Since 1910, OAL's annual juried exhibitions have been the backbone of the organization's artistic programming, showcasing contemporary work by Ohio artists. For each exhibition a juror is invited to recognize work of high artistic merit. These major shows are held at partnering venues such as:  Columbus Museum of Art Springfield Museum of Art Columbus Cultural Arts Center Carnegie Gallery at Columbus Metropolitan Library Fort Hayes Shot Tower Gallery State Library of Ohio McConnell Arts Center Mount Vernon Nazarene University Art curators and critics of national renown are invited to serves as jurors. Past jurors include: Edward Hopper Max Weber Grant Wood Homer St. Gaudens Philip Pearlstein Robert Indiana David Smith Christian Faur Ron Pizzuti Denny Griffith Melissa Meyers In recent years OAL has welcomed artists and museum directors and curators nationally renowned to jury our annual exhibitions. Ann Hamilton Marc Mayer, Deputy Director of Art at the Brooklyn Museum of Art Ingrid Schaffner, Senior Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art (Philadelphia) Elizabeth Thomas, Assistant Curator at the Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh) Helen Molesworth, Chief Curator at the Wexner Center for the Arts _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Spring Juried Exhibition 2015 The 2015 Spring Juried Exhibition will take place at the Schnormeier Gallery, Mount Vernon Nazarene University  March 5, 2015 - April 15, 2015 . Our Juror of Esteem is Richard Petry, professor and director, Graduate Studies; teaches graduate seminar, studio projects, and thesis. Petry works in photography, film, performance, sculpture, and video for dance at the Columbus College of Art & Design.  2015 Award Winners                      Ovoids                                                Cash Cow                                          Stubby Z Simple                                      31        Andreas Baumgartner                               Andrew McCauley                                       Alex Hibbitt                                    Frank Oriti             Recipient of the                   Recipient of the                                      Recipient of the                             Recipient of the     Renee Steidle Primary Award        Spring Juried Secondary Award              Spring Juried Tertiary Award     Bad Girls for Good Art Award Featured Artists of 2015 Spring Juried Exhibition Ginny Baughman, Andreas Baumgartner, Brittany Bergamo, Tyler Bohm, Christopher Burk, Louise Captein, Zach Coneybeer, Connaught Cullen, Deborah David - Livaich, Adena Griffith, Darren Grundey, Julia Hamilton, Alex Hibbitt, Andy Hudson, Polina Isurin, Morris Jackson, Tala Kanani, Haley Kedziora, Kevin Keiser, Daniel King, Lisa Letostak, Andrew McCauley, Ronald Mlicki, Kate Morgan. Sara Neuhoff, Kelly Nye, Frank Orti, Robert Porreca, Nevin Price - Meader, Jeff Regensburger, Michael Reilly, Christine Guillt - Ryan, Molly Savage, Jason Schwab, David Stichweh, Nicki Strouss, Jayne Struble, Evie Zimmer 2014 The Spring Juried Exhibition 2014 took place at the Carnegie Gallery of the Columbus Metropolitan Library Main Branch. Former Columbus College of Art & Design President, Denny Griffith, was the Juror for the themed exhibition Roy/Joy/Boy.

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Fall Juried Exhibition

The 2015 Fall Juried Exhibition will take place at the Fort Hayes Shot Tower Gallery in Columbus, Ohio. Our Juror of Esteem is to be Director of the Riffe Gallery, Mary Gray.

September 8th - October 15th

Opening Reception: Friday, September 11, 2015 from 6-8pm at Fort Hayes Shot Tower

For more information about how to enter

2014

The Fall Juried Exhibition 2014 took place at the Peggy McConnell Arts Center in Worthington, Ohio. 

Fall Juried Juror of Esteem for this exhibit was Columbus Museum of Art's, Executive Deputy Director of Operations, Rod Bouc.

For Prospectus and *Fine Print for submissions: Deadline July 31st @ 11:59 AM (noon)


This exhibition offers student artists the opportunity to show work professionally in any medium fit for wall display.

The 2013 Student Juried Exhibition took place at the Carnegie Gallery at the Columbus Metropolitan Library Main Branch and juried by artist and CCAD intructor, Julie Abijanac.

2013 Award Winners:

                                             
          Hannah Mason Macklin                               Bethany James                                              Kyle Franklin

       Columbus College of Art & Design           Columbus College of Art & Design                  Columbus College of Art & Design
                     Judith, 2013                                                  Bruise, 2013                                                Interference, 2013
                       Charcoal                                                          Paper                                                  Football, Acrylic, Glitter
                       30" x 20"                                                     19" x 23" x 1"                                             9" x 8" x 5"

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Ohio Made

The Ohio Made festival occurs early fall at the Ohio Village, a marketplace made up exclusively of Ohio artists and craft vendors, featuring a juried art exhibition open to both OAL members and non-members.

Ohio Made is a recent addition to OAL's annual programming. This event started in 2013 and will continue to be part of the annual line up.

The Ohio Art League has partnered with the Ohio History Connection, the Columbus Idea Foundry, Columbus Cultural Arts Center, and the Art and Artists Network to make this festival possible.

This festival includes live music and food vendors.