Trisha Clifford-Sprouse

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It is my mission as an artist to promote the arts as an integral part of our lives. As an educator, I wish to help advance others in their discovery of their talents, the use of the arts as a self-expressive tool, and to find peace that the aesthetics of art can offer.
    At the very core of my being, I believe that art is an outward manifestation of our inner beliefs, thoughts, values, and identity; both in the arts that we surround ourselves with and the arts that we create.
    The arts are the components of our lives that remain long after a person is gone. They are the remembrances of our story. Our paintings, music, sculptures, and photos tell about our passions, tragedies, faith, love, and losses.
    I promote the therapeutic value of art using it as a tool to examine and thereby strengthen my relationships and beliefs.

Selected Solo Exhibitions: National City Bank - Lancaster Festival Lancaster, OH; 2004, 2005, 2006 Gahanna Municipal Bldg, Gahanna, OH; 2005 Campus Cup Lancaster, OH; 2005 First United Methodist Church Lancaster, OH 2004

Selected Group Exhibitions: Monarch Gallery - Lancaster, Ohio High Road Gallery - Worthington, OH 2005 Contemporary Works of Faith 2005 Piano Works Gallery Logan, OH; 2004 Lancaster Festival Lancaster, OH; 2001-2003 Genesis Gallery Athens, OH

Selected Publications: 2002 Masterpiece: Drawing On the Scriptures. A leader's guide for vacation bible school, using the arts to help students learn about the creative power of God and biblical scriptures. United Methodist Publishing, Nashville, TN Masterpiece: Sketches From the Scriptures, A student's guide for vacation bible school, using the arts to help students learn about the creative power of God and biblical scriptures. United Methodist Publishing, Nashville, TN 2000 Geometric Design in Ohio Quilts, An Integrated Math, Art, Social Studies, and Language Arts Curriculum. Decorative Arts Center of Ohio, Lancaster, OH 1997 Hands-On Education in an Art Museum Setting, Ohio University, Athens, OH 1997 Weaving A Way of Life. A video on the art of Navajo weaving, Ohio University, Athens, OH 1997 Jacob's Quest. A fine art book, published with the article: Typography in Graphic Design Education, by Arlyn Simon, Letter Arts Review magazine, (1997), volume 13 #4 p.18.

Education: M.A. Ohio University, Museum Education, Athens, OH; Art Therapy Internship, Harding Hospital, Art Therapy, Worthington, OH; B.F.A. Columbus College of Art and Design, Fashion Design/Painting, Columbus, OH.

Employment: 1987 - Present Fine Artist; 1998 - Present Director of Education, Decorative Arts Center of Ohio, Lancaster, OH; 2004 - Present Contract Artist/Art Therapist Ohio Reformatory for Women, Marysville, OH; 1996 - Present Juror; 1996 - 1997 Graduate Intern, Kennedy Museum of American Art, Athens, OH; 1989 - 1996, Art Therapist, Fairfield Medical Center, Lancaster, OH.

Email: tclifford@columbus.rr.com
Web Site: www.geocities.com/trishastudios

Recent artistic works by Trisha Clifford-Sprouse:

		Altered Book

Fragments 2006 “Defragmenting My Hard Drive” The above series of three paintings is a visual study of the relations of textures and colors. These images work independently but also as a series one interacting with another. They have been inspired from the visual process of a computer “defragmenting” its hard drive.

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