Previous Gallery & Exhibition Seasons at Ohio Northern

Funding for programs in the Elzay Gallery of Art is provided by the department of art & design. Support for programs in the Stambaugh Studio Theatre Gallery is provided by the Cultural Affairs and Special Events Committee and the department of art & design.

Teapots: Object to Subject | Elzay Gallery of Art
September 9 – October 19, 2008
High Tea Reception: Friday, September 19, 5–7p.m.
The appeal of the teapot has many roots. This modest domestic object is so familiar, so comfortable, yet its rich history and misleadingly simple form make it an ideal object for artistic exploration. Today the teapot has one foot in the art world and the other in the kitchen. The contemporary American teapot has become one of the most significant objects of art pottery being produced and collected in this country. While some artists create teapots intended for use, others view the traditional teapot as a starting point for individual artistic expression. For both the creator and the collector, teapots that challenge the division between the worlds of art and everyday use are often the most exciting.

Graphic Design Internship Exhibit | Stambaugh Studio Theatre Gallery
September 9 – October 10, 2008
In the department of art & design’s graphic design program, students gain real-world experience working at a design firm, advertising agency, or other related business in the industry for an entire term. This show features work completed by four students during the summer quarter: Margaret Schmidt (Wexner Center for the Arts), Steve Gill (Lima Memorial Hospital), Ashley Hale (Millan Historical Museum), and Arnaldo Jimenez (Detroit Studio).

Creepy Tree – A Graphic Novel | Stambaugh Studio Theatre Gallery
Kyle Hotz, graphic novel artist
October 17 – 31, 2008
Public Lecture: Friday, October 17 3p.m.
Graphic novel illustrator Kyle Hotz (BFA ’93) of Bellbrook, Ohio is this year’s department of art & design’s Homecoming Exhibit and Lecture Series featured artist. The show highlights a number of panels from his recent novel, The Creepy Tree, which includes original, preliminary sketches to completed color comprehensives.

Veiled Reality | Stambaugh Studio Theatre Gallery
Linda Lee Nicholas
November 4 – December 17, 2008
Reception: Friday, November 7, 3–5p.m.
Ms. Nicholas is a graduate of The School of Visual Arts in New York City. Her current work, ink on paper, speaks of a world that has been uncovered, layered, magnified or reinvented. Her painting language is inspired by her emotional relationship to our planet: regarding environmental, political and social issues that effect our bodies and our world.

Student Juried Show | Elzay Gallery of Art
November 4–December 17, 2008
Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony: Tuesday, November 4, 5–7p.m.
For many years, a committee of sophomore art majors have been an active sponsor and participant in the juried exhibition, which is traditionally the most popular gallery event of the academic year. This exhibition will feature original work in a variety of media such as ceramics, oils and watercolors, photographs, graphic design, drawings, sculpture, mixed media and printmaking.

Environmental Visions | Elzay Gallery of Art and Stambaugh Studio Theatre Gallery
January 5–February 20, 2009
Reception Friday, January 9, 5-7p.m.
A select group of artists share their views about our environment and the challenges we face as stewards of our land, air and water. Featured artists included Kelly Adams, Bob Barancik, Koriel Jock, Lucia LaVilla-Havelin, Susan Strong Muir, Shelly Murney, Patricia Tinajero, and Jing Zhou.

Graphic Imperative: International Posters for Peace, Social Justice & the Environment | Elzay Gallery of Art and Stambaugh Studio Theatre Gallery
March 16–April 30, 2009
AIGA sponsored reception Friday, April 24, 5–7p.m. (note date change)
Public lecture by Elizabeth Resnick, curator, 5:30p.m.
The Graphic Imperative is a select retrospective of 40 years of international sociopolitical posters. Themes include dissent, liberation, racism, sexism, human rights, civil rights, collectively providing a window to an age of great change. Focusing on the issues of our turbulent times, these 121 posters endeavor to show the social, political and aesthetic concerns of many cultures in a single exhibition through delineating themes and contrasting political realities.

Senior Thesis Exhibition | Elzay Gallery of Art and Stambaugh Studio Theatre Gallery
May 9–22, 2009
Opening reception Saturday, May 9, 1–3p.m.
Closing the 2008–09 season, the capstone projects and portfolios from this year’s graduating art & design students will be displayed. Seniors work through the summer and the academic year before culminating their college education with a presentation of their works. Seniors discuss their works with an audience of faculty, community and peers during their brown bag lectures.

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Other Exhibitions at the Department of Art & Design in 2008–09

Get Out the Vote Poster Exhibit
Elzay Gallery Lobby
Oct. 27–Nov. 14

Reduce|Reuse: An Exhibition of Desirable Things Made from Trash
Wilson Art Center
Nov. 11–Jan. 30

Holiday Greeting Card Exhibit
Elzay Gallery Lobby
Dec. 8–19

Senior Capstone Project Exhibit
Wilson Art Center
Feb. 20–Mar. 27

Junior BA/BFA Exhibit
Wilson Art Center
May 4–Aug. 28

Foundations Honors Exhibit
Elzay Gallery Lobby
May 8–Aug. 28

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Exhibition Season | 2007–08

Funding for programs in the Elzay Gallery of Art is provided by the department of art & design. Support for programs in the Stambaugh Studio Theatre Gallery is provided by the Cultural Affairs and Special Events Committee and the department of art & design.

Steve Emmett: Recent Work
September 4–30, 2007
Professor Steve Emmett received his BFA and MFA degrees from Edinboro University, and, now teaches drawing, paintings, and foundations classes at Edinboro. Emmett works primarily with oil paints. He says, “I do not render my subjects as specific ‘portraits,’ but attempt to present the figure as a more inclusive vessel for expressive notions. I attempt to balance areas of accident and improvisation with passages that are more detailed and sharp. My process is usually one of painting over established elements, reintroducing them, adding, and subtracting.”

Sean McConnor
Portraits of 18th, 19th and 20th Century Guitar Players
October 5–28, 2007
Professor Sean McConnor teaches at Thiel College, and acts as gallery director, curator and department chair. He received his BFA from Kent State University in 1996 and his MFA from Edinboro University in 1998. McConnor has much experience with portraiture and landscape painting. Many of his portraits have a smudged, silhouette feel, as if the viewer were seeing the painting through a rain-stained window. McConnor’s knowledge of lights and darks helps translate his pieces.

Marita Gootee
Memories Adrift
November 2–16, 26–30, 2007
Photographer Marita Gootee received her MFA from Indiana State University in 1985. She is an instructor at Mississippi State University. Gootee draws her inspiration from her life and surroundings. She uses a variety of photography techniques to create a skewed reality. Various printing papers, colored pencils, and linseed oil help Gootee achieve a unique platform. Landscapes lurk with drawn-in monsters, fuzzy pinhole photos are spruced with color mimic memories, and digital work shows repetition of subjects in different perspectives. Gootee’s photos offer variety while maintaining a voice that is distinctly her own.

Alphabet: An Exhibition of Hand-Drawn Lettering and Experimental Typography
December 3–21, 2007
This show includes 60 illustrations of the alphabet and features typography created by 48 artists and designers from all over the world. The goal of the exhibit is to represent the letters we see every day as more than just communication symbols. Alphabet debuted in Baltimore and is now traveling the United States and abroad.??

Make Art! An Interactive Exhibition
January 7–31, 2008
Artists Daniel Rozin of New York University, Barbara Furbush of the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, Amy Youngs of the Ohio State University, and Bonnie Mitchell and Elaine Lillious, both of Bowling Green State University, team to create this interactive exhibit, which offers viewers personalized experiences. The pieces displayed alter and react depending on the viewer’s unique vantage point, giving audience members an active encounter.

Betty LaDuke
Paintings, drawings and photographs
February 4–22, 2008
Betty LaDuke, an accomplished artist, author and teacher, as well as an avid traveler, will make an encore appearance this year. LaDuke’s work is heavily influenced by her travels. She shows a particular interest in African, Asian and Mexican cultures and places a special focus on third-world lifestyles. She received her MFA in printmaking from the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. She has been honored with numerous artist residencies and also is the author of four books.

Kylie Heidenheimer
Bursts, Atmosphere and Stasis
March 10–20, 25–30, 2008
Living and working in New York City, Kylie Heidenheimer skillfully blends areas that are as evanescent as air with gutsy, tactile passages celebrating the materiality of paint itself. In them, washes of acrylic paint puddle and pool. Thick splashes and blobs might impose themselves, or break apart and scatter like clouds. Alert to the irony of her process, she questions, in pictorial terms, the kind of tranquility she struggles to achieve. This assiduously self-aware effort manifests in imagery that suggests urban decay, natural phenomena, cosmology, weather maps, calligraphy and the primordial. Throughout her investigation, the artist is guided by her fascination with the dual nature of the painted surface: repository of matter and metaphor for space.

Hui-Chu Ying
Recent Work
April 4–27, 2008
Printmaker Hui-Ching Ying is a professor at the Myers School of Art at the University of Akron. Her works combine silkscreen, relief printmaking, etching and drawing. Among other things, Ying is inspired by universal life themes such as illness, death and healing. She also demonstrates an interest in various cultures, especially Spanish culture.

Senior BFA/BA Capstone Exhibit
May 2–16, 2008
Closing the 2007–08 season, the capstone projects and portfolios from this year’s graduating art and design students will be displayed. Seniors work through the summer and the academic year before culminating their college education with a presentation of their works. Seniors discuss their works with an audience of faculty, community and peers during their brown bag lectures.