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Ohio Valley Art League
History:
The Ohio Valley Art League (OVAL) was founded in September 1991 to promote the visual arts in Henderson and the Tri-State. One of the first projects OVAL undertook was to add gallery lighting and a hanging system in the Henderson County Public Library's the historic rotunda, now known as the Rotunda Gallery.
With the help of the Raymond B. Preston Foundation, OVAL's first major project was for the learning disabled at Central Elementary School. Students made clay tiles that were fired and permanently mounted in the lunchroom of Central Elementary School.
Working with children to educate them in the visual arts has been a primary function of OVAL since its beginning. OVAL invited internationally recognized ceramic artist Don Reitz from Arizona to work with sixteen Henderson County High School art students to create a wall mural in honor of W. C. Handy. David Rodenberg, an Evansville artist/potter, assisted him on this project. This clay wall mural depicting Handy's life is permanently installed in Henderson's J. F. Kennedy Center.
The Ohio Valley Art League (OVAL) was founded in September 1991 to promote the visual arts in Henderson and the Tri-State. One of the first projects OVAL undertook was to add gallery lighting and a hanging system in the Henderson County Public Library's the historic rotunda, now known as the Rotunda Gallery.
With the help of the Raymond B. Preston Foundation, OVAL's first major project was for the learning disabled at Central Elementary School. Students made clay tiles that were fired and permanently mounted in the lunchroom of Central Elementary School.
Working with children to educate them in the visual arts has been a primary function of OVAL since its beginning. OVAL invited internationally recognized ceramic artist Don Reitz from Arizona to work with sixteen Henderson County High School art students to create a wall mural in honor of W. C. Handy. David Rodenberg, an Evansville artist/potter, assisted him on this project. This clay wall mural depicting Handy's life is permanently installed in Henderson's J. F. Kennedy Center.