Fine Arts

The painter and assemblage artist Aaron Fowler uses unexpected materials to craft poignant messages in Aaron Fowler: Tough Love, an exhibition currently on view at Beeler Gallery.

Every year at Columbus College of Art & Design, faculty members from each major select an Outstanding Senior based on their academic and artistic accomplishments.

Here are the Outstanding Seniors from the Class of 2016:

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At Columbus College of Art & Design, students find inspiration everywhere: on campus, throughout the city and around the world.

By Katy Daiber

First year fine arts students at CCAD just finished their installations. First, they were assigned to collect a lot of what they loved. The items could be old, new, manufactured, handmade, edible, large, small, soft, hard, common, rare, etc. Many students turned to nature, grocery stores, and thrift shops to search for their collection.

By Katy Daiber

CCAD's Market (Cafeteria) has a variety of food for students, it's open for community members as well. Freshman who live on campus, automatically get a lot of swipes on their ID as a meal plan. But the Market also has student discounts for those who only want to dine every once in a while.

By Katy Daiber

By Katy Daiber

Students choose Columbus College of Art and Design over similar colleges every year. So, I asked Freshman around campus, why they chose CCAD. Although answered varied, everyone concluded that they were drawn to CCAD because of the community here.

Mixed-media artist Nikos Fyodor Rutkowski (CCAD 2002) can see significant change in his work as he looks back at the last 10 years.

"It is clear that attentions shift and interests change," Rutkowski said. "Time is the most powerful solvent of all, blurring some passages, erasing others completely."

The Fine Arts alum's creative journey is on display at Wood.Metal.Art, a furniture, art, and design workshop and retail gallery space in Franklinton.