Bio

Holly’s creative work explores motherhood, womanhood and the creative process through photography, filmmaking and as co-host of the podcast Midlife Creatives. Holly is the owner of Other Perfect Things, a boutique permanent jewelry studio.

Holly has taught Media and the Creative Process and Learning Communities at Ohio University, where she also secured funding from Scripps College of Communication to develop a gallery space dedicated the Communication Media Arts program.

Holly has had a successful career in arts administration, where she lead the project management for all exhibitions in a robust program, including international biennial exhibitions such as Quilt National, supported with a $400,000 purchase prize by the Robert and Ardis James Foundation for a permanent collection at International Quilt Museum; WideOpen, juried by Pete Souza in 2020; and regional exhibitions OH+5, and Women of Appalachia Project exhibition.

Holly has served as vice-chair commissioner for the Athens Municipal Arts Council, where she lead an ad-hoc committee developing a new sculpture park and awarded over $45,000 to local artists. She also served as vice president of the Birth Circle, and advised on the OpenOhio project, connecting arts and science through public, interactive exhibitions.

Holly has been awarded the VisCom Scholarship from the School of Visual Communication, Exemplary Scholarship in Media Arts and Studies by the School of Media Arts and Studies, the Graduate Student Award for Exemplary Leadership by Scripps College of Communication. She also received full-funding from Scripps College to present her creative work at the Museum of Motherhood Annual Conference.

Holly is currently in the research year of her MFA degree, finalizing her thesis, a short film exploring postpartum mood disorders. Holly is set to graduate May 1, 2026 with her MFA in Communication Media Arts and is studying for the PMP exam.

Holly Ittel

Interdisciplinary artist leading creative teams and projects.

EDUCATION

Master of Fine Art Candidate, Communication Media Arts, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

Expected graduation, May 2025

Project Management 35 Hour professional course, uDemy, expected completion date, March 2026,

exam prep course for PMP certification, exam date December 2025

Study Abroad, Ohio University College of Fine Arts, London, England

Bachelor of Fine Art, Ceramics, Ohio University College of Fine Arts, Athens, Ohio

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Owner and Creative Director, Other Perfect Things, LLC., 2024 - current

Owner, Ittel Schriner, LLC., 2020 - current

Instructor of Record and Graduate Teaching Assistance, Ohio University, 2023 - current.

Communications Specialist, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Athens,

Ohio, June 2022 - June 2023.

Exhibitions Director, The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, Ohio, November 2017 - June 2022.

Receptionist, Hart Howerton, New York, New York, August 2015 - August 2017.

Curatorial Assistant, Kennedy Museum of Art, Athens, Ohio, May 2013 - July 2013.

Assistant Preparator, Kennedy Museum of Art, Athens, Ohio, September 2012 - May 2013.

COMMITTEES/BOARDS OF DIRECTORS

The Birth Circle, vice president, board of directors, secure funding, develop or support

programming and fundraising events, 2025.

Scripps College MFA Gallery, chair, developed gallery, secured funding, coordinated exhibitions

related to the interests and learnings of the MFA program, 2024 -2026.

Athens Municipal Arts Commission, vice chair, chair of ad-hoc Percent for Art selection

committee awarding $45,00 to regional artists, advising the mayor and city council on fine art in

Athens, Ohio, 2020-2025.

Ohio University School of Visual Communication Exhibition Committee, reviews photos for

exhibition to make curatorial decisions for exhibition, 2023 - 2024.

OpenOhio, committee member, Ohio University Voinovich School of Leadership and Public

Service, Athens, Ohio advised on and selected artwork proposals for public traveling exhibition,

2019.

EXHIBITION DESIGN

2025 Scripps College MFA Alumni Exhibition, group exhibitions, Scripps College MFA Gallery

2023 Masterclass, solo exhibition by Andrew Berkle, School of Visual Communication Gallery

Moments From My Archive by Pete Souza, School of Visual Communication Gallery

2022 OH+5 2022, juried by Emily Prentice, Shoji Satake, Quinn A. Hunter

Layered and Stitched: 50 Years of Innovative Art, exhibition produced by SAQA, exhibition design

and installation by Holly Ittel

20 Years of AMAC, for the Athens Municipal Arts Commission curated by Holly Ittel

86 Reasons for Asylum Admission, solo exhibition by artist Kimberly Chapman

1Southeast Ohio student exhibition, curated by South East Ohio Arts Education Association

Flowers in Lockdown, solo exhibition by Tim Goheen

2021 Women of Appalachia Project, juried by April Felipe, Marie Cochran, Ro Brooks

Quilt National '21, juried by Nancy Bavor, Karen Schulz, Brigitte Kopp

Contemporary Ceramics 2021, curated by Brad Schwieger and Tom Bartel

Flora, Fauna and Landscape, group exhibition by Chile Quilting and Textile Arts of Southeast Ohio

Better Served Cold, solo exhibition by Shelley Brenner Baird

2020 OH+5 2020, juried by Kevin Harris, Shalya Marsh, Robert Peppers

WideOpen '20, juried Pete Souza, Michael Rubenstein, Ardine Nelson

2019 Athens Voices '19, juried Karla Hackenmiller, Brian T. Alloway, Joseph Norman

Quilt National '19, juried by Judy Kirpich, Carolyn Ducey, Francoise Barnes

Quilt National ‘17, selected works at European Patchwork Meeting, Ste. Marie-Aux-Mines,

France, exhibition design and installation by Holly Ittel

Ohio Paint|Print|Photo, juried by Gary Pettigrew, Ardine Nelson, Sally Kurtz

Quilts for Violeta Parra, group exhibition by Chile Quilting

30 Years of Quilt and Surface Design Symposium, curated by Tracy Rieger

An Investigation of Form & Surface, solo exhibition by Stewart Gair

Selected Works from WideOpen: Excellence in Photography, curated by Holly Ittel, for SonyNYC

2018 OH+5 2018, juried by Tim Bearse, Dana Goodman, and Kim Beck

Modern Inspirations, group show curated by Modern Quilt Guild and Studio Art Quilt Associates

Art of Our Appalachian Woods artworks selected by exhibition committee of Tim Goheen, Jay

Hostetler, Mike West, Pete Woyer, and Don MacRostie

WideOpen: Excellence in Photography, juried by Brooke Shaden, Molly Roberts, Brian Smith

Dwelling, artworks by M.E. Chamberlain and Beth Weingroff

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS/PRESENTATIONS

The Birth Circle, Destigmatizing Mental Health Concerns Related to the Perinatal Experience, The

Monthly Meeting, 2025

The Ohio Channel, Tour of Quilt National ‘21 at the Ohio Arts Council Riffe Gallery, 2022

Ohio Arts Council, Tour of Quilt National ‘21 at the Ohio Arts Council Riffe Gallery, 2022

Quilt Design Symposium, Quilt National ‘21 Exhibition Tour, 2022

40 Years of Quilts: The History of Quilt National, lecture with Holly Ittel and Marvin Fletch at the

European Patchwork Meeting, Ste. Marie-Aux-Mines, France, 2019

Quilt National ‘17 Exhibition Tour European Patchwork Meeting, Ste. Marie-Aux-Mines, France,

2019

FILM FESTIVALS/SCREENINGS

Athens International Film and Video Festival, selected filmmaker,

“Unraveled”, April, 2025, Museum of Motherhood Annual Conference,

“Unraveled”, March, 2025, Athens International Film and Video Festival, screener, August -December 2023

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Museum of Motherhood Annual Conference, Destigmatizing Postpartum Anxiety through

The Creative Process

PUBLICATIONS

Ohio University Medicine Magazine, issue 1, edition 33, Winter 2023, editor

Quilt National ‘21: The Best of Contemporary Quilts, 2021, project manager

WideOpen: Excellence in Photography, 2020, project manager

Quilt National ‘19: The Best of Contemporary Quilts, 2019, project manager

WideOpen: Excellence in Photography, 2018, project manager

MEDIA INTERVIEWS

Local permanent jewelry business, born from meaningful connections, Sophia Rooksberry, The

Post, October 2024

Sales of Art Quilts by Petra Fallauz for Art Quilts Quarterly, Issue No. 27, April 2022

Quilt National kicks off May 29, Emily Votaw for WOUB NPR Member station, May 2021

Dairy Barn's Quilt National inspires artists, brings exposure to medium, Kayla Bennett for the

Ohio University The Post, May 2021

TEACHING

2024

Intro to Virtual Reality, teaching assistant to Assistant Professor Charles P . Linscott, Ph.D., 2023 -

Media and the Creative Process, co-instructor with Professor Brian Plow, 2024-current

PODCASTS

Midlife Creatives, creator and producer, Season 1, Spring 2024, season two in preproduction

Us Morgan Kids, creator and produce, in research phase

AWARDS

2024 VisCom Scholarship from the School of Visual Communication

2025 Exemplary Scholarship in Media Arts and Studies by the School of Media Arts and Studies

2025 Graduate Student Award for Exemplary Leadership by Scripps College of Communication.

SKILLS

Project management, project tracking, budgeting, internal and external communications, fundraising,

grant writing, program management, videography, video editing, photography, photo retouching,

content creation for various social media platforms, paid ads, email marketing, presentations, public

speaking, qualitative research, Wix, WordPress, Constant Contact, EMMA, Drupal, Adobe Pr, Adobe Lr,

Adobe Id, Adobe Ps, Office suite, Sony Alpha a7 rIV, Sony Alpha a9.

REFERENCES

Available upon request to hollyittel@gmail.com