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Coburn Gallery News
Alumni Exhibition Artwork Delivery
Artwork delivery for the upcoming Ashland University Alumni Exhibition is August 9 -12. Please call/email Cynthia to set up an appointment for delivery. Due to unforeseen circumstances we cannot accept artworks on August 13th. Contact information 419.289.5652 /cpetry@ashland.edu . If you have a conflict-contact Cynthia and we can work out another date/time....Read more
Awards Announced-ASHCAL Juried Members Exhibition
The Coburn Gallery at Ashland University announces awards for regional juried exhibition featuring 22 members of the Ashland Community Art League. The juror for the exhibition was professor and fine artist Priscilla Roggenkamp from Alliance, Ohio.An opening reception was held on Friday, May 14, with $450.00 in awards announced including Best in Show, Peggy Stover, watercolor painting titled, Yellow Blue, 1st Place Marty Bossler Lee charcoal drawing, Nightfall, 2nd Place Barbara Morejon, felted wool sculpture, Vessels Revealed and two Juror Honorable Mentions-Betz Johnson Richards, colored pencil drawing, Canary Girl, and Heidi Weller, Self Portrait Pandemic, oil on paper. All artworks and awards were selected by the juror.The exhibition includes local artists Barbara Nell Morejon, Bea North, Christine Krantz, Betty Perry, Betz Johnson Richards, Scott Parillo, Cynthia C. Petry, Jennifer Geraci, Dana Sherburne, Debra Akers, Elizabeth Klingler, Martha Buckner, Irene Maginniss, Janet Wells, Jerome A. Klobutcher, Marty Bossler Lee, Heidi Weller, MP Marion, Nancy Dupre, Peggy Stover, Irv Oslin, and Susan Shafer. The exhibition showcases local artistic talent in the Ashland community and will run from May 14 through July 23, 2021.The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 12 noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday and is free and open to the public. Covid-19 safety protocols include: a maximum of 15 visitors that may visit the gallery at one time, and groups no larger than 5, and face masks must be worn. For more information about the opening reception or the exhibition, call 419.289.5652 or visit us on Facebook.
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ASHCAL Members Exhibition Opens Friday May 14th
The Coburn Gallery at Ashland University announces a regional juried exhibition featuring 49 works created by the members of the Ashland Community Arts League. The works on view will range from painting, ceramics, photography, fiber arts, printmaking, glass, drawing and mixed media. The Ashland Community Arts League juried members exhibition opens on Friday May 14 with a reception from 6:00-7:30pm. The event is free and open to the public.Exhibiting artists include Barbara Nell Morejon, Bea North, Christine Krantz, Betty Perry, Betz Johnson Richards, Scott Parillo, Cynthia C. Petry, Jennifer Geraci, Dana Sherburne, Debra Akers, Elizabeth Klingler, Martha Buckner, Irene Maginniss, Janet Wells, Jerome A. Klobutcher, Marty Bossler Lee, Heidi Weller, MP Marion, Nancy Dupre, Peggy Stover, Irv Oslin, and Susan Shafer.The juror for the exhibition was Priscilla Roggenkamp who is an artist and associate professor of art living in Alliance, Ohio. She studied art at Kent State University (M.F.A.), University of Arkansas (M.Ed.) and Heidelberg College (B.A.). Her artwork moves in two directions. Fiber-based sculptural works that relate to human concerns and often consider what we carry in life. And two-dimensional works that relate to nature, time and place and most often lean toward abstraction. She has shown her work in a variety of places such as Chicago’s Woman Made Gallery, the Canton Museum of Art, the Brogan Museum in Florida and internationally in The Western Galilee, Israel. She is represented by (Not) Sheep Gallery in Columbus. She curated an exhibition related to the play Romeo and Juliet, a textile exhibition called The Threads That Bind and co curated The Women of Resilience Exhibition. In 2015, she attended a residency at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, ME. In 2021, she was awarded an Individual Excellence Award FY21 from the Ohio Arts Council.Priscilla has...Read more
Call for Local Artists-
CALL FOR ARTISTS: The Coburn Gallery of Ashland University will host an Ashland Community Arts League (AshCAL) juried membership exhibition May 14 through July 23, 2021. The exhibition is open to all artists who are current members of AshCAL. Entry fee is $25 for up to four entries. Newly joining members must provide contact information and pay annual membership dues ($35) at the time of entry. Life membership is also available for $100, and includes the entry fee for the 2021 exhibition. Works in any media, traditional or experimental, qualify. All works must be original to the entering artist and not completed under instruction or as part of a class or workshop. No kits or commercial patterns will be accepted. Work may not have been previously exhibited at Coburn Gallery. Wall hanging pieces must be wired and completely ready to exhibit. All pieces must be hand delivered to Coburn Gallery, 331 College Ave, Ashland, OH, on Sunday, May 9, noon to 3 pm or Monday, May 10, from 10 am to 3 pm. No mailed or commercial deliveries will be accepted. Entries will be juried on Monday, May 10, 4 to 6pm. Entrants will be notified of rejections late the day of Monday, May 10, by email only. Rejected work must be picked up on Tuesday, May 11, 10 am to 4 pm. The guest juror is Priscilla Roggenkamp, January 2021 recipient of an Ohio Arts Council individual Excellence Award in the category of Visual Arts 3D. She has also been previously awarded an OAC Traditional Arts Apprenticeship grant in 2018 to study Appalachian Weaving. Priscilla is an artist and associate professor of art at Ashland University. Detailed entry forms and prospectus may be obtained by email to: cpetry@ashland.edu . Hard copies are available at the gallery. ...Read more
Alumni Exhibition Prospectus
Ashland University Department of Art + Design Alumni Exhibition September 2-30, 2021. Alumni of the Department of Art + Design are invited to submit artwork for an Alumni Exhibition, to take place in the Coburn Art Gallery September 2-30, 2021. The exhibition is open to any graduate of Ashland University’s Art + Design programs. All artwork should be made in the last four years and not exhibited at any previous Coburn Gallery exhibition is eligible. There is no fee for entry. All media will be considered, including installation, design work, and new media. All artworks must be gallery ready and they will be screened by the gallery director. To request entry information, contact Cynthia Petry at cpetry@ashland.edu. Entry deadline is July 6, 2021 @5pm. For more information about this exhibition, contact Cynthia Petry at cpetry@ashland.edu or phone 419.289.5652.
