Athens Electric: Drake Chamberlin owns Athens Electric. He is one of the pioneers of solar photovoltaics in the United States. He has written articles for Home Power Magazine and is a member of the prestigious RE Wrench List. He installed one of the first utility company solar systems in Colorado, for Public Service Company (Xcel Energy). Drake has been an electrical contractor for over 25 years and solar system designer-installer for 20 years. He has combined his knowledge and experience in electrical contracting with his love of solar photovoltaics to give best-of-breed solutions in solar energy production. Drake is personally involved in each phase of every Athens Electric solar PV system.
David Colagiovanni is an artist and composer working with video, sound and space. He has been an artist in residence at Yaddo, The Morehead Planetarium, Small Craft Advisory Press, and Kriti Gallery in Varanasi, India. His video and sound works have been exhibited in festivals and galleries internationally including: The British Ceramics Biennial, Neon Digital Arts Festival in Scotland, SNAP, in Canada, File Hypersonica in São Paulo, Brazil, The Zeiss Planetarium in Germany, Gallery SC in Croatia, Simultan Media Arts Festival in Romania, The Maine International Film Festival and the Immersive Film Festival in Portugal. Recent exhibitions in the US have included solo and collaborative shows at HereArt in NYC, Lump Gallery, The Morehead Planetarium and The Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh. Colagiovanni is a member of the North Carolina artist group Team Lump and a considerable amount of his practice exists in collaboration with artist Melissa Haviland under the moniker of Haviland & Colagiovanni. He is currently the Director of the Athens Center for Film and Video, and the Athens International Film + Video Festival and teaches experimental film in the Film Division at Ohio University. Colagiovanni received his BFA from University of Maine – Orono and his MFA from University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. is an artist and composer working in sound-sculpture, video and interactive and immersive environments.
Website: www.colagiovanni.net
Erica Magnus is a freelance artist/designer/illustrator who has recently returned to Athens County. With an extensive art background in a wide range of styles, mediums and applied arts, Erica has provided high quality finished work for her clients around the country and abroad, as well as for the publishing and entertainment industries of NYC and LA. She began collaborating with writers and producers in 2006 on graphic novel projects from original scripts and stories first in LA. and is now working on another graphic novel project with an international team by developing their story’s visual design, and the look of each character. The STUDIO is dedicated to Erica’s ongoing projects as well as providing an excellent source of visual production services to Southeastern Ohio’s new and established businesses.
Natalie Horvath is a local potter that attended Hocking College and Ohio University. Her business, Horvath Pottery, was started in 2016 and works in a range of ceramics from raku, wood fire to standard firing. https://www.instagram.com/horvathpottery/
Alexandra M. Hibbitt, Associate Professor, Ohio University School of Art
Solo Exhibitions: Neither Landscape or Architecture, The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center, Covington, KY 2010
Souvenirs of Louisiana, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH, 2007
Out Of Place, Louisiana Tech University Gallery, Ruston, LA, 2007
Ohio Topographies, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus Ohio, 2006.
Natural History: Origins, Galerie Aqui Ben Siam, Vallauris, France, 2006.
Het Bos 2005, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN, 2005
River Views, The Mezzanine Gallery, St. Margaret's School, Tappahannock, VA, 2002 Confluence, Rhodes Room, NYSCC, Alfred University, NY, USA. 2001
Huisje, Boompje, Beestje, Turner Gallery, NYSCC, Alfred University, NY, USA. 2000
Gary Goosman and Mary Ann Westendorf are owners and members of ACRE. They both provide consulting in non-profit management, fundraising, marketing, facilities management, volunteer management and recruitment and a wide range of other skills.
David Colagiovanni is an artist and composer working with video, sound and space. He has been an artist in residence at Yaddo, The Morehead Planetarium, Small Craft Advisory Press, and Kriti Gallery in Varanasi, India. His video and sound works have been exhibited in festivals and galleries internationally including: The British Ceramics Biennial, Neon Digital Arts Festival in Scotland, SNAP, in Canada, File Hypersonica in São Paulo, Brazil, The Zeiss Planetarium in Germany, Gallery SC in Croatia, Simultan Media Arts Festival in Romania, The Maine International Film Festival and the Immersive Film Festival in Portugal. Recent exhibitions in the US have included solo and collaborative shows at HereArt in NYC, Lump Gallery, The Morehead Planetarium and The Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh. Colagiovanni is a member of the North Carolina artist group Team Lump and a considerable amount of his practice exists in collaboration with artist Melissa Haviland under the moniker of Haviland & Colagiovanni. He is currently the Director of the Athens Center for Film and Video, and the Athens International Film + Video Festival and teaches experimental film in the Film Division at Ohio University. Colagiovanni received his BFA from University of Maine – Orono and his MFA from University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. is an artist and composer working in sound-sculpture, video and interactive and immersive environments.
Website: www.colagiovanni.net
Erica Magnus is a freelance artist/designer/illustrator who has recently returned to Athens County. With an extensive art background in a wide range of styles, mediums and applied arts, Erica has provided high quality finished work for her clients around the country and abroad, as well as for the publishing and entertainment industries of NYC and LA. She began collaborating with writers and producers in 2006 on graphic novel projects from original scripts and stories first in LA. and is now working on another graphic novel project with an international team by developing their story’s visual design, and the look of each character. The STUDIO is dedicated to Erica’s ongoing projects as well as providing an excellent source of visual production services to Southeastern Ohio’s new and established businesses.
Natalie Horvath is a local potter that attended Hocking College and Ohio University. Her business, Horvath Pottery, was started in 2016 and works in a range of ceramics from raku, wood fire to standard firing. https://www.instagram.com/horvathpottery/
Alexandra M. Hibbitt, Associate Professor, Ohio University School of Art
Solo Exhibitions: Neither Landscape or Architecture, The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center, Covington, KY 2010
Souvenirs of Louisiana, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH, 2007
Out Of Place, Louisiana Tech University Gallery, Ruston, LA, 2007
Ohio Topographies, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus Ohio, 2006.
Natural History: Origins, Galerie Aqui Ben Siam, Vallauris, France, 2006.
Het Bos 2005, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN, 2005
River Views, The Mezzanine Gallery, St. Margaret's School, Tappahannock, VA, 2002 Confluence, Rhodes Room, NYSCC, Alfred University, NY, USA. 2001
Huisje, Boompje, Beestje, Turner Gallery, NYSCC, Alfred University, NY, USA. 2000
Gary Goosman and Mary Ann Westendorf are owners and members of ACRE. They both provide consulting in non-profit management, fundraising, marketing, facilities management, volunteer management and recruitment and a wide range of other skills.
