Main Gallery
Fine Art Exhibitions
The Main Gallery hosts group, individual and juried art exhibitions. The exhibitions typically run 5-6 weeks, with a wide range of themes and media. Artists from across the state of Ohio, United States, and beyond feature their work in this beautiful and unique space.
Habitat
Nov. 8-Dec 14, 2024
Opening Reception: Friday Nov 8, 6-8pm
Free Event, Complimentary Food and Drink Provided
In this 2-person exhibition, Nicki Crock and Christopher Burk explore the imagery of house and habitat. Nicki will exhibit her large-scale sculpture “Packed”.. Christopher will show work developed out of his “Flooded House Series”, inspired by images in contemporary news and media.
2025 Schedule
Daydreaming Art: Rick Borg
January 10 – February 15, 2025
Opening Reception: Friday Jan 10, 6-8pm
Free Event, Complimentary Food and Drink Provided
Outsider artist Rick Borg takes over the Main Gallery with a wild collection of paintings and assemblages, bringing smiles and brilliant color to an otherwise dreary time of the year.
3 for the Earth: Tetyana Hubska, David Greenberg, Denise Romecki
February 21 – March 29, 2025
Opening Reception: Friday February 21, 6-8pm
Free Event, Complimentary Food and Drink Provided
Three artists present personal perspectives on the natural world, its inhabitants, and how humans both affect, and are affected, by it. Tetyana Hubska creates drawings and paintings of natural objects, and thought-provoking digital images. Geneticist, David Greenberg, explores his passion for the natural world through exquisite photographs of insects and spiders. Sculptor, Denise Romecki rounds our trio with her amazing ceramic artworks celebrating and commenting on humans relationship to nature.
Vas Nini: Painter & Sculptor
April 4 – May 10, 2025
Opening Reception: Friday April 4, 6-8pm
Free Event, Complimentary Food and Drink Provided
Internationally renowned artist and sculpture instructor at the Cultural Arts Center, Vas Nini takes over both the gallery and the patio to bring us an exhibition presenting the full range of his amazing talents.
What Do We Protect?
May 16 – June 21, 2025
Opening Reception: Friday May 16, 6-8pm
Free Event, Complimentary Food and Drink Provided
“The Campfire”, a group of women artists and moms come together to present work that “…explores global issues and political and institutional systems that impact us individually and collectively as a society: racism, misogyny, sexism, capitalism, migration and the impacts of climate change.” Doing this requires the push and pull of both revealing and at certain times concealing aspects of the artists’ identities.
Blue and Gray: Angie Rucker
June 27 – August 2, 2025
Opening Reception: Friday June 27, 6-8pm
Free Event, Complimentary Food and Drink Provided
Artist Angie Rucker has created images drawn from her curiosity and bewilderment of the Civil War. Who were these soldiers – fathers, sons, brothers – fighting year after year in a conflict, the cost of which still resonates? Using original photographs (ambrotypes, tintypes, etc.), Ms. Rucker blends color and whimsy with historical facts and artifacts in an attempt attempt to give these soldiers a chance to face us and to provide us a chance to see them as real people.
Where life is precious, life is precious: Kirsta Benedetti
August 8 – September 13, 2025
Opening Reception: Friday August 8, 6-8pm
Free Event, Complimentary Food and Drink Provided
Kirsta Benedetti has embarked on a profound exploration of humanity within the confines of a prison system, seeking to capture the vibrancy and value of incarcerated women through the medium of portraiture and interactive storytelling installations.
Empowering the Presence of Kuumba
September 19 – October 25, 2025
Opening Reception: Friday September 19, 6-8pm
Free Event, Complimentary Food and Drink Provided
This group of African American artists showcases a diverse range of fiber artworks, including quilts, woven pieces, and mixed-media installations. Each piece not only demonstrates the technical prowess and innovative spirit of the artists but also honors the rich history and cultural heritage of Ohio and its African American community.