The Arts at Edison State

10/05/2026

The Edison State Art Department is featuring the artwork of Laura Truitt until October 28, 2026. The exhibit, “Shelter,” will be on display in the Anne Vaccaro and David Myers Gallery at the Piqua Campus during normal campus hours.

An artist and teacher living in Yellow Springs, Ohio, Laura is currently the gallery coordinator at Rosewood Arts Center and the coordinator for adult wellness programming at the Springfield Museum of Art, and she was most recently a visiting professor at Oberlin College.

Learn more about Laura and this exhibit ⤵️

The Edison State Community College Art Department will feature the artwork of Laura Truitt during its October exhibition. The department will display the exhibit, “Shelter,” in the Anne Vaccaro and David Myers Gallery at the Piqua Campus during normal campus hours from October 5 to October 28, 2...

10/02/2026

We’re excited to have the artwork of Laura Truitt on display in the Anne Vaccaro and David Myers Gallery from October 5 to October 28! Stop by during normal campus hours to check out her exhibition, “Shelter.”

Visit her online: www.lauracarpentertruitt.com

ARTIST STATEMENT:

“Much of my work has to do with perspective. Linear perspective, surely, but also our emotional and collective perspective of landscape and personal space. The underlying conflict in my work is generated by climate change, land abuse, and overconsumption of all kinds, my own included. The borders and edges of images and objects illuminate barriers as well as show us current paths of entry.”

09/17/2026

Don’t miss your chance to view the Tri-County Board of Recovery & Mental Health Services’ Art of Recovery exhibit! The exhibition is on display in the Anne Vaccaro and David Myers Gallery at Edison State until September 26. It will then move to the Tri-County Board’s Administration and Training Center from September 30–October 23. 🎨

09/03/2026

The Tri-County Board of Recovery & Mental Health Services is accepting entries for its annual Art of Recovery exhibition of paintings, drawings, photography, poetry, and music. Art will be displayed in the Anne Vaccaro and David Myers Gallery on Edison State’s Piqua Campus September 14–26 and at the Tri-County Board’s Administration & Training Center September 30–October 23.

The theme for Art of Recovery 2026 is “Renewal,” though art does not need to reflect the theme to be included in the exhibition. The theme is offered as a creative prompt for those looking for inspiration.

Learn more and submit at www.tcbmds.org/art.

04/29/2026

Have you checked out the artwork of Eva Lewis yet? Be sure to stop by the Anne Vaccaro and David Myers Gallery before May 15 to see her exhibition, “Midwestern Lullaby.”

04/10/2026

We’re excited to have the artwork of Eva Lewis on display in the Anne Vaccaro and David Myers Gallery until May 15! Stop by during normal campus hours to check out her exhibition, “Midwestern Lullaby.”

Visit her online: www.evalewisart.com

ARTIST STATEMENT:

“My work focuses on my own experiences as a woman growing up in the Midwest. Manipulating with color and composition, I focus on specific details that are part of a bigger story. I choose to depict moments with friends, animals, and nature. Pigment and light obscure the understanding of what is reality and what is fiction. Saturated with rosy retrospection, my work aims to recall my experiences with a dreamy hue, allowing the viewer to create their own understanding of the story beyond what is shown to them.”

03/17/2026

Don’t miss your chance to check out the artwork of Brandon Lowery, on display in the Anne Vaccaro and David Myers Gallery until March 27! Stop by during normal campus hours to check out his exhibition, “Diamond in the Rough.”

03/03/2026

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We’re excited to have the ceramic sculptures of Brandon Lowery on display in the Anne Vaccaro and David Myers Gallery until March 27! Stop by during normal campus hours to check out his exhibition, “Diamond in the Rough.”

Brandon was born and raised in Dayton. In 2016, he received his Master of Fine Arts with a concentration in ceramics from Miami University. His work drifts between hyperrealism to abstract anthropomorphic forms. Brandon mainly works in clay, but his sculptures utilize many mediums. His forms instill a feeling of discomfort but draw the viewer closer with fine details and chosen color palettes. This push and pull of uneasiness and discomfort mixed with the strangely beautiful goes hand in hand with Brandon’s concept of social anxiety, finding a sense of place, and questioning societal norms.

Learn more about Brandon: www.brandonlowery.com

ARTIST STATEMENT:

“Working intuitively with clay, I lean into its responsiveness and resistance. Marks left by the hand, shifts in form, and surface disruptions created during firing are not corrected but emphasized. These traces become metaphors for lived experience: erosion, adaptation, and endurance. The contrast between coarse, stone-like areas and softer, more fluid elements reflects the coexistence of strength and vulnerability within the body.

Color and material function symbolically rather than descriptively. The interplay between muted, raw surfaces and moments of heightened sheen or color and value emerges from imperfection. Like a diamond before refinement, the form resists polish, proposing that worth and presence exist prior to completion.

The sculpture occupies a space between the familiar and the ambiguous, inviting viewers to recognize emotional or bodily associations without resolving into a single narrative. ‘Diamond in the Rough’ asks how fragility, pressure, and incompleteness can shape identity and how transformation often reveals itself most clearly through what remains unfinished.”

02/24/2026

The Edison State Art Department will feature the ceramic sculptures of Brandon Lowery during its March exhibition. The department will display the exhibit, “Diamond in the Rough,” in the Anne Vaccaro and David Myers Gallery at the Piqua Campus during normal campus hours from March 2 to March 27, 2026.

“‘Diamond in the Rough’ asks how fragility, pressure, and incompleteness can shape identity, and how transformation often reveals itself most clearly through what remains unfinished,” Lowery said of the exhibit.

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The Edison State Community College Art Department will feature the ceramic sculptures of Brandon Lowery during its March exhibition. The department will display the exhibit, “Diamond in the Rough,” in the Anne Vaccaro and David Myers Gallery at the Piqua Campus during normal campus hours from Ma...

02/02/2026

Don’t forget to check out the annual Edison State Student Exhibition—on display in the Anne Vaccaro and David Myers Gallery until February 20! Stop by during normal campus hours to see the work of students who took courses in drawing, 2-D design, and darkroom and digital photography.

Learn more about Edison State’s art courses and pathways at www.edisonohio.edu/academics.