| Camille Isaacs’ painting “Glowing” will be exhibited at the 93rd annual Toledo Area Artists Exhibition. The exhibit opens Friday at the Toledo Museum of Art. (Photo: Enoch Wu/Sentinel-Tribune) |
TOLEDO – The Toledo Museum of Art’s annual celebration of regional artists will open with the opening
ceremony and awards presentation Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the museum’s Great Gallery.
Work by 65 artists have work on display in the 93rd annual Toledo Area Artists Exhibition, which is hung
in the Canaday Gallery through Sept. 25.
One of the few regional exhibitions of its kind in the nation, it is widely recognized as the most
important juried show in the region.
The show is open to artists living in Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Lucas, Ottawa, Paulding,
Putnam, Sandusky, Seneca, Van Wert, Williams, Wood and Wyandot counties in Ohio, and Lenawee and Monroe
counties in Michigan.
This year 757 works of art were submitted for consideration with 66 entries were accepted.
Exhibition awards, including Best of Show and special prizes sponsored by the Toledo Federation of Art
Societies, will be announced during opening ceremonies.
In addition, for the first time one artist in the show will be invited to have a one-person exhibition at
the museum.
"Part of our mission as a museum is to support the local arts community.
"The Toledo Area Artists Exhibition is a way we can help talented artists in our region gain wider
exposure and help to launch at least one of them to a larger platform through a solo exhibition,"
according to Amy Gilman, associate director of the Museum.
Gilman and Toledo Museum of Art Director Brian Kennedy served as jurors for this year’s show.
Among those exhibiting work this year are:
• Nicholas Althoff, Janet Ballweg, Brandon Briggs, Spencer Cunningham, Marcelle Dupay, Anthony Fontana,
Ronald Jacomini, Krysta Sa, Nadine Saylor, Louis Staeble and Gary Wittenmeyer, all from Bowling Green.
• Michael Basista, Mania Dajnak, Sandra Heard, Thomas Muir, Deborah Rankin and Cheryl Takata, all from
Perrysburg.
• Camille Isaacs, Portage; Randy Bennett, Rudolph; Merv Hall, Gibsonburg; and Samantha Guy and Joan
Rigal, both from Waterville.
