Artists Selected for Ohio Arts Council Residency Opportunity in Provincetown
by Jami Goldstein

Visual artist Paul Emory of Zanesville and writer Patricia Houston of Cincinnati have been selected for residencies at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts, June 1 through August 31, 2005. Each year, this unique opportunity is open to creative writing, visual arts and photography fellowship recipients in the Ohio Arts Council’s Individual Creativity program.

Paul Emory is a painter who has had exhibitions in Ohio, West Virginia and New York. He was the recipient of the Ohio Arts Council’s Individual Artist Fellowship in 1991 and 2001 and earned awards at the Butler Institute of American Art, the Ohio Governor’s Residence Art Invitational, Canton Art Institute, Ward-Nasse Gallery in New York and Kent State University. Emory holds a B.F.A. from the Ringling School of Art & Design, Florida and a M.F.A. from Ohio University.

While in Provincetown, Emory will use the environment to experiment with new approaches to working with other materials. He will explore landscape painting, using the element of light to create new pieces as well as find inspiration in the artist workshops and readings.

Patricia Houston teaches at the University of Cincinnati, Clermont College and the College of Applied Science. Houston received an Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship in 2002. She has a B.A. in Elementary Education and a M.A. in Education, both from Northern Kentucky University.

Houston looks forward to the reflection and nurturance that will be provided in Provincetown, as well as the opportunity to work in an environment that supports and energizes her writing. She expects to spend her residency forming new ideas for her writing project.

The Ohio Arts Council’s Individual Artist Residency Program was established in 1989 to give artists opportunities to develop new work and ideas in a creative atmosphere. In a field where time to work often is more valuable than money, residencies nourish and enrich the creative lives and careers of Ohio’s artists. Connections between artists, audiences and professionals from other fields are made through public programs, special events, communal dinners, salons and informal discussions.

The Fine Arts Work Center was founded in 1968 by a group of eminent artists and writers. It is an internationally known art center and the oldest continuous art colony in North America. The Center has offered studio space to artists since 1914 and has hosted many well known American artists, writers and poets.

The Ohio Arts Council is a state agency that funds and supports quality arts experiences to strengthen Ohio communities culturally, educationally and economically.

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