Since 1989 the ROY G BIV Gallery for Emerging Artists has nurtured and supported local makers by providing education, juried feedback, sought-after exposure to the community and space to exhibit their work. ROY G BIV nurtures artists who choose to live and work in Ohio and who might not otherwise be able to find a venue to exhibit their work. An artist who exhibits at ROY G BIV receives education, feedback and constructive criticism from jurors, the public, their peers and often the press. Inclusion in a ROY G BIV exhibition can be the opportunity that an emerging artist needs to make that first big step up to gain commercial gallery representation and many have done so.