WHERE: Pump House Center for the Arts at 1 Enderlin Circle.
WHEN: Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 7:00 pm through June 27, 2015 at 8:00 pm.
Ohio Watercolor Society’s
37th Annual Juried Travel Exhibition
BRIEF ABOUT: The exhibition is comprised of 32 selected works awarded by juror Mike Bailey of Santa Cruz, California and showcases the work of Ohio artists working in water soluble mediums: watercolor, acrylic, casein, gouache and egg tempera. Regional Ohio artists whose work is included in the exhibition are: Kit Dailey from Jackson, Misuk Goltz from Xenia, Meghan Hager from Tipp City, Yuki Hall from Beavercreek, Jan Holladay-Scheuber from Hamilton, Trish McKinney from New Carlisle, Joan Rothel from Cincinnati and Sharon Stolzenberger from Kettering.
MORE DETAILS: Call 740.772.5783 or see: www.pumphouseartgallery.com or to view the 2014 winners, see: www.ohiowatercolorsociety.com/page6/page29/index.html.
About
The Pump House Center for the Arts is housed in the former Pump House of the Chillicothe Water and Sewer Co. The Pump House was constructed in 1883 as a municipal pumping station for distribution of water from the deep well field located in Yoctangee Park to a reservoir situated on Carlisle Hill. In March 1977, the Pump House was placed on the Ohio History Inventory. On November 15, 1979, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places kept by the U.S. Department of Interior. The Pump House was used by the Jaycees group for its annual Haunted House fund-raiser until it was condemned in 1984 as unsafe. A group of artists, preservationists, and an attorney formed a coalition to restore and preserve the building. In 1986, City Council designated the Pump House as part of the city’s Preservation District. Coursework was replaced, bricks were repaired, floors were poured, electricity and water was installed, and the walls were rebuilt. The rooms were transformed into a beautiful art gallery where works could be displayed. The Pump House is an example of Victorian Gothic architecture, featuring a large central tower, Palladian windows, common-bond brick, and a low-pitched, hipped slate roof.
