OHIO alumnus and Aladdin actor shares industry expertise with musical theater students
December 1, 2020 Jonathan Freeman, BFA ’72, the voice of Jafar from Disney’s animated movie Aladdin and the actor who plays the role in the Broadway stage production.
Visiting Scholar imparts vast knowledge on Medieval Apocalypse manuscripts for themed Interdisciplinary Arts seminar
October 26, 2020 Scholar Richard Emmerson shared his apocalypse-related subject expertise with this year’s seminar for Interdisciplinary Arts students and for other students and faculty across campus.
Grammy Award nominee teaches masterclass for classical voice students
October 7, 2020 The Grammy Award nominee and critically acclaimed American mezzo-soprano who enjoys the moniker “queer girl with a nose ring,” Jamie Barton brought her 21st Century style to classical voice students.
School of Theater grad offers best practices with audition tech to student actors
September 25, 2020 The College of Fine Arts School of Theater welcomed alumna, Lisa Bol, MFA’15, as a College of Fine Arts Visiting Artist to workshop tech used for video auditions with current BFA and MFA student actor
Graduate MFA Thesis Artists
April 22, 2020 Featuring the work and profiles of graduating MFA Studio Art and Graphic Design students completing studio thesis projects in the School of Art + Design.
Undergraduate Studio Thesis Artists
April 16, 2020 Featuring the work and profiles of graduating BFA students completing studio thesis projects in the School of Art + Design, spring 2020.
Medium meets machine
February 21, 2020 For this issue’s theme, Ohio Today searched OHIO’s Athens Campus for where and how tech is used. We found it in a most unexpected place.
In command
November 15, 2019 The college experience is transformational. For Sophia Medvid, the contrasts between her first day on campus and the start of senior year are especially significant.
To serve & protect
November 14, 2019 Tracy Plouck has devoted her career as a public servant to helping women in recovery, and now she’s helping offset Appalachia’s opioid crisis in a new role at OHIO.
Art of the maternal
November 14, 2019 A self-described “mother-artist,” OHIO Gallery Coordinator Courtney Kessel, MFA ’12, infuses her work with personal observations and poignant statements from her experience as a mother to her daughter, who has been featured, quite literally at times, in Kessel’s pieces over the past 10 years.
OHIO earns increase in external funding for research and sponsored programs in FY19
October 28, 2019 OHIO saw a significant increase in external investment in its research and sponsored programs in fiscal year 2019, including funding from state and federal agencies, industry, and private sources.
I’m listening. Let’s talk.
October 20, 2019 Ombudsperson Mac Stricklen serves as a deep listener, a sounding board, and a creative problem solver.
Lacuna
October 16, 2019 College of Fine Arts faculty C. David Russell and Mateo Galvano premiered Lacuna, a multimedia art installation, in June at the Currents New Media Festival in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The work reveals myriad forms of contrasting relationships: stillness with movement; traditional with digital; silk with plaster.
Stewards of the Landscape
June 9, 2019 OHIO’s faculty and students are lending a nurturing hand to planet Earth by taking toxins from water to make artist-grade paint pigments and leveraging life-sized replicas of oil and gas pipeline with software models to prevent spills.
Art as Landscape
June 8, 2019 Andrea Frohne, an associate professor of art history, discusses her career exploring the visual landscape of African culture and her book on New York City’s African Burial Ground. She shares personal insights, from early memories to favorite smells.