Coalitions 

Coalitions: A Celebration of Artist Faculty and Families

     Exhibition - January 27 - February 24, 2023 (extended) 

Closing Reception - February 24, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.


Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center’s “School for the Visual Arts” began as a visual arts career center with Fine Arts, Photography and Commercial Art programs in 1979 on the former Fort Hayes Military base in downtown Columbus, and was later joined by the Arts/Academic High School in 1987. We have been fortunate over these 44 years to have taught the sons, daughters and grandchildren of many of Columbus’s most talented creative artists and have a long history of talented artists /faculty. We are happy to celebrate this creative coalition in this exhibition. 

55 ARTISTS

Ron Anderson, William Agnew, Anna Bory, Greg and Madeline Ackers, Larry Winston Collins and Laura (Collins), Andrew Cullen, Collin Dearth, Megan Evans, Hattie and Kelli Edinger, Ron Franks, Brian and Eve Greenwood, Terry Maloney Houston, Rick Kocks and Castle Wise, Gail Larned and Eric and Eliza Marlow, Karen LeValley, Brenda Lloyd, Gretel Lloyd- Tisdall, Jonathan Witzky, John Joseph and Xtopher J. McCutcheon, Daniel and Dia Moss, Naomi and Michael O’Connell, Tim, Hans, Sam, Coal, and Tammy Rietenbach, Brian and Mona Szente, Zachary Traxler, Elliot Twelvetrees, Zachary Traxler, Andrew Weibel, Teresa and Randy Weidenbusch and Ryan Orewiler, Michelle Hoff West, Pheoris, Adwin, Pheannah West, Corrie Witt and Violet Freeman, Helyn and Vivian Marshall, Don and Gay Dell. 

Exhibition visit by appointment  - please call 380 - 997 - 6041



The Rietenbach Family

Hans Rietenbach

Tim Rietenbach

Sam Rietenbach

Sam Rietenbach

Larry and Laura Collins

John and Christopher McCutcheon 

Terry Maloney Housten

Bill Agnew and Larry Collins

Bill Agnew 

Bill Agnew 

Pheoris West

Karen LeValley

Karen LeValley


Eric Marlow

Gail Larned

Ron Anderson

Andrew Weibel

Corrie Witt

The West Family

Ryan Orewiler

Randy and Teresa Weidenbusch

The Ackers, Greg and Madeline

Anna Bory Ackers

Castle Wise and Rick Kocks

Brian and Mona Szente

Jon Witzky, Brenda and Gretchen Lloyd

Jaden installing Ron Anderson's work

Jaden and JoAnne