Dan Newman Studio Presents: Art by “MYRIX”
Dan Newman Studio Presents: Art by “MYRIX” “Archetypal Faces” Born in Kentucky and now living in Cincinnati, Ohio, Myrix is a self-taught artist, working in pencil and charcoal. His talent for creating images of hard-working men has not gone unnoticed. Galleries have shown his distinctly masculine images to audiences in locations from San […]
Letter to the Editor- Kudos from New York
I am a New York resident who counts myself fortunate to receive AEQAI. Your latest issue is truly amazing in its scope, made even more remarkable when you consider that it is produced entirely gratis. Every artistic organization in America should study AEQAI at this time of massive declines in public support when paid staffs […]
The Painter’s Table
The Painter’s Table, a blog which covers painting exhibitions nationally, has chosen four of AEQAI‘s columns in four months: Sheldon Tapley’s review of the Weston Gallery; Cole Carothers’ essay on Gerhard Richter; Alan Pocaro’s review of a painting show at the Phyllis Weston Gallery; and most recently, Kim Krause’s essay on Philip Guston in the […]
Pointedly Perfect
“The Art of Charlie and Edie Harper in Needlepoint Exhibit” is exactly that. Charming and humorous, exquisitely designed and perfectly executed, each of these renditions of the famous Harper pieces in the clockwork precision of needlepoint seems just what the two artists would have anticipated as a future for their works. The late Harpers’ prints […]
2011 Fellowship Guidelines Announced for Contemporary Visual Artists in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio
Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF) is now accepting applications for contemporary visual artists that reside in select cities and counties in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio . The Efroymson Family Fund, a donor-advised fund of CICF, will be awarding (5) $20,000 unrestricted awards to contemporary visual artists. Eligibility Requirements AGE 25 or older by September […]
Manifest Gallery Wins National Independent Publishing Award
Congratulations to Manifest Gallery for winning a prestigious national independent publishing award. The following is their press release: The Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) ceremony was held recently in New York City. Manifest’s 5th International Drawing Annual, a 184 page book (an ‘exhibit in print’) representing 114 works by 72 artists from 23 states and […]
An Afternoon with African Artists
Northern Kentucky University Hosts Five Ghanian Artisans Northern Kentucky University’s Ceramic and Sculpture Studio is brimming with teachers. They come from all corners of the U.S. to grind glass, cast bronze, and weave cotton cloth under the tutelage of master Ashanti artisans of Ghana, West Africa. MaryCarol Hopkins, professor of Sociology, Anthropology, Philosophy at NKU, […]
Huffington Post’s Top 10: AEQAI featured
Brett Baker, a painter, and Editor of painters-table.com, considers one of the Top 10 Best Posts of May 2011 to be Sheldon Tapley’s review of Narrative Figuration at the Weston Art Gallery. Click here to visit his post.
WVXU Interview of AEQAI editor
Listen Here This was broadcast last Sunday, from WVXU’s Around Cincinnati. Jane Durrell, also a writer for Cincinnati, conducted the interview.
Yarn bombing in Garfield Place
In Garfield Place, the two bronze statues by Charles Henry Nihaus of former Ohio-born US presidents James A. Garfield and William Henry Harrison have been yarn bombed. Yarn bombing, for the uninitiated, is a form of street art that uses knit/crochet objects illegally placed in prominent public space. The term “bombing” arises from graffiti tagging […]