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Camille Paglia is one of todays most acknowledged cultural critics, author of provocative books such as Sexual Personae and Break, Blow, Burn, is now out with her assessment of art from earlier times...

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Author and Cultural Critic Camille Paglia

Camille Paglia is one of todays most acknowledged cultural critics, author of provocative books such as Sexual Personae and Break, Blow, Burn, and recently released her assessment of art from earlier...

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Using germs to make art

Zachary Copfer is making some pretty unusual art using unconventional means. Like it implies, his "Bacteriography" involves developing images in plates of bacteria. The microbiologist turned visual...

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Study: Arts lead to engagement

A new study suggests there is a connection between the arts and civic engagement.ArtsWave and Agenda 360 partnered for “Snapshot 2012:  Arts Engagement in Greater Cincinnati.”  It was a survey of the...

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ArtWorks preps for summer mural projects

ArtWorks is hiring artists and teenagers and putting up scaffolding in preparation for beginning work on ten murals.The arts organization plans to hire at least 110 apprentices to work on the murals...

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Can You Be Awesome For $1,000?

What does it mean to be awesome?The Awesome Foundation, started in Boston in 2009, set out to discover just that.  The Foundation provides one-time $1,000 grants, with no strings attached, to people...

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The Changing Perception of Tattoos

There was a time when someone with a tattoo was seen as a biker, criminal or a member of the military. But tattoos have become mainstream, with one survey estimating that 23% of Americans have a...

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Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati

Created in 1986 to support local professional artists, and with a belief in the transformative power of the arts to create sustainable and attractive communities,

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Street Artist JR at Contemporary Arts Center

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Corporeal Texture: New ways to 'Get Art'

Many people walk into a contemporary art gallery or museum believing that they are not smart enough to 'get it.' While many contemporary artists do utilize complex theories about art, there are other...

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The Alphabet as Art

Purveyors of locally-made art supplies and music, Rock Paper Scissors presents The Alphabet Show! as part of February's Final Friday downtown celebration.The Alphabet Show! is a fun and family-friendly...

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Shrewdness of Apes presents: Shoebox

Local artists Hilary Nauman and Michael Boyd began exhibiting their work in pop-up shops, outdoor markets and at The City Flea.  The free-form spontaneity of this kind of exhibition has carried over...

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Man creates art by firing gun in museum

A new installation at the Cincinnati Art Museum juxtaposes traditional and contemporary art in an unusual way.Oxford, Ohio native and Miami University alum Todd Pavlisko says the goal of Crown is to...

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Serendipity and Street Art with Margy Waller

I'm really quite jealous of Margy Waller's job title which is Serendipity Director at Art on the Streets. Waller is a long-time arts advocate for Cincinnati, and though the idea of 'directing...

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Threads of Heaven Exhibit at the Taft Museum

  The Threads of Heaven: Silken Legacy of China’s Last Dynasty exhibit is now on display at the Taft Museum of Art. The exhibit illustrates the culture of the Qing dynasty and the final days of empire...

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"Crown" at Art Museum Generates Discussion

While the Cincinnati Art Museum is closed, a sniper fires 19 rounds into a bronze cube. Video and still cameras record the bullets as they make their way from the sniper’s rifle in the museum’s front...

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Frank Duveneck, the "Unsuspected Genius"

  Cincinnati as far back as the early 1800s was considered a haven for artists. Born in Covington, Frank Duveneck was a celebrated artist at 27, went on to teach in Europe, and in Cincinnati, and...

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John Ruthven and ArtWorks

  John A. Ruthven, naturalist, author, lecturer, and internationally acknowledged master of wildlife art, was fascinated by nature as a young boy growing up in Cincinnati. The man often called the...

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ArtWorks CO.STARTERS Big Pitch

 

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Cincy Fringe Festival Starts Tuesday

The Cincy Fringe Festival kicks off May 27, twelve days, 160 performances of 36 unique productions in10 different Over the Rhine locations. Fringe artists represent a variety of media including...

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