In 20 seasons Manifest's projects have included works by artists representing 50 states and 48 countries. Beginning in our tenth season, we launched an ongoing series of exhibits focusing on works by artists in our three-state region. Nine years ago we added projects that also focused on other definable regions outside our own. These Regional Showcases were offered to complement the very wide geographical makeup of most Manifest exhibits with a closer look at art being made here in our own backyard, as well as provide a platform from which we could examine the trends, qualities, and idiosyncrasies of contemporary art within specific geographical areas and compare them to our own.

As is the case every season, this exhibit had no specific requirement for type, media, or style of work to be submitted. This was an open call. Submissions ranged widely from traditional to very conceptual, abstract, and experimental work. Jury selections were made based on the overall quality of the works submitted.

For this exhibit, 195 artists submitted 798 works from Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. Twenty-two works by the following 16 artists from our three-state region were selected by a blind jury process for presentation in the gallery and the Manifest Exhibition Annual publication.

Presenting Works by:

Kristina Arnold
Bowling Green, Kentucky

Mary Fashbaugh-Bean
South Bend, Indiana

Frederick Fochtman
Columbus, Ohio

Frank Gwirtz
Middlefield, Ohio

Lee Heinen
Cleveland, Ohio

Uhma Janus
Louisville, Kentucky

Anna Kruse
Kent, Ohio

Renee McGinnis
Chesterton, Indiana

William Olsen
Hebron, Kentucky

Kathleen Pahl
Bowling Green, Ohio

Jesse Payne
Terre Haute, Indiana

Jinblossom Kim Plati
Columbus, Ohio

Kyle Ragsdale
Indianapolis, Indiana

Lisa River Schenkelberg
Shaker Heights, Ohio

Caitlin Talmage
Cincinnati, Ohio

Travis Townsend
Lexington, Kentucky