The Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery Hosts Phoenix Rising

Visual Dialogues opens January 29 at 5 p.m. Curator Nicholas Hill will lead a tour of the exhibition on January 30 from noon – 1 p.m. Due to state regulations refreshments cannot be provided by the Riffe Gallery. Also opening on January 29 in the Riffe Center lobby, Phoenix Rising: A Printmaking Cooperative will be on view through March 12, 2009.

Artists in the show include: Larry Winston Collins, Oxford; Angela Hampel, Dresden; Jean Kirsten, Dresden; Volker Leinkeit, Dresden; Jana Morgenstern, Dresden; Claudio Orso-Giacone, Oberlin; Detlef Schweiger, Dresden; Wendy Collin Sorin, Cleveland Heights; Susan Squires, Cleveland Heights; Joan Tallan (of Phoenix Rising) Reynoldsburg; and Barbel Voigt, Dresden.

The Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery will also hold a Family Workshop, Sunday, March 1, 2009 from 2 – 4 p.m. Phoenix Rising artists Anne Cushman and Cindy Davis will help students age 6 – 17 explore the Korean printmaking in the Capitol Theatre lobby, Riffe Center, third floor. technique of Takbon. Takbon uses an ink bundle to create images from found objects, relics of history, stone, wood and other textured materials. Registration is required as space is limited and all children must be accompanied by a registered adult. Registration begins February 1 and ends February 13, 2009 online at http://www.riffegallery.org/.

The Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery is located in the Vern Riffe Center for Government and the Arts, 77 S. High St., Columbus, OH. Admission is free. Gallery winter hours are Tuesday, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m., Wednesday through Friday, 10 a.m.- 8 p.m., Saturday noon - 8 p.m. and Sunday noon-4 p.m. Closed Monday and state holidays. Visit http://www.riffegallery.org/ or phone 614/644-9624 for more information.

Phoenix Member's Art Critique

Visual Dialogues and Phoenix Rising

and Phoenix Rising

work by: Rebecca Morton (left) and Ellie Hug (right)

Visual Dialogues
January 29 – April 12, 2009
Curated by Nicholas Hill

Phoenix Rising: A Printmaking Cooperative,

Curated by Stephanie Sypsa

on view until March 12, 2008

Visual Dialogues represents artwork produced during an exchange between 11 German and Ohio artists who shared the distinctive experience of participating in printmaking residencies at Zygote Press in Cleveland and Grafikwerkstatt in Dresden, Germany. The Ohio Arts Council hosted the German artists in Cleveland and the City of Dresden sponsored the Ohio artists in Dresden.
Featured artists: Larry Winston Collins, Oxford; Angela Hampel, Dresden; Jean Kirsten, Dresden; Volker Leinkeit, Dresden; Jana Morgenstern, Dresden; Claudio Orso-Giacone, Oberlin; Detlef Schweiger, Dresden; Wendy Collin Sorin, Cleveland Heights; Susan Squires, Cleveland Heights; Joan Tallan, Reynoldsburg; and Barbel Voigt, Dresden.
Join us opening night, Thursday, January 29, 5 – 7 p.m. Due to state regulations refreshments cannot be provided by the Riffe Gallery.
Also opening on January 29 in the Riffe Center lobby, Phoenix Rising: A Printmaking Cooperative, on view until March 12, 2008.
This exhibition was organized with funding from the Ohio Arts Council. Additional support from the Ohio Building Authority.
Media sponsors for this exhibition include Alive, CD101, CityScene, Ohio Magazine and Time Warner.

Conversation with Sid Chafetz at Phoenix Rising

Conversation with Sid Chafetz at Phoenix Rising .....

Opening Reception at Ohio Dominican

Opening Reception at the Ohio Dominican

Ten Years Soaring

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Ten Years Soaring: Phoenix Rising Celebrates a Decade
October 12 - November 16, 2008 Opening: Sunday, October 12, 1-3:30 pm

Ten Years Soaring, is an exhibit featuring over ten printmakers connected to Phoenix working in various mediums.The Wehrle Gallery is open from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.Admission is free.The Wehrle Gallery is in Wehrle Hall on Ohio Dominican University's main campus,1216 Sunbury RD, Columbus OH 43219.

Conversation with Sid Chafetz at Phoenix Rising

Sunday, October 19th at 2:00 p.m. held at the Phoenix Rising studio, 938 Parsons Ave, downtown Columbus.

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Rex et Lex, woodcut

Sidney Chafetz is a Columbus treasure. A professor emeritus of Ohio State University, Mr Chafetz is so beloved by past students that they formed a printmaking alumni association in his honor called the "Residivists". Other notable achievements include numerous national and international awards and fellowships as well as foundation and university research grants. In 1991 he received the Ohio Arts Council’s Governor’s Award.





(photo left) Amherst Maid I, litho. (right) Dr Prinzhorn's Patriotic Pair, litho.

Sidney Chafetz, professor emeritus of art at The Ohio State University, received his professional training at the Rhode Island School of Design, L’Ecole des Beaux Arts, Fontainbleu, the Academie Julian, Paris, and with artists Fernand Leger and Stanley W. Hayter. He is been regularly represented in major print exhibitions since 1947.

His notable achievements include numerous national and international awards and fellowships as well as foundation and university research grants. In 1991 he received the Ohio Arts Council’s Governor’s Award.

A comprehensive 40-year retrospective of Mr. Chafetz’s work was organized by Ohio State in 1988, an event marked by the publication of Chafetz Graphics: Satire and Homage the first joint project of the University Galleries and the Ohio State University Press.

In 1992, Mr. Chafetz completed work on Perpetrators,a series of lithographic portraits of the individuals who carried out the policies of the German Third Reich, plus related installations. The exhibition toured scores of university and nonprofit galleries and traveled to three European cities. The series is now on permanent display at the Florida Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg. It is also regularly exhibited under the auspices of the Tennessee Center for Holocaust Studies. Several portraits from the series are at the University of Minnesota’s center for genocide studies.l

In the fall of 2005, the Columbus Museum of Art presented an exhibition of Chafetz prints covering the major areas of his interest: politics, cultural heroes and the academy.

Artist Talk With Joan Tallan

Beach Scene, by Joan Tallan

Artist Gallery Talk Series
Wehrle Gallery, Wednesday at Noon,
Free and Open to the public

October 15th

Artist Joan Tallen will lead us in a gallery talk entitled "War and Peace:Blood, Gore and some Fun"

Artist statement:
I am a people watcher. I observe the people I work with, play with, and see in the media. I am fascinated by the episodes that make up their lives.
Portraying people at their activities, from memory, life, or with the help of photos forms the content of most of my work. I also love flowers. I have a garden, but that is second to people.
The wood of a woodcut, and the copper and acid of intaglio influences the line and movement of the composition.

2008 Card Packs are now available!

Our annual limited edition collection of 10 hand printed cards is now available for purchase. Only $25.00 per card pack! Proceeds from this sale are used to support Phoenix Rising Printmaking Cooperative.
Place your order by email phoenixrisingco-op@sbcglobal.net
Provide your name and phone number and we will contact you to make arrangements for delivery. There is a $2. shipping and handling fee for card packs delivered by US mail.

Card packs will be available for purchase outside the Wehrle Gallery at Ohio Dominican University during the opening reception for Ten Years Soaring: Phoenix Rising Celebrates a Decade of Printmaking on Sunday, October 12th, 1:00-3:30 PM.