Chaddock + Morrow College of Fine Arts Stories

A teeter totter with a mom on one end and the other end full with a daughter, schoolbooks and pack, toys, sporting equipment, a sewing machine, a stroller, and more

Art of the maternal

November 14, 2019 1 min

A self-described “mother-artist,” OHIO Gallery Coordinator Courtney Kessel, MFA ’12, infuses her work with personal observations and poignant statements from her experience as a mother to her daughter, who has been featured, quite literally at times, in Kessel’s pieces over the past 10 years.
Illustration of a rowboat tied to a tree on a lake with two people sitting in the boat

I’m listening. Let’s talk.

October 20, 2019 3 min

Ombudsperson Mac Stricklen serves as a deep listener, a sounding board, and a creative problem solver.
animated illustration of teal waves in motion toward a shore

Lacuna

October 16, 2019 14 min

College of Fine Arts faculty C. David Russell and Mateo Galvano premiered Lacuna, a multimedia art installation, in June at the Currents New Media Festival in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The work reveals myriad forms of contrasting relationships: stillness with movement; traditional with digital; silk with plaster.
John Sabraw painting on a canvas by a pond

Stewards of the Landscape

June 9, 2019 6 min

OHIO’s faculty and students are lending a nurturing hand to planet Earth by taking toxins from water to make artist-grade paint pigments and leveraging life-sized replicas of oil and gas pipeline with software models to prevent spills.

Art as Landscape

June 8, 2019 2 min

Andrea Frohne, an associate professor of art history, discusses her career exploring the visual landscape of African culture and her book on New York City’s African Burial Ground. She shares personal insights, from early memories to favorite smells.

Here to be heard

October 25, 2018 2 min

Deaf since age 3, Pribula relied on a call service for deaf individuals that can sound like a phone call from a telemarketer, and several times, the CATS Late Night operator hung up on her.
Student takes photos of clothing in an art gallery

What were you wearing?

October 1, 2018 2 min

This question, often asked of survivors of sexual violence in order to discredit them, was answered by a powerful exhibit in Baker University Center’s Trisolini Gallery this fall.
Select pieces from Mary Manusos, professor emerita of art, solo exhibit "States of Being"

Mary Manusos: Art as response to our world

December 14, 2017 2 min

A lifetime spent responding sensitively and vigorously to the world around her, Ohio University Professor Emerita of Art Mary Manusos taught printmaking to generations of budding artists in the Seigfred Hall print shops.
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