The Athena Art Society was established in 1903 by Nina Spalding Stevens, co-director of the Toledo Museum of Art, along with her husband George Stevens, and has since been a staple of the arts in Toledo. One of the country’s oldest women’s art organizations, the Athena Art Society honors the legacy of Nina Stevens. The Society has celebrated innovation, brazen feminine attitude, and a history of putting art back into the hands of the people.
Continuing a legacy
Ceramic artist and Society member Mary Ellen Taylor has been active and engaged with the Toledo arts scene since the early 1970s. She has taught classes locally, in Boston and Tennessee. Like many Athena Art Society members, Taylor thrives on collaboration and community support. This attitude extends to the organization, as their mission is “to promote and develop visual art and stimulate community participation in art.”
This year will mark the Society’s 111th Juried Exhibition, showcasing the works of approximately 30 members.The works will be selected and curated by guest judge and local artist Dani Fuller, the manager of Sylvania’s American Gallery and creative art director of The River Centre Foundation. Fuller has carefully surveyed the pieces to put together the fantastic show.
Artists’ renditions
The collection of works featured in the show will represent a diverse society of women artists with varied backgrounds and interests. Paintings, drawings, collage, sculptures, prints, glass and ceramics will be on display until December 2 in the American Gallery. Awards for Best of Show will be presented during a gallery reception from 4-6pm, Saturday, November 8.
The Juried Art Exhibition comes to the American Gallery this year, and in the past has been hosted by The Wolfe Gallery at Maumee Valley Country Day School, The Center for Visual Arts at the University of Toledo, the Gifts of Art Galleries at University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor and other regional galleries.
Through December 2. American Gallery,
6600 W Sylvania Ave. 419-882-8949.
athenaartsociety.org.
The Athena Art Society was established in 1903 by Nina Spalding Stevens, co-director of the Toledo Museum of Art, along with her husband George Stevens, and has since been a staple of the arts in Toledo. One of the country’s oldest women’s art organizations, the Athena Art Society honors the legacy of Nina Stevens. The Society has celebrated innovation, brazen feminine attitude, and a history of putting art back into the hands of the people.
Continuing a legacy
Ceramic artist and Society member Mary Ellen Taylor has been active and engaged with the Toledo arts scene since the early 1970s. She has taught classes locally, in Boston and Tennessee. Like many Athena Art Society members, Taylor thrives on collaboration and community support. This attitude extends to the organization, as their mission is “to promote and develop visual art and stimulate community participation in art.”
This year will mark the Society’s 111th Juried Exhibition, showcasing the works of approximately 30 members.The works will be selected and curated by guest judge and local artist Dani Fuller, the manager of Sylvania’s American Gallery and creative art director of The River Centre Foundation. Fuller has carefully surveyed the pieces to put together the fantastic show.
Artists’ renditions
The collection of works featured in the show will represent a diverse society of women artists with varied backgrounds and interests. Paintings, drawings, collage, sculptures, prints, glass and ceramics will be on display until December 2 in the American Gallery. Awards for Best of Show will be presented during a gallery reception from 4-6pm, Saturday, November 8.
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The Juried Art Exhibition comes to the American Gallery this year, and in the past has been hosted by The Wolfe Gallery at Maumee Valley Country Day School, The Center for Visual Arts at the University of Toledo, the Gifts of Art Galleries at University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor and other regional galleries.
Through December 2. American Gallery,
6600 W Sylvania Ave. 419-882-8949.
athenaartsociety.org.
