When artist Sheida Soleimani was 6, her Iranian upbringing became the focus of intrigue among her Cincinnati classmates. They wanted to know if she had a flying carpet like Aladdin. There is actually
Artist Stevie Grueter digs rocks out of the ground with a railroad spike. She's barely 5 feet tall and lugs them home like she's cradling a baby. That's where her art begins — on the uneven surfaces of rocks. Grueter archives her rock collection with con
In the Weston Art Gallery's new group exhibition 'Narrative Figuration,' on display now, curator Daniel Brown assembles five talented local artists whose chosen mode is representational, figurative work. All five artists have studied at the University of
Ever wonder why you don't see as many bees buzzing these days? Master beekeeper Gunther Hauk reveals what is behind the global bee crisis and how we can protect these marvelous givers of life — they pollinate three-quarters of our food. Hauk will be on h
Dennis Harrington, director of downtown's Weston Art Gallery, looks for connections when he brings artists together for exhibition. This time, however, he did not find a common thread linking artists Diana Duncan Holmes, Todd Reynolds and Elissa Morley,
Cincinnati artist Brian Joiner had a powerful body of work behind him and an ambitious career ahead of him when he passed away this October. Among his many honors, Cincinnati Magazine named him "Best Portrait Artist" in 1999 and in 2009 he was awarded th
The Sandra Small Gallery examines the figure in modern art with a collection of works by nine artists. 'The Expressive Figure,' up through Nov. 27, includes the works of Robert Anderson, Stephanie Cooper, Jackie Esselman Frey, Robert Harris, Alex McKibbi
The Art Academy of Cincinnati celebrates the first and hopefully not the last 20 years of a program that is one of a kind in the Tristate. '20 Years/20 Artists' showcases the work of artists who have received a city of Cincinnati Individual Artist Grant.
Among the six new exhibits at Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center in Covington are outstanding solo ones by artists Keith Auerbach, Jessica Grace Bechtel, Ken Page and Eric Ruschman, collectively called 'Something for Everyone.' They’re exhibited
After a brief postponement, Imperishable Beauty — an exhibition of Art Nouveau jewelry that has been organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston — is at the Cincinnati Art Museum. This exhibition will look particularly at artisans who worked in precious
NUDE, at the Manifest Gallery, continues through Sept. 11. Out of 600 submissions for NUDE, the jury narrowed the selections, and chief curator Jason Franz ultimately selected 25 works to exhibit. It is interesting that of these 25 nudes, almost half are
SOS ART returns for its seventh year with more than 200 visual artists, literary artists, musicians, performers and school children participating in the six-day event. Creator Saad Ghosn has a track record for encouraging artists to be activists for chan
The body of work on display in Semantics Gallery is, at first sight, as inexplicable as the show’s title suggests: She Keeps It In Play/They Don’t Know What To Call It. As abstract paintings, drawings and sculptures, they leave much to the imagination bu
The Fountain Square Floral Carpet is becoming a local Rite of Spring. The carpet — consisting of some 24,000 potted pansies, with lettuce plants providing verdancy — was installed April 7. But that doesn’t mean it won’t change over the course of the next
The wonderful light boxes of Matthew Shelton are on display at Northside’s NVISION (4577 Hamilton Ave.) beginning with an opening reception from 6-10 p.m. Friday featuring music by DJMCMLXXIII. Shelton’s technique for making light boxes evolved from a me
"The theme of 'Houdini's Box' is all-encompassing," explains Jymi Bolden, the Art Beyond Boundaries' gallery director. He put the exhibition together to showcase a diverse range of photographers working with film and digital techniques. Bolden calls the
Live music was a part of what made Publico so memorable, and now founders Paul and Matt Coors bring it to the Weston Art Gallery’s Since You’ve Been Gone exhibit about Publico’s impact on Cincinnati arts. Saturday the Weston hosts Burning Star Core, High