Campus News
This Week in Photos: Hello Spring!
May 25, 2022
Yvonne Gay
It’s a warm day in Wilder Bowl and the Oberlin community is making the most of it. Some have chosen to spend the day with friends, study, or just have fun like these two handstanding students who also serve as inspiration for this week’s photo series
This Week in Photos: Perspectives
July 28, 2021
Yvonne Gay
A photographer’s perspective of a group of Oberlin residents and students walking through Tappan Square on a nice summer afternoon—a large tree trunk pictured in the foreground—serves as inspiration for this week’s photo series.
Who is Jamie Jacobs?
February 9, 2021
Yvonne Gay
Jamie Jacobs runs a farm outside of day job at Oberlin College. To find out more about Jacbos, read this installment of Why Am I?
Studio Art Walk
January 12, 2021
Yvonne Gay and Arisa Williams
The Studio Art division of the Art Department hosts an art walk at the end of each semester that serves as a chance for students to showcase their work in exhibit spaces around campus. This fall, with the pandemic limiting viewing opportunities, the showcase became virtual.
This Week in Photos: Inside the Classroom
October 22, 2020
Yvonne Gay
While Oberlin’s green spaces have welcomed several classes outside this semester, many others remain indoors. In this week’s photo series, we take a peek inside laboratories, art and music studios, and classes across campus.
A Successful Art Rental
September 15, 2020
Yvonne Gay
Many students added a piece of museum work to their dormitory room walls by participating in Art Rental this past weekend.
This Week in Photos: The Tradition Continues
September 9, 2020
Office of Communications
Art Rental has been an Oberlin College tradition at the Allen Memorial Art Museum since 1940. This year it continues on Saturday, September 12, with the added bonus of free rentals for the academic year.
Virtual Senior Art Exhibition
May 26, 2020
Yvonne Gay
During Commencement/Reunion Weekend, graduating studio art majors display their work in an on-campus year-end show. This year works are displayed in a virtual exhibit.
Student Art Walk
May 11, 2020
Yvonne Gay
Inks, oil pastels, watercolors, and woodblock are just some of the materials current students in Oberlin’s Art department used to create interpretive self portraits and other pieces in this art walk.
Virtual Faculty Art Exhibition
April 27, 2020
Yvonne Gay
Department of Art faculty periodically share their artwork in a faculty exhibition held in Richard D. Baron ’64 Art Gallery during the academic year. This time, we invite you to step inside a virtual exhibition and experience the works of some of our talented professors.