Fine Arts

Every year at Columbus College of Art & Design, Outstanding Seniors are selected by faculty for their academic and artistic accomplishments. Congrats to the 2018 Outstanding Seniors!

Inka Essenhigh is a New York-based studio artist and painter, represented by Victoria Miro Gallery in London. Her work has been shown at galleries and museums around the world and is featured in several public collections, including the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the Tate in London.

Daniel McKewen is the owner and founder of Seagull Bags, a custom courier bag company known for durability, design and custom embroidery. McKewen says there are two types of businesses in the courier bag space: major brands, which mass-produce, and one- or two-person “basement companies.” Seagull fits in between, big enough to produce at some volume, but still small enough to be flexible and individual.

Joseph Lombardo, MFA, is an adjunct faculty teaching in CORE Studio and Fine Arts. His work, available for viewing at josephlombardo.weebly.com is carried by Art Access Gallery in Columbus and Center Gallery in Glen Arbor, Michigan. Joe has won many awards for his work, including Best of Show award at the Ohio Plein Air Competition (2011 and 2015) and Quick Draw Contest at Ohio Plein Air Competition (2014), and his work is in the permanent collections of the Supreme Court of Ohio and the Hilton Downtown Columbus.

Get to know some of the talented Columbus College of Art & Design students and alumni whose work will be available for purchase at the CCAD 2018 Spring Art Fair on Saturday, April 7. Find other entries in the series here, here, and here.

CCAD Associate Professor Julie Abijanac definitely knows girl power. She shows it off in this needlepoint piece that she created in her studio this semester. Learn more about CCAD's Contemporary Crafts program.

History of Art & Visual Culture Assistant Professor Liz Trapp caught up with two CCAD alumni working in Columbus about art and its impact on the city.

The key to starting a successful arts space depends on more than just stating your mission. It means clearly defining how you will accomplish it — and stay true to it. 

CCAD alumni are working on solo gallery exhibitions, a distillery and restaurant launch, and a new book illustrated for an Empire star. Get the skinny on what’s happening on campus, in Columbus, and points well beyond.