Let’s Get Digital 

May 3 to July 8, 2012

The Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery will present Let’s Get Digital from May 3 – July 8, 2012.

Curated by Alexandra Nicholis Coon, executive director of the Massillon Museum, Let’s Get Digital demonstrates the endless opportunities digital technology offers to the world of art. Whether it be the tool, product, or subject of their artwork, all artists in this exhibition were selected based on their innovative applications of digital technology. To the 15 artists represented in this show, digital technology serves as an avenue for exploring new ideas and relationships that are not possible with traditional media.

"Technology is a tool for artists in the same way that a paintbrush, loom, or chisel are," said Curator Coon. "Most of the work represented in this exhibition assumes the visual form of traditional media like painting, weaving, sculpting, with technology assisting the concept to fruition as part of the artistic process."

Join the Riffe Gallery for the opening reception of Let’s Get Digital on Thursday, May 3 from 5 – 7 p.m. Curator Coon will lead a free tour of the exhibition on Friday, May 4 from noon – 1 p.m.

Artists in the show include (hometown noted): Janet Ballweg (Bowling Green), Jerry Birchfield (Cleveland), John Branham (Massillon), Kimberly Burleigh (Cincinnati), Guy Michael Davis (Cincinnati), Nicholas Economos (Cleveland), Ronald Geibert (Beavercreek), Brian Harnetty (Columbus), Dan Hernandez (Maumee), Janice Lessman-Moss (Kent), Katie Parker (Cincinnati), Joshua Penrose (Columbus), Andrew Reach (Cleveland), Michele Waalkes (Canton) and Gina Washington (Cleveland).

Monday, May 21, Poetry Reading with award-winning Author and Playwright Ann Townsend, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m., and Open Mic, 6:30 – 7:00 p.m. Open Mic participants must register here through May 15 for a time slot. For more information on Ann, visit her website.

Thursday, June 7, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m., E-publishing Workshop with Sandra Gurvis, author of 15 paperback and hardback books. Gurvis published her second novel, Country Club Wives, as an e-book on Amazon and Smashwords last May. Register here through May 31 for the workshop. For more information on Sandra, visit her website.

On view in Riffe Center lobby June 2012, VSA Ohio's Accessible Expressions 2012.

The Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery is located in the Vern Riffe Center for Government and the Arts, 77 S. High St., Columbus, OH. Admission is free. Gallery hours are Tuesday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Thursday, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, noon – 4 p.m. Closed Mondays and state holidays. Visit www.riffegallery.org or phone 614/644-9624 for more information. The Riffe Gallery is supported by the OAC’s Individual Artist Grants and Services Program. Media Sponsors include CD101, CityScene, Ohio Channel, Ohio Magazine, Time Warner Cable and WCBE.

Free group tours are available Wednesday through Friday throughout the run of each exhibition. To schedule a group tour contact Riffe Gallery director Mary Gray at mary.gray@oac.state.oh.us or 614/728-2239.

There are 13 images contained within this archive that are intended for Riffe Gallery publicity/educational use only. These images are protected by a photographic copyright that belongs to the Ohio Arts Council. They, therefore, are not in the public domain. Please contact the Ohio Arts Council directly if you wish to inquire about obtaining reproduction permission. Dimensions are h x w.

Janet Ballweg Little Daggers, 2011 4-Color Polymer Plate Intaglio 7” x 8”	Jerry Birchfield Infinity, 2010 Archival pigment print 20” x 16”	John Branham One thing after another, 2011 Digital Vinyl Print Mounted to Sintra Board 24” x 36”
Kimberly Burleigh Refraction Code—Germs #1, 2011 Digital Inkjet Prints with Suminagashi 16" x 22"	Guy Michael Davis Alphonso Taft Still(ed) Life, 2011 Porcelain, 3-D scanning, Rapid prototyping 23" h x 8 " l "x 6" w	Nicholas Economos Apohenia, 2010 LCD TV and Computer, Custom Software Written by Artist
Ronald Geibert Camouflaged, 2010 Electronic Kiosk 26" x 26 "x 60"	Dan Hernandez Wall Fragments from Nesega Temple (grid of 12), 2011 Mixed Media/Painting 9.75" x 9.75 " Each	Janice Lessman-Moss #397 Only Passing Through/Blue, 2010 Silk, Linen, Nylon, Paint, Painted Warp Digital Dobby Hand Weaving 57" x 58"
Joshua Penrose Resonant Carboy, 2009 Sound Installation 6' x 6'x 6'	Andrew Reach A Fisherman’s Net Strung by the Constellations, 2011 Digital Print on Canvas 55" x 96.25"	Michele Waalkes The Unknown, 2009 Fibers/Photo Transfers 21" x 17"
Gina Washington No Evil, 2010 Digital Pigment Print on Canvas 16" x 20"

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