Fine Arts

Contemporary realist painter Brian Port (CCAD 2000) and ceramic artist and CCAD Professor Kaname Takada are two of the four latest recipients of the 2014 Visual Arts Fellowship awards sponsored by the Greater Columbus Arts Council and the Columbus Museum of Art.

Chosen from 192 applicants, Port and Takada each received a cash prize and will be featured in an exhibition hosted by the Columbus Museum of Art in 2015. Recipients are also invited to apply for the Arts Council’s Artist Exchange program in Dresden, Germany.

Multimedia works by John Joseph McCutcheon (CCAD 1979) are on display in Sweetness, his solo show at the Jung Association Gallery.

The exhibition includes three video installations and mixed-media works made of candy and plaster on canvas. An additional video of a performance during the show's July 12 opening is scheduled to join the show, McCutcheon said.

Sweetness runs through Aug. 30 at the Jung Association Gallery, 59 W. Third Ave., Columbus, OH, 43201.

Ceramic works by Douglas Black and Christopher Gaston (both CCAD 1990) are on display at Yamani Ohtsuka Gallery Midori in Mashiko, Japan.

The annual exhibition Three Roads to Mashiko is in its seventh year and includes the works of three American artists who have independently created their art in Japan for more than 20 years.

The exhibition runs through Aug. 3 at Yamani Ohtsuka Gallery Midori in Mashiko, Japan.

Black and Gaston studied Fine Arts and currently live in Japan.

Pencil drawings and paintings inspired by CCAD alumna Boryana Rusenova Ina's Bulgarian upbringing are on display in Out.Look at the Cultural Arts Center.

The 2006 Fine Arts grad plays with the notions of being a foreigner and a native in her latest solo exhibition.

Multimedia works by Fine Arts alumna Ralph "Nunzi" Annunziata (CCAD 1974) are on display at Brewery Vivant in Grand Rapids, MI.

Each multimedia piece was originally part of a single large piece that was cut and restretched. The small works can be rearranged, creating an ever-changing display of acrylic, ebony pencil, and gesso.

Adjunct Instructor of Liberal Arts and Fine Arts alumna Anne Holman (CCAD 2002) was a semi-finalist in a jewelry design challenge sponsored by UncommonGoods, an online marketplace offering creatively designed, high quality merchandise.

Participants were tasked with creating a piece of jewelry that told an exciting story using unique, unexpected materials.

Fine Arts alumnus Kyle Franklin (CCAD 2014) was recently named a recipient of the 2014 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award by the International Sculpture Center.

Students from more than 151 colleges and universities in six countries submitted more than 904 pieces for consideration; 22 pieces were chosen to receive the prestigious award.

For Franklin, the award came as a surprise.

Seven CCAD alumni and students join four other Central Ohio artists in Offset, a collaborative print show at Ohio State University's Urban Arts Space.

Joy/Roy/Boy was the theme chosen by CCAD President Denny Griffith for the annual Ohio Art League Spring Juried Exhibition in the Carnegie Gallery at the Columbus Metropolitan Library Main Branch.

Accomplished painter and MFA alumnus David DeRosa (CCAD 2014) was recently profiled by Columbus Alive, a weekly arts and culture publication.

DeRosa has exhibited extensively in the United States since receiving his BFA from Academy of Art University in San Francisco in 1997. His most recent works, he told Alive, are inspired by balance.