Scheduling Tours Now for Tell Me a Story Where the Bad Girl Wins: The Life & Art of Barbara Shermund

In response to Gov. Mike DeWine's orders closing all K-12 schools and prohibiting mass gatherings due to Coronavirus, we have decided to take important steps in order to help protect our most vulnerable populations.

Both the Reese-Peters House and the Wendel Center for Art Education will close until it is safe to reopen. All scheduled classes, lectures and workshops will be postponed until a later date, yet to be determined. 

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​Call Judith Oppenheimer at (740)681-1423 or email her at oppenheimer@decartsohio.org to schedule a group tour.
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Individuals always welcome, no reservations needed.

Current Exhibition

Tell Me a Story Where the Bad Girl Wins: The Life & Art of Barbara Shermund
January 25 - April 26, 2020
Barbara Shermund was one of the first women cartoonists to work for The New Yorker. Beginning there in 1925, she contributed nine covers and hundreds of cartoons to the magazine, and later became a celebrated mainstay at Esquire. Shermund’s cartoons had a fierce and feminist electricity rarely seen in that era of male dominated cartooning. This exhibit celebrates the life and work of this essential cartoonist.

Spotlight
From the massive archives of the Ohio History Connection, the Spotlight mini-installation will rotate every six months in the parlors of the Reese-Peters House. ​Our current exhibition features Hall China Company tea services from the 1940s. 

Images courtesy of the Ohio History Connection H 87695_002 and H 87706

Exhibition Programming

Curator's Talk
Sunday, January 26, 2:00 pm
$8/$5 members prepaid registration, $10 at the door
Join Curator Caitlin McGurk as she shares insights into the work of Barbara Shermund. 

Historic Valentines Talk
Sunday, February 9, 2:00 pm
Free, please call 740-681-1423 to RSVP
Curator Dr George Johnson will give a guided tour of the historic valentines, sharing the customs and traditions of Valentine's Day. 
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Chalk Talk: Nate Beeler
Sunday, March 1, 2:00 pm
$8/$5 members prepaid registration, $10 at the door
Nate Beeler is an award-winning editorial cartoonist for Counterpoint, a groundbreaking new commentary venture. He was the editorial cartoonist at The Columbus Dispatch from 2012 to 2019. Prior to joining the Ohio capital’s newspaper, the Columbus native drew cartoons for more than seven years in the nation’s capital for The Washington Examiner. Beeler is one of the most widely syndicated editorial cartoonists, with his cartoons distributed internationally to more than 800 publications by Cagle Cartoons.
Beeler’s cartooning path began when he was a sophomore working for the Bexley High School student newspaper in Columbus. While on the way to graduating with a journalism degree from American University in 2002, he won the top college cartooning awards. He has gone on to win many other awards and honors. Beeler will draw and explain the art of cartooning. 
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The Humor of The New Yorker Magazine
Sunday, March 29
​Cancelled  
Editor Harold Ross sought a new kind of comic art when he founded The New Yorker in 1925 as a “reflection in word and picture of metropolitan life . . . with gaiety, wit, and satire,” and Barbara Shermund helped invent it. Join Judith Yaross Lee, Ohio University Distinguished Professor Emerita of Communication Studies, who recovered Shermund’s work for modern audiences in writing Defining New Yorker Humor. Learn how the covers, spot drawings, and cartoons by Shermund and her contemporaries brought Ross’s editorial vision to life
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​​Discover Barbara Shermund
Sunday, , 2:00 pm
$8/$5 members prepaid registration, $10 at the door 
Meet Amanda Gormley, Barbara Shermund's niece, as she shares her journey of discovery on her aunt, who was 'lost' to her family history. 
Register for the Curator's Talk
Register for Chalk Talk
Register for Discover Barbara Shermund

Upcoming Exhibitions

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May 16 - August 16, 2020






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​Russian Decorative Arts from the Czars to the USSR
September 19, 2020 - January 3, 2021

Previous Exhibitions

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The Ohio Presidents: Surprising Legacies
September 21 - December 29, 2019