“Ohio Acquaintances”, people, places and things, captures how different artists become familiar with what they see, what they feel and how they react to the stimuli Ohio has to offer. The painter may pour nature in all kinds of weather on his canvas, while the graphic artist blocks a moment in academic history. The photographer captures on film what we ignore as we drive through cities and towns and the sculptor expresses in clay the transformation from farm to suburb.
The diversity of Ohio from north to south and east to west is overwhelming. The bucolic gives way to super technology and high tea is never too far from shacks held together with damaged metal signs.
The following artists share their familiarity with the people, places and things that make up our great state of Ohio: Marjorie Bender, Anita Dawson, Nora Daniel, Paul Emory, Mark Gingerich, Nicholas Hill, Marti Steffy, John Vaughn and Barbara Vogel.
The exhibition will open Friday night, July 21st in the Garret of the Fairfield County District Library. A “Meet the Artists Coffee” will be served Saturday, July 22nd from 10:00 am until noon giving the participants as well as the public the opportunity to greet the makers of art.
