parProjects presents Symphonic Stylings: Art, Fashion & Live Music at the Electric Warehouse On June 23rd, parProjects — the group that brought last October’s Factory Square Fine Arts Festival to Cincinnati — will be hosting one of its most important collaborations to date, “Symphonic Stylings.” In conjunction with ARTAYA (Washington, DC), The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, “concert:nova”, NVISION (Northside), and Sloane […]
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parProjects presents Symphonic Stylings
May 30th, 2012 | by Michael Abitz | published in Announcements
Manifest’s 9th Exhibition Season (Sept. 2012 – Aug. 2013): Exhibit Proposal
May 23rd, 2012 | by Michael Abitz | published in Announcements
EXHIBIT PROPOSALS SEASON 9 – 2012/2013 Exhibit Dates: Manifest’s 9th Exhibition Season (Sept. 2012 – Aug. 2013) Types of proposals -Solo exhibits -Two person exhibits -Group shows -Curatorial project (call for entries proposal by curator) On average one-third of Manifest’s exhibits are dedicated to solo or proposed exhibits. Solo exhibitors have included local, regional, and national artists […]
SOS ART 2012
May 23rd, 2012 | by Michael Abitz | published in Announcements
A community art show and event of creative expressions for Peace and Justice June 1 – 10 at The Art Academy of Cincinnati, 1212 Jackson St, downtown Cincinnati. Program of Events (FREE and Open to the Public). Friday June 1 6pm: Opening of the Art show 7pm: Introductory notes by Jay Zumeta, Art historian and Professor, Art […]
Cincinnati Ballet Volunteers: World Choir Games Volunteers
May 23rd, 2012 | by Michael Abitz | published in Announcements
I’m the Venue Manager at the Aronoff for The World Choir Games, which consists of 23 Categories with 8,000 singers. Bunches of them will be in & out of the Aronoff for rehearsals and performances, and here’s why I thought of YOU. Choirs enter via the 5/3 Theatre Lobby on Main Street, move to one of the Warm […]
May Issue of ÆQAI is Online
May 17th, 2012 | by Daniel Brown | published in Announcements
Dear Readers, We are happy to bring you the May 2012 issue of ÆQAI, your journal of the visual arts in Greater Cincinnati. Although we are nearing the end of the art season, which runs parallel to the school calendar, there is no lessening of interesting shows or of a richness in the overall tapestry […]
Happy Birthday to AEQAI – Now Open for Advertising
April 14th, 2012 | by Cynthia Osborne Hoskin | published in Announcements, April 2012
On March 21, a crowd of loyal AEQAI staff and friends gathered at The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center, and thanks to the generosity of Katie Brass, Carnegie Director, celebrated its third year of publication. Marking this achievement, AEQAI is launching an advertising campaign, and Hyde Park’s Miller Gallery, with its prominent local and […]
March issue
March 18th, 2012 | by A.C. Frabetti | published in Announcements
Welcome to the March issue of ÆQAI. We have again attempted to reflect the widest possible swaths of the visual arts scene in Greater Cincinnati. This issue includes reviews of exhibitions at our major institutions, commercial galleries, alternative spaces, and newer arts venues. Since art activity is taking place in so many different neighborhoods, the […]
Benefit Party and Corrected Online Donation link
March 8th, 2012 | by A.C. Frabetti | published in Announcements
ÆQAI, GREATER CINCINNATI’S CONTEMPORARY ARTS JOURNAL, CELEBRATES ITS THIRD ANNIVERSARY AT THE CARNEGIE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, COVINGTON, KY ON MARCH 21, 2012 Event: Third Annual Celebration and Benefit Party for ÆQAI: The Journal of Critical Thinking, Review, & Reflective Prose on Contemporary Art in Greater Cincinnati Date: Wednesday, March 21, 6-8 pm. Location: […]
Dance Preservation Fund Announced
March 8th, 2012 | by David Kirley | published in Announcements
Attention Alumni of the Ohio State University Department of Dance, The 2012 Application for the Dance Preservation Fund has been announced. Applications due Friday, April 6, 2012. Established in 1994 to further the recording of dance through awards to current students, alumni, current faculty and emeriti, the fund is also available to visiting artists, researchers, […]
Open Call for NYC Solo Show : 9 Days to Register
February 20th, 2012 | by David Kirley | published in Announcements
Creative stardom is within your reach. Now grab it. Enter today to the Winter 2012 3rd Ward Open Call, a juried international competition in search of the most innovative, compelling, and original creative works. One Selected Artist will receive the Ultimate Artist’s Prize: a lavish NYC Solo Exhibition, 1-week luxury NYC accommodations, and publicity and […]
semantics benefit February 23rd
February 20th, 2012 | by David Kirley | published in Announcements
Dear *semantics* supporters- In August 2011, we tried to do something a little different with our annual fund-raiser. We picked some of our favorite pieces to auction off live, it didn’t work. The only people at the ‘live’ auction were artists. We love our artists and supporters, but potential buyers were already ‘in bed’. Enough […]
Manifest Announces Public Release of its 6th International Drawing Annual publication!
February 20th, 2012 | by David Kirley | published in Announcements
Now Available to Order Online! MANIFEST ANNOUNCES 6th VOLUME OF the INTERNATIONAL DRAWING ANNUAL PUBLICATION Featuring works by 78 artists from around the world! Manifest at the CAA in Los Angeles: Manifest will be debuting the INDA 6 publication, hot off the presses, (and all previous volumes of the INDA as well as the 1st […]
PRESS RELEASE: ArtsWave Seeks to Grow Number of Donors and Dollars in 2012
February 20th, 2012 | by David Kirley | published in Announcements
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Contact: Rebecca Bromels rebecca.bromels@TheArtsWave.org [mailto:rebecca.bromels@TheArtsWave.org] 513.325.7918 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ArtsWave Seeks to Grow Number of Donors and Dollars in 2012 Annual Community Campaign Celebrates Broad Benefits of the Arts Cincinnati, OH – February 9, 2012 – ArtsWave launches its annual community campaign today with a goal of increasing participation from individuals around the region. The annual […]
Opportunities for Artists
February 20th, 2012 | by David Kirley | published in Announcements
B O T A N I C A L An International Exhibit Exploring the Theme of Plant Life A Call for Submissions DEADLINE MARCH 7, 2012 For details on how to submit work visit: http://www.manifestgallery.org/lists/lt.php?id=YkRRAQEEDAYJSg1VC0VVDFxT At one time the world of living things was classified into two simple groups, plants and animals. Botany concerned itself […]
An Open Call for Photography and Lens-based Art (plus writing about photography or light): Deadline April 1, 2012
February 20th, 2012 | by David Kirley | published in Announcements
CALL FOR ENTRIES Deadline for Submissions: April 1, 2012 (note: this is an annual exhibit in book form) For details on how to enter visit: http://www.manifestgallery.org/lists/lt.php?id=YkRRBgcGAQcISg1VCUVVDFxT ANNOUNCING!! The 1st International Photography Annual (INPHA) A Competitive Annual Publication of Works of Contemporary Photography and Lens-based Art (and writing about photography and/or light) $1000 in cash awards […]
MANIFEST DRAWING CENTER – New Student Pricing for Open Sessions, Drawing Marathon, and New Instructed Courses Starting Soon!
February 20th, 2012 | by David Kirley | published in Announcements
MANIFEST DRAWING CENTER NOW OFFERING GIFT CERTIFICATES: http://www.manifestgallery.org/lists/lt.php?id=YkRRBgMABwYOSg1UAEVVDFxT See website for complete schedule of offerings www.manifestdrawingcenter.org NEW INSTRUCTED OFFERINGS BEGIN FEBRUARY 5th: Four Professionally Instructed Workshops Registration Now Open EXTENDING THE GESTURE Two Sundays, Feburary 5 & 12 Instructed by Emil Robinson BEGINNING TO INTERMEDIATE FIGURE DRAWING Five […]
Announcing the MANIFEST ARTIST RESIDENCY (MAR) Call for Applications | Plus three open exhibition opportunities
February 12th, 2012 | by A.C. Frabetti | published in Announcements
MANIFEST ANNOUNCES MAJOR NEW PROGRAM M.A.R. Manifest Artist Residency CALL FOR APPLICATIONS <
Through a Dark Wood: New Glass Works by Steven Ramsey
November 15th, 2011 | by Karen Chambers | published in Announcements
Steven Ramsey’s exhibition of paintings on glass and glass vessels, “Through a Dark Wood,” is enchanting, but not “enchanting” the adjective meaning “charming.” It is “enchanting” as in casting a spell. And Ramsey’s spell is hard to break. The show’s title suggests a fairy tale, and the works are reminders of the original darkness […]
Cincinnati’s SHINJI TURNER-YAMAMOTO WINS 2011 ARTPRIZE INTERNATIONAL JURIED AWARD
October 18th, 2011 | by David Kirley | published in Announcements, October 2011
Cincinnati’s SHINJI TURNER-YAMAMOTO WINS 2011 ARTPRIZE INTERNATIONAL JURIED AWARD SITE: LAB + U OF M SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN RECOGNIZED AS OUTSTANDING VENUE DISAPPEARANCES Uses 350 Million-Year-Old Fossils To Comment On Interconnectedness Of Life Across Time DISAPPEARANCES – an eternal journey 2 East Fulton Street, 2nd floor, Grand Rapids, MI, USA 21 September – […]
Dan Newman Studio Presents: Art by “MYRIX”
October 15th, 2011 | by David Kirley | published in Announcements, October 2011
Dan Newman Studio Presents: Art by “MYRIX” “Archetypal Faces” Born in Kentucky and now living in Cincinnati, Ohio, Myrix is a self-taught artist, working in pencil and charcoal. His talent for creating images of hard-working men has not gone unnoticed. Galleries have shown his distinctly masculine images to audiences in locations from San […]
Letter to the Editor- Kudos from New York
September 21st, 2011 | by A.C. Frabetti | published in Announcements
I am a New York resident who counts myself fortunate to receive AEQAI. Your latest issue is truly amazing in its scope, made even more remarkable when you consider that it is produced entirely gratis. Every artistic organization in America should study AEQAI at this time of massive declines in public support when paid staffs […]
The Painter’s Table
September 17th, 2011 | by A.C. Frabetti | published in Announcements
The Painter’s Table, a blog which covers painting exhibitions nationally, has chosen four of AEQAI‘s columns in four months: Sheldon Tapley’s review of the Weston Gallery; Cole Carothers’ essay on Gerhard Richter; Alan Pocaro’s review of a painting show at the Phyllis Weston Gallery; and most recently, Kim Krause’s essay on Philip Guston in the […]
Pointedly Perfect
September 15th, 2011 | by Fran Watson | published in Announcements, September 2011
“The Art of Charlie and Edie Harper in Needlepoint Exhibit” is exactly that. Charming and humorous, exquisitely designed and perfectly executed, each of these renditions of the famous Harper pieces in the clockwork precision of needlepoint seems just what the two artists would have anticipated as a future for their works. The late Harpers’ prints […]
2011 Fellowship Guidelines Announced for Contemporary Visual Artists in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio
August 23rd, 2011 | by David Kirley | published in Announcements
Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF) is now accepting applications for contemporary visual artists that reside in select cities and counties in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio . The Efroymson Family Fund, a donor-advised fund of CICF, will be awarding (5) $20,000 unrestricted awards to contemporary visual artists. Eligibility Requirements AGE 25 or older by September […]
Manifest Gallery Wins National Independent Publishing Award
July 18th, 2011 | by The Editor | published in Announcements
Congratulations to Manifest Gallery for winning a prestigious national independent publishing award. The following is their press release: The Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) ceremony was held recently in New York City. Manifest’s 5th International Drawing Annual, a 184 page book (an ‘exhibit in print’) representing 114 works by 72 artists from 23 states and […]
An Afternoon with African Artists
July 14th, 2011 | by Selena Reder | published in *, Announcements
Northern Kentucky University Hosts Five Ghanian Artisans Northern Kentucky University’s Ceramic and Sculpture Studio is brimming with teachers. They come from all corners of the U.S. to grind glass, cast bronze, and weave cotton cloth under the tutelage of master Ashanti artisans of Ghana, West Africa. MaryCarol Hopkins, professor of Sociology, Anthropology, Philosophy at NKU, […]
Huffington Post’s Top 10: AEQAI featured
June 19th, 2011 | by The Editor | published in Announcements
Brett Baker, a painter, and Editor of painters-table.com, considers one of the Top 10 Best Posts of May 2011 to be Sheldon Tapley’s review of Narrative Figuration at the Weston Art Gallery. Click here to visit his post.
WVXU Interview of AEQAI editor
June 15th, 2011 | by The Editor | published in Announcements
Listen Here This was broadcast last Sunday, from WVXU’s Around Cincinnati. Jane Durrell, also a writer for Cincinnati, conducted the interview.
Yarn bombing in Garfield Place
June 13th, 2011 | by A.C. Frabetti | published in Announcements
In Garfield Place, the two bronze statues by Charles Henry Nihaus of former Ohio-born US presidents James A. Garfield and William Henry Harrison have been yarn bombed. Yarn bombing, for the uninitiated, is a form of street art that uses knit/crochet objects illegally placed in prominent public space. The term “bombing” arises from graffiti tagging […]
Steve Kemple
May 23rd, 2011 | by Chris Reeves | published in Announcements
Art Experience/Amusement: Steve Kemple’s recent work at Semantics Steve Kemple’s exhibition at Semantics, The World is Everything That it Isn’t, accomplishes what many exhibitions strive to do: approach difficult ideas, both in the arts, and in general, in a digestible and playful way. Kemple touches on subjects of organizational systems, simulation, function, etc. with art objects such […]
Susan Schuler
May 10th, 2011 | by Alan D Pocaro | published in Announcements
The Deep Blue Sea. Water Garden, a new exhibition of paintings by area artist Susan Schuler opened this past weekend (April 29, 2011) at the Malton Gallery. Schuler has gained a reputation for her brash palette and a gestural approach to painting that echo’s what critic Clement Greenberg once referred to as “the tenth street […]
Eric Ruschman
April 5th, 2011 | by Chris Reeves | published in Announcements
21st Century Pop Culture Man It’s Dangerous to Go Alone! Take This: New Paintings – Eric Ruschman at Aisle Gallery While the rest of us, by framing our identities on social networking websites, playlists, Netflix queues, and avatars, fulfill the prophecies of dead postmodern writers who saw daily life being taken over by the effects […]
Sheida Soleimani
January 11th, 2011 | by David Rosenthal | published in Announcements
Namaz Khaneh at Semantics Semantics opened Namaz Khaneh (house of prayer in Farsi) on Saturday, January 8; the first solo show by promising young Cincinnati artist Sheida Soleimani. The permanently semi-finished gallery space at Semantics serves as a good venue for this work which consists of a series of images showing the artist’s own roughly […]
Aaron Cowan
January 10th, 2011 | by Alan D Pocaro | published in Announcements
The Stories We Tell On January 7, Aaron Cowan wrapped up a respectable exhibition of new paintings at Aisle Gallery. The works on display –some exquisite, some ordinary- were predicated on an elaborate mapping mechanism developed by Cowan. Daily activity was collated, categorized, and compressed into a system of color codes deployed across the surface […]
Waseem Touma and Dronex Inc.
December 2nd, 2010 | by Alan D Pocaro | published in Announcements
Disparate Lives Appropriately titled, UN related: A Giant Cap Gun and White Discs on view at Museum Gallery Gallery Museum features the work of Australia native Waseem Touma and the Lexington, Kentucky based pseudonymous corporate organization Dronex Inc. In addition to being formally and materially dissimilar, the works of Waseem Touma and Dronex Inc. are […]
Roy Johnston
November 16th, 2010 | by Karen Chambers | published in Announcements
Binding Connections Roy Johnston is not schizophrenic, but his solo show at the Weston Art Gallery sometimes seems to be a two-person exhibition. Like a group (two is a very small group) show, the paintings, drawings, and prints on view are related, but in this case it’s just Johnston pursuing simultaneously two strains of aesthetic […]
American Elegance
October 19th, 2010 | by Karen Chambers | published in Announcements
Chintz Applique Quilts at The Taft The contemporary art world has embraced quilts: Amish quilts with their color-blocked abstraction and the equally striking quilts from Gee’s Bend, which are perhaps less known. For six generations the women of Gee’s Bend, a rural community founded by freed slaves on an island in the Alabama River, isolated […]
Kevin Kelly and Leslie Shiels
October 17th, 2010 | by Karen Chambers | published in Announcements
At Cincinnati Art Galleries There are twin—fraternal twin–shows at Cincinnati Art Galleries: Leslie Shiels: Lost Dogs Found and Kevin T. Kelly: Embracing the Yin. Shiels provides the hunting hounds, and Kelly the countryside they might roam. Shiels has returned to a subject that she has explored, with great success, in the past, but a wall […]
Michael Scheurer
October 17th, 2010 | by Alan D Pocaro | published in Announcements
Cut and Paste Here’s the bad news first: You are too late, Michael Scheurer’s exquisite solo show at Clay Street Press closed this weekend (October 16th, 2010). The summation of nearly two years worth of effort, The Tabloid Series and other Works presents over 40 collages and a series of six intaglio and full color […]
The Floating World
September 19th, 2010 | by Alan D Pocaro | published in Announcements
Christopher Backs at Semantics If you hadn’t been paying close attention you might have missed it. There is a moment in Christopher Backs’ new solo exhibition Firmament (with Sass) where, underneath one of the hard, heavy folds of his stuffed “clouds” the surface erupts into the pure malerich. Just beyond this exuberant mass of pigment […]
Inside or Out
August 15th, 2010 | by Alan D Pocaro | published in Announcements
Spencer Van der Zee at Malton Gallery As part of their new series highlighting emerging local artists, this month the Malton Gallery is featuring work by musician Spencer Van der Zee. A collection of pen and ink drawings, Van der Zee has assembled an interesting exhibition that affirms its status as, and admiration for, outsider […]
Petit Plaisir
August 4th, 2010 | by Alan D Pocaro | published in Announcements
Donna Talerico at Greenwich House Gallery Former fashion illustrator turned fine artist Donna Talerico’s new paintings at the Greenwich House Gallery unabashedly trumpet their influences. Inspired by post impressionist attitudes, Talerico’s work is direct; filled with light, color, and a painterly approach to the canvas. Her choice of subject matter: landscapes, street scenes, solitary figures, […]
