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.

Phoenix receives an OAC Capacity Building Grant

Photo: Round table discussion, from right to left: Cindy Davis, Joan Tallan, Anne Cushman, Eliana Saari, Judith Steele, Janus Small, Ellie Hug, and Rebecca Morton.

The Phoenix Rising Cooperative recently received an Ohio Arts Council Capacity Building Grant.

In order to examine the options for our future, Phoenix used this grant to work with Janus S. Small, President of Janus Small Associates from Cleveland, Ohio.

During the consultancy we reviewed possible modes of operation for our future, including internal governance and leadership. We have, and are currently examining the suitability of becoming a non-profit organization, and are finding out more about how we can meet our funding needs.

Our organization has grown in its activities and influence over its ten years of operation, and we look forward to future development!

This Capacity Building project has been a key step for PR to take. It will bring our creative endeavors and community outreach to a higher level.

Photos: Above, Anne Cushman and Eliana Saari. Below , Judith Steele, Janus Small and Ellie Hug.

Exhibit "Multiples"

Studios On High gallery presented: "Multiples" May 1-June30, 2007

Fine arts by Anne Cushman, Cindy Davis, Ellie Hug, Rebecca Morton, Elina Saari, Judith Steele, Joan Tallan, Melissa Vogley Woods and Stephanie Sypsa.

reception: 2-4 p.m. May 12