Art Blog

An exhibit of the Yao Collection is now on view at the Multicultural Center Gallery in Baker Center. The Opening Reception will take place during Ohio University’s International Week, on Thursday, May 14th, from 5 to 7pm.
A gift from Frederick Harris (Hon. PhD, 1997) and collecting partners Robert Fallon (BA, 1969), and Ms. Nguyen Thi [...]

What is it like to see a post-war culture through the lens of a camera? What would a young GI document in late 1945 Japan?

On display at the Alden Library 4th floor Leisure reading area, through the month of September, is a collection of black and white photographs by the late Cliff McCarthy. [...]

Guest curator: Sonja Caldwell
“Dogs are a common and welcome site in art, particularly in Western art, but in art from many cultures….Sometimes, dogs are used to represent certain traits, like loyalty or fidelity, but just as often, it is for the joy that dogs bring to the canvas, or work….
Some of the greatest artists of [...]

Japanese Art from the Frederick and Kazuko Harris Art Collection

The work of ceramist, Hiroe Hanazono is showcased in this sampling from the Harris Collection.
“The importance of food presentation and the notion of hospitality is the driving force in the planning and execution of my work….I have a great passion for food: eating, preparing, and creating [...]

This new exhibit, by Genevieve Waller, graduate student in Art History and Photography, is focused on collecting.
The idea of collecting as a creative activity is something that Ms. Waller is exploring in her own work.
Materials from the Fine Arts collection inform and reinforce her ideas about collecting as the outgrowth of a particular aesthetic or [...]