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.
2025 Ohio Artist Registry Juried Exhibition
Helena Sarah Richardson
ArtistBio
Helena Sarah Richardson is an artist originally from Cleveland Heights, Ohio. She earned a BFA in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art and an MFA in Textiles from Kent State University.
Artist Statement
I am an artist working primarily in drawing and textile processes – interlacing strings and structures, colors and textures into storied cloth. The loom brings order to the chaos of loose threads and wild fibers, both natural and synthetic. I use almost anything as a weft – like a kinetic verb that moves left and right, back and forth – intersecting a warp. The finished cloth traps narratives that I see playing out in my imagination and in the world.
