Barrett, an art critic in education for the Ohio Arts Council, is the recipient of the Ohio State University Distinguished Teaching Award and is an Honored Educator of the Midwest Society for Photographic Education.
Born in Germany in 1942, von Rydingsvard spent her early childhood in Nazi labor camps and later in refugee camps until her parents and their seven children were able to immigrate to the United States in 1950. For von Rydingsvard, wood became the key to unlocking the autobiographical and ancestral content that she has since transformed into metaphor.
Goat Island is a collaborative performance group. Their performances are often set in spaces closer to the viewers than a traditional stage, using a combination of dance-like and everyday movements.
Nationally-recognized figurative abstractionist Vera Klement is the 2003 Eric Yake Kenagy Visiting Artist.
