Branch Rickey, Jackie Robinson, and Winfred Rembert!

The Branch Rickey/Jackie Robinson week long celebration is drawing to a close, and the response has been impressive! Lots of visitors, lots of receptions....but there's still time to come in and peruse all the artwork before the February 20th ending. Click on the link above to see lots of great photos from all the festivities all over campus!

We have had special group visits from OWU's Early Childhood Center, as well as Willowbrook Retirement Community. Many of the visitors have especially enjoyed the colorful paintings on leather by Winfred Rembert. Our Humphries Gallery (front lobby) has a special grouping from the museum's Permanent Collection: artwork by African-American artists, highlighting their talents for 2 months including Black History month.

Don't forget, the Ross Museum is free, and open to everyone! We're open late on Thursdays (until 9:00pm) and on Sunday afternoons! (1:00 - 5:00pm)

Rock and Roll Art!

Thursday, January 20th, at 4:15pm, musician and artist Craig Matis will be giving a Gallery Talk in Gallery 2001, which is in BEEGHLY LIBRARY, followed by a reception.

Craig uses cut paper collage to illustrate his lyrics and music. The work was recently reviewed in the Columbus Dispatch, and this is the last chance to experience it! The talk is free and open to everyone, so I hope to see you there!

New Year, New Exhibits!

Today marks the re-opening of the museum after the holiday break! We've got lots of fabulous pieces to see:

A new addition to the Permanent Collection: Sculpture by Albert Paley, gifted to us!

Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson/baseball fine art exhibit

Paintings on hand-tooled leather by Winfred Rembert, including 6 pieces recently gifted to us!

These exhibits will be up until February 20th; the artist Winfred Rembert will be on campus February 10th, and we'll have a reception, so if you can't visit before then, circle the date on your calendar!

Fall in to the Ross Art Museum!

It's really fall, so stop in to visit the 3 new exhibits!

In the Kuhlman Gallery, Laura Young from Nashville, TN, photographs herself after drawing on her body as a living canvas! Come see "Transfigures"


In the Mayhew Gallery, Ardine Nelson from Columbus, shares a different view of some old Columbus landmarks in her exhibit, "Ceilings".














In the West Gallery, an installation of jewelry and wearable objects by Arthur Hash from New Paltz, NY, will have you pondering just what is wearable!





The exhibits run concurrently now until December 16th; we'll be closed the entire week of Thanksgiving for break.

Two New Exhibits - Two Artists' Talks

Two new exhibits at the Ross Art Museum opened today:

About Place, an exhibition of drawings, prints and paintings by Gale Wallar, OWU class of 1971, who is being honored as the 2010 Anne Outram Gui Distinguished Alumni Exhibitor.

Ms. Wallar traveled extensively with her husband while he worked for the State Department, and her work is a response to the varied places they lived.

There will be a Gallery Talk by the artist on Friday, October 8th at 2:30pm followed by a reception in the Museum.



Also on view: Brazil, an exhibition of large-scale color photographs by Ralph Gibson. These giant photos are a part of the Ross Museum's Permanent Collection, gifted by several donors.

Mr. Gibson will be giving a Talk on Thursday, September 30th at 7:30pm in the RW Corns Building, Room 312. Following the talk, there will be a reception in the Museum.

Stop by!

Welcome Back!

It's a new school year, and we have 2 lovely new exhibits to open with!

We are featuring the work of Anne McCauley and Duane Monczewski. Both artists will be on campus on Thursday, August 26th to speak at 3:00pm, and we'll follow with a lively reception at the museum, including libations, appetizers and live music!

Anne McCauley's works are large-scale drawings and smaller prints of found objects. She includes a display of some of those finds in the show, which is especially intriguing!

"My current work, explores notions of yearning, searching, and discovering. With an accumulation of “evidence/debris” from my surroundings I expand my shape and texture vocabulary."












Duane Monczewski's work is color photographs taken all over the Southwest, and yes, that wall is REALLY that green!!





"His work is concerned with light on surface, and the manipulation of the photographic print. Working with a variety of film types, including infrared, he utilizes selective bleaching and toning and a variety of surface treatments..."

In the Lobby Gallery, we also feature some of Duane's black and white photographs from the museum's Permanent Collection.

Both exhibits are open now, until September 17th.

The Quilted Surface VI

...opens Friday, May 14th in time for Alumni Weekend. After that, the exhibit will be open on a limited summer schedule:

Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Thursday 1:00pm - 7:00pm

Closed on Monday, Friday and Saturday

The exhibit will continue through July 1st. There are 40 artists from the U.S., Canada, Japan and Israel, with 44 examples of "cutting edge" quilt art.