Recent Programming

Art on the Beach

LoCo Art provided bead art making activities for youth at Art on the Beach. Children and families participated, combining creative ideas to develop beautiful bead art together.

Aerial GloWga

Homegrown Yoga collaborated with LoCo Art to host a Summer Enrichment Academy workshop series called Aerial Glowga. The workshops taught students the art of aerial yoga while also making artwork made from neon art media. It was a fun week of movement and art making. On the final day, the black lights were turned on and the studio became a glowing art gallery. Students shared techniques they learned through the week with family and friends. Guests enjoyed seeing the impressive aerial yoga and incredible art display.

Art Making and Upcycling Workshop

LoCo Art, in partnership with the Logan County Solid Waste Management District, presents art-making with guest artist Eric Marlow.

Logan County Farmers Market 2023

LoCo Art, in partnership with the Logan County Solid Waste Management District, presents art-making with guest artist Eric Marlow.

Logan County Youth Jazz Orchestra Commission Project

The Logan County Youth Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Myles Bowers with guest conductor and arranger Mike Kamuf premiered Kamuf's Mills Brothers Medley arrangement. Presented by LoCo Art and the Holland Theatre, this event also celebrated the Mills Brothers mural created by local students, with artist Duarte Brown as a special guest.

Logan County Music and Art Festival

The 2023 Logan County Music and Art Festival was a huge success! LoCo Art, in collaboration with our host the Holland Theatre, welcomed a youth art show and high school honor choir concert consisting of students from Logan County.

Downtown Bellefontaine First Friday

Children created Easter egg maracas during First Friday events. LoCo Art is member of the Bellefontaine Downtown Business Partnership.

KNOWLTON LIBRARY MOSAIC WORKSHOP

LoCo Art thanks the Knowlton Library for a wonderful collaboration.  The two organizations hosted mosaic artist Vicki Murphy and 24 Logan County students for two weeks.  The artist and students created a joyful and welcoming mural, featuring mosaics made by the students, in the entry area of the library.  Inspirational words are incorporated throughout the artwork.  The students were thankful to the library and their board for the opportunity to create a permanent public artwork.

Stress Less! with LoCO Art and Community Health and Wellness Partners

Stress Less! provided youth in grades 7 through 12 the opportunity to participate in music and art therapy classes at the Logan County Art Center next to the Holland Theatre. Weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays for six weeks which started on June 21st, 2022 and ending on July 28th, 2022, students attended one hour sessions in which they learned new music and art skills to implement as coping mechanisms for mental health distress. During the hour-long arts activities, the music/art teacher was paired with a therapist who helped teach students how the artistic and musical skills they learned can positively impact their mental health through the therapeutic use of evidence-based practices. Each week the youth added a new skill to what they learned the previous week (artistically, musically and therapeutically). Ultimately, they completed the program with art projects, skills to use art and music to relieve stress, and a ukulele/ art supplies that they took home for future use.

Mills Brothers Mural Project

The mural celebrates the lives of the incredibly talented Mills Brothers, who spent many of their childhood years in Bellefontaine. Bellefontaine art educator Melanie Antram-Ingraham and her students were instrumental in researching the Mills Brothers and planting the seed for this project. LoCo Art teamed up with the Logan County Historical Center and guest artist Richard Duarte Brown to design and paint a mural that represents the many decades of the Mills Brothers’ musical gifts. Students from the Logan County schools made artistic contributions to the mural making process. Special thanks to Lowes and Sherwin Williams for assisting with supplies. The mural design process spanned nearly a year as of its dedication on August 5, 2022.

INDIAN LAKE MURAL PROJECT

A fantastic collaboration amongst the Logan County Visitors Bureau, LoCo Art, Homegrown Yoga, Indian Lake Schools and Dawson Construction. Guest artist Marilyn Reed and Indian Lake middle school art educator Rebecca Dotson assisted students with creating the mural. Special thanks to Lowes, Sherwin Williams and Easton Water for assisting with supplies. A huge thank you to the Logan County Visitors Bureau for assisting with funding the project. The mural features an old fashioned postcard and highlights the special attractions at Indian Lake from days past to current times.