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 many artists than I do from other art historians. But the [...]
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But What Does the Art Historian Have to Say?
February 12th, 2013 
kathy 
Posted in Issues, News, Uncategorized 
Tags: art history, artists, Dore Ashton, Hyperallergic, James Panero 
No Comments »Yale University Art Gallery Open for Learning
February 2nd, 2013 kathy 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 periods and genres curated for the purpose of teaching. And its Levin [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: art education, Cincinnati Art Museum, Yale University Art Gallery No Comments »Living History of the Dead Sea Scrolls
November 16th, 2012 kathy 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 of our shared human histories to our lives today. As with many of the visiting exhibitions to [...]
ArtWord: Lori Ellison
October 3rd, 2012 kathy “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 and gouache on panel [...]
Posted in Artist Interviews, Cincinnati Art Snob, Uncategorized Tags: artist, artist interview, facebook, Lori Ellison, McKenzie Fine Art, MoMA 3 Comments »
Clifton Cultural Arts Center at Sunset
September 12th, 2012 kathy 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 best tickets to an artful autumn.
Shepard Fairey Gets Two Years’ Probation and $25,000 Fine
September 8th, 2012 kathy 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.”
Akron Art Museum Director to Step Down and New Chief Curator to Start August 20, 2012
August 13th, 2012 kathy 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. In addition, Janice Driesbach will join the staff on [...]
Why? Because in Cincinnati, it’s all art.
July 28th, 2012 kathy 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 summer, I’ll wait for the new [...]
ArtWord: Bernard Klevickas
July 17th, 2012 kathy 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 over the past 22 years Bernard has at various times fabricated sculpture for the artists Jeff Koons, [...]
Cincinnati Offers Seven Fellowships of up to $6,000 Each
July 1st, 2012 kathy 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 art, and media arts. The applicant must be a City of Cincinnati resident during the entire duration of the program, July 1, [...]
