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Keough wins 2026 Senior Exhibition Award for illustrated work “The ABC Book of Horror”
ASHLAND, Ohio – Hanna Keough, from Spencer, Ohio, was chosen as the recipient of the 2026 Senior Art and Design Exhibition Award, an honor chosen by the faculty of the Department of Art and Design. The annual award, established in 2001, is given to the graduating senior whose accomplishments in art and design are judged to be the most worthy of recognition for the presentation of their senior exhibition. Keough’s illustrated work, “The ABC Book of Horror,”…
Month-long Senior Art and Design Exhibition to open April 9
The annual Senior Art and Design Exhibition, featuring the capstone experiences for graduating Ashland University art and design students, will run from Thursday, April 9, through Saturday, May 9, at the Coburn Gallery in the Center for the Arts (331 College Ave.). The exhibition’s opening reception on April 9 will be from 4:30-6:30 p.m., with awards being announced at 5:30 p.m. “While the 2026 Senior Art Exhibition provides the capstone experience for…
Juried Student Art and Design Exhibition winners announced
ASHLAND, Ohio – Ten awards from the 2026 Juried Student Art and Design Exhibition at Ashland University went to student artists, as announced by Cynthia Petry, director of AU’s Coburn Gallery. The exhibition runs through March 30. More than $1,000 was distributed to the winners across a variety of categories. They were announced at the opening reception on March 5, except for the People’s Choice award which will be revealed on the Coburn Gallery’s Instagram…
Annual Juried Student Art + Design Exhibition is opening March 5
ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University’s annual Juried Student Art + Design Exhibition will open Thursday, March 5, with a reception from 4:30-6:30 p.m., at the Coburn Gallery inside the Center for the Arts (331 College Ave.). Gallery admission is free and open to the public. he exhibition, which runs from March 5-30, represents a culmination of student work from university art classes during the academic year, and it features a total of 78 artworks this year. It…
Coburn Gallery’s annual faculty art exhibition to open Jan. 22
ASHLAND, Ohio – The Coburn Gallery at Ashland University will be hosting its annual faculty art exhibition, which features works by faculty in the AU Department of Art + Design, from Thursday, Jan. 22, through Friday, Feb. 20. The Jan. 22 opening will include a reception from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Gallery admission is free and open to the public. This annual exhibition spotlights the two-dimensional and three-dimensional works of the current faculty as professional…
“Embodied Landscape,” a painting and sculpture exhibition, on display Nov. 6-Dec. 11
ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University’s Coburn Art Gallery is hosting “Embodied Landscape,” a painting and sculpture exhibition featuring works by Noah DiRuzza and Dana Saulnier, from Thursday, Nov. 6, through Thursday, Dec. 11. It will kick off with an opening reception Nov. 6, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Gallery admission is free and open to the public. “Embodied Landscape” pulls from DiRuzza’s interest in addressing the complex relationship between human, nature and…
Alumni art exhibition, featuring 60 artworks, to open Oct. 9
ASHLAND, Ohio – The Coburn Gallery at Ashland University, located in the Center for the Arts, is hosting an alumni exhibition, which will run from Thursday, Oct. 9, through Friday, Oct. 31. In conjunction with AU’s Homecoming weekend, there will be an opening reception on Thursday, Oct. 9, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. It is free and open to the public. The exhibition celebrates the creativity, innovation and dedication of graduates of the Ashland art and design…
Coburn Gallery calling all alumni artists to submit works for October exhibition
ASHLAND, Ohio — Alumni of the Ashland University Department of Art + Design are invited to submit artwork for an alumni exhibition, which will take place in AU’s Coburn Art Gallery this fall from Oct. 9-31. The exhibition will celebrate the creativity, innovation and dedication of graduates of the Ashland art + design program. For those alumni interested in putting forth their artwork for the exhibition, the entry deadline is Aug. 10. All artwork should have…
AU professor, student produce art work to fundraise for Ashland Soil and Water Conservation District
ASHLAND, Ohio – Cynthia Petry, an assistant professor of art at Ashland University, and Grace Crall, a senior art education major at AU, are participants in this year’s Rain Beat on Main Street fundraising event. They each designed and painted 55-gallon, urn-style rain barrels that will be displayed at a series of local events, then auctioned off to support the Ashland Soil and Water Conservation District. Petry’s and Crall’s original rain barrels, as well as…
Exhibition featuring works by Ashland Community Arts League members May 27-July 26
ASHLAND, Ohio – The Coburn Art Gallery at Ashland University is hosting a regional juried exhibition from Tuesday, May 27, through Saturday, July 26, featuring works created by the 23 members of the Ashland Community Arts League. The opening reception will be Friday, May 30, from 5-7 p.m. The exhibition consists of 71 works and offers a wide range of art forms, including painting, glass, photography, fiber arts, woodworking, printmaking, ceramics, drawing,…
