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Art Is Life-Giving.

January 8, 2011 By Marsha Pippenger Leave a Comment

DMM welcomes our newest columnist Marsha Pippenger who will blog about art in our region.

Some New Year’s Thoughts 2011

Art is life-giving.

It’s an intangible. How can you explain to someone who has never experienced the power of

Medusa-a-Tangled-Web by Marsha Pippenger

a piece of work, something that has sprung from the thought of one human being, brought into existence due to that person’s trials and errors, sweat, mental anguish, trying to get it right, to make physical that which he or she sees in the mind’s eye? Art adds life – to the walls of your home, your cubicle at work, your city parks, the very roadways you travel – breath and thought and feeling and connection, a communication offered from the artist to you.

It was a difficult year, 2010. Many of us felt the negatives of an economy sliding downhill, jobs moving in not equal to the companies moving out, the broad sweep of cuts to the arts because funds are stretched to the nth degree just to cover the most basic of services. Hard decisions have had to be made. We all want to live in a community with plenty of recreational opportunities and cultural offerings. Most of us realize that in our current world we must get creative to provide those amenities when our cities are pushing to fill empty buildings, entice new enterprise, appeal to and keep our young adult residents.

Daniel and the lions den mosaic by K12 Gallery students

This is why we need the life sustaining power of art more than ever, and it is also why it is time for those of us who live and breathe and work in the arts to do more – I know, I know, we all are always being asked to do more – but small things can truly add up to big accomplishments. There is strength in numbers, and while competition is healthy, there really is great power in collaboration.

Dayton is remarkable in its offerings in the arts; it has more than most cities its size (a provable statistic by the way). We have more talented professional artists than most, we have fine galleries that could use more traffic and support, and we have an art institute that rivals those of many larger metropolitan areas. Dayton has been blessed by the philanthropy of past citizens who loved this city and its people; we are still enjoying the fruits of that generosity today. Moreover, we are charged with living up to that legacy. We need to, now more than ever before.

NOW, what is that next step? Patronizing art spaces of course. Listed below (in random order so keep reading) are some fine commercial galleries, museums and art centers where you will find quality original art in a range of prices. It is by no means a definitive list; if you know of others, please add them!

Cannery Art and Design Center, 434 East Third St, Dayton, (937) 313-9883

Visceral Gallery, 65 W. Franklin St,Centerville, (937) 409-0069

Willis Bing Davis Art Studio, 1135 W 3rd St, Dayton, (937) 223-2290

Zig Zag Gallery, 101 E Alex Bell Rd, Dayton, (937) 434-3565

Town & Country Fine Arts Gallery, 300 E Stroop Rd, Dayton, (937) 293-5381

Dayton Visual Arts Center, 118 N Jefferson St, Dayton, (937) 224-3822

High Street Gallery, 48 High St, Dayton, (937) 228-4532

Gallery 510, 510 E 5th St, Dayton, (937) 222-5151

Hotel Gallery, 109 E Main St, Tipp City, (937) 667-3696

Village Artisans Gallery, 100 Corry St, Yellow Springs, (937) 767-1209

Gallery St John, 4400 Shakertown Rd, Dayton, (937) 320-5405

Alley Fine Art & Framing, 269 W Central Ave, Springboro, (937) 748-0822

Dayton Society Of Painters & Sculptors, 48 High St, Dayton, (937) 228-4532

K12 Gallery For Young People, 510 E 3rd St, Dayton, (937) 461-5149

Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, (937) 223-5277

Rosewood Art Centre, 3600 Shroyer Road, Kettering, (937) 296-2400

Springfield Art Museum, 107 Cliff Park Road, Springfield, (937) 324-3729

Filed Under: Visual Arts Tagged With: Alley Fine Art & Framing, Cannery Art and Design Center, Dayton Society of Painters & Sculptors, Gallery 510, Gallery St John, High Street Gallery, Hotel Gallery, K12 Gallery for Young People, Marsha Pippender, Rosewood Art Centre, Springfield Art Museum, Town Country Fine Arts Center, Village Artisians Gallery, Visceral Gallery, Willis Bing Davis Art Studio, Zig Zag Gallery

About Marsha Pippenger

Marsha is a practicing visual artist, teacher, and arts integration specialist. She teaches art history at Wright State University, studio classes at Kettering College of Medical Arts, and is the Gallery Director for the Diane Kidd Gallery of Art at Tiffin University.
Marsha presents workshops and demonstrations showcasing her unique style of painting with paper on canvas. Her most recent one person exhibition, titled “Dinner in the City”, imagined the meeting of the fifteenth-century novelist Christine de Pisan and the twentieth-century artist Judy Chicago. In addition to regularly exhibiting her work, she has written a column on the visual arts, and is one of the former owners of Conversation Pieces Art Gallery.
Marsha received her Bachelor of Fine Arts and K-12 teaching certificate from Ohio Northern University, studied with nationally known artist Willis “Bing” Davis, and earned a Master of Humanities degree from Wright State University.
She is currently represented by The Cannery Art and Design Center in Dayton, Ohio. To learn more about Marsha visit her website.

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