Ohio Art League's very own Esther Hall, along with Paul Palnik and Rebecca Ibel, is one of the jurors for the Columbus College of Art and Design's Fall Art Sale, Before They're Famous; so, you know it's going to be epic. 

Before They're Famous is to take place in the Loann Crane Center for Design at CCAD on December 6, 2014. 

Tickets are available at the door starting at 9 a.m. the day of the sale. Those who arrive from 9- 10 a.m. get the first choices of these local, pre-famed artists' goodies at $50 a ticket per person. General Admission is from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., and tickets are just $5 a person. Who can say no to that?

Support Ohio's up-and-coming artists on their path to greatness, and don't miss out on some of the free workshops and demonstrations available to all visitors!

• Experience Art in the Making
• How to Buy Artwork
• Interpreting Art

Parking is free on CCAD lots, and admission sales help fund student scholarships while sale proceeds directly benefit the artists!

Don't miss this semiannual juried exhibition; over 100 students, alumni, and faculty are participating!

For more information, visit the CCAD event's page, and we will see you on December 6!

CS Gallery is proud to announce that it will be hosting the gallery's 100th show, 100 Under 100! We're proud too, guys!

The exhibition will feature 100 works from fifty spectacular local artists, like Ohio Art League member artist Chris Pemberton, and each will sell at least one of his or her works for 100 bucks or less. If you've been interested in starting your art collection, but haven't quite had the means to that end, this is definitely the show for you!

CS Gallery will exhibit 100 Under 100 from November 8th through the 30th, with an opening reception on Friday, Nov. 14th from 6- 9 pm. The reception is to feature live music by Jeff McCargish!

For more info., have a look-see at the 100 Under 100 page.

Applications for the 2015 Festival are open and ready for your entries!

Visual Artist Applications

Artists that are interested may apply via the online application tool (or visit the CAF site) and submit four digital images of their work, along with one image of their booth display. A jury panel, selected by the CAF Coordinating Committee, conducts a blind jury process, so no biographical information about the artists will be present. Thus, Ohio artists, make sure your works stand out! The artists with the top scores are invited to participate in the Columbus Arts Festival!

Download a complete Prospectus for full information in order to apply for the Visual Artist booth.

Emerging Artist Application

For those of you just starting out in the festival display field,  the Columbus Arts Festival offers a separate application to local artists who are new to exhibiting at art fairs through GCAC’s Emerging Artists program!

The Emerging Artist program is designed specifically for artists who have extremely limited or no experience exhibiting and selling their artwork at arts festivals. Artists who apply in this category must be residents of Franklin, Union, Delaware, Licking, Fairfield, Pickaway, Fayette and Madison counties.

Ohio artist and One Night sponsor Lea Gray is offering an Origami course next Thursday!

Her love of the local art community has grounded her here in Columbus, and now you can get a first-hand experience at the craft that has made her dreams into a reality. Learn the fine art of Origami while creating beautiful, functional pieces of your own!

Register online here!

Did we mention you can BYOB? Yeah. It's going to be great.

Join Lea and Anna (Art With Anna) Thursday November 13 at 2831 E Main Street in Columbus to get your fold on. Doors open at 6:30 pm, and the folding starts at 7pm! PS- Bring a buddy!

At only $35 an artist, who can afford not to learn a flourishing new trade?

Don't forget --->> Lea Gray flower displays are still available from One Night! That means you can buy one, and it will be yours! In your house! Where ever you want to put it! We're excited too! 

Call (614) 299- 8225 or shoot an e-mail to OAL to find out how to purchase one!

Rosewood Gallery in Kettering is hosting its twenty-fifth annual Works on Paper exhibition for artists living within a 40-mile radius of Dayton, Ohio. This is a juried exhibition and, yes, there are awards sponsored by United Art and Education!

The juror, Sean Wilkinson, completed his MFA at Rhode Island School of Design- you've heard of it? Wilkinson also taught at Harvard before being hired at the University of Dayton where he revamped the course of study in photography. Although retired from UD, Wilkinson's art prevails in many museums and collections, and his concept for great art will emanate throughout Works on Paper. 

Entries for the exhibition must be original in any media (2- or 3-D) on or made of paper, completed within the last four years and not exceeding 40 inches in width. 

Click here to check out the prospectus.

Because the jurying will be done from actual work, entries must be received at the Rosewood Gallery on Saturday, January 3 between 10 am and 3 pm or on Monday January 5 between 12 and 7 pm. 

Works on Paper will be exhibited at Rosewood Gallery from January 26 through February 27, 2015. The Opening Reception will be held on Sunday Jan. 25, 2015 from 2- 4 pm. 

For more information, visit Rosewood Gallery's website.

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!

OAL MEMBERS CAN GET $5 TICKETS TO SEE: GALLERY OF ECHOES, the CMA Experience

At Shadowbox live, November 5-16.

Gallery of Echoes is a 2 hour show celebrating the arts! 17+ pieces from the Museum's permanent collection inspired a 21 original song cycle written by Shadowbox live musicians.

The music will be performed live alongside a 27 foot screen featuring the "selected" art as you've never seen it before. Add dance, vocals and spoken word and you have an exciting and truly unforgettable arts experience!

See a video trailer of the show at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGEVvseHpfo

Reservations are required and reserve early as this offer is subject to availability!
To get your $5 tickets, call 614-416-7625 and mention the code OAL5.
OR if reserving online input the code OAL5 in the promotional code box at: http://www.shadowboxlive.org/shows/gallery-of-echoes

This offer is valid for the following show times only:

Opening night, 7:30p, Wednesday, November 5 or Wednesday, November 12

7:30p, Thursdays, November 6 or 13

10:30p, Fridays & Saturdays, November 7, 8, 15, 16

2p & 7p Sunday, November 9 & 16

Shadowbox Live also offers a full bar and bistro-style menu to enjoy while at the show. Food & drink are additional.

Gallery of Echoes is a unique Columbus arts collaboration between Shadowbox live and the Columbus Museum of Art which premiered for one week last May and now it's back! The show has since won the 2014 Artistic Excellence Award from the Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC). In Association with PNC Arts Alive, Gallery of Echoes is also sponsored by: Mills James Creative Media, GCAC, LBrands and the Saul Schottenstein Foundation.

Ginny, herself a mother, brings her unique, modern perspective to these stories through her artistic narratives while pushing past the picture or sculptural plane into another dimension with the use of illusion and perspective, the addition of elements or the manipulation of the surface.

Congratulations, Ginny! Keep up the great work!

Three hours, then POOF it's gone!

Join us at Strongwater Food and Spirits Thursday Nov. 6, from 6- 9 pm for the one-day Big Local Arts Show!

You remember the Big Local Arts Tent at the Columbus Arts Festival, so come back for an encore this Thursday in Franklinton! Big Local Arts supports local artists by giving them the opportunity to showcase their work to the thousands of people who come to the Arts Festival. Two- and three-dimensional work will be for sale, and a raffle is to be announced. 

Stay up-to-date on the Big Local Facebook page for an upcoming list of artists and works!

Local art rules!

Thompson is a member of Creative Women of Color, Columbus Cultural Arts Center, and of course the Ohio Art League. She displayed her one-of-a-kind jewelry at King Arts Complex on Thurs. Oct. 30.

Beryl Thompson, owner of The Gift Box “Where Creative Ideas Are Crafted”, has been able to develop her artistic talents, as a result of wanting unusual, creative objects in her life. Whether it is artwork to decorate her home, clothing, accessories or jewelry to wear, she uses different art mediums to create what she envisions.

Way to go, Beryl! Keep up the good work!

Ohio Art League member Judy Takacs (Chicks with Balls) will be exhibiting throughout Ohio and a few places in Pennsylvania from now through early December. 

Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Valley Art Center
43rd Annual Juried Show
Opening Reception: Friday November 7th from 6:00 to 8:00
Showing through December 17th

Zanesville, Ohio
Zanesville Museum of Art
70th Ohio Annual Juried Show
Showing through January 1st

Cincinnati, Ohio
Manifest Gallery
"Face First" Juried show
Opening Reception: Friday November 7th from 5:00 to 9:00
Showing through December 10th

Sellinsgrove, Pennsylvania
Lore Degenstein Gallery
Susquehanna University
Sixth Annual Figure Drawing and Painting Competition and Exhibition
Showing through December 5th

Nanticoke, Pennsylvania
Schulman Gallery
Luzerne County Community College
"Chicks with Balls: Judy Takács paints unsung female heroes"
Her solo show, which consists of 21 paintings, 8 of which are new and never before exhibited Chicks paintings will be showing through December 8th