Galleries/Exhibitions

The Ohio Show
June 6 – July 22

Photo from 2008 Ohio Show

This juried exhibition is open to all Ohio artists and artisans.  Approximately 70 paintings, drawings, ceramics, photography, and metalwork are featured each year.   This year’s juror is Charlotte Gordon, Museum Curator, Springfield Museum of Art.

Juror’s Award Selections

Best of Show:
Doug McLarty, Xenia, OH, for two photographs, Cone of Tranquility, and Red Leaf Study I
First Place, Painting: 
Kelley Booze, Springfield, OH, for Don’t Walk, oil on panel
First Place, Drawing or Print: 
Nicholas Hill, Granville, OH, for Kyoto Calligraphy Lesson IX, cyanotype and drawing
First Place, Sculpture:
David M. Morgan, Columbus, OH, for two glass and wire mobiles, Fire Dragon, and Purple Platypus Tropical Dinosaur Fish
First Place, Ceramics:
Kaname Takada, Columbus, OH, for two earthenware objects, Masu-Series, 19037 and Masu-Series, 19051
First Place, Jewelry/Functional Metal:
Michael B. Hays, Columbus, OH, for two sterling silver objects, Tea Infuser with Stand, and Salt and Pepper Shakers
First Place, Fiber or Textile:
Paula Nees, Columbus, OH, for indigo-dyed linen, entitled, Mokume I
First Place, Photography:
Mina Hosfield, Columbus, OH, for her photograph, Spinning Cloud Gate

American Art Pottery from a Private Collection
July 2 – August 16

Rare examples of historic Ohio pottery as well as recent works by important ceramists from around the nation, including Tim Eberhardt, Paul Katrich, Ken McCollum, Kurt Wild, Door Pottery, and Common Ground.

Regional Dialect: American Scene Paintings from the John and Susan Horseman Collection
August 1 – October 13, 2009

‘Children on an English Beach,’ c. 1918, oil on canvas, William Samuel Horton

Fifty-seven paintings, 1910s-1930s, that vividly depict and display American people, life, and the landscape.  Regional Dialect re-introduces extraordinary artists, such as Ohioans Alice Schille, George Adomeit, Theodore Earl Butler, and Carl Gaertner, as well as demonstrating the vision and integrity each artist brought to the representation of the American experience.  A major traveling exhibition organized by the Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis.

The Zanesville Museum of Art is located at 620 Military Road. The hours of operation are Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 10:00 - 5:00 PM, Thursday 10:00 - 8:30 PM, Sunday 1:00 - 5:00 PM. Closed Mondays. For more information call (740) 452-0741.