Barbara Mooneyham Announced as Art Exhibition Winner at Ashland University

2014 Mar 31

Lodi resident, Barbara Mooneyham, who is a senior fine arts major at Ashland University, recently received an art exhibition award at Ashland University's Coburn Gallery. Mooneyham received the Printmaking Award for her relief print creation titled "Perseverance." She was awarded $100 and was sponsored by the Coburn Gallery.

She is the daughter of Jesse and Melanie Keene of Lodi. Mooneyham is a 2010 graduate of Cloverleaf High School.

For the exhibition, the outside juror was Julie M. Elman, associate professor in the School of Visual Communication at Ashland University in Athens, where she teaches courses in publication design. She has an MFA in photography from Ohio University and a BFA in commercial art from the University of Dayton (in Ohio). She worked within the newspaper industry for 15 years, as a designer, photojournalist and picture editor. She is co-author of The Newspaper Designer's Handbook, 7th edition, with Tim Harrower (McGraw-Hillm, 2012). Elman designed the New York Times best-selling photography book The Rise of Barack Obama (Triumph Books, 2008) for Pete Souza, who is the chief White House photographer.

Ashland University, ranked in the top 200 colleges and universities in U.S. News and World Report's National Universities category, is a mid-sized, private university conveniently located a short distance from Akron, Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio. Ashland University (www.ashland.edu) values the individual student and offers a unique educational experience that combines the challenge of strong, applied academic programs with a faculty and staff who build nurturing relationships with their students.