Galileo from Philip Glass: Visually Arresting and Dramatically Cohesive By Rafael de Acha July 23, 2013 United States Glass, Galileo Galilei: Soloists, Cincinnati Opera, Kelly Kuo (conductor), Ted Huffman (stage director), David A. Center (scenic design), Rebecca Senske (costume design), Thomas C. Hase (lighting design), James D. Geier (make-up and hair), Yara Travieso (movement). Cincinnati, Ohio, […]

El Campo de Mañana at LOT Louisville By Julie Gross Land of Tomorrow (LOT) Louisville is known to exhibit some of the most intriguing contemporary art in the area. Works that make you scratch your head and make you want to pull out your camera phone to take a pic. The 18,000 square foot gallery […]

Exploring Innocence and Experience –Maxwell Redder Thunder-sky, Inc. Gallery is one of Cincinnati’s most unusual. The current exhibit, INNCE/EXPCE, running through Aug. 10, 2013, is inspired by a collection of poems / prints written by the great 18th & 19th Century English poet, painter, print maker, William Blake. Its title: Songs of Innocence and of […]

Poetry by James Cummins I Am Critick I am Critick, hear me roar, in dudgeon too high to ignore, and I know too much to go back to East Bend. Oh, I’ve slept with Tweedledee, now I’ve got my Ph.D— no one’s ever making me go down again! O-oh, yes, I am wise— see the […]

Letter from Los Angeles:  The Demise of the Museum Volunteer — Kay Talwar The volunteer in the art world is a vanishing breed thanks to the institutions they serve. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) had 3000 volunteers when Michael Govan became director in 2006. Today it is questionable whether the museum volunteer […]

A Look at 21C: Boutique Museum Hotel By Kevin Ott   It would be hard to argue that downtown Cincinnati was not in need of a hip boutique hotel. 21C does much more than just fill this void: it adds a refreshing approach to exhibiting contemporary art in a welcoming setting in the heart of […]

ART FOR A BETTER WORLD • Images For A Better World: Billy SIMMS, Visual Artist Billy Simms, artist and educator, was born and raised outside of Washington, DC. He moved to the Tri-state area in 2004. Simms has a Bachelor of Art degree from the University of Maryland Baltimore County in theatrical scenic and lighting […]

AARON SKOLNICK IN NYC, JUNE 24-27, The Archive Louis Zoellar Bickett   ⦁ AARON SKOLNICK’S PARTY AT THE LAYFAYETTE HOUSE, NYC, JUNE 25, 2013, The Archive Louis Zoellar Bickett ⦁ AARON’S STUDIO IN HIS ABSENCE, JULY 2, 2013, The Archive Louis Zoellar Bickett ⦁ ARRON SKOLNICK’S “WAYWARD BOUND” OPENING AT RARE GALLERY, NYC, JUNE 25, 2013

Polyphonic Playground: Paintings & Drawings by Cedric Michael Cox @ FiveMyles, Brooklyn, New York  

David Johnson: In Memoriam Many of us were shocked and horrified to learn of David Johnson’s tragic and untimely death last week.  David was our colleague, a superb teacher, curator, educator, who enriched the visual arts with his knowledge, hard work and frequent wit.  I first met him way back when Carl Solway was developing what […]

Book Review: Transatlantic, by Colum McCann Transatlantic, by Colum McCann, is a contemporary literary masterpiece. In a year where most fiction has been ordinary, his accomplishment seems that much greater. McCann, l like other living Irish writers (Coim Toibin and Edna O’Brien come immediately to mind) has that true Irish gift for language, and for […]

Poetry By Maxwell Redder   An Audacious Escape Now parked, I saw the firefly ascending from my truck bed. His fluorescent tube acted as a gentle jetpack, a hovercraft, an audacious escape. Relaxing on rusty vacant bolt holes previously used to clasp the cap, he did not recognize my turning ignition signified a twelve mile […]

MOTHER DRINKING HER MORNING COFFEE By Louis Zoeller Bickett It is a hot, late summer, Saturday morning. Mother is sitting at the kitchen table overlooking the back yard. She is wrapped in her pink satin robe as if a chill had enveloped her in winter. She is having her morning coffee. The morning will soon […]