Exploring Innocence and Experience
Exploring Innocence and Experience –Maxwell Redder Thunder-sky, Inc. Gallery is one of Cincinnati’s most unusual. The current exhibit, INNCE/EXPCE, running through Aug. 10, 2013, is inspired by a collection of poems / prints written by the great 18th & 19th Century English poet, painter, print maker, William Blake. Its title: Songs of Innocence and of […]
Poetry by James Cummins
Poetry by James Cummins I Am Critick I am Critick, hear me roar, in dudgeon too high to ignore, and I know too much to go back to East Bend. Oh, I’ve slept with Tweedledee, now I’ve got my Ph.D— no one’s ever making me go down again! O-oh, yes, I am wise— see the […]
Graphic Design Is A Nebulous Thing
Graphic Design Is A Nebulous Thing by Danelle Cheney In 1930, Beatrice Warde gave a speech entitled Printing Should Be Invisible. Later printed under the name The Crystal Goblet, she explores concepts that graphic designers will invariably encounter at some point during their careers. Warde begins by asking whether you would rather be […]
Letter from Los Angeles: The Demise of the Museum Volunteer
Letter from Los Angeles: The Demise of the Museum Volunteer — Kay Talwar The volunteer in the art world is a vanishing breed thanks to the institutions they serve. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) had 3000 volunteers when Michael Govan became director in 2006. Today it is questionable whether the museum volunteer […]
A Look at 21C: Boutique Museum Hotel
A Look at 21C: Boutique Museum Hotel By Kevin Ott It would be hard to argue that downtown Cincinnati was not in need of a hip boutique hotel. 21C does much more than just fill this void: it adds a refreshing approach to exhibiting contemporary art in a welcoming setting in the heart of […]
Geometrically Ordered Design: The Everlasting Fruit
Geometrically Ordered Design: The Everlasting Fruit By Dustin Pike “The man who speaks with primordial images speaks with a thousand tongues.” -Carl Jung This is my thirteenth article pertaining to the design field and its relationship with science and philosophy. In order to understand design language at its core, the viewer must understand the acoustics […]
ART FOR A BETTER WORLD
ART FOR A BETTER WORLD • Images For A Better World: Billy SIMMS, Visual Artist Billy Simms, artist and educator, was born and raised outside of Washington, DC. He moved to the Tri-state area in 2004. Simms has a Bachelor of Art degree from the University of Maryland Baltimore County in theatrical scenic and lighting […]
Kip Eagen: An Unsung (or at least under the Radar) Arts Professional
Kip Eagen: An Unsung (or at least under the Radar) Arts Professional By Laura A. Hobson Growing up in Cincinnati, Kip Eagen at age twelve was transported to a different time and place by the mummies at the Cincinnati Art Museum. It was his introduction to the world of art, which he never left. Now, […]
Letter from Chicago
Letter from Chicago By Laura A. Hobson The pulse of the city was vibrant. Chicago, the Windy City, breezed with music and art downtown at the Art Institute’s exhibit of Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity as well as the three-day music festival called Lollapalooza, which attracted over 270,000 people from August 2 – 4. People of […]
AARON SKOLNICK IN NYC, JUNE 24-27, The Archive Louis Zoellar Bickett
AARON SKOLNICK IN NYC, JUNE 24-27, The Archive Louis Zoellar Bickett ⦁ AARON SKOLNICK’S PARTY AT THE LAYFAYETTE HOUSE, NYC, JUNE 25, 2013, The Archive Louis Zoellar Bickett ⦁ AARON’S STUDIO IN HIS ABSENCE, JULY 2, 2013, The Archive Louis Zoellar Bickett ⦁ ARRON SKOLNICK’S “WAYWARD BOUND” OPENING AT RARE GALLERY, NYC, JUNE 25, 2013