Professoriate: The University Does Art, a group exhibit featuring recent work by university faculty in Northwest Ohio, will open at ArtSpace/Lima with a reception for the artists from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, November 7.
The exhibit will bring together works by 17 university faculty members in the departments of art at Bluffton University, University of Findlay, Ohio Northern University, The Ohio State University at Lima, and Bowling Green State University.
Participants in Professoriate have national and international reputations that extend well beyond the borders of Northwest Ohio. Many will be familiar to patrons of ArtSpace/Lima, having shown and earned awards in previous ArtSpace shows.
Artist/faculty who will be participating in Professoriate include: from Bowling Green State University: Dennis Wojtkiewicz, Janet Ballweg, and Chelsea Younkman; from Bluffton University: Phil Sugden, Andreas Baumgartner, Jim Fultz, and Gregg Luginbuhl; from the University of Findlay: Ed Corle, Laura Barnhardt Corle, Valerie Escobedo, and Spencer Cunningham; from The Ohio State University at Lima: Ed Valentine; and from Ohio Northern University: Melissa Eddings, William Mancuso, Luke Sheets, Brit Rowe, and Emily Jay.
Professoriate: The University Does Art will run in the Ellen Nelson Gallery through December 20, 2014.
ArtSpace/Lima is a not-for-profit arts organization with a mission to promote the arts in northwest Ohio and to provide artists with a venue to present and to sell their work. ArtSpace/Lima is supported in part by a grant from the Ohio Arts Council. For further information on Professoriate: The University Does Art or for information regarding other ArtSpace/Lima programs, please call Bill Sullivan, Operations Manager, at ArtSpace/Lima 419-222-1721.
