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Visual Arts Section

  • YS Open Studios — An inside look at local art and artists

    By Jeff SimonsOctober 25, 2018

    A few of the 29 local artists opening their studios for a villagewide gallery sale this weekend are, from left, photographer Matthew Collins, potter Dianne Collinson and sculptor Brian Maughan. (Photos by Jeff Simons)

    Yellow Springs is increasingly becoming renowned for its own vibrant community of artists, and this weekend, art lovers can get a first-hand look at what some of the village’s talented artists are creating.

  • 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.

  • Emporium art exhibit— Prison portraits focus on humanity

    By Guest ContributorAugust 2, 2018

    How does a person keep their will to live when their whole future is in the same place?

  • Local abstract and surrealist painter to show at Yellow Springs Brewery

    By Megan BachmanJuly 26, 2018

    Yellow Springs Brewery will display the artwork local abstract and surrealist painter Buck Truitt, with an opening on Friday, July 27.

  • Local artists evoke places near, far and dear

    By Guest Contributor

    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.

  • 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. 

  • Art inspired by nature, Yellow Springs

    By Guest ContributorMay 5, 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)

    Paintings by Yellow Springs-based artist Libby Rudolf, along with the work of her friend Diana Hoke, of New Paris, Ohio, will be on display at the Winds Cafe from Tuesday, May 8, through the end of June.

  • At Springfield Museum of Art — Colorful caravans, carousels in show

    By Guest ContributorApril 26, 2018

    “Marvelous Journeys,” an exhibit of the work of local artist Sharri Phillips, pictured above, will be on display at the Springfield Museum of Art beginning this Sunday, April 22, and running until September. An opening reception will be held this Sunday, April 22, at 4 p.m. at the museum. (Photo By Carla Steiger)

    “Marvelous Journeys,” an exhibition of the work of Yellow Springs artist Sharri Paula Phillips, opens April 22 and runs through Sept. 9 in the Chakeres Gallery in the Springfield Museum of Art.

  • Paintings on view at Village Artisans

    By YS News StaffApril 7, 2018

    An exhibition of paintings by two members of Village Artisans — Leah Grommon and Christine Klinger — is currently on display through May 14 at the art cooperative’s gallery, 100 Corry St., Yellow Springs.