Koller Prints

OHIO Art with Impact

Ohio University is proud to offer a four-part collection of prints by artist Betsy Ross Koller, celebrating the year-round beauty and spirit of the historic College Green on the Athens Campus.

Gifts of $100 or more to the Appalachian Scholars General Scholarship Endowment automatically qualify donors to receive either the fall, winter, or summer print. This scholarship empowers students from the Appalachian Ohio region enrolled in the Appalachian Scholars Program.

The spring print — featuring the iconic international flags on College Green — is reserved for gifts of $100 or more to the International Student Emergency Relief Fund which provides critical emergency aid to our international students.

Gifts of $250 or more to either fund may qualify for a numbered Series print of 1-50. Selection and availability is limited.

For more information, please send a message to giving@ohio.edu.
 

Appalachian Scholars General Scholarship    International Student Emergency Relief Fund

"Four Seasons of Ohio University" by Betsy Ross Koller

Artist Betsy Ross Koller was named an Honorary OHIO Alumna in 2014

Betsy Ross Koller is a contemporary American artist and southeast Ohio native who studied voice and English at Ohio University. She paints in the 18th century naïve art style, also known as the 'Grandma Moses' style. Her work has been used by NESTLÉ, the Sauder Living Village Museum and the Longaberger Company, and is on permanent display at galleries in Hermance and Gstaad, Switzerland. She has also written and illustrated a trilogy of children's books. Her work "Buchanan Square" was selected for the cover of UNICEF's 50th Anniversary catalog in 1996 over nearly 10,000 other considered works.

Koller has generously donated the rights to her four-part series of paintings featuring Ohio University, with proceeds from the limited-edition prints of her work benefiting specific University funds. “It is such a privilege to be of service to Ohio University in this very special way,” said Koller. “These prints are a heartfelt expression of my love for Southeast Ohio and Ohio University and my way of helping to open the doors to an OHIO education for deserving young scholars in the region who otherwise might not be able to afford that life-changing experience.”

Koller and her husband Paul, a 1962 graduate of the Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ College of Engineering and Technology, have one son and three grandchildren. The couple resides in Naples, Florida.