artists Abroad Shared Inspiration: Work by Artists in Education
Quilt National '01
November 7, 2002 - February 9, 2003
The Alliance of Art and Industry: Toledo Designs for a Modern America
August 8 - October 19, 2002
Connections: Ohio Artists Abroad
April 25 - July 7, 2002
Shared Inspiration: Work by Artists in Education
January 24 - April 17, 2002
2001
Coming of Age: Ohio Arts Council Fellowship Recipients Paper Routes 2000 Made by Loving Hands: Amish Children's Clothing, Toys and Quilts Aspirations: Toward a Future in the Middle East
Coming of Age: Ohio Arts Council Fellowship Recipients
October 25 - January 6, 2002
Paper Routes 2000
August 9 - October 7, 2001
Made by Loving Hands: Amish Children's Clothing, Toys and Quilts
April 26 - July 8, 2001
Aspirations: Toward a Future in the Middle East
January 25 - April 8, 2001
2000
Quilt National '99 Czech Scenic and Costume Design 1920 - 1999 William Hawkins: Drawings in Context
Quilt National '99
November 2, 2000 - January 7, 2001
Czech Scenic and Costume Design 1920 - 1999
July 27 - October 15, 2000
Reality and Interpretation: 20th Century Clothing and Illustration
April 26 - July 9, 2000
William Hawkins: Drawings in Context
January 27 - April 1, 2000
1999
Transcending Traditions: Ohio Artists in Clay & Fiber Common Ground: Contemporary Landscapes from Israel and Ohio Brush With Light: Watercolor Painters of Northeast Ohio Quilt National '97
Transcending Traditions: Ohio Artists in Clay & Fiber
November 4, 1999 - January 8, 2000
Common Ground: Contemporary Landscapes from Israel and Ohio
July 29 - October 16, 1999
Brush With Light: Watercolor Painters of Northeast Ohio
April 23 - July 10, 1999
Quilt National '97
January 21 - April 3, 1999
1998
Change of Place: Ohio Arts Council Artist Residencies Masterworks by 20th Century African American Artists Back to Reality, More and Less: Contemporary Ohio Landscape Ohio Perspectives: Reflections in Glass
Change of Place: Ohio Arts Council Artist Residencies
January 29 - April 1, 1998
Masterworks by 20th Century African American Artists
April 6 - June 13, 1998
Back to Reality, More and Less: Contemporary Ohio Landscape
July 30 - October 17, 1998
Ohio Perspectives: Reflections in Glass
November 5 1998 - January 9, 1999
1997
Mexico Now: Point of Departure Patterns of Meaning: Croation Folk Life Tradition Yet We Still Rise: African American Art in Cleveland and Columbus 1920 - 1970 Once Upon A Page: Children's Book Illustrations from the Mazza Collection
Mexico Now: Point of Departure
January 25, - April 5, 1997
Patterns of Meaning: Croation Folk Life Tradition
April 24 - July 12, 1997
Yet We Still Rise: African American Art in Cleveland and Columbus 1920 - 1970
July 31 - October 18, 1997
Once Upon A Page: Children's Book Illustrations from the Mazza Collection
November 8, 1997 - January 10, 1998
1996
In Their Own Time: The Art of Carl McKenzie and Adam Brandau The Spirit of Cleveland: Visual Arts Recipients of the Cleveland Arts Prize 1961 - 1995 Age of Optimism: Ohio Builds a Statehouse Quilt National '95
In Their Own Time: The Art of Carl McKenzie and Adam Brandau
February 1, - April 20, 1996
The Spirit of Cleveland: Visual Arts Recipients of the Cleveland Arts Prize 1961 - 1995
May 9 - July 27, 1996
Age of Optimism: Ohio Builds a Statehouse
August 15 - October 26, 1996
Quilt National '95
November 7 1996 - January 4, 1997
1995
Leadership Arts of West Africa Midwest Realities: Regional Painting 1920 - 1950 In Person: Friends & Others Grace & Gravity: Work by 11 Japanese Artists
Leadership Arts of West Africa
January 26 - March 25, 1995
Midwest Realities: Regional Painting 1920 - 1950
April 13 - June 17, 1995
In Person: Friends & Others
June 29 - August 26, 1995
Grace & Gravity: Work by 11 Japanese Artists
September 14, 1995 - January 6, 1996

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