51ĀŅĀ×

Chaddock + Morrow College of Fine Arts Stories

Anthony Baldasare
Alumni

OHIO alum Anthony Baldasare returns to the Athena Cinema, only this time on screen in the horror movie ā€œShelby Oaksā€

51ĀŅĀ× alum Anthony Baldasare is back at the Athena Cinema, however this time he's not in the audience, but on the big screen! The actor is in the new movie "Shelby Oaks," a buzzworthy horror film haunting theaters just in time for Halloween.

Rufus the Bobcat rides in the Homecoming Parade
Homecoming 2025

Back home again

Welcoming Bobcats of all ages back to campus, OHIO's 2025 Homecoming celebrations featured a series of spirited and memorable events.

Faculty exhibition
Kennedy Museum of Art

Kennedy Museum of Art showcases faculty talent and perspectives in ā€œArt & Processā€ exhibition

The Kennedy Museum of Art’s latest faculty exhibition, "Art & Process," brings together works from faculty members, offering visitors a look into the diverse methods and personal stories that shape their creative practices.

Urban Bush Women
Visiting artists

Urban Bush Women bring ā€œBOLDā€ workshops to School of Dance First Year Performance Guarantee program

The OHIO School of Dance welcomed Urban Bush Women, a dynamic Brooklyn-based, Black women-led dance-theater company, for a powerful residency from Sept. 24–27. Their presence brought fresh energy and inspiration, aligning with the school's mission of fostering community and artistic growth.

a bearded professor wearing a hat and glasses shows a leaf specimen to a young student wearing a hoodie
Faculty News

New Faculty to Fuel Research

Meet the 12 faculty who joined 51ĀŅĀ× this fall to help inform its research future.

flames shoot from a small gap as a graduate student wearing gloves removes a brick from a kiln to check on its contents
Fine Arts

Fanning the Flames

OHIO’s nationally renowned ceramics program enters a new era.

Atmospheric firing illustration
Fine Arts

Peek Inside OHIO's Kilns

Explore the work of recent visiting ceramic artists.

The Prom
Tantrum Theater

Tantrum Theater celebrates its 10th anniversary, announces 2025-2026 season

Tantrum Theater is OHIO's professional theater company that has served the region over the last 10 years as a training ground, providing apprenticeships for students in the School of Theater.

A view of the 2024 Homecoming parade
Homecoming

51ĀŅĀ× to celebrate Homecoming Oct. 13-18

Homecoming Week 2025 will kick off on Oct. 13, 2025, with the Homecoming football game against Northern Illinois on Oct. 18.

Met Live 2025
Athena Cinema

The Athena Cinema brings the world of opera close to home with The Met: Live in HD

On Oct. 18, the Athena Cinema will once again bring the drama and spectacle of some of the greatest productions of professional opera in the world to the uptown screens of southeast Ohio.

a group of adults in business casual attire and holding ceremonial silver scissors stand outdoors behind a green ribbon flanked by balloons
Giving

Donors support the arts and honor family through their philanthropy

Dave and Cathy Levy wanted to back the Chaddock + Morrow College of Fine Arts Capital Project—and with a little help, found an opportunity that was almost too perfect to believe.

A view of Cutler Hall from College Green
Moving OHIO Forward

OHIO launches Innovation and Efficiency Awards, aims to increase financial flexibility and stability

New program aims to inspire employees across all campuses to embrace a culture of continuous improvement in order to build a stronger, more efficient and more mission-focused University.

Milad Azarm
Graduate research

Ph.D. student Milad Azarm helps rewrite theater history with groundbreaking research

Milad Azarm has resided in Athens less than four years but has already made a lasting impact on the town’s theatrical community and the academic world.

MJ Golzari and other crew members behind the scenes of "Pin"
Student Success

MFA student's film premieres internationally

"Pin," an experimental short by 51ĀŅĀ×’s MJ Golzari, has received international acclaim while reflecting his cross-cultural artistic vision.

Fiber and Dye Garden
Sustainability and Art

Students help launch sustainable Fiber and Dye Garden at OHIO

Students are helping launch a sustainable Fiber and Dye Garden, an interdisciplinary project combining art and science to grow plants like flax, hemp and indigo for use in papermaking and ecological research.

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