Growing Pains

July 27 – October 15, 2006

Growing Pains features artwork by Ohio artists working in a wide range of media and exploring the many experiences in life’s journey—from family dynamics to that place we call home.

“There is no guidebook, no way to plan, and no absolute path. Childhood, adolescence, career, marriage, children, aging—it’s anyone’s guess what is the best way to navigate these universals,” said curator Bellamy Printz. “In this exhibition, we explore the voyage from infancy onward: growing up, parenting, and growing old. The viewer is invited to dig below the surface, to remember, or consider a different time, different life choices.”

As the experiences that frame us are varied so are the ways in which artists can explore these themes. Growing Pains includes sculpture, ceramics, painting, printmaking, photography, mixed-media and installation works.

Curated by Bellamy Printz, Growing Pains includes work by the following artists: Michael Arrigo (Toledo), Benjy Davies (Albany), Marcella Hackbardt (Mount Vernon), Brooke Inman (Cleveland), Liz Maugans (Bay Village), Bridget Murphy Milligan (West Salem), Robert “Boomer” Moore (New Marshfield), Migiwa Orimo (Yellow Springs), Nathaniel Parsons (Cleveland Heights), Christina Pereyma (Troy), Eliana Saari (Gahanna), Lynn Whitney (Waterville), Paige Williams (Cincinnati) and Janis Mars Wunderlich (Columbus).

The Riffe Gallery is supported by Ohio Building Authority. Media sponsors for this exhibition include Alive, CityScene, Ohio Magazine and Time Warner.

View the press release for Growing Pains.

Tour some of the works that will be on display!

There are 14 images contained within this archive that are intended for personal/educational use only. These images are protected by a photographic copyright that belongs to the Ohio Arts Council. They, therefore, are not in the public domain. Please contact the Ohio Arts Council directly if you wish to inquire about obtaining reproduction permission.

Michael Arrigo Mme. Penny and The Three Great Incommensurables oil, acrylic, fiberglass and asphaltum on panel 2004 38" X 51"	Eliana Calle-Saari Mami woodcut print on paper 12” x 12”	Benjy Davies Primitive Creature stone and aluminum plate lithography, six colors 2000 paper: 7.5” x 7.5” image: 6” x 6” framed: 12” x 12”
Marcella Hackardt Elijah Brown, Carole Dance Studio digital chromogenic print 2005 23” x 26	Brooke Inman State Proofs Of My Life #11 intaglio, 2005 approx 15” X” 19 framed	Liz Maugans Her Beautiful Future etching with chine collè 2005, 18” X 21 1⁄2”
Bridget Murphy Milligan Swing Tree mixed media, photo emulsion, oil paint fall 2002 46" X 32"	Robert “Boomer” Moore Pump’R & Feed’R assembled wheel-thrown stoneware parts, multiple glaze, copper, tubing, rubber 2003 26 x 15 x 29”	Migiwa Orimo MRI/15:52 (Tracing And Mapping) oil on 12 canvases 2002 96” X 72”
Nathaniel Parsons As The River Grows foam steel, river clay and wood 2006 10' x 10' x 3"	Christina Pereyma Mother And Daughter Veiled color print 2003 28” x 19	Lynn Whitney Maine gelatin silver print 2002 26" X 30 1/4"
Paige Williams Gentle Disregard latex on paper 2004 38” X 51”	Janis Mars Wunderlich Laundry Monkeys 2005. 18 x8 x 6"

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