Libby Doss

Libby Bracy Doss received her BA in fine art from Malone University, with a double emphasis in Painting and Fibers; earning the Outstanding Senior Award, the Mary Ellen McFadden Art Award, and a scholarship from the Ohio Arts and Crafts Guild.  Doss also studied Arts Administration with a focus on Grantwriting and Development (MA) at the University of Akron, where she previously served as a graduate assistant at the Emily Davis Gallery in the Myers School of Art.  

Doss' experience is all about connecting people with art; primarily focused in art education and nonprofit art museum administration. She has most recently served as the Development Director at the Canton Museum of Art, and also as Adjunct Faculty at Malone University, teaching a variety of visual art classes. Her previous teaching and nonprofit arts experience includes the Massillon Museum, the public preschool arts-focused Artful Living and Learning Program, The Frick Pittsburgh, Hatch Art Studio (Pittsburgh), and the MAKEshop at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh. Her teaching experience includes public schools, private schools, boutique studio and museum settings, and a range of ages from Prek, K-12, college students, adults, and multi-age settings.

As an artist, Doss primarily works in fibers, painting, and mixed media. Her work has been exhibited at the Little Art Gallery at the North Canton Public Library, the Stark County District Library, Malone University, the Massillon Museum, BZTAT Studio, and the former Translations Art Gallery in Canton.