Fearless: Women’s Journeys to Self-Empowerment

Arts West 132 West State Street, Athens, OH, United States

A spoken word event. In seeking to lift women's voices, and inspired by the #MeToo movement, editor Cat Pleska, for Mountain State Press, collected essays, stories, and poems from 30 women throughout Appalachia. Each wrote about her most challenging moment and how she overcame it. Curated by Athens Poet Laureate Kari Gunter-Seymour, this event includes... Read More

Free

CreativeMornings/Athens: Justice

Arts West 132 West State Street, Athens, OH, United States

CreativeMornings is a monthly networking breakfast for the Athens' creative community, with free coffee and inspiration. Everyone is welcome! This month's coffee and breakfast will be provided by Fluff Bakery. This month's main speaker, Patrick McGee, will explain how King Richard the Lion Hearted, the Diggers, and the Dagda’s harp have illuminated his path and... Read More

Free

Quilts for Violeta Parra by The Chilean Quilting Bee

The Dairy Barn Arts Center 8000 Dairy Lane, Athens, OH, United States

Open July 26-September 2 at The Dairy Barn Arts Center. Open Tuesday-Sunday 12-5 p.m. $10 admission. Chile celebrated the 100 anniversary of Violeta Parra’s birth in 2017. Her artistic legacy, in both visual art and music, was celebrated in art exhibits and concerts. A group of quilt artists and teachers who are part of Chile... Read More

$10

Family Trees and Bumble Bees: The Nut Doesn’t Fall Far from the Tree Gallery Exhibit Opening

Starbrick Gallery 21 W.Columbus St., Nelsonville, OH, United States

Opening Night: Family Trees & Bumble Bees. This father & daughter duo will show together for the first time. Robert Holderman will present new wood carvings. Starbrick member, Tere Sager, will have new paintings in various mediums. (This show will run through Sept. 22nd) This is a Nelsonville Final Friday Gallery Walk event!

Quilt Fest; A Celebration of Everything Fiber!

The Dairy Barn Arts Center 8000 Dairy Lane, Athens, OH, United States

Saturday, August 31, 10 am – 6 pm Sunday, September 1,  10 am – 4 pm Sponsored by The Dairy Barn Arts Center in Collaboration with Athens Area Fiber Faire Featuring Admission to the fabulous Quilt National ‘19 Exhibitors from throughout Ohio and beyond Ready-to-purchase items from outstanding fiber artists Tools for use in your own... Read More

Free

Quilts for Violeta Parra by The Chilean Quilting Bee Last Day

The Dairy Barn Arts Center 8000 Dairy Lane, Athens, OH, United States

Open July 12-September 2 at The Dairy Barn Arts Center. Open Tuesday-Sunday 12-5 p.m. $10 admission. Chile celebrated the 100 anniversary of Violeta Parra’s birth in 2017. Her artistic legacy, in both visual art and music, was celebrated in art exhibits and concerts. A group of quilt artists and teachers who are part of Chile... Read More

$10

Landscapes by Bob Dombrowski

OU Eastern Art Gallery 45425 National Road West, Shannon Hall Room 202, St. Clairsville, OH, United States

The Ohio University Eastern Campus Art Gallery hosts a display of paintings by local artist and OU alum Bob Dombrowski. The show opens Tuesday, September 3rd and closes Thursday, September 26th. Regular hours are Monday through Thursday, 10am-4pm. A reception for the artist will be held Thursday, September 5th at 7pm. The Gallery is on... Read More

Free

Perspective Lecture Series | Debra Joyce Dawson

Zanesville Museum of Art 620 Military Road, Zanesville, OH, United States

THE LIFE OF A PLEIN AIR PAINTER The Zanesville Museum of Art is pleased to present a series of engaging lectures. Speaker: Columbus, Ohio artist and founder of Ohio Plein Air Society, Debra Joyce Dawson. Thursday, September 5, 6 pm, at the ZMA in the Linn Auditorium. Free and open to the public. No registration... Read More

Free

Art Exhibit Opening Reception for Imbricated: A Survey of Work from Three Institutions. 

Arts West 132 West State Street, Athens, OH, United States

Opening Reception 5-7pm at Arts West for Imbricated: A Survey of Work from Three Institutions.  With talk by visiting artist Althea Murphy-Price at 4pm, before the opening. The Ohio University printmakers have joined together with Kent State and Ohio State Universities to create a body of work surrounding the word 'Dissent.'  The title "Imbricated" refers... Read More

Free

Bedtime Stories (As Told by My Dad) (Who Messed Them Up)

Zanesville Community Theatre 940 Findley Avenue, Zanesville, Ohio, United States

It's Dad's turn to tell his three rambunctious kids their bedtime stories, but when he gets fuzzy on the details, the classics get creative.