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.
