TWO ARTISTS RETURN TO THEIR OHIO ROOTS! Tennessee painter Ray Kleinlein and Arizona ceramic sculptor Jennifer Holt explore the world of the commonplace. What we normally overlook becomes paramount as we discover the beauty of the everyday objects around us. Kleinlein’s realistic paintings are lush and rich. He renders towels you can reach for, a […]

The Southern Ohio Museum is pleased to invite area artists to participate in the summer exhibition entitled Cream of the Crop 2016. This is the fifteenth biennial juried exhibition of works by artists living and working within an 85 mile radius of Portsmouth and an exciting showcase for the finest art in the region. There […]

  Since Joseph Raffael’s move to France from California, almost 30 years ago, the artist has focused exclusively on watercolor, using it in ways unique to him, working wet into wet, as if he were painting in oil. Serendipitous events occur as the paint flows fluidly through what Robert Hughes, the former Times magazine critic, […]

The egg symbolizes life and plays a part in both Jewish and Christian religious holidays in springtime, be it the roasted egg on a Passover Seder plate, or the Easter egg acting as a reminder that Jesus rose from the grave. The decorated ostrich eggs in the gallery are the vision of collector Charles Bluestone. Moved […]

The Portsmouth Steel Works employed some 5,000 workers who toiled at ovens and furnaces, making products for worldwide markets. These images document the scale of operations at the time of the 1936 strike, which left one dead, others injured, made national headlines, and contributed to the unionization of American industry. Exhibit curated by Andrew Feight, Ph.D.

When two people co-exist, living and working side by side, there exists between them a space. This space, much like the interval between objects oriented in close proximity, contains a spark, a charge, where a world of possibility awaits. Some call it spatial tension, where an invisible force attracts objects that are so close, yet […]

Working on classically wheel made and wood fired forms, Nayson McIlhargey draws upon motifs from centuries old ceramics to embellish his vessels. From large urns to small bowls, these ceramic works echo worlds gone by, yet resonate with a contemporary feel. Exhibition reception will be Sunday July 26, 1:00 – 3:00 pm. Artist Naysan McIlhargey will […]