Saturday August 24, 2024
Free 8-week workshop exploring how photographic presentations shape the medium’s potential. Public showcase of works following its conclusion. Additional Information: Registration required. Please visit the Manifest Drawing Center website to register. Manifest Drawing Center offers a wheelchair accessible entrance, an elevator, and a wheelchair accessible darkroom.
Saturday August 31, 2024
Free 8-week workshop exploring how photographic presentations shape the medium’s potential. Public showcase of works following its conclusion. Additional Information: Registration required. Please visit the Manifest Drawing Center website to register. Manifest Drawing Center offers a wheelchair accessible entrance, an elevator, and a wheelchair accessible darkroom.
Saturday September 7, 2024
Free 8-week workshop exploring how photographic presentations shape the medium’s potential. Public showcase of works following its conclusion. Additional Information: Registration required. Please visit the Manifest Drawing Center website to register. Manifest Drawing Center offers a wheelchair accessible entrance, an elevator, and a wheelchair accessible darkroom.
Saturday September 14, 2024
Free 8-week workshop exploring how photographic presentations shape the medium’s potential. Public showcase of works following its conclusion. Additional Information: Registration required. Please visit the Manifest Drawing Center website to register. Manifest Drawing Center offers a wheelchair accessible entrance, an elevator, and a wheelchair accessible darkroom.
Wednesday September 18, 2024
Saturday September 21, 2024
Free 8-week workshop exploring how photographic presentations shape the medium’s potential. Public showcase of works following its conclusion. Additional Information: Registration required. Please visit the Manifest Drawing Center website to register. Manifest Drawing Center offers a wheelchair accessible entrance, an elevator, and a wheelchair accessible darkroom.
Wednesday September 25, 2024
Friday September 27, 2024
Participants will create their own cyanotype prints using natural objects or personal items that hold generational significance. Participants will take home their cyanotype prints as a keepsake. Additional Information: Wheelchair access. Registration required. Please visit the Clifton Cultural Arts Center website to register and learn more. FotoFocus passport holders should use code FFPassport for free…
Visionaries and Voices will host an opening reception for the exhibition, Flowers in the Sidewalk, which will include performances by Leif Fairfeild and Fred Prince's Jazz Quartet Additional Information: The Visionaries and Voices studios are inclusive and accessible. We are additionally receptive to any special requests needed to access the workshop.
Saturday September 28, 2024
Thursday October 3, 2024
Artist James Rees will lead a hands-on digital storytelling workshop for UC faculty, graduate students, and community members, sharing the process that is foundational to Who Is American Today? Additional Information: RSVP required. Please RSVP to Flavia Bastos: bastosf@ucmail.uc.edu. This event takes place at the Faculty Enrichment Center, UC Langsam Library, 2911 Woodside Drive, Cincinnati,…
Friday October 4, 2024
Training for Freedom Summer presents the history and personal stories of those who came together in Oxford, OH, as they prepared to help register Black voters in the Deep South. Additional Information: Limited accessible parking available and wheelchair access available. Closed Captions available on film. If you have accessibility needs, please contact artmuseum@miamioh.edu
Saturday October 5, 2024
Join us for a DJed skate session with photographers from the exhibition Rollin’ in Rhythm, who will guide us through the process of shooting skate photography on film while we roll to the music. Film and cameras will be provided by the Contemporary Art Center, who will offer shooting tips and guidance. Coffee and breakfast…
Photographer Damon Wilson leads a tour around Washington Park to photograph its native plants and share tips along the way. Please wear appropriate walking shoes for this trek across Cincinnati’s downtown and Washington Park. All types of cameras are welcome for this program. Additional Information: The Lloyd Library & Museum is wheelchair accessible and provides…
Join The Bug Chicks to learn about the incredible world of arthropods (bugs!). Meet our live zoo, then create your own bug-inspired artwork with the help of artist Jo Whaley. Additional Information: Registration required. To register, visit the Pyramid Hill website. This program is best suited to people ages 6+.
Wednesday October 9, 2024
Thursday October 10, 2024
Join us Thursday mornings for creative playtime. This family program uses art to excite our youngest visitors. Learn about the artist Chip Thomas and create artwork inspired by his work. Additional Information: To request accessibility accommodations or learn more, please visit the CAC website.
Friday October 11, 2024
Reading Freedom Summer (Andy Rice and partners) is a reflection on Freedom Summer 1964, a documentary featuring letters and songs read and sung by Oxford citizens and Miami University students. Additional Information: Limited accessible parking available and wheelchair access available. If you have accessibility needs, please contact artmuseum@miamioh.edu
Saturday October 12, 2024
A photowalk in historic Grafton Hill with Tripod Camera Club and Preservation Dayton. Bring your DSLR and questions, enjoy tips, and then submit your work for a digital exhibition. Additional Information: Registration required. To register, please visit the DSA website. This is an outdoor event and accessibility is contingent on sidewalk conditions of the historical…
Artist Darius Smith will host a gathering circle around themes of mental health and remembrance. At the end of the session, he will take portraits of attendees. Additional Information: Registration required. To register, please visit the Wave Pool website. The main gallery is ADA compliant with large print wall text.
As part of a community-wide Made in Camp event, participants of all ages can create a community photo collage, exploring sona and soma with youth artists and receive photo portrait. Additional Information: Wheelchair accessible. Contact Patrick Raneses, patrick@thewell.world, for accessibility information or additional support.
Join us for a conversation between Director Alphonso J. Wesson and Social Justice Curator Trudy Gaba, where they will discuss how this project came together and the use of time-based media to reveal new ways of connecting people and histories across temporal boundaries. Additional Information: Registration required. For accessibility assistance/accommodations please direct all inquires to…
Thursday October 17, 2024
Short films from up-and-coming filmmakers and established artists working in a dizzy range of documentary forms and tones. Among this year's highlights is Jill, Uncredited (Anthony Ing, 2022), a playful yet profound portrait of the prolific background actor Jill Goldston who has appeared in almost 2000 films and TV programs ranging from Mr. Bean to…
Voyageur Media Group is holding a public screening of the one-hour documentary “Capturing Life” (1839-1869) from 5–7pm on Thursday, October 17 in the George and Ellen Rieveschl Digitorium, Griffin Hall, Northern Kentucky University. A panel discussion follows under the theme “Photography and Education."
This intimate and surprising David vs. Goliath story closely follows a group of current and former Amazon employees who seek to unionize within one of the world's largest and most powerful companies. After the screening, the film's co-director Brett Story will be in conversation with the Ohio filmmaker Steven Bognar, an Oscar-winner for his powerful…
Friday October 18, 2024
Training for Freedom Summer presents the history and personal stories of those who came together in Oxford, OH, as they prepared to help register Black voters in the Deep South. Additional Information: Wheelchair accessible. Limited accessible parking available. Closed Captions available on film. If you have accessibility needs, please contact artmuseum@miamioh.edu.
Shot entirely within the notoriously violent world of Grand Theft Auto, this film charts the ridiculous, hilarious and moving adventure of Sam and Mark as they attempt to stage a full production of Hamlet within the game. Winner of the 2024 South by Southwest Jury Award for Best Feature Documentary (89 minutes, DCP). Additional Information:…
Saturday October 19, 2024
A landscape photography workshop for all! Stories of the Land artist Mike Rank will show participants how to create successful compositions and apply these skills on our grounds. Additional Information: Registration required (MAX: 20). To register, visit the Pyramid Hill website.
Following an unlikely collaboration between a Palestinian filmmaker and an Israeli journalist, this is a powerful record of life in Occupied Palestine. Bearing witness to the everyday horrors of life under occupation, and the stark inequality it gives rise to, this is a welcome and urgent act of witness and testimony (96 minutes, DCP). In…
Attendees will participate in a discussion related to the Exhibition followed by a walk around the CAM campus and Eden Park to practice their skills at photographing nature. Additional Information: Registration required. Check cincinnatiartmuseum.org for more information. Accessibility accommodations available upon request, including ASL interpreters, listening devices, accessible seating, etc.
Filmmaker Rachel Elizabeth Seed attempts to piece together a portrait of her mother, an avant-garde journalist and a woman she never knew. Through techniques that Variety calls “ingenious,” A Photographic Memory is a poignant exploration of memory, legacy and stories left untold (87 minutes, DCP). After the screening, Rachel Elizabeth Seed with be in conversation…
Unfolding in a series of eight vignettes, Sound Spring explores the unique history of Yellow Springs, Ohio over hundreds of years, as narrated by its residents in comical scenes. Through interacting with their own previously recorded media, villagers uncover layers of time and storytelling. Sound Spring was supported by the Wexner Center’s Film/Video Studio and…
This tribute to the late and beloved Oscar-winning Ohio documentarian Julia Reichert by her long-term partner celebrates her legacy and spirit through never-seen-before footage of her life and work. This program will bring Julia’s inspirational spirit to the Wexner Center with three short films by Bognar that highlight the incredible woman who was so often…
Sunday October 20, 2024
A photo walk at Gorman Heritage Farm led by professional photographer. Learn tips to improve your photos while exploring scenic farm backdrops. All skill levels welcome. Bring a camera/phone. Additional Information: RSVP required. To RSVP, please go to the Evendale Cultural Art Center website.
DRIVER follows three years in the life of long-haul trucker Desiree Wood and her community of women drivers, presenting a snapshot of a quickly-disappearing labor landscape, told through the women who are living it every day. Desiree and her sisterhood of truckers are fueled by a sense of gallows humor and a fiery outrage as…
When Mats Steen was diagnosed with a rare form of muscular dystrophy and increasingly lost control of his body, he fell into the world of computer games with the aid of specially built chairs. His parents had worried about the isolation of the last years of his life but after his death at the age…
The filmmaker Matthew Shelton will give a more lengthy presentation regarding the work, with demonstrations of technique, discussion of the film's themes, and a retrospective look at the artist's previous work in both art and music. Light refreshments and foods will be offered starting at 6pm. Additional Information: Not wheelchair accessible.
Monday October 21, 2024
Anand Partwardhan is known for his brave documentaries that question his country’s dominant Hindu nationalist ideology. In The World Is Family (an old Sanskrit phrase), Anand looks at his family’s elders who had fought for India’s Independence alongside Mahatma Gandhi in the first half of the 20th century. Today self-confessed supremacists whose ideology once inspired…
Thursday October 24, 2024
Dee Miller and Amy Hayden seek to expand your modes of photographic self-expression through the incorporation of symbolism and metaphor to make uncommonly powerful portraits using your own cellphone camera. Additional Information: The Visionaries and Voices studios are inclusive and accessible. We are additionally receptive to any special requests needed to access the workshop.
Friday October 25, 2024
Reading Freedom Summer (Andy Rice and partners) is a reflection on Freedom Summer 1964, a documentary featuring letters and songs read and sung by Oxford citizens and Miami University students. Additional Information: Limited accessible parking available and wheelchair access available. Closed Captions available on film. If you have accessibility needs, please contact artmuseum@miamioh.edu
During the closing reception for Labyrinth, attendees will have the opportunity to make a cloth cyanotype of their hand, a project started in 2016 by Paula Kraus and Leah Stahl as a response to the divisive rhetoric of that election. A student show developed in response to the artist's diverse collection will also be on…
Saturday October 26, 2024
Cara Lee Wade will lead a workshop creating lumen prints using darkroom photo paper, plants, and household organic materials. Additional Information: Pre-registration is required through the Rosewood Arts Center website. The gallery is ADA accessible and wheelchair accessible. If you would like to request a modification, the request can be made to program staff at…
Artist Michael Reese will lead a Cyanotype workshop based on his exhibition, Decoding Polaris. Cyanotype is camera-less technique that involves laying objects on coated paper before exposing it to UV light. Additional Information: Pre-registration is required through the Rosewood Arts Center website. The gallery is ADA accessible and wheelchair accessible. If you would like to…
Monday October 28, 2024
Tuesday October 29, 2024
Saturday November 2, 2024
Learn how activism can be a powerful teaching tool through exploring two CAC exhibitions. This educator workshop will include an artist-led tour, Q&A session and brunch with mimosas. Additional Information: Registration required. Reserve your spot by emailing tours@cincycac.org. To request accessibility accommodations or learn more, please visit the CAC website.
Join us in the KHAC Lindner Annex for the screening of the short film created by Gee Horton and Shay Nartker from 1–2pm, followed by Artist Talk with Gee Horton & Shay Nartker from 2–3pm. Additional Information: Wheelchair accessible gallery space and accessible parking available. Restrooms are not ADA compliant.
Wednesday November 6, 2024
Move through five galleries holding visual backstories of Hamilton, Ohio’s 17 neighborhoods. Engage in a curator-led open discussion about this community project and meet some of the featured artists. Additional Information: Mobility aid access/seating and large print available. To request other accommodations, please visit the Fitton Center website or call (513) 863 8873 ext. 110.
Thursday November 7, 2024
Explore FotoFocus artist Barbara Probst, whose work takes a multi-perspective approach to one subject. Teens will receive Probst inspired prompts and will piece together their work into a collaborative mosaic. Additional Information: To request accessibility accommodations or learn more, please visit the CAC website
Saturday November 9, 2024
Wednesday November 13, 2024
Alongside fellow participants, learn how to craft your stories to advocate for your community. This hands-on experience is designed to empower you to use storytelling as a tool for advocacy. Additional Information: This workshop will take place on the 4th Floor in the DAAP Cafe.
Thursday November 21, 2024
Join us Thursday mornings for creative playtime! This family program uses art to excite our youngest visitors. Learn about the artist, Barbara Probst, and create artwork inspired by her work. Additional Information: To request accessibility accommodations or learn more, please visit the CAC website.