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But What Does the Art Historian Have to Say?
As much as I enjoy interviewing artists, I think I enjoy more reading what art historians have to say. I don’t believe this reflects the popularly perceived rivalry between artist and art historian. As an art historian myself, I learn so much more from...
Posted: 2/12/2013 12:20 PM
Yale University Art Gallery Open for Learning
An article in the NY Times tells of the reopening of the Yale University Art Gallery. The story focuses on the role of the academic museum as a teaching venue where “art appreciation meets education.” The gallery houses a variety of works from different...
Posted: 2/2/2013 11:22 AM
Living History of the Dead Sea Scrolls
The Dead Sea Scrolls: Life and Faith in Ancient Times at the Cincinnati Museum Center, opening today, presents hugely important and intertwining histories everyone should see and know. Since visiting the exhibition, I’m reminded again of the relevance...
Posted: 11/16/2012 11:20 AM
ArtWord: Lori Ellison
“It is not important how the artists feel about their work while doing it, but how they think about it after it is finished.” — Lori Ellison Lori Ellison is an artist and writer who lives in Brooklyn, NY. Much of her work includes notebook paper drawings...
Posted: 10/3/2012 8:15 AM
Clifton Cultural Arts Center at Sunset
The Clifton Cultural Arts Center is opening a new series of events called Sunsets at the Center. This series celebrates the arts in Cincinnati, including music, literary, visual, and culinary arts. Check out the series on their website. These may be the...
Posted: 9/12/2012 8:55 AM
Shepard Fairey Gets Two Years’ Probation and $25,000 Fine
I wonder if we could get a local artist to create large wheat paste stamps and tag all of these murals around Cincinnati with “$25,000 Fine.”
Posted: 9/8/2012 6:13 AM
Akron Art Museum Director to Step Down and New Chief Curator to Start August 20, 2012
After 26 years as director, with one of the longest tenures of any art museum leader in the country, Dr. Mitchell D. Kahan announced to the Akron Art Museum’s Board of Trustees that he will leave January 2, 2013 and assume the title of Director Emeritus....
Posted: 8/13/2012 12:16 PM
Why? Because in Cincinnati, it’s all art.
I really cannot remember the last time I visited a local gallery or museum here in Cincinnati. I keep saying I will, but instead I drive right by the art museum in Eden Park and head straight to the pool in Mt. Adams. I’ve tried to tell myself, “it’s...
Posted: 7/28/2012 10:12 AM
ArtWord: Bernard Klevickas
Bernard Klevickas is a sculptor who utillizes industrial processes in an expressionist manner to create objects of meticulous refinement with an interest in exploring the possibilities of surface and form. As an aspiring artist developing his own sculpture...
Posted: 7/17/2012 12:12 PM
Cincinnati Offers Seven Fellowships of up to $6,000 Each
Starting June 26, 2012, the City has been accepting applications from individual artists who work professionally in art disciplines, including but not limited to dance, music, theatre & visual arts, poetry/fiction writing, interdisciplinary/performance...
Posted: 7/1/2012 9:52 PM
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