If we examine the experiences of just a few Ohioans during World War II, we can see that wartime political artworks exaggerated and dangerous stereotypes about Japanese Americans.
Power of Painting: Lilly Martin Spencer is on exhibit at the Ohio History Center in Columbus June 10, 2015, through Aug. 14, 2016. Where did the exhibition get its name from and what does it have to do with the artist? For Lilly Martin Spencer, painting was more than merely depicting scenes of everyday life. Spencer […]
Now that we've had our first light snowfall this morning and temperatures are dipping down to around freezing at night, leaves will start falling at a faster rate from the trees. So I thought it would be a good day to look at photos of some pretty fall leaves. But are they really leaves!? Look […]
Written by Curator Emeritus Bob Glotzhober We have posted a few blogs over the past several months about how natural history collections can be useful, valuable and important in different peoples lives. I'm sure we have not fully exhausted the reasons, but let me briefly share this one. Last summer we got a request from […]
A real artist is one who knows that culture is a way of living, the sum total of what goes on around you during your life is the warehouse of your art. Your feelings of love and hate about this life is what gives your art its vitality. -Emerson Burkhart, Ohio Historical Society Collections, MSS […]
