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Past Exhibitions
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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
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Happiness: Quilted Expressions
May 5–July 14, 2011
In the Riffe Center Lobby, VSA Accessible Expressions Ohio,
June 2011
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Natural Light: Paintings by Ohio Plein Air Society
July 28–October 16, 2011
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Artful Teaching: Work by College and University Painting Faculty
November 3, 2011–January 8, 2012
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2010
![Image of print by Jana Morgenstern, Dresden, 2006, oil on paper, 27 1/2 x 19 1/2](exhibitions/2010/Sawdust/BehindtheTentsWEB.jpg) |
![Image of neon sign art by Jeffry Chiplis](exhibitions/2010/IofText/Chiplis_Real RAP.jpg) |
![image of sculpture "Laundry Monkeys" by Janis Mars Wunderlich](exhibitions/2010/DeepSpace/DeepSpacelogo.jpg) |
![Judy Rush, Silence, 2008](exhibitions/2010/ATG/sommer-blue-dairy-cart.jpg) |
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
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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.](exhibitions/2010/VSA/Y_Curtiss_Happy Butterfly.JPG) |
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 |
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2009
2008
2007
2006
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![Lascaux Cave Wall](exhibitions/2006/Altered_States/andersen_lead.jpg) |
![image of sculpture "Laundry Monkeys" by Janis Mars Wunderlich](exhibitions/2006/Growing_Pains/Wunderlich_lead.jpg) |
![image of period dress](exhibitions/2006/Fashion_Frontier/FOFteaser.jpg) |
Quilt National '05
January 26 April 16, 2006
Also on view Dreams and Hopes
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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.](exhibitions/2006/Growing_Season/ancient_art_lead.jpg) |
Fashion on the Ohio Frontier: 1790-1840
November 9, 2006 January 13, 2007 |
2005
![Smith Wings Art](exhibitions/2005/Breaking_With_Tradition/Smith_Wings_sm.jpg) |
![Made_In_Ohio Art](exhibitions/2005/Made_In_Ohio/beery_sm.jpg) |
![](exhibitions/2005/Land_Of_Latitudes/chile_sm.jpg) |
![Educators/Educated: Jewelry & Metals in Ohio](exhibitions/2005/American_Stage/Jones_sm.jpg) |
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](exhibitions/2004/EducatorsEducated/Wood_sm.jpg) |
![Cabello La Rumba](exhibitions/2004/CubaOriente/Cuba_Images_Web/Cabello_La_Rumba_sm.jpg) |
![Clairan Ferrono Chicago, Illinois Self Portrait II: A Daughter's Eyes Commercial synthetics, painted, embellished with buttons 31x26](exhibitions/2004/QuiltedSurface/Ferrono_sm.jpg) |
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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
![](exhibitions/2003/matrix/Vito_thumb.jpg) |
![](Exhibition_Images/Imagining_Flight/Icarus2-s.jpg) |
![](Exhibition_Images/View_From_Here/PinneyWshgtnPrkPol-smaller.jpg) |
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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
![](exhibitions/2002/quilt01/allen-s.jpg) |
![The Alliance of Art and Industry: Toledo Designs for a Modern America](exhibitions/2002/toledodesigns/atomizerdropper-1927low-s.jpg) |
![Connections: Ohio Artists Abroad](exhibitions/2002/connections/bole-s.jpg) |
![Shared Inspiration: Work by Artists in Education](exhibitions/2002/Shared%20Inspiration/img0001-s.jpg) |
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](exhibitions/2001/Coming_of_Age/barnes-s.jpg) |
![Paper Routes 2000](exhibitions/2001/Paper/teaserpr00.jpg) |
![Made by Loving Hands: Amish Children's Clothing, Toys and Quilts](exhibitions/2001/Amish/23teaser.jpg) |
![Aspirations: Toward a Future in the Middle East](exhibitions/2001/Aspirations/11teaser.jpg) |
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](exhibitions/2000/quilt99/35teaser.jpg) |
![Czech Scenic and Costume Design 1920 - 1999](exhibitions/2000/czechscenic/minijosefsv4.jpg) |
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![William Hawkins: Drawings in Context](exhibitions/2000/hawkins/stlain_th.jpg) |
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](exhibitions/1999/clay/rigid-s.jpg) |
![Common Ground: Contemporary Landscapes from Israel and Ohio](exhibitions/1999/common/hunter-s.jpg) |
![Brush With Light: Watercolor Painters of Northeast Ohio](exhibitions/1999/brush/saturday-s.jpg) |
![Quilt National '97](exhibitions/1999/qn97/tea-s.jpg) |
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](exhibitions/1998/change/mini.jpg) |
![Masterworks by 20th Century African American Artists](exhibitions/1998/masterwk/mini.jpg) |
![Back to Reality, More and Less: Contemporary Ohio Landscape](exhibitions/1998/reality/mini.jpg) |
![Ohio Perspectives: Reflections in Glass](exhibitions/1998/glass/scorpmin.jpg) |
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](exhibitions/1997/mexnow/mini.jpg) |
![Patterns of Meaning: Croation Folk Life Tradition](exhibitions/1997/patterns/mini.jpg) |
![Yet We Still Rise: African American Art in Cleveland and Columbus 1920 - 1970](exhibitions/1997/yetstill/mini.jpg) |
![Once Upon A Page: Children's Book Illustrations from the Mazza Collection](exhibitions/1997/mazza/mini.jpg) |
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](exhibitions/1996/intime/mini.jpg) |
![The Spirit of Cleveland: Visual Arts Recipients of the Cleveland Arts Prize 1961 - 1995](exhibitions/1996/spirit/mini.jpg) |
![Age of Optimism: Ohio Builds a Statehouse](exhibitions/1996/age/mini.jpg) |
![Quilt National '95](exhibitions/1996/quilt95/mini.jpg) |
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](exhibitions/1995/lawa/mini.jpg) |
![Midwest Realities: Regional Painting 1920 - 1950](exhibitions/1995/midreal/mini.jpg) |
![In Person: Friends & Others](exhibitions/1995/inperson/mini.jpg) |
![Grace & Gravity: Work by 11 Japanese Artists](exhibitions/1995/gag/mini.jpg) |
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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