Spotlight Weekends highlight FotoFocus Participating Venues within specific geographic locations where artists and curators will be on site for talks, tours, special events, and featured programming. This is an opportunity to immerse yourself in the vibrant energy of the FotoFocus Biennial, exploring art within the communities that create and present it.

To celebrate the Participating Venues in the greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky region, FotoFocus has arranged a free, round-trip bus tour on Saturday, October 12. Passport Holder exclusive, seating is limited.

At this time, RSVPs for the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky Bus Tour are CLOSED. 

 

OCTOBER 12 CINCINNATI AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY BUS TOUR SCHEDULE

8:30am Iris BookCafé and Gallery

Afterwords: 50 Years in Words and Images by Arno Rafael Minkkinen. Finnish-American photographer Arno Rafael Minkkinen presents photographs and texts reflecting upon and illuminating his oeuvre across more than 50 years. Curator: William Messer

Gallery Talk with William Messer, Curator. Extended opening hours

9:30am Northern Kentucky University School of the Arts Galleries

Marissa Nicole Stewart: Call Me When You Get Home. Explores relationships in a matriarchal family and place-making practices.

Gallery Tour with Matt Albritton, Director of NKU School of the Arts, and Paige Wideman, Gallery Director

10:45am Wave Pool

A Thousand Words. Social practice artists dedicated to relationship and community building foster a sense of trust and belonging using lens-based practices and long-term witnessing. Curator: Maria Seda-Reeder.

Gallery Tour with Maria Seda-Reeder, Director of Exhibitions and Artist Support Initiatives

11:10am Welcome Project

Defend the Sacred. BIPOC artists honor their spiritual heritage through the use of photography as a form of resistance, resilience, and cultural preservation to transmit sacred values to future generations. Curator: Viktor Maco.

Curator Talk with Artist and Curator Viktor Maco

11:45pm Cincinnati Museum Center

Lens of History: Celebration of People, Spaces, and Emotion. Cincinnati’s Black history is explored through the lens of Black photographers and community photo collections from the 1800s to the 2000s. Curator: Toilynn O’Neal Turner.

Gallery Tour led by Curator Toilynn O’Neal Turner, Founder and CEO of ROMAC

1:55pm Walnut Hills Library

More than Meets the Eye: Multimedia Narratives that Connect Generations and Cultures. Immigrants and refugees explore themes of resilience, peace, and hope through art and storytelling, providing a glimpse into the triumphs, struggles, and dreams of young people charting their own journeys in our region. Curators: Elissa Yancey and Kate Carlier Currie.

Curator Talk with Dr. Kate Carlier Currie, Executive Director of MakeTank Inc. and Founder of the Illustrated Memoir Project. An author involved with the project, Radharani Duque Burbano, will be on-site to speak about her memoir

2:20pm ArtWorks V2 Gallery

Chiaroscuro. Guided by two Artists-in-Residence, gallery fellows explore the magic of contrast by transforming personal stories into visual narratives.

Gallery Tour facilitated by Artist-in-Residence Romain Mayambi

2:45pm Century Design Workshop

Amber N. Ford: The Roads Most Traveled. Focused on hair as a cartography of memory, Ford documents deconstructed and revised protective hairstyles to remember what once was and now remains.

Artist Talk with Amber N. Ford

3:10pm Cincy Nice at Peebles Gallery

Prince Lang: Person, Place, Thing. Offers a glimpse into the joy and significance of everyday life within the Walnut Hills community.

Tour led by Cincy Nice. Artist Prince Lang will be on-site 

3:45pm Lloyd Library & Museum

Madeleine Hordinski: The Lore of the Pawpaw. Illustrates how Ohio’s state fruit is valued, celebrated, and revered within local culture through images of its natural beauty.

Gallery Tour with Christine Jankowski, Archivist and Records Coordinator 

4:30pm Michael Lowe Gallery

Blank Generation: Downtown New York 1970s–80s. Visual journey into the cultural frisson of the 1970s and 80s in New York City and the dynamic new ideas in music, film, art, graffiti, fashion, queer culture, and performance it spawned. Curators: George Kurz and Michael Lowe.

Reception and Gallery Tour with George Kurz, Curator

Access to the 2024 FotoFocus Biennial Program is a benefit of being a FotoFocus Biennial Passport holder. GET THE PASSPORT for free entry and exclusive events!