Current Exhibitions

Our Exhibitions and Programming:

The Ross Art Museum strives to exhibit diverse, emerging and established artists for our OWU family and community. Exhibits rotate in alignment with the academic calendar. We proudly support the creativity and vitality of the arts in the state of Ohio and beyond. 

Every year, our curatorial focus centers on specific issues impacting our students and community. Our goal is to foster discussion, learning, and shared discovery. During the 2025-26 academic year, the Ross Art Museum will include exhibitions examining humanity's complex relationship with the Land and Environment.

Reflections on the Land & Environment 2026-2027

Rod Bouc: Transitory Spaces

April 11 - June 28

Rod Bouc's overlooked, transitory spaces are both familiar and foreign. Memories of the rural landscapes of his childhood on a Nebraska farm remain a foundation of his life and work. In his paintings and drawings, an unimproved, unmaintained dirt road becomes a sacred route. With dramatic light and deepshadow, common trees, weeds, and flowers exude aspiritual presence.

Rod Bouc's website

Battleship

Battleship, Charcoal on paper, 22 x 30 in., 2020

Sun and Shade

Sun and Shade, Pigment stick on board, 36 x 26 in., 2022

Smith's Corn II

Smith's Corn II, Pigment stick on board, 48 x 36 in., 2025

Weed Party

Weed Party, Pigment stick on board, 48 x 36 in., 2025

Sunflowers Late Summer

Sunflowers Late Summer, Pigment stick on board, 36 x 24 in., 2023

Uncharted Land: Never Before Seen Landscapes from the Ross Collection

May 16 - June 28

Continuing our year-long exploration of the land and environment, Uncharted Land features recent gifts, acquisitions, and seldom seen works from our Permanent Teaching Collection. Highlights include Andrew Wyeth's Wagon Blue (Study for "Flood Plain"), Theodore Robinson's Hill Behind Monet's House, Holly Branstner's, Forest for the Trees and Edward Weston's Surf, Point Lobos.

Wagon Blue

Andrew Wyeth, Wagon Blue (Study for "Flood Plain"), watercolor and pencil on paper

Marty Kalb Purchase Award Winners: Celebrating OWU Fine Art Students

May 16 - June 28

For Reunion Weekend, the Ross Art Museum presents selections from the Department of Fine Arts' Marty Kalb Purchase Award Collection. The works on view highlight pieces acquired in recent years ending in 1 or 6. In addition, a slideshow featuring artwork created in Marty Kalb's classes from the 1970s through the 1990s will be presented.

Heather DeHaus `16

Siena Roads, Oil on Canvas, 2016

Donation Highlights: Newly Acquired works from Peter MacGill `74

April 11 - June 28

The Ross Art Museum is fortunate to have many generous patrons and donors. Gifts of time, artwork, and financial support enable us to present exhibitions, maintain a permanent teaching collection, and offer educational programming for the OWU community and audiences throughout Central Ohio. When Peter MacGill '74 offered selections from his personal collection to the museum, it provided a valuable opportunity to both enhance our holdings and give OWU students hands-on professional museum experience. This exhibition highlights a sample of artwork preparation, cataloging, and research completed by our Curatorial Assistant intern, Lilly Colbeck '27.

Anton Perich

Andy Warhol with Polaroid Camera, ca. 1979