An Interview with Steven Matijcio, curator at the Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center
An Interview with Steven Matijcio, curator at the Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center by Christopher Hoeting Steven Matijcio is heading into his fifth month as new curator at the The Contemporary Arts Center (CAC)-one of the nation’s oldest and most celebrated contemporary art institutions. According to Raphaela Platow, the CAC’s Alice & Harris Weston Director and […]
What is ________________ Art?
What is ________________ Art? By Steven Matijcio In a field full of impossible queries and infinite philosophical musings, there is no doubt that the question of what is contemporary art? has, and will continue to take up countless hours of discussion in classrooms, lecture halls, panel bureaus and book pages. Of course there is no […]
Three x Ten
Three x Ten By Gary Gaffney Take science, for example. Great scientists and science writers know that the average person sees the impact of scientific ideas and innovations on their lives, yet has little understanding of science or scientific thinking. Go to the science section of any large bookstore, and you will find numerous books […]
Querulous at Large
Querulous at Large By Querulous Sometimes, not often but sometimes, for someone headed to a six o’clock event at the Contemporary Arts Center, a parking slot will be open on East Sixth Street in that tiny interval of time between Forbidden (4-6 p.m.) and Free (post 6 p.m.). When one turned up as Querulous headed […]
“What’s New: Fashion and Contemporary Craft,” Cincinnati Art Museum
“What’s New: Fashion and Contemporary Craft,” Cincinnati Art Museum By Sara Caswell-Pearce Some exhibitions are big, but lackluster. Others are small, but juicy. Happily, the latter is the case with the Cincinnati Art Museum’s What’s New: Fashion and Contemporary Craft. The basic idea – comparing works to one another – is hardly new. Yet, […]
Realm of the Immortals
Realm of the Immortals By: Dustin Pike “Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.” -Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching It was a rainy weekday afternoon when I had visited the Cincinnati Art Museum to view their new “Realm of the Immortals” exhibition, and upon entering was greeted with warmth. However, […]
Letter from Chicago
Letter from Chicago By Cynthia Kukla • Chicago, City of Big Shoulders, is home to numerous gems of specialized art museums beyond the Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Contemporary Art. The Polish Museum of Art, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, National Museum of Mexican Art, The Arts Club of Chicago, DePaul Art […]
Traveling Down the Rabbit Hole with MozArt
Traveling Down the Rabbit Hole with MozArt By Shawn Daniell As I strolled through Rondle West’s solo show, MozArt, at the gallery One One at Brazee Street Studios I couldn’t help feeling as if I was strolling through a candy coated wonderland. While pursuing my undergraduate degree in Media Informatics at Northern Kentucky University I […]
Revolutionary Typography
Revolutionary Typography By Danelle Cheney Graphic Design, like any creative discipline, does not proceed neatly through time from one school of thought to the next. Art history buffs know artists and their work can be categorized differently depending on where one draws the fine line of definition. Art history students might be less frustrated if […]
Photo Essay By Robert Flischel
Photo Essay By Robert Flischel