OTTERBEIN'S MILLER GALLERY TO FEATURE GARDEN PHOTOGRAPHY

Sunflower by P. J. Rogers.

The Miller Gallery of Otterbein College will host In the Garden, an exhibition highlighting eleven contemporary Ohio artists who focus on garden-related imagery in their photographs. Made possible through funding from the Ohio Arts Council, the exhibition also highlights the Council's Individual Excellence Award program recipients.

The Miller Gallery, located in the Art and Communications Building at 33 Collegeview Rd. in Westerville, is the only central Ohio venue for the exhibition. The exhibition runs June 23-Aug. 29, with an opening reception open to the public at 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 26. The exhibit is free and open to the public. The gallery is open 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. dail

The artists included in this exhibition have created images ranging in focus from specific flowers and locations to the nests and insects found in gardens. Each artist addresses the theme through different eyes and with different photographic media, yielding beautifully rendered interpretations.

The featured artists in the exhibition are: David Bergholz (Cleveland), Paula Willmot Kraus (Dayton), Judith McMillan (Cleveland), Tony Mendoza (Columbus), Ben Montague (Dayton), Ardine Nelson (Columbus), P.J. Rogers (Akron), Andy Snow (Dayton), David Stichweh (Columbus), Sean Wilkinson (Dayton), and Tennyson Williams (Columbus).

In The Garden was curated by Massillon Museum Executive Director Christine Fowler Shearer, with the assistance of Ken Emerick, director of individual creativity for the Ohio Arts Council, and co-curators Jim Bowling, artist and assistant professor at Otterbein College, and Jane Black, executive director of the Dayton Visual Arts Center.