New Classes start January 5th! 

Registration for the 8 week class is only $280 per person!  It includes 25lbs of clay, glazes, firing, open studio time during the session and a student gallery show and raku firing at the end of session. evening classes meet from 6:30-9:00pm once a week for 8 weeks.  Classes are small, ensuring students a high level of individual attention. 

There is also a 4 week Raku Class for $150 per person, which is Mondays from 6:30-9:00pm, January 5-26. 

Play with Fire!  Spend 3 weeks making work to raku and spend the last class firing the raku kiln.  Work can be made on or off the potter's wheel and textured for the kiln.  The 3rd class will focus on glazing and the final class will focus on the firing process.  Raku is an exciting and rewarding way to fire your work.  The fire and smoke from the reduction chambers add drama to the process and create stunning surfaces on the work. 

For more information go to http://www.clayspace831.com/ or email Todd Hickerson at toddhickerson@yahoo.com

The Clintonville Arts Guild will host an exhibition of its members work during the month of January, 2015, in the lobby of the James A. Rhodes Office Tower, 30 E. Broad Street, Columbus.  Twenty-five artists will present 70 works in a wide variety of media and styles – paintings (oil, acrylic, watercolor), collage, mixed media, photography, fiber, fused glass, jewelry, and ceramics.

The Rhodes Tower exhibition is an opportunity for the Guild to announce itself to a broader audience, and to show how the arts thrive in many of Columbus’ neighborhoods.  An artists’ reception is planned for Thursday, January 15th from 6 to 8 PM in the Rhodes Tower lobby.

The Clintonville Arts Guild meets every 4th Monday, from September through May, at 7 PM at the Whetstone Community Center, 3923 N High St.  “We have monthly programs that inform and inspire, and opportunities to be part of several group shows each year,” Pusecker notes.  “We also issue a challenge for our members every May – ‘given a specific theme, create an artwork in your own style and preferred medium.  Past challenge themes have included flamingoes, doors, blue, masks, things fall apart, and an ‘aha’ moment.”

For more information, please contact:

Michael Pusecker

cagartmike@gmail.com or clintonvillearts@gmail.com

Art and Artists Of Network and Open Door Art Studio and Gallery announce the Call for Entries for the juried exhibit Perpetuating Purpose that will be on display from February 28 through March 27, 2015.

This exhibition is a demonstration of the importance to create and to have creativity in our lives, and artists of all media are invited to submit one piece to be submitted for the jurying process. Find out all the nitty-gritty fine print here.

Submission deadline is Monday, February 2, 2015, 11:59 pm, so don't hesitate! This is one show you'll definitely want to be a part of. The Opening Reception will take place from 5-7 pm on Friday, Feb. 28 at Open Door Studio and Gallery.

Don't forget to LIKE Art And Artists Of on Facebook and join to your corresponding area code!

Creative Collaboration 

Gallery 831 

Opening Reception Friday, January 9, 6-9pm 

Exhibition runs from January 9-30 

It is an exhibition featuring individual and collaborative work by ceramic artists Kevin Russell and Richard Paldino celebrating clay and the creative process. 

For more information check out http://clayspace831.com/index.php

Okay, maybe not the world, but Upper Arlington's Concourse Gallery, so close enough. On display from January 7- 30, you can check out Ohio Art League member artists Louise Captein, N. Penney Denning, and Christine Guillot Ryan for Concourse Gallery's Collage 2015 Exhibition. 

Along with other artists, these three OAL members explore a wide range of approaches to the medium of collage or collage-mixed media. Creating these two- and three- dimensional works allows the artists to be more flexible and spontaneous before committing to a final composition. 

Join us Sunday January 11, 2015 from 3- 5 p.m. at Concourse Gallery in Upper Arlington for Collage 2015 Opening Reception. 

Stay tuned through the winter, because curator and OAL member-artist Char Norman is going to stretch the traditional view of photography this spring with Beyond Photography at the Concourse Gallery. 

From May 1 through June 26, 2015, Beyond Photography brings together a diverse group of artists who use photography as an element of their work; from photogravure, a photo-mechanical process which results in a high quality intaglio print, encaustic and even iPhone snapshots, Norman incorporates various aspects of the photographical process as progressive categories for the medium.

Baby, we know it's cold outside, but East Franklinton wants to keep your heart and soul warm with Franklinton Fridays public art crawl!

Every second Friday of the month, East Franklinton neighborhood offers Franklinton Fridays with businesses, galleries, and various institutions coming together to bring you the latest and greatest local art. Entities like Glass Axis and Ethical Arts Collective, along with Franklinton Development Association, Magical Brush Art Studio, Franklinton Arts District, 400 West Rich Studios and even Rehab Tavern are offering public tours, studio spaces, and in the case of Columbus Idea Foundry, live demos! Click the link above to get a glimpse of what all these cool cats have going on!

Join us this Friday evening for a taste of what your community has to offer. Stop by the studios, galleries, and art spaces to shake hands with the artists and awesome business owners. Don't forget to stop by Strongwater Food and Spirits and Land-Grant Brewery for a pint of their finest!

Head on over to the Franklinton Fridays Facebook Page to add to the ever-growing LIKE count and to see what is in store for this weekend! See you there!

Call For Entries!

Hit the Hop

Midwinter’s Dream; Interpretation of Season

Artist Open Call for March 2015 juried show at Studios on High Gallery, located in Columbus’ Short North Arts district. This show will feature 25-35 Ohio artists for our new “Hit the Hop” series. All 2D mediums may be submitted. Maximum size 24x36.

Deadline: January 30

Exhibition Dates: March 1- April 1, 2015

Notification: All artists will be notified by February 15 with drop off info.

Gallery Hop: March 7, 6:00 -10:00 pm

Artist Reception: March 1, 4:00 - 6:00 pm

Submissions:

• 25.00 fee for up to 2 entries.
• All work must be for sale.
• Studios on High Gallery takes a 25% commission on sales.

For more information on how to apply go to: http://www.studiosonhigh.com/

 Join OAL member artist Tom Hubbard for his Artist Talk at  CS Gallery, tonight at 7pm!

 You won't want to miss this, Tom will speak about his    technique and process in using photoshop in his digital    abstract art.

CS Gallery
66 Parsons Ave.
Columbus, OH 43215

Request for Qualifications/Call for artist proposals

The Columbus Public Art Program, in partnership with the Harrison West Society is going to commission a professional artist to design and install a fifth site-specific public artwork in Harrison Park.

Qualifications are sought from professional visual artists who live or work in the state of Ohio. An Artist Advisory Panel will select three artist finalists to prepare proposals. Artist finalists will each receive a proposal fee of $750 to prepare and present a site specific public art proposal at a community event hosted by the Harrison West Society. The art will be selected through a community voting process. The selected proposal will be forwarded to the Columbus Art Commission for conceptual design and placement approval. The Columbus Recreation and Parks Department will also review the proposal for acceptance into Harrison Park.

The artist will have a $90,000 all-inclusive budget as well as a 10% contingency set aside. All contracts will be held by the City of Columbus and artists receiving payments will be required to register with city Vendor Services.

All materials must be received by 4pm on January 15, 2015.

For more information, forms and requirements see: https://columbus.gov/planning/hpartproject/

Ohio Art League seeks to promote our member-artists by providing you with the most up-to-date calls for entries and proposals. Artists are encouraged to submit their proposals to the City of Kettering's Rosewood Gallery 2016 Solo Exhibition Season. 

Rosewood Gallery specializes in the exhibition of contemporary art by emerging local, regional and national artists. It is dedicated to the encouragement and creation of new works and to the promotion of the visual arts in the Dayton, Ohio area. 

Eight solo exhibitions are presented each year in Rosewood Gallery, sponsored by the Kettering Arts Council and the City of Kettering Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts, with support from the Ohio Arts Council.

Proposals for the 2016 season must be postmarked by April 30, 2015.

A selection committee composed of regional art professionals will make recommendations from submissions of work for exhibition. Notifications of the jurors’ decision will be mailed by the end of May 2015.

All media will be considered for exhibition, including video and installation pieces.

Check out the submission requirements and find out how to enter!