Art by Christopher Pekoc

The Southern Ohio Museum is pleased to invite area artists to participate in the summer exhibition entitled Cream of the Crop 2022. This is the nineteenth biennial juried exhibition of works by artists living and working within an 85-mile radius of Portsmouth and an exciting showcase for the finest art in the region. Eligibility Cream […]

Food insecurity is an economic and social indicator of the health of a community. In Scioto County, 1 in 6 children face hunger. Fifteen nationally and internationally recognized contemporary artists created works that address inequitable food access, food waste, hunger, climate change, and farming methods. A hydroponic garden is included, and will grow and produce […]

Large, gestural, textured canvases and works on paper, these abstract works reflect a life devoted to painting, mark-making, and the expression of self-reflection. Alison Weld, a New York abstract expressionist, creates work that speaks to the full range of emotions.

Scioto County master gunsmith, Jack Lewis, has been making and restoring black powder percussion guns for decades, catering to clients around the world. This exhibition of Jack’s work features not only his impeccable attention to detail and the beauty of the finished product, but also the process Jack uses to create a working machine and […]

This multi-media exhibit showcases works from twenty-four different artists. Included are photographs, sculptures, prints, paintings and more. Each work is unique and vibrant, and collectively they reflect the roots of black community.

Two artists’ approach to capturing the essence of memories. Memories can seem fleeting. The two artists, in two different mediums, focus on the essence of memories that objects and images hold. Melinda Rosenberg explores the memory of wood from tree, to utilitarian object, to reclaimed surfaces. Her art brings us on a journey of time […]

An Exhibition About Food and Murder! Ohio artist Shelley Brenner Baird presents an exhibition of linen dinner napkins silk screened with the newspaper stories detailing true murders that involved food. These are true crimes, and accompanying each napkin is a photograph of the food that motivated each murder. In 2021 Shelley Brenner Baird received an […]

The time has come… SUBMIT your Art into Portsmouth, Ohio’s biggest Bi-Annual Gallery Show. EASY AS ONE, TWO, THREE 1.) Select up to 3 works of Art (attach cut outs on entry form to each) 2.) Download and fill out (COMPLETELY) the Entry Form below. 3.) Bring $25 entry fee, your art, and the Entry […]