April 12, 2024 • Reception “Creative Viewpoints” Member Exhibition at the Biennial

National League of American Pen Women Central Ohio Branch

Creative Viewpoints is an exhibit showcasing work by members from the Central Ohio Branch of the National League of American Pen Women during the NLAPW 51st Biennial Conference. It features works of the NLAPW disciplines of Art, Letters (writers), and Music. The exhibit is in the the Cultural Arts Center’s Loft Area.

Please join us at the opening reception of Creative Viewpoints. It’s free and open to the public. View recent work by NLAPW Central Ohio Branch members in all three disciplines of art, letters (writers), and music.

When:

  • Reception — Friday, April 12, 2024, 6pm-8pm
  • Exhibition — April 12 – May 18, 2024

Where:

May 7, 2024 • Jennifer Evans Kinsley – Member Spotlight

National League of American Pen Women Central Ohio Branch

Jennifer Evans Kinsley is a maker of books and music. An active book artist, she exhibits her works locally and nationally. Her work is included in Lark Publication’s 500 HANDMADE BOOKS.

She performs and instructs others on the Hammered and Appalachian Dulcimer. An avid contra dancer Jennifer performs with the contra dance band Firefly Trace. A Certified Practitioner of Therapeutic Music she provides Complementary Medicine methodology to bring healing tones to the ill, recovering, and hospice individuals.

“As a child I was surrounded by domestic craftswomen. The homes of my grandmothers, great aunts, and mother were filled with drawings, writings, quilts and afghans, sewn creations embellished with thread and buttons, and reliquaries containing ephemera and personal treasures. It was directly from them that I first learned to draw, paint, sew, crochet, quilt, embroider, knit, assemble.

As an adult I continued to practice domestic arts. My interests expanded to weaving, painting, ceramics, sculpture, papermaking, and surface decoration techniques such as marbling and paste-painting. I eventually discovered that the book is the perfect vessel to hold and order words and images. … ”

When:

  • Tuesday, May 7, 2024 • 11:15a-1:00p

Where:

  • Old Worthington Library
    820 High Street, Worthington, OH 43085

June 4, 2024 • Annual Luncheon and Show & Tell

National League of American Pen Women Central Ohio Branch

The Central Ohio Pen Women will have our annual Spring Luncheon followed by a Show & Tell to share work or tell us about upcoming projects and events.

When:

  • Tuesday, June 4, 2024 • 11:30a–2:30p

Where:

  • Rocky Fork Country Club
    5189 Clark State Rd, Gahanna, OH 43230

2022-2023 • Overview of All Meetings

National League of American Pen Women Central Ohio Branch

For our September 2022—June 2023 Schedule of Events Brochure, click here.

For more information about a meeting, click on its link below:

Sun. September 8, 2022 • 6:30-8:00pm – Celeste Malvar-Stewart – Fashion Designer
Tue. October 4, 2022 • 1:00-3:00pm – Vivian Ripley – My Life In Music
Tue. November 8, 2022 • 6:30-8:00pm – Dan Gray – Setting the Stage
Tue. December 6, 2022 • 12:00-3:00pm – Holiday Luncheon & 90th Anniversary Celebration
Tue. January 2023 • No meeting
Tue. February 7, 2023 • 7:00-9:00pm – Jenn Stewart – My Plein Air Journey
Tue. March 14, 2023 • 1:30-3:00pm – Sandra K-Horn – My Self-Publishing Journey
Tue. April 4, 2023 • 1:00-3:00pm –  Anita Burgess – The Journey of Me
Tue. May 2, 2023 • 2:00-3:30pm –  Jennifer Hambrick – WOSU Tour
Tue. June 6, 2023 • 11:45a-2:30pm – Annual Luncheon and Show & Tell
July & August 2023 • Summer break – No meetings

For our previous year’s 2021-2022 meetings, click here.

September 8, 2022 • Celeste Malvar-Stewart – Fashion Designer

National League of American Pen Women Central Ohio Branch

“Risk and Serendipity”: Taking Great Leaps of Faith in Your Creative Process

Celeste Malvar-Stewart — fashion designer, felting artist and Faculty member at CCAD.

Biography:
Celeste is a Columbus-based, independent fashion and fibre artist who focuses on creating unique, sustainable, and ethical pieces. She works with Ohio shepherdesses to obtain wool, alpaca, and mohair fibre from their happy animals to create her hand-felted and low to zero waste textiles that form her couture fashion and art. She also incorporates natural dyes in her work, many of which she grows herself in her German Village courtyard or responsibly forages around the Columbus area.
In the spirit of sustainability, her goal is to create a deeper connection between ourselves and what we wear in order to add greater value to our clothing thus extending their use and lifespan, as well as supporting local family farms by using and promoting their fibres.

When:

  • Thursday, September 8, 2022 • 7:00-8:00p

Where:

  • Main Branch – Columbus Metropolitan Library
    96 S. Grant Ave., Columbus, OH 43215
  • Auditorium (first floor near the elevators)
  • Inexpensive parking in underground lot. Take ticket with you. Before leaving, pay at kiosk by the elevators.