The Ohio Artist Registry (OAR) is an exciting opportunity for artists to share their work, connect with the creative community, and establish an online presence—all on a free, virtual platform! The OAR encourages artists working in all art forms, throughout Ohio and beyond, to create a profile, which allows them to better promote themselves and their work. Being listed in the OAR provides artists with new opportunities to share their work with clients, galleries, patrons, and audiences. A listing in the OAR does not confer an endorsement, approval, or verification by the Ohio Arts Council.
For more information, contact Kathy Signorino, artist programs director, at kathy.signorino@oac.ohio.gov or 614-728-6140.
2024 Ohio Artist Registry Juried Exhibition
Diana Bruner
Artist/Designer
Experience with watercolors, oils, collage, and crafts have allowed her, over the years to develop, and explore ways to create new and exciting works, and to blend them with commercial art. Some are minimalist, others are representational which are translate into digital art prints. Currently, digital art is her forte.
I enjoy creating figurative paintings and drawings that tell a story and often my inspiration comes from the night sky. I imagine Copernicus in a star-chart sweater, a procession of constellations and whimsical moons. Central to my artwork is Psalm 19 which begins, “The Heavens declare the glory of God.” I work primarily in oil with mixed media like gold and silver metal leaf and sheet music.
Kara Cea
Executive Director/Fouder
ArtSparks is an educational outreach organization that provides access to quality dance and music classes and performances to children who may not otherwise have the opportunity. ArtSparks is an Associate of the National Dance Institute and is uniquely equipped to with NDI’s accalimed pedagogy that brings out the best in every child.
In every ArtSparks class, two teaching artists and a musician joyfully lead participants in an exploration of a core academic subject through a fast-paced dance lesson.…
Darnell Chambers
Individual Artist
Darnell Chambers was born in San Diego, CA and currently lives and works in Akron, Oh. Through his work he aims to raise awareness of the global injustices to people of color, and to protect and preserve the cultures of people of color. Chambers studied Media Arts and Animation at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and has helped create community art spaces and collectives throughout the city.…
Julie DiSiena
Artist
VISUAL ARTIST
My personal art involves w/c, gauche, acrylic, collage, pastels, photography, prints, clay or mixed media of any of the previous mentioned materials. My landscape genre scenes, and portraits show moments involved with nature, water, sky, people and animals with a variety of color and temperament. They are realistic while reflecting the spiritual within.
Shows: Artists of Rubber City. Butler Inst. American Art: 1993 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002 invited artist 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2013 then I moved. Kaleidoscope: 2004 2nd Place 2005, 2006, 2008 Juror, 2009 H.M.,2010,2016,2018 Peoples’ choice award.
Drew Ippoliti
Associate Professor of Instruction
Drew Ippoliti is an American artist, researcher and educator; his artwork investigates how ceramics can explore and explain the regions where culture and craft collide.
James Leslie
Visual Artist
James’ desire to capture and express how nature made him feel would become a life-long passion. Fueled by early exposure to French Impressionism and American Landscape Painting, he began to express the rural images of his hometown through painting. Intrigued by light and color, he sets out to create two-dimensional works that reflect the natural phenomenon not only discovered in Connecticut, but traveling the country, the world, and Northeast Ohio, where he now resides.
Beth Lindenberger
Visual Artist
Beth Lindenberger is a ceramic artist and educator, with a BFA in Ceramics from the University of Akron. Her sculptural ceramic work, based on cells, microscopic forms and natural objects, has been exhibited locally and nationally. Her teaching includes UA, Kent State-Stark, Cuyahoga Community College, and the Cuyahoga Valley Art Center, and she has worked as an Artist in Residence in Akron and Canton schools.
Mac Love
Co-Founder & Chief Catalyst
Mac Love is the Co-Founder & Chief Catalyst at Art x Love, a creative agency based in Akron, Ohio. Love has more than 30 years of professional and interdisciplinary experience working as a painter, illustrator, digital artist, designer, cartographer, strategic consultant, and creative project manager. “I make art work,” says Love, who has dedicated his career to shifting cultural perspectives on the arts.
Jacob Mollohan
Photographer
Jacob Mollohan is a photographer based in Akron, Ohio. He graduated with BFA in photography from The University of Akron in May 2019. Jacob currently works as an Architectural Photographer. He found a love for photography while in school prompting a change from the graphic arts. His foundation of graphic design helps shape each photograph he makes, treating each photo as a design.
Katina Radwanski
Painter/Sculptor
I’ve had a life-long passion for creating art. I instructed art classes in park programs as a teenager and later became a high school art educator. I earned a BS degree in Education with an art focus from Kent State University and an MAED from the University of Georgia. I now work as a full-time artist at my Cleveland studio.
Stephanie Stewart
Owner
P31 ART & DESIGN is a Christian, family-run art and design company that was developed as a means to uplift our family’s entrepreneurial spirit. Located in Akron, OH, our team is comprised of a mother-daughter duo with occasional contributions from her sons. We produce handpainted goods including greeting cards, earrings, shopping bags (totes), journals, mugs and art prints. All of our original paintings are also available for sale.
BRIEF BIO & ART STATEMENT I was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where I studied Fine Arts at the National School for the Arts. After graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts, I moved to the United States to pursue interdisciplinary studies and the relationship between painting and literature. After receiving my doctorate in comparative literature and art at the Ohio State University, I joined the University of Akron, where I am currently a Distinguished Professor.…