Collectors Art Gallery

This gallery features original art including: watercolors, oils and sculptures. Free studio tours available by appointment. Art shows are held throughout the year. This artist retired from education in 1991, moved to Myrtle Beach, SC, and studied art in various media. Hoopes has taken art classes at OU, Springmaid Artist Conference in Myrtle Beach, SC, and has had six years of private instruction.

When she returned to the area in 1998 she was able to fulfill her dream of having her own studio and gallery. Hoopes offers the studio as a retreat, free of charge, to other artists for up to two weeks.
13180 Township Road 201 NE
Crooksville, OH 43731
740/342-1384
Hours of Operation:
Daily, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Contact:
Alma Mae Hoopes
Email:
cvilleart@aol.com

Paper Circle

Paper Circle is a non-profit arts organization dedicated to preserving, advancing and celebrating the paper and book arts to support economic development and to enrich the southeastern Ohio community. Paper Circle is located on Nelsonville’s historic Public Square. Workshops are offered and unique products are available.

35 W. Columbus St.
Nelsonville, OH 45764
740/753-3374
Hours of Operation:
Wed - Sat Noon – 5 p.m.
Contact:
Lily Reeves
Email:
papercircle@frognet.net
Website:
http://www.papercircle.org

Old Bear’s Den
Nature Photography Workshop and Educational Center
This establishment was founded to provide practical and useable knowledge in nature photography. All instructors are experienced professional photographers, many of whom do workshops throughout the country. These artists teach both groups and individuals, in all cases working closely with each individual student. Instruction is fitted to the skill level of the participant. Loft space in the center is available for up to eight overnight guests.
Available by Appointment
H.E.L.P. Workshops
Hoffman’s Environmental & Landscape Photography
6-hour midweek and weekend workshops
8-hour and two-day programs
16961 Harble-Griffith Rd.
Logan, OH 43138
740/380-2039
Hours of Operation:
By appointment
Contact:
Eric Hoffman
Website:
http://www.theoldbear.com

The Pottery at Old St. Pius
Cindy Yeager and Joel Yeager

The Yeagers live and work in a 1908 former Catholic Church. Joel’s wood kiln climbs the hill out back and both artists have studios in the choir loft. A retail space will be open in the near future. Cindy Yeager’s primitive stained glass pieces have been shown in the Women in Appalachia Art Exhibit, Ohio University-Zanesville. Her pieces are sold locally at selected festivals and at Great Expectations Book Store in Logan, Ava’s Jewelers in Lancaster, The Dairy Barn in Athens, and Foothills School of American Crafts in Nelsonville.Several of her works are on display and for sale through August 30 at The Bowen House, 196 N. Market St. in Logan, OH.

Cindy Yeager is a 15-year instructor in the college of arts and sciences at Hocking College and also works out of her own studio, A Mother’s Work.
Joel Yeager, a sculptor and potter, is director of the Rendville Folk Art Collective, where local artists with and without disabilities gather to create large and colorful works. Mr. Yeager’s personal work includes paintings and striking hand-built ceramics. His work also has been shown at Ohio University Lancaster and this year’s Starbrick National Clay Exhibition. He currently has works on exhibit at Ohio University’s Lancaster, Ohio, campus in conjunction with the Tony Davenport Memorial Exhibit. He also is exhibiting currently at The Bowen House.
3210 State Route 13 SE
Moxahala, OH 43761
740/342-2632
Hours of Operation:
Studio tours by appointment. Work sold at Great Expectations, Logan; Ava’s Jewelers, Lancaster; Dairy Barn, Athens; Themes, Athens; Foothills School of American Crafts, Nelsonville.
Contact:
Cindy Yeager
Email: yeager_c@hocking.edu
Website:
http://www. rendvilleartworks@yahoo.com

Trisha Clifford-Sprouse
Trisha is an artist and educator whose mission is to foster the discovery of talents in others as well as to teach them about the use of arts as a tool of self-expression and a path to peace. In Trisha’s current paintings, she has been exploring visual relationships using the elements of color, music and text. She believes that each of these has symbolic meaning when taken separately but tell a deeper story when placed in context with the other two elements. Trisha has a BFA in fashion design and painting from Columbus College of Art and Design and currently is assistant director for education at the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio in Lancaster, Ohio. Her art has been included in publications of United Methodist Publishing and in the book, Geometric Design in Ohio Quilts, an integrated math, art, social studies and language arts curriculum used in Ohio schools
1644 Longwood Dr.
Lancaster, OH 43130
740/654-6914
Hours of Operation:
By appointment
Contact:
Tricia Clifford-Sprouse

Kathy Murphy
Painting in acrylic and oil on stretched canvases, Kathy works primarily from life, drawing on nature for subject matter. Moved by a deep love of gardening, she paints in a stylized way and from a unique perspective to inspire the viewer to take a closer look at the shapes, rhythms and sensuality of plants and flowers. Kathy’s work is influenced by the art of Georgia O’Keeffe and other more contemporary artists. she also is a graphic designer and writes on gardening topics for the Logan (Ohio) Daily News.
Hours of Operation:
By appointment