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Juror's Awards Announced for Five Colleges of Ohio Student Art Show
Exhibition on Display at Ohio Wesleyan’s Ross Art Museum through April 1

Delaware, Ohio – Five Juror’s Awards and six Merit Awards were handed out Feb. 18 to students participating in The Five Colleges of Ohio Student Biennial Art Exhibition now on display at Ohio Wesleyan University’s Richard M. Ross Art Museum, 60 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. The exhibit features paintings, drawings, sculptures, ceramics, jewelry, and more from students attending Denison University, Kenyon College, Oberlin College, Ohio Wesleyan University, and The College of Wooster. The collaborative Five Colleges exhibit, held every two years, will be on display at Ohio Wesleyan through April 1.

Students receiving $200 Juror’s Awards are: Keegan Adams, Ohio Wesleyan, for “Academics.” Allegra Angelini, Wooster, for “Series One: Dropped.” Tia Christenson, Denison, for “The Origin of Intimacy.” Christine Martin, Denison, for “Unfamiliar Territory.” Caitlin Zeller, Ohio Wesleyan, for “Barnacle Box.”

Students earning Merit Awards are: Timothy Albon, Ohio Wesleyan, for “Delaware Quadrangle.” Jonathan Fasano, Kenyon, for “Medusa Holds Your Hat.” Brenna Irrer, Ohio Wesleyan, for “Eulophia Alta Pouring Vessel.” Taylor McCleneghan, Ohio Wesleyan, for “Kilburne Auto Repair.” Tristan Neviska, Kenyon, for “Consuming Waters.” Maxwell Olson, Kenyon, for “Fool-Hardy.”

Overall, students from the Five Colleges submitted 134 artworks to be juried, with 64 selected for exhibition by juror David Knight, director of exhibitions and collections and part-time faculty member at Northern Kentucky University. Knight, a 1988 Ohio Wesleyan graduate, has been an active leader in the greater Cincinnati arts community for more than 20 years. In his juror’s statement, Knight said he looked for artwork that “had strong overall visual impact, was well executed in the media, contained overall craftsmanship, had appropriate presentation, and had for the most part a unique or new approach in some way.” Justin Kronewetter, M.F.A., director of the Ross Art Museum, said the Five Colleges exhibit, held every two years, is intended to recognize up-and-coming student-artists and teach them about working with a museum and mounting a professional art show. This marks the first time the exhibit has been held at Ohio Wesleyan. Previous shows have been held at The College of Wooster. The Ross Art Museum is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; and Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The museum is closed Mondays and Saturdays. It also will be closed March 5 through March 15 for mid-semester break. Admission is free. For more information, call (740) 368-3606 or visit http://news.owu.edu/2010/20100215-fiveCollegesExhibit.html

Mellon Foundation Awards $600,000 Grant to The Five Colleges of Ohio
Funds will be used to develop unique digital collections that can be easily accessed

WOOSTER, Ohio - The Five Colleges of Ohio, Inc. - a consortium consisting of Denison University, Kenyon College, Oberlin College, Ohio Wesleyan University, and The College of Wooster - has been awarded a two-year, $600,000 grant by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to integrate digital resources into the curriculum.

The grant, "Next Steps in the Next-Generation Library: Integrating Digital Collections into the Liberal Arts Curriculum," recognizes the continuing transformation of academic libraries through digital technologies and the critical importance of ensuring that liberal arts college libraries remain integral to their institutions' academic programs and to student learning. "We are grateful that the Mellon Foundation has so generously acknowledged the potential of this project to advance collaborative librarianship and the academic use of local digital collections," said Susan Palmer, executive director of the Five Colleges of Ohio. "Our 15-year partnership with the Mellon Foundation has been invaluable in enriching the liberal arts experience for all members of the five-college community."

The five objectives of the grant are to (1) help faculty to identify, build, and integrate digital collections into their courses through a partnership with librarians; (2) enhance access to scholarly endeavors of both faculty and students; (3) create a professional development program for library staff to enrich their technological sophistication and implement innovative efforts; (4) establish a digital infrastructure to improve support for new initiatives; and (5) develop a portal that will function as a gateway to digital collections and a site for accessing digitization procedures and training documents.

The emphasis will be on digital collections centered around faculty research interests, materials from the colleges' special collections and archives, and student publications. "The grant will provide free and open access to digital documents that were once only available on our individual campuses, sometimes to a very limited number of people," said Mark Christel, project director and director of libraries at The College of Wooster. "Digital publishing is an important next step for college libraries and taking that step collaboratively, with our outstanding Ohio Five partners, seems like the perfect way to proceed."

The Five Colleges of Ohio Welcomes New Committee Members and
Announces Committee Chairpersons for the 2009-10 Year

Board of Trustees

Grant Cornwell, President of The College of Wooster, chair

Georgia Nugent, President of Kenyon College

Rockwell Jones, President of Ohio Wesleyan University

Dale Knobel, President of Denison University

Marvin Krislov, President of Oberlin College

The Academic, Library, and Operating Committees 2009-2010

 

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