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The Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery Hosts HERE and Beyond: Ohio Art League’s 100th Anniversary Exhibition
by Jaclyn Reynolds
 The Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery will present HERE and Beyond: Ohio Art League’s 100th Anniversary Exhibition from July 30 – October 25, 2009. Curated by Margo A. Crutchfield, senior curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, this exhibition employs an array of media including painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing, fabric and quilt works, installation and photography. The 16 artists in this exhibition deal with the concept of HERE, not only the notion of locale and origination, but that sense of immediacy of place and time fused with reaching for the beyond.
“The art in this exhibition represents a broad range of media and a diversity of aesthetic directions,” said Curator Margo A. Crutchfield. “While some of the artists work within traditional practices such as still life painting, drawing, or portraiture, others engage with abstraction, installation art, unusual printmaking processes, or current directions in reconsidering still life and landscape painting traditions.”
Join the Riffe Gallery for the opening of HERE and Beyond: Ohio Art League’s 100th Anniversary Exhibition on July 30 from 5 – 8 p.m. Curator Margo A. Crutchfield will lead a tour of the exhibition on July 31 from noon – 1 p.m. Artists in the show include: Sandra Aska, Columbus; Carol Boram-Hays, Columbus; Denise Buckley, Richmond Heights; Mary Fahy, Columbus; Sarah E. Fairchild, Columbus; Matthew Friday, Athens; Curtis W.M. Goldstein, Columbus; Nicholas Hill, Granville; Morris Jackson, Columbus; Ardine Nelson, Columbus; Brent Payne, Oxford; Stephanie Sypsa, Columbus; Alicia Jean Vanderelli, Columbus; Barbara Vogel, Columbus; Melissa Vogley-Woods, Columbus; Tom Ward, Columbus.
The Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery will also hold a Family Day Workshop Sunday, September 27, 2009 from 2 – 4 p.m. HERE and Beyond artist Sarah E. Fairchild will help children age 6 – 17 work with common objects such as weeds and flowers, and make them come to life through use of fluorescent color. Registration is required as space is limited and all children must be accompanied by a registered adult. Registration begins July 30 and ends August 15, 2009 online at www.riffegallery.org.
The Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery is located in the Vern Riffe Center for Government and the Arts, 77 S. High St., Columbus, OH. Admission is free. Gallery hours are Tuesday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Thursday, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, noon-4 p.m. Closed Mondays, Friday, July 3 and Saturday, July 4, 2009. Visit www.riffegallery.org or phone 614/644-9624 for more information.
Free group tours are available Wednesday through Friday throughout the run of each exhibition. To schedule a group tour contact Riffe Gallery Director Mary Gray atmary.gray@oac.state.oh.us or 614/728-2239.
The Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery, founded in 1989, showcases the work of Ohio’s artists and curators, exhibitions produced by the Ohio Arts Council’s International Program and the collections of the region’s museums and galleries. The Riffe Gallery’s Education Program seeks to increase public appreciation and understanding of those exhibitions. Admission is free. For information, call the Riffe Gallery at 614/644-9624.
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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