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.
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MARTHA MICHAEL

Martha G. Michael studios
Home 984 Sandusky Rd.. 984 Sandusky Rd.. County: OH
Albany Ohio 45710 United States

Bio

Martha G. Michael was trained as a metalsmith at both Indiana University MFA program and started the masters in Metals program at The Ohio State University under Don Duncan in 1980 where she taught during his sabbatical.  She was the first to complete an M.A. in both studio and Art Education in 1981. She retired from university professorship at Capital University in 2022 where she taught Art education and Special
Education and held the Homer and Isabel Endowed Chair in education for 6 years. Currently she is still a metalsmith at CAC, but her loves are also printmaking, multi media approaches to painting, encaustics, collage, writing poetry and experimentation with all, and has published 15 times, shown her artwork widely in Ohio and the region.  She recently built her own studio on 5.3 acres in Albany, Ohio on her Whispering Trees Preserve and Sanctuary where she has open houses and studio workshops.  She is a member in Athens Art Guild, Central Ohio Plein Air, OAC and ODC.  She is an animal and wilderness advocate.

Artist Statement

Experimentation is the foundation of everything I involve my creative heart with doing, including writing, making marks and metalwork.  I am not content to do one kind of medium and find that educating myself with new techniques or discovery of combinations of techniques, is enthralling. This is what keeps me creating.