Children's tour

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awards ceremony

awards ceremony

The Awards ceremony

more photos from Our fantastic Opening

outdoor performers

more opening reception images

Visiting Artist, Bill secunda

This piece is made entirely of nails!!

Welcome, Senator George Voinovich!

Welcome, Senator George Voinovich!

Our visiting Artist Steven Godfrey Aug 8+9th

Come meet our visiting artist Steven Godfrey, and discover his process of creating artwork

The 2008 Award winners

We are proud to announce out 2008 award winners

BEST OF SHOW PROFESSIONAL
Jaime Bennati “Untitled”

2nd BEST OF SHOW PROFESSIONAL
Andrea Stern “”Route 33, Summer Morning”

3rd BEST OF SHOW PROFESSIONAL
Josh Foy “Catch”

BEST OF SHOW AMATEUR
Ruth Finley “Reoccurrence”

2nd BEST OF SHOW AMATEUR
Whitney Sage “Self Portrait (Dumb Blond)”

3rd BEST OF SHOW AMATEUR
Nova Weller ”Haystacks in Amish Country”

OHIO ARTS COUNCIL PROFESSIONAL AWARD
Rick Akers, “Train Yard”

OHIO ARTS COUNCIL PROFESSIONAL AWARD
Diana Bjel, “Flights of Birds”

OHIO ARTS COUNCIL PROFESSIONAL AWARD
Sue Cavannaugh, “Makume Variation #5- Golden Passage”

OHIO ARTS COUNCIL PROFESSIONAL AWARD
John Freiman, “Bud’s Tree”

Ohio ARTS COUNCIL PROFESSIONAL AWARD
Helen Hoffelt , “Untitled #4- Water Memory Series”

OHIO ARTS COUNCIL PROFESSIONAL AWARD
Kathy McGhee, “The Gathering”

OHIO ARTS COUNCIL PROFESSIONAL AWARD
Mike Miller, “Companion”

OHIO ARTS COUNCIL PROFESSIONAL AWARD
Danielle Rante, “Voynich Secret History”

OHIO ARTS COUNCIL PROFESSIONAL AWARD
Francis Schranberger, (Series) “Seeds, Curl, Spruce Pollen”

OHIO ARTS COUNCIL PROFESSIONAL AWARD
Carol Snyder, “Fall”

OHIO ARTS COUNCIL AMATEUR AWARD
Dennis Gordon, “Oiseau Multiple”

OHIO ARTS COUNCIL AMATEUR AWARD
Brittany Ransom, “Robo Cluck”

OHIO ARTS COUNCIL PURCHASE PROGRAM Mary Ann Crago, “Warm Magic”

GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL PROFESSIONAL AWARD
Lynda McClanahan, “Serenading the Rooster”

GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL PROFESSIONAL AWARD
Ardine Nelson, “Untitled #1”

GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL AMATEUR AWARD
Brittany Ransom, “This is the way we build”

GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL AMATEUR AWARD
David F. Cooke, “I Stay Close to You…”

ARTS COUNCIL LAKE ERIE WEST
Christopher Werkman, “Artifact with Internally Combustive Capability”

SOUTHERN HILLS ARTS COUNCIL
Margaret McAdams, “Repository: Dyad II”

NEW ALBANY ARTS COUNCIL
Renon Hulet, “Diversion Day”

WESTBRIDGE CAMERA CLUB
Kim Gram, “Blackbird Sunrise”
James Pillbeam, “Samson”

HAZEN-TAFT AWARD
Renon Hulet, “Monday washday”

BELLAFONTAINE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION
Mike Staley, “The Last Supper”

CITY OF UPPER ARLINGTON
Jen Adrion, “Spam Received”

Congratulations!

Columbus Dispatch review

Visitors to the Ohio State Fair might want to take a break from elephant ears and kettle corn for a special treat: the Fine Arts Exhibition. With more than 300 pieces in virtually every medium, the exhibit in the Cox Fine Arts Center offers something for everyone (without calories).

The roster of jurors alone is impressive: Works in the professional division were selected by New York artist Michael Ferris Jr. and Philadelphia media artist Tim Portlock. Ceramist, author and editor Anderson Turner of Kent State University chose works in the amateur division.

All three sought pieces with a clear vision. Some works are conceptual, others straightforward and traditional. Painting and photography dominate, but sculpture and craft-based works are equally well-represented, contributing to an exhibit with surprises around every corner.

Among the best: Josh Foy's trio of ceramic sculptures (Out of Sight, Out of Mind; Catch; and 43078). The large, cylindrical columns resemble scientific core samples examining the debris of human life. Trash, bricks and machine parts are presented as sedimentary-rock layers. At the top of each column, grass grows. The sculptures address the environmental consequences of consumption and how nature tries to heal itself.

Confronting issues of materiality and value, Jaime Bennati's untitled relief sculpture transforms the ordinary into something unexpected and magical. From the front, the piece resembles a large formation of coral. Closer examination reveals that it is constructed of newspaper and glue.

Ardine Nelson's series of three untitled photographs focuses attention on the walls and ceilings of abandoned buildings.

Christopher Werkman's hyper-real still life Artifact With Internally Combustive Capability is a meditation on the reliance on fossil fuels.

Derrick Velasquez's A More Perfect Union looks like a blank wooden plank sealed with clear varnish. As viewers move around the piece, the words "a more perfect union" appear and disappear across the surface. Deceptively simple, the work emphasizes the fragility of democratic ideas.

A critique of the war in Iraq, Joan Tallan's woodcut Mr. Bush's War VI mixes images of soldiers and weapons with the specter of death.

Standout paintings include Robert Tavani's expressionistic still life Heat, Kirill Novikov's impressionistic landscape Winter, Frederick Foctman's intimate interior Black Shirt, Rick Akers' industrial landscape Train Yard, Jeffrey Knick's abstraction A Tangled Mess and Monica Achberger's colorful landscape Road Less Traveled.

The craft-based works are strong as well. Featuring a series of four water towers with different colors and textural patterns, Andrea Stern's quilt Marilyn pays tongue-in-cheek homage to Andy Warhol.

Cynthia Vardhan's porcelain vessels Pink and Red Vase and Blue Fan Bowl are studies in simple beauty and decorative harmony. Exploring natural structures and podlike forms, Carol Snyder's Ravine and Fall combine porcelain with woven patches of grass fiber.

Other strong pieces: Danielle Rante's mixed-media drawing Voynich Secret History, John Freiman's sculpture Anatomy of Saint Paul and Helen Hoffelt's digital photograph Untitled 4 -- Water Memory Series.

• The Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition continues through Aug. 10 in the Cox Fine Arts Center of the Ohio Expo Center, I-71 and E. 17th Avenue. Fair admission is $10, or $8 for ages 60 and older and 5 to 12, free for age 4 and younger. Call 614-644-3247 or visit www. ohiostatefair.com.

Kids Tour

Fine Arts Center welcomes Governor Ted Strickland, and Virgil Strickler Fair Manager

Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Opening

Transit Arts Performing at the Cox Fine Arts Center!

Opening reception Tuesday july 29 from 6-8 pm tickets required

Don't have tickets? Tickets can be purchased at the door opening night for$5.00.

Our fantastic staff

The Show is going up!

calendar

calendar

Map to the Cox Fine Arts Building

For details dates, please see the prospectus---->

thank you everyone !! late entries still accepted until June 11( additional fee)

deadline tomorrow!!

Hi all,

The deadline is tomorrow!! So as long as you get your images and form in the mail before by the post office closes on Saturday your good!!

The entries are a post marked deadline, so everyone has one more day!

questions answered...

Hi,

the size can be just above 1mb, follow the Ohio Arts Council size recomendations below, if the size is a bit over thats OK.

Also the black background is only recommended if you image will have some background( negative space around the art piece). and it is only a suggestion to help your work stand out. If you have different color background thats fine too.

thanks for working with us on this!!

click HERE for details on digital image resizing

we are grateful to have the Ohio Arts Council help us with the switch to accepting digital formating. We are using the guidelines they use for individual grant applications. Thanks you so much Ohio Arts Council!

Check out the link above to be connected to the Ohio Arts Council's information on creating a great quality digital image.

We are available to help out as much as we can, contact the numbers on your prospectus if you have additional questions, we are excited to move to digital and hope to see more more artists from all corners of Ohio!

click here for details on resizing and creating a good digital image

NEED HELP TAKING DIGITAL IMAGES OF YOUR ARTWORK?

WHAT:
Professional Artwork Photo Shoot

WHEN:
Saturday - May 24, 2008

WHO:
Shellee Davis of Art of Exposure, will be the photographer

Pricing:
A. 1 digital image on CD - $20.00 plus $10.00 administration fee = $30.00
B. 2 digital images on CD - $35.00 plus $10.00 administration fee = $45.00
C. 3 digital images on CD - $45.00 plus $10.00 administration fee = $55.00

WHERE:
Cox Fine Arts Building
Ohio Exposition Center (Ohio State Fairgrounds)
717 East 17th Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43211

HOW:
To schedule an appointment or if you have questions regarding this event, please email Pamela O’Loughlin at:

p.oloughlin@expo.state.oh.us

Performance schedule

TUE 07/29/08 6pm - 8pm Opening Reception with Paul Brown (Ticket required)

WED 07/30/08 9am - 9pm Fine Arts Exhibits & Children's Tour Art

THU 07/31/08 9am - 9pm Fine Arts Exhibits & Children's Tour Art

FRI 08/01/08 9am - 9pm Fine Arts Exhibits & Children's Tour Art
2pm-4pm Linda & Cary Dachtly Jazz Duo Entertainment
7pm-8pm Fluidthought Collective - Contemporary Rock & Jazz Entertainment

SAT 08/02/08 9am - 9pm Fine Arts Exhibits & Children's Tour
11am-1pm John LaFollette Acoustic Guitar Entertainment
4pm - 8pm Youth Sew, Quilt making demonstration Demonstration, Sarah Brown Artist

SUN 08/03/08 9am - 9pm Fine Arts Exhibits & Children's Tour s
2pm - 4pm "Capitol City Music Company - Barbershop Quartet


MON 08/04/08 9am - 9pm Fine Arts Exhibits & Children's Tour
2pm - 5pm The Wexner Center for the Arts presents the 2008 Ohio Short Film and Video Showcase Youth Division

TUE 08/05/08 9am - 9pm Fine Arts Exhibits & Children's Tour
11am Ohio Art Council "Percent for Art"
2pm Ohio Art Council "Percent for Art"

WED 08/06/08 9am - 9pm Fine Arts Exhibits & Children's Tour Art
3:00pm Ohio Art Council "Percent for Art"
8pm - 10pm Phong Nguyen and Alison Colman - The Fuse Factory Electronic and Digital Arts Lab presents FUNeractive Exterior of cox building


THU 08/07/08 9am - 9pm Fine Arts Exhibits & Children's Tour
2pm - 3pm Columbus Puppetry Guild Demonstration
5:00pm-8:00pm The Wexner Center for the Arts presents the 2008 Ohio Short Film and Video Showcase Youth Division

FRI 08/08/08 9am - 9pm Fine Arts Exhibits & Children's Tour

SAT 08/09/08 9am - 9pm Fine Arts Exhibits & Children's Tour
3pm - 5pm The Blue Level - Rock, Pop, and Jazz

SUN 08/10/08 9am - 8pm Fine Arts Exhibits & Children's Tour
11am-3pm The Wexner Center for the Arts presents the 2008 Ohio Short Film and Video Showcase Youth Division

DIGITAL IMAGES WORKSHOP

* New 2008 Fine Arts Exhibition Requirement*
DIGITAL IMAGES ONLY FOR BOTH AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL DIVISIONS
The Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Department will be providing the following opportunity for artist to get their work professionally photographed

May 24, 2008, 9am-5pm
Artwork Photo Shoot
Professional Digital Images on CD
By Appointment Only

To get a price list, to set an appointment or for more information please call or email:
Pamela O'loughlin
614.296.2256
p.oloughlin@expo.state.oh.us

Lets get DIGITAL!!

Important dates, see prospectus for full details on upper right

CALL FOR ENTRIES - OHIO STATE FAIR FINE ARTS EXHIBITION-
Open to Ohio Artists
Announcing the Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, funded by the Ohio Arts Council and the Ohio Expositions Commission. This year the esteemed jurors include Tim Portlock of Philadelphia, PA, Mike Ferris of New York, NY, and Anderson Turner of Kent, OH.( see below)


This exhibition is open to Ohio artists and typically awards more than $15,000 from such partners as the Ohio Art Council, many local arts councils, and art groups. The exhibition includes more than 300 works of Art in all mediums and disciplines and draws more than 34,000 visitors.
* NEW THIS YEAR Images accepted in DIGITAL FORMAT ONLY!!!!***************


Important Dates:
2008 FINE ARTS EXHIBITION CALENDAR
Jun 7 Entry deadline - Forms must be postmarked by this date
Jun 11 Late entry deadline, with additional fee
Jun 25 Acceptance - Notices of acceptance/non-acceptance mailed
Jul 7 Accepted shipped entries delivered
Jul 6-7 Accepted entries delivered by hand
Jul 29 Opening Reception/Awards
Jul 30 - Aug 10 Exhibition Schedule
Aug 10 - 12 Artwork Pick-up


Exhibition held at Ohio State Fair Cox Fine Arts Building 717 East 17th Avenue Columbus, OH 43211-2698 


we are going digital

The Fine Arts Exhibition is now accepting images in Digital format only beginning this year. We will be working with the Ohio Arts Council to facilitate this transition. And hope that the format change will bring in more artists from all of Ohio. We are very excited about this new process, and hope you are as well!

Thanks!

Professional juror Mike Ferris Exhibition at George Adams Gallery New York, NY

Meet our 2008 Juror, Anderson Turner

Anderson Turner Bio


Anderson Turner is currently the Director of Galleries Adjunct Professor and Adviser to the Kent State University Art School. He earned a BFA from the University of Arizona, and MFA in Ceramics from Kent State University. He has exhibited regionally and nationally. Mr. Turner has been recognized with various awards and scholarships by the Akron Area Art Alliance, Ohio Art League, Vermont Studio Center, and others.

Anderson, a published author has written several books and journals, with a ceramic focus, as well as written for such publications as, Ceramics Monthly, Pottery Making Illustrated, and Metalsmith Magazine. Anderson currently resides in Garrettsville, Ohio

Meet our 2008 Juror, Tim Portlock

Tim Portlock Bio

Tim Portlock is a visual artist who creates work in a variety of mediums ranging from painting to computer technology. His digital work varies from virtual realty interactive narratives to 3D simulations of historic spaces. Portlock’s subject matter primarily focuses on navigating space and how this process creates a dialogue that constructs identity.

He has exhibited at Arts Electronica (Austria), the Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago) and ISEA (Japan), 404 (Argentina) as well as other venues in Europe, North America and South America. Tim Portlock currently resides in Philadelphia and teaches at Hunter College New York, NY in the department of Film and Media Studies.

Meet our 2008 jurors, Michael Ferris Jr.

Michael Ferris Jr. Bio


Michael Ferris Jr. was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1969. He received a B.F.A from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1991, and a M.F.A from Indiana University in 1996. His work has been shown at the ATM Gallery, American Academy of Arts and Letters, Queens Museum in New York, the de Young Museum and the Bucheon Gallery in San Francisco. Awards include the George Sugarman Foundation Grant and the Marie Walsh Sharpe Space Program Grant. In 2008 Michael will showcase his latest work in his one-person exhibition at the George Adams Gallery in New York City. Michael currently resides and works in New York.