The exterior of the Center for Fine and Performing Arts at Owens Community College will get a new artistic addition thanks to a grant from the Ohio Arts Council in the amount of $4,137.
Annette Fink, an artist who has lived in the Toledo area for 35 years, will lead the project as the Artist in Residence in the summer of 2024. She will create a weather-resistant sculptural mural out of ceramics as well as teach classes to students, faculty, staff and the community.
A permanent sculpture expressing the artistic culture of the Center for Fine and Performing Arts will be installed.
The grant requires a one-to-one match. The Ohio Arts Council funds will be used to support the artist for the supplies and materials for ceramic classes for the artist as well as a stipend. It will also help cover the artist’s labor and time designing and building the mural.
Since 2021, the Walter E. Terhune Gallery in the Center for Fine and Performing Arts has welcomed a local artist to be the “Artist in Residence.” Fink will be the fourth Artist in Residence since the program’s inception.
To learn more about the Artist in Residence program, visit www.owens.edu/terhune.
