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Articles About Yellow Springs Arts Council

  • Virtual exhibit showcases emerging artists

    By YS News StaffSeptember 18, 2020

    With the aim of supporting new voices, the Yellow Springs Arts Council will host a virtual art show highlighting the work of four up-and-coming area artists.

  • Gaunt rising

    By YS News StaffAugust 22, 2019

    The grand opening of the Wheeling Gaunt Community Room at the Yellow Springs Arts Council was marked by the completion of a mural created by local muralist and Yellow Springs native Maiya Celeste. (Photo by Kathleen Galarza)

    The grand opening of the Wheeling Gaunt Community Room at the Yellow Springs Arts Council was celebrated by a standing room-only crowd on Saturday, Aug. 17.

  • Four new Yellow Springs art shows to host receptions March 15

    By YS News StaffMarch 10, 2019

    Nearly concurrent opening receptions for four new art exhibitions in Yellow Springs will create a mini art stroll experience for visual art lovers wanting to catch them all Friday evening, March 15.

  • Holiday Art Jumble returns

    By Gary McBrideNovember 22, 2018

    The annual Holiday Art Jumble opens this Saturday at the Arts Council Community Gallery, 111 Corry St. The event features a wide variety of art, crafts, gifts and seasonal items at affordable prices. The Jumble runs through December 30. (submitted photo by Corrine Bayraktaroglu)

    The Yellow Springs Arts Council is once again hosting their annual event which features handmade fine art, crafts, seasonal items and plenty of surprises. It’s official — the Art Jumble is here, so let the holiday season begin! 

  • New YSAC exhibit — Practicing the art of self-acceptance

    By Guest ContributorSeptember 27, 2018

    Deborah Dixon with a papier maché sea goddess and other original work in her home studio. (Photo by Carla Steiger)

    Curvy, energized, colorful nude women wriggle and writhe joyfully across a black T-shirt that Deborah Dixon designed, and wore, in a recent interview.

  • Local artists evoke places near, far and dear

    By Guest ContributorJuly 26, 2018

    Local artist Anna Arbor, left, and former villager Catherine Lehman will exhibit together at the YSAC Community Gallery in “Places Far, Near and Dear” through Aug. 12. An opening reception with the artists is Friday, July 20, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the gallery, 111 Corry St. (Left photo by Carla Steiger; right, submitted photo)

    An opening reception for the exhibition “Places Far, Near and Dear,” featuring paintings by Anna Arbor and Catherine Lehman, will be held Friday, July 20, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the YSAC Community Gallery.

  • YSAC to spotlight beauty of wood

    By Carol SimmonsJune 21, 2018

    Lowell Converse will have his wood turnings on display along with work by nine other wood artists and artisans in a new exhibition at Yellow Springs Arts Council Gallery, Friday, June 15, through July 15. An opening reception June 15, from 6-9 p.m., will coincide with the village’s twice-yearly Art Stroll. (Submitted photo)

    The beauty and aesthetic harmony of wood will be on display this month in an invitational exhibition hosted by Yellow Springs Arts Council.

  • Whimsy, mystery on exhibit

    By Carol SimmonsMay 24, 2018

    “Dreamscapes,” an exhibition of art works by Carla Steiger, will open Friday, May 18, at the Yellow Springs Arts Council Gallery, with a reception from 6–8 p.m. Steiger creates assemblages, which she then photographs, in a studio space on the second floor of her art-filled home. (Photo by Carol Simmons)

    Both the passage and absence of time play significant roles in the art of Carla Steiger.

  • Inspired by nature, and the village

    By Guest ContributorMay 10, 2018

    “I paint color and light in watercolors because it is a way to directly connect with the beauty surrounding us here in Ohio and in the world," says Libby Rudolf, whose paintings will be on display at the Winds from Tuesday, May 8, through the end of June. (Photo by Carla Steiger)

    A feeling of unmitigated joy suffuses the work of painter Libby Rudolf. While she has painted a range of subjects, including portraits, street scenes and close-ups of flowers, she prefers to paint nature scenes and people in a natural setting. 

  • Celebrate YS banner festival, YSAC permanent collection

    By Diane ChiddisterFebruary 25, 2018

    On Friday, Jan. 19, the Yellow Springs Arts Council will celebrate the Yellow Springs Banner Festival, a two-decades-long annual event that ended in 2012. At 7 p.m. a panel discussion will take place regarding the festival, on the second floor of the Bryan Center. Shown above are some of the village-created banners created by villagers that flew during past festivals. (Submitted photos)

    This weekend villagers are invited to celebrate two events beloved to the local arts community — the Yellow Springs Banner Festival, and the return of the Yellow Springs Arts Council, or YSAC, permanent collection to the John Bryan Community Center.