FRIDAY, JANUARY 16 from 5pm-7pm
The Dairy Barn Arts Center presents the opening reception for
OH+5 – Contemporary Art of our Region
Fieldwork – Alumni of the Appalachian Forest Stewardship Residency
Structured Color – a solo exhibition by Heather Macali
This event is free and open to the public.
The OH+5 exhibition celebrates the creative pulse of the Midwest and Appalachia through a dynamic survey of contemporary artwork by artists living in Ohio and its 5 bordering states: Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Now in its fifteenth iteration, this juried exhibition invites submissions across all media, offering a platform for both emerging and established artists to share work that reflects the diversity of thought, technique, and innovation in our region.
EXHIBITING ARTISTS:
Addyson Aftanas
Rosalie Alden
Maeve Billings
Aubrey jo Blue
Luke Boyd
Sophia Brueckner
Bryan Burke
Aaron Burleson
Barbara Bushey
Courtney Chapman
Abby Cipar
Sally Clegg
Chad Robert Collofello
Nicole Condon-Shih
Gabi Cooper
Felice Dahlhausen
Isabella DeRose
Rajesh Dhar
Ross Di Penti
Annelise Duque
James Ebbert
Andrea Finch
Mateo Galvano
Helen Geglio
Joseph Goergen
Tracy Greenwalt
Gerald Habarth
Tatsuki Hakoyama
Suzi Hyden
Grace Johnson
Anna Kruse
Hannah Levengood
Ayelet Lindenstrauss Larsen
Amanda Maynard
Sam McCall
Ben Michalsky
Yoosef Mohamadi
William Moore
Beth Nash
Colleen O’Rourke
Cecilia Orozco
Talcon Quinn
Sue Reno
Kathleen Ristinen
Kari Roslund
Chloe Sampson
Baylee Schmitt
Katrina Shafor
Jennifer Sowders
Aberlyn Sweetland-May
Drew Tanner
Sahar Tarighi
Callie Thacker
Annette Verna
Jonathan Walsh
Fieldwork brings together artists who have engaged directly with the forests of this region through the Appalachian Forest Stewardship Residency (AFSR), a program that integrates creative practice with ecological care.
EXHIBITING ARTISTS
Stephanie Garon
Nate Larson
Deanna Lee
Matthew Smith
Jaromir Stoll
Jayne Struble
Stephen Takacs
Wesley Bishop
Olivia Eshe Holt
Kellie Gerdert
Structured Color presents fiber works by Heather Macali rooted in the material culture and pop imagery of a Midwestern childhood shaped by 1980s and 1990s cartoons, where color and cooperation formed idealized communities. These narratives serve as metaphors for textiles themselves—systems in which individual fibers and structures work together to create strength and meaning. Drawing on traditions of domestic craft and shared making, the work highlights how objects carry cultural memory and embodied knowledge. Structured Color explores the architectural potential of woven cloth through scale, color theory, and structure, recalling childhood building toys while emphasizing the interconnected systems that shape both textiles and communities
