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Senior Art + Design Exhibition to run April 4-May 6
ASHLAND, Ohio – The Senior Art + Design Exhibition, featuring the capstone experiences for graduating Ashland University art students, will run from Tuesday, April 4-Saturday, May 6 at the Coburn Art Gallery in the Center for the Arts (331 College Ave.). This Tuesday’s opening features a reception from 4:30-6:30 p.m., with the senior art awards being announced at 5 p.m. “While the 2023 Senior Art Exhibition provides the capstone experience for graduating art…
Regional artists collect awards at AU’s Juried Student Art + Design Exhibition
ASHLAND, Ohio – Eleven awards from the 2023 Juried Student Art + Design Exhibition at Ashland University went to regional student artists, as announced by Cynthia Petry, director of AU’s Coburn Gallery. The exhibition runs through March 24. More than $1,000 was distributed to the winners across a variety of categories, while the People’s Choice award will be announced on the Coburn Gallery’s Facebook page March 20.
AU grad Chad DiFranco enjoying teaching new arts classes at his Amherst high school
Principal Joe Tellier wasn’t worried how adding new ceramics and sculpture classes would go at Marion L. Steele High School in Amherst with art teacher and Ashland University graduate Chad DiFranco leading the way. “Not only did he add these courses, but when the idea of creating an Advanced Placement (AP) Studio Art was beginning, he volunteered to teach it and gave up a week in the summer to get trained on the intricacies of this new rigorous art class,”…
AU’s annual juried student art exhibition debuts March 2 with opening reception
ASHLAND, Ohio – AU’s annual Juried Student Art + Design Exhibition opens on Thursday, March 2, with a reception from 4:30-6:30 p.m., at the Coburn Gallery, located in the Center for the Arts (331 College Ave.). Gallery admission is free and open to the public. This exhibition, which runs from March 2-24, represents a culmination of student work from university art classes during the academic year. It is an opportunity for art students to take their best…
Art + design department offering campus studio experience to high school students
ASHLAND, Ohio – The department of art + design at Ashland University is offering a free college campus studio experience for current high school students with an interest in pursuing art on Saturday, Feb. 25. The event will be held in the Center for the Arts (331 College Ave.) from 9:15 a.m.-3 p.m., with lunch and all art materials provided. Experiences may include sculpture, printmaking, digital art and graphic design, painting, ceramics and figure drawing.…
Coburn Gallery’s latest exhibition features works by AU faculty, opens Jan. 19
ASHLAND, Ohio – The Coburn Gallery will feature works by faculty members from the Ashland University Department of Art + Design in its latest exhibition, which opens on Thursday, Jan. 19, with a reception from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Gallery admission is free and open to the public, and the exhibition runs through Sunday, Feb. 19. This is an annual exhibition and “highlights the two-dimensional and three-dimensional works of the current faculty as professional artists…
AU grad Jennifer Winkler creates unique school art program in Smithville
“Thank you for allowing me to come into your awesome classroom. You should be so proud of the teacher you have become, evolving to meet the interests/needs of your students. I was so inspired.” This is one of several notes hanging on the bulletin board in the classroom of the high school and middle school art teacher at Green Local Schools, Jennifer Winkler, a 2012 Ashland University graduate. Surrounding the bulletin board of notes, photos and drawings are…
AU’s Coburn Gallery to host senior art exhibition, opening reception set for Dec. 1
ASHLAND, Ohio – The Coburn Gallery at Ashland University will be hosting a semester-closing “Senior Art + Design Exhibition” from Thursday, Dec. 1, through Saturday, Dec. 17, featuring the capstone experience for graduating art and design students Nathan Langdon, Joel Steiner and Bo Haoran. On Dec. 1, there will be an opening reception from 4:30-6:30 p.m., at the gallery, located in the Center for the Arts building on the AU campus. This event is free and open…
AU’s Coburn Gallery hosting National Collage Society exhibition Oct. 27-Nov. 19
ASHLAND, Ohio – The Coburn Gallery at Ashland University is serving as the host site for the National Collage Society’s 38th Annual Juried Exhibition, featuring 70 works by 62 artists from across 32 states and four countries. The exhibition will run from Oct. 27-Nov. 19, with an opening reception this Thursday, Oct. 27, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. The reception is free and open to the public. NCS was founded in 1982 by Gretchen Bierbaum and it is incorporated in Ohio…
Art + Design Department Faculty Exhibition to open Thursday, Jan. 20
ASHLAND, Ohio – The Art + Design Department Faculty Exhibition will open at Ashland University’s Coburn Gallery Thursday, Jan. 20, with a reception from 4:30-6:30 p.m. The exhibition runs through Feb. 17. This annual exhibition – featuring the works of Keith Dull, Priscilla Roggenkamp, Dan McDonald, Cynthia Petry and Michael Bird – highlights the two-dimensional and three-dimensional works of the current faculty as professional artists exhibiting in their…
