This piece was part of a series celebrating the crack in wood. Wood often cracks when drying, and woodworkers work hard to prevent cracking, but in this case the crack is how " the light gets in", as Cohen sings in Anthem. Sometimes recognizing the imperfections in art/life/decision making can be liberating.
Melinda Rosenberg's exhibit, "Speaking Through Wood," is on display now through November 8, 2025 at High Road Gallery in Worthington, Ohio. The gallery is open Friday 12 - 4 PM and Saturday 10 - 4 PM.
Melinda Rosenberg has shown extensively and is represented by Chaos Contemporary Craft in Columbus, Ohio, Haen Gallery in Asheville, North Carolina, and the James Gallery in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Her work is in the collection of Hilton Hotels and The Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority, the James Cancer Hospital, University of Toledo, Glimcher Realty Trust in Columbus, Ohio, Richard M. Ross Art Museum at Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, Rush Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, Huntington Mortgage Company, Worthington, Ohio and many others. She has been awarded an Individual Artist Grant numerous times from the Ohio Arts Council, received the Project Grant in 2025 from the Greater Columbus Arts Council and was chosen by the Greater Columbus Arts Council for the Artist in Residency program to go to Dresden Germany for three months. She resides in Worthington with her husband, Steve. She received her BAE and MFA from The Ohio State University and studied Chinese Language at Fu Jen University in Taipei, Taiwan.