Visual Arts Section

• Artist Profile | Iden Crockett’s self-discovery via collage

  By YS News StaffJanuary 24, 2022

  

  “Who am I, where am I, and where do I want to be?” These questions, along with detailed storytelling and self-discovery, are expressed like a thread through each drawing, collage and poem of local artist Iden Crockett.

• Artist’s work graces magazine cover

  By Lauren ShowsJuly 4, 2019

  

  The American Psychologist magazine, published by the American Psychological Association, recently featured the work of villager and artist David Battle on the cover of its May-June issue.

• 2019 Spring in the Springs photo contest

  By YS News StaffJune 30, 2019

  

  Choose one or more of your favorite Spring in the Springs photos.

• Employee art show at Yellow Springs Brewery

  By Megan BachmanJune 6, 2019

  

  Yellow Springs Brewery is hosting its employee art show through June 23 in the taproom.

• Village Artisans to host pollinator-themed community art show

  By YS News StaffApril 6, 2019

  

  In honor of National Pollinator Week in June, Village Artisans Gallery in Yellow Springs has announced a call for entries for a special exhibition called “Birds & Bees: Pollinator Awareness — A Community Art Show.”

• Exhibition to feature ‘spiritual landscapes’

  By YS News StaffMarch 30, 2019

  

  Paintings and photographs by locally based artist Scott Randall Lindberg will be on display throughout the month of  April at the ReMax Plus Realty gallery at 257 Xenia Ave, downtown Yellow Springs.

• 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.

• Portraits of villagers at the Winds

  By Diane ChiddisterJanuary 31, 2019

  

  Villager Tim Potter worked long and hard for three decades building a school of design in Dayton, so he wasn’t sure, when he retired eight years ago, who he was anymore. But he ended up surprising himself by picking up the paintbrush he’d put down years before.

• A Tour of Yellow Springs Murals

  By Gary McBrideDecember 7, 2018

  

  The VIDA award presented Dec 12, 2018, recognizes the collective efforts of muralists working in Yellow Springs over the past two decades. Note that while individual artists may be credited here as creators, often the work of painting the murals is a collaborative effort among multiple artists. Here is a photo tour of some of the prominent works currently around the village.

• VIDA awarded to muralists of YS

  By Gary McBride

  

  The murals that brighten many walls in the business district of the village are receiving formal recognition — the Village Inspiration and Design Award, or VIDA. The public is invited to a ceremony at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, at the site, with a reception following at the Emporium, including free coffee and Greene Canteen pretzels.