Tour Taft Museum’s special exhibition with Chief Curator, Lynne Ambrosini Saturdays, March 30 and April 6, 1:30 p.m. Come to the Taft Museum of Art for a rare tour of the Taft’s special exhibition with Chief Curator, Lynne Ambrosini. Enjoy lunch in the café, then take a complimentary walk through the Taft’s special exhibition African […]
Archive for March, 2013
See.Me presents EXPOSURE
March 26th, 2013 | by A.C. Frabetti | published in Announcements
Photographers, you’re invited to join EXPOSURE. See.Me presents the 4th annual international photography competition offering over $30,000 in awards including a $10,000 grant and an exhibition at the Aperture Foundation in NYC. Photographers, this is your moment. Register before March 29th Midnight ET for the $1,000 Early Entry Award! The Awards Your photography holds power. […]
CliftonFest booths
March 26th, 2013 | by A.C. Frabetti | published in Announcements
Dear Amazing Artist who I think is perfect for this thing, and/or Art Lover knows some other artist who is perfect for this thing: This year we are going to expand the number of artisan booths in the annual arty party on Ludlow Avenue – CliftonFest. We’ll have space for thirty 10′ x10′ booths. Reservations […]
“The River Having A Strong Flow”: Storm—Watershed—Riverbank
March 21st, 2013 | by Jonathan Kamholtz | published in *
“The River Having A Strong Flow”: Storm—Watershed—Riverbank The 1913 Flood Dayton Art Institute, February 23-May 5, 2013 By Jonathan Kamholtz Associate Curator Jane A. Black has curated a trio of shows to commemorate the centennial of the flood of the Great Miami River. In March 1913, following a series of wet winter storms, the river […]
Subtle Bodies
March 21st, 2013 | by Denise Burge | published in *, March 2013
Subtle Bodies Denise Burge “It’s not that I don’t care about content, but content is not the only way a photograph has meaning.”1 ~ James Welling The photographic work of James Welling is recognized for its pictorial elegance, and often described in terms that suggest the mystical. This sense arises from the viewer’s […]
Restaurant Cell-Phone Photography
March 21st, 2013 | by Louis Z. Bickett | published in *, March 2013
Restaurant Cell-Phone Photography by Louis Zoellar Bickett Restaurant cell-phone photography is so ubiquitous that the act of documenting public dining has become de rigueur. Photography in our lives and public places is everywhere and everyone is a photographer—and seemingly the quality of the photograph is becoming more and more insignificant with the production of […]
A Monumental Collection: Perspectives from the David C. Driskell Center
March 21st, 2013 | by Christopher Hoeting | published in *, March 2013
A Monumental Collection: Perspectives from the David C. Driskell Center By Christopher Hoeting Only when we recognize the historical patterns of isolation and accept the responsibility of supporting those artists who express themselves in a universal language of form will black American artists be seen as major contributors to the art of this century. – […]
EAT YOUR IDYLLS!
March 21st, 2013 | by Regan Brown | published in *, March 2013
EAT YOUR IDYLLS! “The Art of Food” at the Carnegie through March 21, 2013. by Regan Brown “The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.” ―William Blake from “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell” “Let them eat cake!” ―a quote erroneously attributed to Marie Antoinette. “The fury and cruelty of the French mob […]
Figuring out the Figure: AEC’s Contoured Essence.
March 21st, 2013 | by Shawn Daniell | published in March 2013
Figuring out the Figure: AEC’s Contoured Essence. By Shawn Daniell The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein once said, “The human body is the best picture of the human soul.” I couldn’t agree more. Each human body has a story to tell. Some of those stories, like the body that supports them, can be hard, soft, scarred, fleshy, […]
Transcending the Landscape of the Mind
March 21st, 2013 | by Cate Yellig | published in March 2013
Transcending the Landscape of the Mind, an Exhibition Review of March on Women at Harvest Gallery By Cate Yellig The exhibition, March on Women, currently on view at Harvest Gallery in Over-the-Rhine includes twenty-two female artists from Greater Cincinnati. Many are recognizable names like Kay Hurley, Alice Pixley Young, Paige Wideman, and Jennifer Grote and […]
Confluence: Partnership and Creativity
March 21st, 2013 | by Karen Chambers | published in March 2013
Confluence: Partnership and Creativity Karen Chambers The concept for “Confluence: Partnership and Creativity” was cooked up over dinner by potter Pam Korte and her husband, poet Richard Hague, and ceramic sculptor Terri Kern and her husband, graphic artist and letterpress printer David Umbenhour. Why not show the work of couples, to show how their personal […]
SMALL Really IS BIG
March 21st, 2013 | by Marlene Steele | published in March 2013
SMALL Really IS BIG By Marlene Steele When the concept is BIG, small works do not need to justify their existence against larger works because of their smaller borders. This 30 piece exhibit redefines the concept of ‘BIG’ in a number of ways and rewards the viewer with unique insights. Any artist who undertakes the […]
Reflections on Works by British artist Joanna Manousis at Atmosphere Gallery in Neusole Glassworks
March 21st, 2013 | by Marta Hewett | published in March 2013
Reflections on Works by British artist Joanna Manousis at Atmosphere Gallery in Neusole Glassworks February 23 – March 30, 2013 By Marta Hewett, owner of Marta Hewett Gallery exhibiting contemporary art for over 20 years Joanna Manousis displays the thoughtful decision making and control of media that allow her to successfully break out of […]
Review: Real, Realer, Realist exhibition
March 21st, 2013 | by Rick Bennett | published in March 2013
Review of Real, Realer, Realist exhibition: Rick Bennett From the Renaissance through the neoclassical period, figure painting based on close observation and skilled execution was the most prestigious form of artistic expression. Though this status was considerably diminished during the Romantic, Modern, and Post-Modern periods, it is clear today that realistic figure painting has made […]
Hick and Willie Discuss Their New PBS Show
March 21st, 2013 | by James Cummins | published in March 2013
Hick and Willie Discuss Their New PBS Show, ‘Art Talk & Chinese Cooking’ by James Cummins Hick: “You know that ‘Art Talk’ show you pitched to PBS? Are you sure? We’re critics. Can we tell people how to fix their art? We drink the milk—we’re not the cow. They’ll start us a new network: Wannabe […]
Geometrically Ordered Design: The Big Ten
March 21st, 2013 | by Dustin Pike | published in March 2013
Geometrically Ordered Design: The Big Ten By: Dustin Pike This is my tenth article pertaining to the design field and its relationship with mathematics. Design in essence cannot be accomplished without specific degrees of control, and almost always has a definitive point to make. How well the ‘point’ can be made is attributed to how […]
Kennedy Heights Arts Center Highlights Area Artists
March 21st, 2013 | by Laura Hobson | published in March 2013
Kennedy Heights Arts Center Highlights Area Artists By Laura A. Hobson A fanciful, decorated pig welcomes visitors to the Kennedy Heights Arts Center on Montgomery Road. A 19th century white building owned by Kennedy Heights’ former mayor Lewis Kennedy, the Center strives to be the anchor of an increasingly vibrant, diverse, inclusive and creative community. Originally […]
Letter from Chicago: Part I. “Picasso and Chicago: the Fearless Pursuit of the Modern”
March 21st, 2013 | by Cynthia Kukla | published in March 2013
Letter from Chicago: Part I. “Picasso and Chicago: the Fearless Pursuit of the Modern” Art Institute of Chicago, Feb 20 May 12, 2013 http://www.artic.edu/exhibition/picasso-and-chicago Questions flood the mind after seeing a stunning exhibition by an artist whose name is part of the cultural and popular vernacular. In this first of a two-part analysis, questions arise. […]
“Letter From Richmond, VA: ‘The Silent Strength of Liu Xia: Photographs’”
March 21st, 2013 | by Amanda Dalla Villa Adams | published in March 2013
Letter From Richmond, VA: ‘The Silent Strength of Liu Xia: Photographs’” Amanda Dalla Villa Adams People recognize the name Ai Weiwei. From major museum retrospectives, such as Ai Weiwei: According to What? at the Hirshhorn, pop cultural asides, including Anish Kapoor’s mass staging of Gangam Style in support of Weiwei, and global media coverage, Weiwei […]
Letter from Phoenix
March 21st, 2013 | by Fran Watson | published in March 2013
Letter from Phoenix Fran Watson I went for sunshine and got sleet, rain, and chill. Phoenix natives don gloves and earmuffs for their morning walks when the temps hit 60 degrees. The art made up for it all even though several art festivals were literally blown away by high winds. The entrance lobby and hallways […]
A Guest of YADDO
March 21st, 2013 | by Louis Z. Bickett | published in March 2013
A Guest of YADDO a memory by Louis Zoellar Bickett When I arrived by car at YADDO, the artist/writer’s retreat in Saratoga Springs, NY, the 400-acre estate that borders the picturesque and famous Saratoga Racetrack, over a foot of snow had fallen. The estate, which makes up the famed colony, had a quiet that would occasionally […]
Girandola’s Sticky Art
March 21st, 2013 | by Maxwell Redder | published in March 2013
Girandola’s Sticky Art By Maxwell Redder Duct tape drawings are an interesting concept: taking a material originally created for sealing the joins of metal ductwork, and using the different colors available to cut shapes and collage them into an image. Of course, the production of an array of different colored duct tape is a more […]
GORDON BAER at the Kennedy Heights Art Center
March 21st, 2013 | by Kevin Ott | published in March 2013
GORDON BAER at the Kennedy Heights Art Center Kevin Ott In his storied career, Gordon Baer has photographed the Beatles, Pete Rose, Larry Flynt and numerous other recognizable, iconic subjects. But, it is Baer’s photographs of the unknowns that are the heart of his great body of work. The Kennedy Heights Art Center is displaying […]
Profile: Tyler Wilkinson, Manifest Gallery Artist in Residence
March 21st, 2013 | by Jane Durrell | published in March 2013
Profile: Tyler Wilkinson, Manifest Gallery Artist in Residence Jane Durrell Tyler Wilkinson, Manifest Gallery’s first Artist-in-Residence, greets visitors to his studio at the rear of the gallery during every opening, an act of hospitality he clearly enjoys aside from its requirement for his year-long role. Tall and slim, Wilkinson has a ready smile, extremely […]
Costume Designer Reba Senke: From the Particular to the Universal
March 21st, 2013 | by Tony Dallas | published in March 2013
Costume Designer Reba Senke: From the Particular to the Universal by Tony Dallas I have worked in the theatre as a director for most of my working life. I have also worked for many years as a theatre reviewer—first for Public Radio, then for my own theatre blog http://tonydallastheatrereviews.blogspot.com/ (I have reviewed over 150 productions). […]
“HIT PARADE: THE ANATOMY OF A COVER SONG” SHOWS WIT, WHIMSY
March 21st, 2013 | by Kathy Valin | published in March 2013
“HIT PARADE: THE ANATOMY OF A COVER SONG” SHOWS WIT, WHIMSY – Kathy Valin Third Party Gallery’s one-night-only “HIT PARADE: The Anatomy of a Cover Song” March 13, 2013, was designed as a gallery installation and a take-away compilation CD of The Beach Boys’ 1966 smash hit “Good Vibrations.” Liner notes were very nicely done, […]
My Conceptual Photographic Work
March 21st, 2013 | by Louis Z. Bickett | published in March 2013
My Conceptual Photographic Work by Louis Zoellar Bickett Though I have photographed since 1970, by way of a serious approach, I do not consider myself to be a photographer. I do not have an identity as a photographer, rather, as a conceptual artist, I use photography as a tool to achieve the original idea for […]
ART FOR A BETTER WORLD
March 21st, 2013 | by Saad Ghosn | published in March 2013
ART FOR A BETTER WORLD Saad Ghosn Images For A Better World: Matt REED, Visual Artist Matt Reed is an artist, educator, and radical leftist currently living in Cincinnati, OH. His work has appeared in galleries in Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Louisville, Los Angeles, and Munich. His illustrations have been used for magazines, comic books, t-shirts, […]
Maxwell’s Poetry Corner
March 21st, 2013 | by Maxwell Redder | published in March 2013
Maxwell’s Poetry Corner By Maxwell Redder Horns Horns of hartebeest inspiring the drawn heart (tip as spine and curves as breasts) were removed to use as tools. One: a drill plunged and spun through baked dirt, exploding a hole of rusty powder when yanked like cork of wine. Two: a dagger feather wrapped with […]
Film Reviews for January – March 2013
March 21st, 2013 | by David Schloss | published in March 2013
Film Reviews for January – March 2013 – David Schloss I had the flu for 6 weeks, so saw comparatively few films during this time. The standouts were Zero Dark Thirty by Kathryn Bigelow, with Jessica Chastain; Rust and Bone by Jacques Audiard, with Marion Cottillard and Matthias Schoenaerts (now On Demand, and reviewed in […]
Letter from the Editor
March 21st, 2013 | by Daniel Brown | published in Announcements, March 2013
The March issue of aeqai should inform all our readers and members of the arts communities here how to get a good handle on the directions into which aeqai is moving. We hope that you like the mix of articles that will become more regular and familiar as we meet visual artists and writers in other cities […]
Carl Solway Gallery announces the appointment of Linda Schwartz
March 20th, 2013 | by A.C. Frabetti | published in Announcements
From: “Anita Douthat” To: “Anita Douthat” Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 4:52:03 PM Subject: Linda Schwartz press release from Carl Solway Gallery Carl Solway Gallery 424 Findlay Street Cincinnati, OH 45214 www.solwaygallery.com T: 513-621-0069 F: 513-621-6310 info@solwaygallery.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Carl Solway Gallery announces the appointment of Linda Schwartz as Marketing Director for Solway Editions. […]
Polymer Clay Bead Workshop / The Baker Hunt Art & Cultural Center
March 20th, 2013 | by A.C. Frabetti | published in Announcements
The Baker Hunt Art & Cultural Center Polymer Clay Bead Workshop Necklaces and Bracelets GREAT GIFT IDEA !! Create unique colorful beads and string them into your very own JEWELRY Youth & Adults Welcome !! Come with friends, neighbors, family members, or solo !! Space is Limited Wednesday, April 3 6:30pm – 8:30pm Only $25, […]
Manifest Call for Entries (photography)
March 20th, 2013 | by A.C. Frabetti | published in Announcements
From: MANIFEST@manifestgallery.org To: editor@aeqai.com Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 10:21:01 PM Subject: (Deadline in Two Weeks!) An Open Call for Photography and Lens-based Art Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center CALL FOR ENTRIES (PHOTOGRAPHY) Deadline for Submissions: April 1, 2013 For complete info and to submit visit: http://www.manifestgallery.org/inpha2 2nd International Photography Annual (INPHA) A […]
Gallery Talk at the Weston Art Gallery with Robert Fry
March 18th, 2013 | by A.C. Frabetti | published in Announcements
GALLERY TALK at the WESTON ART GALLERY with artist ROBERT FRY Robert Fry Robert Fry – Sit at the Table, 2013, walnut and ash wood, 51 x 43 x 33 inches Redux: Sculpture by Robert Fry March 15 – June 2, 2013 Exhibition Co-Sponsors: Robin and Murray Sinclaire, Jr./Ross, Sinclaire & Associates, LLC Vanessa and […]
Mary R. Schiff Library & Archives News
March 18th, 2013 | by A.C. Frabetti | published in Announcements
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact • Kiley Brodeur, Marketing and Communications Associate (513) 639-2872 kiley.brodeur@cincyart.org Mary R. Schiff Library & Archives News The Mary R. Schiff Library & Archives is announcing temporary closure from March 19 through April 12, 2013 due to the library’s move. On April 16, 2013, the Reading Room will open to […]
Press on Covington’s Devou Park
March 18th, 2013 | by A.C. Frabetti | published in Announcements
Covington’s Devou Park, Bike Patrol and Industry Leader to Thrive in 2013 and Beyond COVINGTON – Tuesday evening’s city commission meeting saw a continuation of the city’s progressive streak, with unanimous commission approval for the following projects: Devou Park Commission approved the recommendation put forth by Devou Properties Inc and Devou Park Advisory Committee for […]
Registration for Miami University’s CraftSummer 2013 Artist Workshops Now Underway
March 18th, 2013 | by A.C. Frabetti | published in Announcements
Registration for Miami University’s CraftSummer 2013 Artist Workshops Now Underway Three and Five Day Workshops Designed for Participants of All Levels and Abilities (Oxford, OH) – Registration is once again underway for Miami University’s popular CraftSummer artist workshops. Held in the newly remodeled Art Center at Phillips Hall (420 S. Oak St. Oxford, OH 45056), […]
Matt Distel has been named Exhibition Director of The Carnegie Galleries
March 18th, 2013 | by A.C. Frabetti | published in Announcements
The Carnegie is excited to announce that Matt Distel has been named Exhibition Director of The Carnegie Galleries. Distel assumes the role previously held by Bill Seitz, who announced his retirement in January. Distel will join The Carnegie in early June, allowing time for him to assist with the transition of his replacement at Visionaries […]
SUBMISSION PERIOD OPENS FOR ECHO ART FAIR 2013
March 4th, 2013 | by A.C. Frabetti | published in Announcements
SUBMISSION PERIOD OPENS FOR ECHO ART FAIR 2013 exhibitors for juried art fair and site-specific installations are invited to apply Buffalo, NY — echo Art Fair, www.echoartfair.com, a juried fine art fair held in Buffalo, NY, announces the opening of its submission period for artists and galleries to exhibit at the third annual fair. The […]
Uncovering Troy: Recent Discoveries and the Homeric Tradition at CAM
March 1st, 2013 | by A.C. Frabetti | published in Announcements
Uncovering Troy: Recent Discoveries and the Homeric Tradition March 5 at 7 p.m. Fath Auditorium The archaeology of Troy, in what is now Turkey, has captured the human imagination for nearly a century and a half. In l988 archaeologists from the University of Cincinnati and the University of Tübingen, Germany, began new excavations with the […]
SOS ART 2013 CALL TO GREATER CINCINNATI ARTISTS
March 1st, 2013 | by A.C. Frabetti | published in Announcements
CALL TO GREATER CINCINNATI ARTISTS SOS ART 2013 May 31 – June 9 The Art Academy of Cincinnati, 1212 Jackson St, Cincinnati, OH 45202 1) “SOS ART 2013”, a group art show and event of sociopolitical expressions for peace and justice, in its 11th consecutive year, will take place at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, […]
Matt Distel announced Adjunct Curator of Contemporary Art
March 1st, 2013 | by A.C. Frabetti | published in Announcements
From: Kiley Brodeur Date: Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 10:05 AM Subject: Matt Distel announced Adjunct Curator of Contemporary Art We are pleased to announce that Matt Distel, Executive Director of Visionaries + Voices, will serve as Adjunct Curator of Contemporary Art at the Cincinnati Art Museum. He is already at work curating an exhibition […]
