OHIO Giving Day

Your gift in any amount to the College of Fine Arts makes a one-of-a-kind impact.

Whether supporting students who want to make their mark in the world through their art, or helping a faculty member bring about a fundamental shift in the way we see our environment, your support sustains Bobcat traditions into the future.

All gifts matched up to $5,000!

Dr. David, PHD ’81, and Valerie Scholl are providing a 1:1 match, up to $5,000, for gifts designated for the College of Fine Arts Community Engagement Fund. “The College of Fine Arts Community Engagement Fund provides essential matching funds to grant-supported arts driven community initiatives by students and faculty. With projects that bring the power of the arts to serve the aging population, children with autism, the community of southeastern Ohio, future healthcare providers, and women suffering from addiction, College of Fine Arts students and faculty are making an impact and building a national model for arts partnerships in rural environments.”

All gifts to the College of Fine Arts, no matter the size, are impactful.

Nearly half of OHIO’s College of Fine Arts students find meaningful community engagement through internships, volunteer work, and class work throughout the year. Students are always directly involved in bringing the power of the arts to these community initiatives:

• Students and faculty across the College are working with the College of Fine Arts’ Ohio Valley Center for Collaborative Arts (CoArts), the first and only arts-based research center at OHIO, launched in 2018.
• Professor of Painting John Sabraw, in partnership with Professor of Civil Engineering at the Russ College of Engineering and Technology, collaborate with students to remove toxins from streams overtaken by acid mine drainage and transform it into brilliant artist and commercial paint pigments.
• The School of Theater’s Assistant Professor of Instruction, Merri Biechler, brings together theater and film students to the College’s Healthy Village project, a collaborative effort with OHIO’s College of Health Sciences and Professions to enhance patient communication skills through reenactment and dramatic exercises.
• A 30-Mile Studio course is engaging College of Fine Arts students directly in the workings of one local partner each semester, including Passion Works (an Athens-based studio), and the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

Your support of the College of Fine Arts Community Engagement Fund will expand the College’s students and faculty engagement in these and other initiatives in the Southeast Ohio region and beyond.

A 2020 College of Fine Arts Community Engagement Recipient, Edit Jakab’s thesis film, Uncle Zsiga, has been accepted into the official selection of 18 international film festivals, and it has received six awards thus far. She has spoken at various panels and round tables, most recently at Female Eye Film Festival in association with Toronto International Film Festival.

Give now to support OHIO's College of Fine Arts Community Engagement Fund!