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Exhibition: Made in Ohio

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Posted by: BGSU/Chimera Projects
Deadline: Fri, June 12th, 2026

Made in Ohio is an interdisciplinary exhibition and catalog exploring the contributions Ohio has made to the American story over the past 250 years for Bowling Green State University’s Jerome Library in the fall of 2026. Timed to coincide with America’s Semiquincentennial (US250), the exhibition and catalog highlights people, places, and things created in Ohio through visual art and the written word.

This project is built around people, places, and things, showcasing artists, writers, inventors, landscapes, institutions, and objects that reflect Ohio’s role in American history.

These could include (and not limited to):

-Presidents, including Rutherford B. Hayes and Ulysses S. Grant

-Literary voices, including Toni Morrison and Mary Oliver

-Unique places, including Hope Ceremonial Earthworks, Oak Openings, the Wilds and the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame

-Actors like Katherine Hahn, Luke Perry, and Paul Newman

-Cultural and political figures such as Gloria Steinem and Victoria Woodhull

-Athletes such as LeBron James, Annie Oakley and Simone Biles

-Artists, including Maya Lin and Jenny Holzer

-Inventions like the traffic light, the cash register and the first heart-lung machine

-Events including the Kent State shooting or the origins of Obergefell v. Hodges 

-And more

Made in Ohio calls for visual art, poetry and micro-essays (up to 500 words) that explore and investigate these subjects. Interested participants should email their person/place/thing selection, concept and representative images/writing by June 12, 2026. Selections will be made by June 19, 2026.

Participating artists and writers will be paid a small honoraria - $.05 a word for writing (up to 500 words) and $100 for visual art (in part to to offset shipping expenses), for non-exclusive publication and exhibition rights. Visual work must be framed with wire for hanging, and delivered by August 3, 2026. Writers must email essays or poems by August 3, 2026. An anthology of Made in Ohio will be published, and each participating artist/writer will get a copy of the catalog. For questions or to submit concepts, contact independent curator and Chimera Projects editor Lee Fearnside leefearnside AT gmail DOT com

More information https://www.chimeraprojects.art/submissions

Chimera Projects and this project  is supported in part by American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds allocated by the City of Toledo and the Lucas County Commissioners and administered by The Arts Commission.

 

Posted on Fri, May 8th, 2026
Expires on Fri, June 12th, 2026

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