Calendar of Events

Closed Dates

Special arangements can be made to visit the museum during days it is closed to the public. Please email ramuseum@owu.edu with your vist request.

Mondays and Saturdays

12/18-1/12 Museum Closed - Winter Break

3/7-3/16  Museum Closed -  Spring Break

3/30-4/10 Museum Closed - Show Change

5/9-TBD  Museum Closed - Show Change

Free Community Events:

1/25 (Sun) 1-4pm Community Mending Circle Come join us to patch holes, hem pants, and generally rework clothes! Sewing, crochet, knitting and more are welcome. Bring your own project or learn basics on scrap fabric provided.

1/27 (Tues) 4-6pm Suda House Opening Reception

3/1 Sun 1-4 Community Mending Circle Come join us to patch holes, hem pants, and generally rework clothes! Sewing, crochet, knitting and more are welcome. Bring your own project or learn basics on scrap fabric provided.

3/22 Sun 2-4 Seed Bomb Making The Ross Museum is holding a native plant seed bomb making workshop! Everyone is welcome and you will go home with your own seed bombs to plant.

4/11 (Sat) 5-7pm Student Show/Roc Bouc Opening Reception

4/12 Sun 2-4 Crafternoon at the Ross: Community Open Studio Bring a craft to work on or use our craft supplies to make something. Open to the general public, all ages and abilities are welcome to attend.

Art and the Environment Talk Series:

This year the Ross Art Museum in collaboration with the Department of Environment & Sustainability, will host a series of talks on the intersection of art and the environment. This series includes artists, activists, and scholars and their efforts to confront and change the world around them for the better. All talks are free and open to the public!

1/20 (Tues) 6:30pm Michelle Stitzlein - Reuse as Art Michelle Stitzlein is an Ohio based artist who uses her work to show the beauty of nature with the waste of humanity. She creates installations of faux flora using thousands of mass produced products such as hoses, electrical wire, and tubing to reveal the excessive amount of material waste of our modern world. 

1/27 (Tues) 6:30pm Suda House - Women, Art in the Plastic Age Suda House is a photographer and retired professor at Grossmont College in California. Her work focuses on the strength of women, and her recent body of work specifically deals with the great pacific garbage patch and the seven nymph sisters the Pleiades.

2/10 (Tues) 6:30pm  John Sabraw - Toxic Colors John Sabraw is an artist, activist, and professor at Ohio University. His work marries environmental cleanups, chemistry, and art into a cohesive whole. He uses the iron oxide in mine runoff to make paint pigments. He has recently collaborated with Gamblin oil paints, to make the "Reclaimed Earth Colors" paint set. 

2/24 (Tues) 6:30pm  Laura Ann Bergman - Regenerative Farming and Social Justice Laura Ann Bergman has been the farm liaison for Seminary Hill Farm since 2022. Laura Ann has spent her whole life growing food in Ohio. Seminary Hill Farm is part of Methodist Theological School in Ohio which works in pursuit of a just, sustainable and generative world.

3/3 (Tues) 6:30pm Jarod Anderson - Strange Naturalist Jarod Anderson is a nature writer, podcaster, and poet who has just published his fifth book Strange Animals which is also his fiction debut. His work revolves around a deep appreciation for the natural world, mental health and the healing power of nature. 

3/17 (Tues) 6:30pm Emma Kline - Living Art and Cross-disciplinary Work Emma Kline is the Lab Specialist for the Living Art and Ecology Lab at OSU. LAEL's purpose is to create a space that fosters cross-disciplinary collaborations and invites students to engage with their local environment through artistic practices. 

BONUS! 3/18 (Wed) 4:30pm Lesley Wheeler - Mycocosmic Poetry Reading Lesley Wheeler is a poet, literary scholar and professor at Washington and Lee University. Her latest book of poetry, Mycocosmic, deals with navigating personal and planetary loss and regrowth following the example of mushrooms that flourish after forest fires.

3/24 (Tues) 6:30pm Amy Youngs - Art, Technology, and the Natural World Amy Youngs' work is a blend of eco art, interactive sculptures, digital media, and technology into installation and interactive pieces. Young works as an artist and professor at OSU teaching both art and science and the confluence of the two. 

4/14 (Tues) 6:30pm Eve Warnock - Collaborative Art and Invasive Species - Eve Warnock is the founding artist of OBLSK, a creative group of artists, inventors and designers that create interactive installations. Her latest work has been a collaboration with the Columbus Parks and Recreation to use removed invasive plants in environmental sculptures for Columbus Arborfest.

4/21 (Tues) 6:30pm Carolina C. Barbosa - Open Data and Open Science Dr. Carolina C. Barbosa is a faculty member in OWU's Department of Environment & Sustainability and has been advocating for open science practices through her work with the grassroot networks DSOS (Data Science and Open Science in Aquatic Research) and GLEON (Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network)

Special Sunday Family Programming

The museum hosts free children's and family activities on select Sundays:

1/18 (Sun) 2pm Children's MLK Day Join us for some stories about diversity and a peace sign making craft.

2/15 (Sun) 2-3pm Valentines Decorating Come Decorate a Valentine at the museum! Open to kids of all ages.

3/22 Sun 2-4 Seed Bomb Making The Ross Museum is holding a native plant seed bomb making workshop! Everyone is welcome and you will go home with your own seed bombs to plant.

4/12 Sun 2-4 Crafternoon at the Ross: Community Open Studio Bring a craft to work on or use our craft supplies to make something. Open to the general public, all ages and abilities are welcome to attend.

Student Chill Nights are Back!

OWU students are invited to stop by the Museum Thursdays from 6-8pm for crafty activities and special themed events! Student groups and organizations are welcome to collaborate with us to host an event.

1/15 (Thurs) Welcome Back Students!

1/22 (Thurs) 6-8pm Rainbow Scratch Art Come make a rainbow masterpiece to spruce up your dorm for the new year and enjoy some snacks!

1/29 (Thurs) 6-8pm Adult Coloring Crack open an adult coloring book and unwind with your friends and some snacks.

2/5 (Thurs) 6-8pm Button Making Use our button maker to make some new drip for your backpack!

2/12 (Thurs) 6-8pm Board Games Uno, Exploding Kittens, and Blokus are just a few of the games we've got for game night with snacks!

2/19 (Thurs) 6-8pm Sticker Making Make your own DIY stickers at the Ross Museum using our sticker making machine. 

2/26 (Thurs) 6-8pm Collage Night Come cut and paste the old fashioned way and make a collage! 

3/5 (Thurs) 6-8pm Craft Night Bring a craft you are working on, or come use our craft supplies and hang with other crafters with snacks!

3/19 (Thurs) 6-8pm Polaroids with Friends Come take a poloroid pic with your friends and decorate a frame for it!

3/26 (Thurs) 6-8pm Air Dry Clay Come to the Ross Museum this Thursday to get creative with air dry clay and enjoy some snacks.

4/26 (Sun) 2-3pm Therapy Dogs! Take a break from finals studying to visit with our adorable friends from the Alliance of Therapy Dogs.