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.
Christof Maupin
Artist
My name is Christof Maupin, and I am a hot glass artist, working in a technique called lampworking. Unlike glassblowing, lampworking involves using a torch to form beads on a steel mandrel or small sculptural objects using a glass rod. Much of my glass becomes jewelry, as well as small functional or decorative objects.
I am a Visual artist focusing on Pen and Ink Drawing and Watercolor Painting. In 2022 I rediscovered a passion for creation and art that had been lost to me since childhood. Despite being self-taught and a “late bloomer”, over the past three years my skills and art have continuously grown, affording me the opportunity to participate in two group exhibitions and one solo show.…
Carolyn Mazloomi
Fiber Artist
“AS AN ARTIST, I STRONGLY BELIEVE ART HAS THE CAPACITY TO TOUCH THE SPIRIT, ENGAGE, EDUCATE, AND HEAL IN WAYS THAT WORDS ALONE CANNOT.”
— CAROLYN L. MAZLOOMI
Evelyn McBride
Graphic Designer & Muralist
Evelyn McBride (she/they) is a graphic designer and muralist living and creating in Columbus, Ohio. Having graduated from the Columbus College of Art & Design in 2021 with a BFA in Advertising & Graphic Design, she immediately found a passion for getting involved in the arts & design community in Central Ohio. She currently works full-time as a graphic designer in higher education and volunteers with local arts organizations such as the Columbus Society of Communicating Arts (CSCA) and 934 Gallery. Along with design, she paints large-scale murals and contributes to public art opportunities around the Central Ohio area.
Owen McCafferty
Freelance Professional Artist
As an inspiring professional artist I often ask myself what inspired me to become a professional artist. I have allways find my inspirations and even encouragement to create has come from other artists especially those who have visual limitations as I do. I have been an artist for a good while now and I’ve tried different media such as acrylic painting, textural art, oil pastel, and now more recently digital artwork. …
Tracy McCarty
Artist
Hello!
I paint the energy of nature, most often of water. Water offers us free energy through the release of ions into the air. The cool thing is, these ions can help heal our minds and bodies. My work is an abstract interpretation of “ions” and the energy of nature, fueling us and the world around us.…
Lynda McClanahan is a self-employed artist and musician living and working in Columbus Ohio. When not making art, Lynda maintains a large urban garden where she grows her own food and makes her own wine.
Linda McConaughy returned to the Cleveland area after a career as an art educator and visual arts supervisor in Baltimore Maryland. She works in many media including wood, fiber, paint, and found objects. Much of her recent work reflects a desire to attend to and decode the intricacies of place and time, particularly within the natural world.…
Erika McCoy
Watercolor Artist
Erika McCoy is a watercolor artist based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Erika has spent the last
twenty years in self study, honing her craft, and playing with color. She is passionate about exploring the beauty of nature through her work. Focused on florals, Erika’s paintings blend her love of watercolor with her fascination for light, shadow, color, and detail.
Kellie McDermott
Painter
After receiving her B.F.A. from Columbus College of Art and Design, Kellie McDermott continued to work on developing materials and techniques which include encaustic paintings as well as oils. Her work has been displayed in galleries including the McConnell Arts Center in Worthington, the Buckham Gallery in Flint, Michigan, and the Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, where she was given several awards from the Ohio Arts Council, the Peggy R.…
Maria McDonald is an oil painter who works at her studio in Canton, Ohio, and has a BFA from Kent State University. She creates paintings that reflect her view of the world she sees around her and the emotions she feels while navigating life. Grief, connection, love, comfort, and desire are some examples of the feelings she is inspired by.…
Mary McFarland
CEO
Tropes in Mary’s work spotlight environmental and cyber terrorism issues, but her characters’ focus is on breaking down barriers and saving themselves–and the earth.
Melissa McGee
Peer Support Specialist
I use art as an expression of showing my love poured back out to our Father in Heaven. He delivered me many times from drug addictions and other not so good things for my soul. I celebrate 9 years clean from heroin 🙏☺️ In every season I have seen His different characteristics, and I have tried to put it on paper or canvas.…
Kathy L. McGhee,
works at the Columbus College of Art & Design.
There she a professor in fine arts. She teaches introductory, intermediate and advanced printmaking. These include relief, serigraphy, lithography, and intaglio. McGhee, who has shown her work both nationally and internationally, is a practicing printmaker who has had her work published in Printmakers Today.…
Is a mother of three children who has often been inspiration for subject matter along with Grandson.
“The Vibrations of Life is the key to my inspiration.”
Noted for “her clear, focused sound,” mezzo-soprano Kira McGirr performs regularly in the Cleveland area, including as frequent soloist and member of Cleveland Chamber Choir; alto soloist and section leader with Trinity Chamber Singers and Cathedral Choir at Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland; as part of Trinity Cathedral’s BrownBag Concert Series; in the opera chorus and for outreach events with Cleveland Opera Theater; as part of the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Creative Fusion: Composers Series; and has been featured as alto soloist in Mozart’s Requiem, Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb, Brahms’ Liebeslieder Waltzes, and Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms.
Jon McGregor
Multi-media Designer
A graduate of the Columbus College of Art & Design with 12+ years of experience, Jon has had had the pleasure of creating work for many different clients in many different industries, with a common thread of commercial art, often with a fun or whimsical nature or at times dark and eerie.
Daniel McInnis
Associate Professor of Photography and Digital Media
Daniel McInnis is a practicing documentary photographer whose primary interest is portraiture. Dan has taught as a professor of both photographic practice and history at Ithaca College, The American University of Dubai, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY), School of Visual Arts (SVA), Wittenberg University, and The School of Art at Bowling Green State University. He is currently Associate Professor of Photography and Digital Media at University of Toledo.
James began in metalsmithing, with an aesthetic reminiscent of Arte Povera. Now, tactility and immediacy combine with feelings of urgency to create works of haunting intensity. There is a critical link between his rough materials and complicated feelings about aging. His studio is in SW Ohio.
Elise McKeown Skolnick received her first camera at age 10, as a Christmas gift. From the moment she held it in her hands she was intrigued. Even opening more presents lost its appeal. Instead, she made photos of her sisters and cousins (and still has those photos!). Photography never lost its appeal for her. Wherever she went she took a camera, and still does.…