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Paper Collage Artist Sara Caswell-Pearce is Making Magic at Downtown's Mercantile Library with Deaccessioned Books

Sara Caswell-Pearce turns unwanted titles into collages and other treasures as the library's first artist-in-residence.

By Kathy Schwartz
Nov 12, 2018

Tags: Visual Arts
Visual Arts

Still Searching the Archive as FotoFocus Month Ends

CityBeat’s Kathy Schwartz has been keeping you informed about FotoFocus throughout October. This is her last report on the lens-based biennial.

By Kathy Schwartz
Oct 31, 2018

Tags: Visual Arts
Visual Arts

Fashion, Beauty and the Female Form at Cincinnati's FotoFocus Lens-Based Art Biennial

CityBeat's Kathy Schwartz is keeping you covered throughout October as she visits exhibits and events that make up FotoFocus.

By Kathy Schwartz
Oct 24, 2018

Tags: Visual Arts
Visual Arts

Seeing ‘the Other’ and Ourselves in FotoFocus Exhibits

CityBeat's Kathy Schwartz is keeping you covered throughout October as she visits exhibits and events that make up FotoFocus. This week: Photographers who turned a camera at “the other,” and one who directed it at herself.

By Kathy Schwartz
Oct 17, 2018

Tags: Visual Arts, Video
Visual Arts

Getting to Know Cincinnati's 2018 FotoFocus Biennial

CityBeat's Kathy Schwartz will keep you covered throughout October as she visits exhibits and events that make up FotoFocus. For her first report, she visits the biggest venues of the lens-based biennial.

By Kathy Schwartz
Oct 10, 2018

Tags: Visual Arts
Visual Arts

Cincinnati's FotoFocus Biennial 2018 Uses Lens-Based Art to Explore the Theme of 'Open Archive'

Exhibits examine the myriad ways visual collections inspire artists, build communities and shape memories

By Kathy Schwartz
Oct 3, 2018

Tags: Visual Arts
Visual Arts

First Look: New Gillian Wearing Art for Cincinnati Art Museum Exhibit

The Cincinnati Art Museum has released first to CityBeat a picture of one of four new works that internationally acclaimed conceptual artist Gillian Wearing will premiere here next month

By Kathy Schwartz
Sep 17, 2018

Tags: Visual Arts
Visual Arts

William Messer — the curator with a contrary streak — Turns Reflective while Staging his Final Photography Show at Over-the-Rhine's Iris Bookcafe

Messer will stage the retrospective "Re-membering an Archive: Iris at 10" during the FotoFocus Biennial

By Kathy Schwartz
Sep 4, 2018

Tags: Visual Arts
Visual Arts

'Cincy Kids' Photography Book Places Larger-Than-Life Action Figures at Cincinnati Landmarks

Using forced perspective, Kristian Geer makes toys seems giant at local points of interest

By Kathy Schwartz
Aug 28, 2018

Tags: Visual Arts
Visual Arts

Cincinnati Art Museum celebrates Hamilton-born children's book illustrator Robert McCloskey

A new exhibit shows how McCloskey illustrated "sweet and warm" subjects with careful detail

By Kathy Schwartz
Jul 17, 2018

Tags: Visual Arts
Visual Arts

ArtWorks’ New 2018 Murals Will Empower the Marginalized

African-Americans, immigrants, women artists, people with disabilities, even a premature hippo are getting their due

By Kathy Schwartz
Jun 20, 2018

Tags: Visual Arts
Visual Arts

A bold wall of vintage ads recalls Walnut Hills’ history of black-owned businesses

This new Cincinnati art and history project reminds viewers that "This Was Our Place"

By Kathy Schwartz
Jun 12, 2018

Tags: Visual Arts
Visual Arts

ArtWorks Announces 2018 Cincinnati Summer Murals and Community Projects

A mural honoring Blues singer Mamie Smith will be added for music fans; plus outsider art at Visionaries + Voices in Oakley, Fiona downtown, two murals in Avondale and more

By Kathy Schwartz
Jun 7, 2018

Tags: Visual Arts
Visual Arts

The 'Garden to Table' exhibit at Cincinnati's Lloyd Library & Museum reveals how food production changes with society via beautiful objects and illustrations

"Garden to Table" is not just the buzz phrase of home cooks and trendy restaurants

By Kathy Schwartz
May 29, 2018

Tags: Visual Arts
Visual Arts

Miami University Art Museum has a groundbreaking show of illustrations used on books for African-American children

"Telling a People's Story" is the first museum exhibit devoted to this specific subject

By Kathy Schwartz
May 29, 2018

Tags: Visual Arts
Visual Arts

Kennedy Heights Art Exhibit Sheds Old Ideas About Gender Identity and Apparel

Some of the 20 contributors to the "Second Glances" exhibit at Kennedy Heights Arts Center also address such related topics as feminism and ideals of beauty

By Kathy Schwartz
May 1, 2018

Tags: Visual Arts
Visual Arts

Unearth a Legacy at Cincinnati Art Museum

The "Terracotta Army" exhibit, featuring priceless artifacts and statuary from China, conveys an ancient emperor’s ambitions for a modern world

By Kathy Schwartz
Apr 23, 2018

Tags: Visual Arts
Visual Arts

Pussyhat Creator Krista Suh Gives Talk in Cincinnati

She will discuss her new 'artivist' book 'DIY Rules for a WTF World' at the Contemporary Arts Center

By Kathy Schwartz
Apr 13, 2018

Tags: Visual Arts
Visual Arts

An Artistic Rebirth in Covington

Gallerist Suzanna Terrill embraces another neighborhood on the rise after a shattered dream in Over-the-Rhine

By Kathy Schwartz
Mar 14, 2018

Tags: Visual Arts
Visual Arts

This Art Show Takes the Cake

Thunder-Sky Gallery's "You're Invited" celebrates birthday parties with depictions of cakes — some very unusual depictions of cakes

By Kathy Schwartz
Mar 13, 2018

Tags: Visual Arts