2024-2025 • Overview of All Meetings
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Wed. September 25 • 7:00p-8:30p – Karin Snouffer – Guest Artist
Tue. October 8 • 1:30p-3:30p – Helen Yee – Guest Author
Wed. November 13 • 6:00p-8:00p – Trista Hill – Guest Musician
Tue. December 3 • 11:30a-2:30p – Annual Holiday Luncheon
Thu. January 9 • 6:30p-8:30p – Carmen Osterman – Member Spotlight
Wed. February 12 • 1:30p-3:00p – Tour of King Arts Complex
Wed. March 12 • 1:00p-3:00p – Heather Webber – Guest Author
Thu. April 3 • 1:30p-3:30p – Keiko Hidaka – Member Spotlight
Fri. May 2 • 11:00a – Senior Dress Rehearsal: Sleeping Beauty Ballet
Tue. June 3 • 11:30a-2:30p – Annual Luncheon and Show & Tell
Wed. September 25 • 7:00p-8:30p – Karin Snouffer – Guest Artist
Karin Snouffer – Guest Artist
Karen Snouffer is a Professor Emerita Professor from Kenyon College and resides in Granville, Ohio. She will be sharing her processes of ideation, preparation, and fabrication of larger scale art projects. She will discuss some of her renowned projects such as a three-story mural, “Urban Trellis: The River Becomes the Vine” for the Pizzuti Companies and the site-specific installation, “A Snail’s Perspective” for the Dublin Arts Council.
When:
- Wednesday, September 25 • 7:00p-8:30p
Where:
- Worthington Park Library – Olentangy Meeting Room
1389 Worthington Center Dr., Columbus, OH 43085
Tue. October 8 • 1:30p-3:30p – Helen Yee – Guest Author
Helen Yee – Guest Author
Helen is the author of I Belong Here: Living the Life I was Born for in America. She will talk about her novel and what it means to be a resilient immigrant.
When:
- Tuesday, October 8 • 1:30p-3:30p
Where:
- Dublin Library – Meeting Room 1
75 N. High St., Dublin, OH 43017
Wed. November 13 • 6:00p-8:00p – Trista Hill – Guest Musician
Trista Hill – Guest Musician
Trista is a harpist who collaborated with our own member, Karin Dahl, on Karin’s project at the McConnell Arts Center. She will share her music and her prolific professional career.
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When:
- Wednesday, November 13 • 6:00p-8:00p
Where:
- Bexley Public Library
2411 E Main St, Columbus, OH 43209
Tue. December 3 • 11:30a-2:30p – Annual Holiday Luncheon
The Central Ohio Pen Women will have our annual holiday luncheon with time to socialize and share current projects. Join us for this much-anticipated annual event with a wonderful lunch catered by Rocky Fork Country Club.
When:
- Tuesday, December 3, 2024 • 11:30a–2:30p
Where:
- Goodale Landing, 8th floor, Ohio Living Westminster Thurber
340 W. Goodale St., Columbus, OH 43215
Thu. January 9 • 6:30p-8:30p – Carmen Osterman – Member Spotlight
“Clay: A Love Affair with Time” – Carmen Osterman – Member Spotlight
Carmen will be discussing her studio practice and the methods in which her work juxtaposes the beauty of the environment and the harm being inflicted upon it. In this talk she will break down her process using clay to build ornate depictions of birds being consumed by ecological succession from their habitats. Ostermann will delve into how her work shifts between scientific findings and traditional knowledge in order to seek an understanding of our relationship with the natural world by using collection, containment, attention, deep listening and a labor intensive studio practice. This talk will also cover current and future projects.
When:
- Thursday, January 9 • 6:30p-8:30p
Where:
- Zoom online – link will be emailed