For more than 15 years, we have featured self-taught artists from Columbus and across the country at this annual international event.
This year’s selection brings together historic masters that reveal the depth and diversity of American Outsider Art. We invite you to explore the artists whose voices continue to shape this field in profound and unexpected ways.
We’re excited to feature: LEE GARRETT (1949-2019)
The work of Lee Garret was obsessively made up of painting, carving and found objects set off by backgrounds and framing made of thousands of matchsticks that he lit and extinguished. His lifelong struggle with mental illness somehow drives his imagery, but it’s often impossible to know what stories he’s trying to tell. Learn more about Lee. Read More »



Elijah Pierce
Lee Garrett
James Castle
Thornton Dial
Sam Doyle
Minnie Evans
Josephus Farmer
William Hawkins
Steve Moseley
J.B. Murray
Morris Ben Newman
Mary Shelley
Nancy Josephson
Harry Underwood





