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. For more information, contact Kathy Signorino, artist programs director, at kathy.signorino@oac.ohio.gov or 614-728-6140.
Studied at the School of the Dayton Art Institute, BFA UD, Master of Humanities WSU; have been active as an artist and arts coordinator and educator since 1967.
Dana Burtin
Musician
Dana Burtin is an award-winning musician performing under the moniker, “LyricalGenes”, a track athlete currently training for the Olympics, a signed actor and model, and published author/poet. As the owner of record label,‘Boyz II Business Entertainment’, Burtin is ultimately striving to turn Cleveland into a central hub for music and music business professionals by utilizing his skills in songwriting, acting, project management, marketing, and promotion.…
Jordan Buschur is an artist, educator, and curator, with an M.F.A. in Painting from Brooklyn College, the City University of New York. Her paintings focus on collections of objects ranging from stacked books to interiors of drawers and packed boxes, all united by a system of value based on mystery, sentimentality, and the matriarchal connection. Buschur lives and works in the metro Toledo area.
I had a career in public relations and organization management, both of which provided me with opportunities to photograph people and groups. I have a master’s degree in journalism from Ohio State University where I took photography courses. I was editor of the Miami University yearbook in 1967-68 and reviewed many photographs for publication. I edited the Songs of Worthington book, a composite of a photography exhibit in 1992 designed to celebrate cultural diversity in the Worthington community and reinforce the belief that diversity enriches life.…
MARK CALLOWAY
Fine art painter and printer
My father drew a very detail portrait of me when I was about 4 years old, I wanted to do the same.
My mother and I would color coloring books and work puzzles, soon I was adding shadows and mixing colors. When she would get a new pair of stockings there would be a white panel of paper that I would use for drawing. I was quick to notice when she had a run in her stockings so I could get another sheet to draw on.
My God given gifts were sparked!
Erin Canales is a Columbus-based artist who trained as an interior designer and horticulturist. She works in many different mediums including silversmithing, watercolor, and micro-mosaics. She recently took to making miniature fairy doors and other small public art pieces. She finds inspiration in nature and includes native plants and animals in her themes to create magical experiences that integrate with the natural world.
J Inky Lorain Cantrell
Artist
Inky’s World showcases art through the lens of experience, observation, and femininity. Art takes on a expressionist-surrealist quality that is influenced by illustration and graphic art. The artistic process involves creative restraint in a domestic goddess studio revolving around the roles of artist, creator, wife, mother, maker of kitchen delights, and educator.
Born Columbus, Ohio 1954.
Lived and traveled to 49 states.
Taught art grades K-college level.
MFA, Ohio University
BFA, The Ohio State University.
Currently resides in Columbus, Ohio.
Danny Caro
Motion Graphic Designer | Illustrator | Photographer
Danny is a post-production specialist who loves to design graphics and make things come to life on video.
Ed Carpenter
Artist
Ed Carpenter is an artist specializing in large-scale public installations ranging from architectural sculpture to infrastructure design. Since 1973 he has completed scores of projects for public, corporate, and ecclesiastical clients. Working internationally from his studio in Portland, Oregon, USA, Carpenter collaborates with a variety of expert consultants, sub-contractors, and studio assistants. He personally oversees every step of each commission, and installs them himself with a crew of long-time helpers, except in the case of the largest objects, such as bridges.
As an award-winning artist and alumni of CCAD, Dixie has many years creating stories through representational drawing ~ whether it’s Children’s Book Illustrations, Portraits, or creating 3D, Painted Wood Illustrations. She enjoys working in pastels, charcoal, pencil, acrylic and wood, and approaches every project with joy.
Born in Lima, Ohio. Trained at both The College Conservatory of Music at The University of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky University. Has worked extensively throughout the Midwest regional theatre scene, particularly in the Cincinnati and Columbus Areas.
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.
Bruno Casiano
Painter
Bruno Casiano is a Puerto Rican artist based in Cleveland Ohio who combines traditional and contemporary art. Born in Gary, Indiana, the son of a steel worker, Bruno’s family moved back to their hometown, Juana Diaz, a rural community in Puerto Rico when he was 10 years old. Young Casiano developed an interest in art awakened by these rural surroundings and by the awareness of living in an Island, which made an impression on him.…
Michael Casselli
Chair of the Arts Division/Associate Professor of Sculpture and Installation/Interim Creative Director Herndon Gallery
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.…
Cee has always been interested in the meaning of Existence and the interconnectedness of all things. Cee has been a farmer, Hospice spiritual caregiver, and written two books about Consciousness. She has produced hundreds of paintings and sculptures and is currently creating etherial room installations. She received a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, an MFA from Mills College in Oakland and was granted the Jay Defeo award.
Hello! I am a student at Ohio University and I am studying Graphic Design and furthering my studies with the Cello!
DC Chitison
Poet
DC is writing and performing poetry in Central Ohio. And his poetry has appeared in Albany Poets. He’s been awarded artist grants from the Ohio Arts Council and the Greater Columbus Arts Council. And he has earned an MA in poetry.
Relevant Experience
- Published poetry with Albany Poets
- Currently performing poetry in Central Ohio
- Received a professional artist grant from the Ohio Arts Council
- Received an individual artist grant from the Greater Columbus Arts Council
Education
- MA English
- BA Creative Writing
Grants and Awards
- Ohio Arts Council Professional Artist Grant
- Greater Columbus Arts Council Artist Grant
Hometown
I’m a native Ohioan born in the capital city.…
JOHN CHRISTENSEN – BIO
John Christensen is an artist working in Austin, Texas. Born in New York City, he received degrees in Visual and Environmental Studies – and art – from Harvard and the University of Texas. Before 1990, he developed a body of site-sensitive work in rural landscapes of New York, Georgia and Texas. Since 1990, he has focused that sensibility on projects for the theater and the public place. He has created, in collaborations with choreographers, interactive props and theatrical environments for 30 productions presented in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia. He has designed and built commercial spaces, and, unique and production furniture. Working in a variety of media he has exhibited around the country. He has completed 20 large scale public and private commissions in Austin, Dallas, Houston, Albuquerque, Miami, Tucson, Portland and Fort Worth. Collaborating with other design professionals he developed infrastructure and interactive art for a municipal park. He brings to any project an unusually broad set of technical and conceptual skills. In recent sculptures and reliefs he has arranged motifs to evoke organic systems – branching rhizomes, biotic colonies, neural networks, wave interference patterns, polymers – clustered works with perceptual associations that make poetic connections between phenomena in disparate fields. He sustains a studio practice, going to his studio most days to make things.