Reflections & Resources is the name of the show that will appear in the Harrison Gallery during February, 2020, and it features the work of husband and wife Corey and Megan Jefferson, two artists who have been making an impact in our local and regional art scene for many years. You may remember reading here about about Megan’s mural projects through the Department of Public Works and later as one of the artists who created a mural for the Jiffy Lube project (June 27, 2019). In addition to these large, public artworks, Megan is well known for her beautiful, intuitive landscapes with their dreamy botanical imagery. Corey, who has been an educator at Herron School of Art and Design for seventeen years, creates sculptures from ceramic clay and found objects and artifacts. The result of these two artists creating work that reflects the same landscapes and color story promises to be uniquely inspiring.

Megan and Corey, who have been married for twenty years and have two sons, met in their high school art class in Twinsburg, Ohio. They both received BFAs from Miami University with Corey going on to graduate school at the University of Cincinnati. Corey spent his childhood on the east coast where he learned to fish and caught crabs from Chesapeake Bay before his family moved to Ohio. Megan grew up on the banks of the Maumee River. The couple loves to travel, fish, forage and spend time outdoors together and with their sons. I can’t wait to see how the work of two soul mates, one creating in 3D and one in 2D, interacts visually in the gallery space.

One theme that certainly emerges from this couple’s creative journey is a love of the natural world and appreciation for our community’s resources. In response to this, Corey has created ceramic buoys for the show that are symbolic of his relationship with the waterways that have shaped his worldview and the navigational guidance they have provided for his journey. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of these buoys will be given to the organization,”Friends of the White River”. Corey says.”These ceramic buoys serve as a reminder of the importance of our waterways and their need to be protected.”

I can’t wait to experience the combination of Megan’s ethereal landscapes as they interact with Corey’s intriguing sculptures, knowing that they are reflections of the same locations and that each artist is responding to the other with the deep, personal understanding of two people who care deeply about the same things.