Thursday September 5, 2024
Friday September 6, 2024
The gallery will host an opening reception for Michael Malone: Portrait of an American Organic Farmer, an exhibition by photographer and filmmaker, Gary Beeber, and Paths of the Ecliptic, an exhibition by photographer and educator, Tracy Longley-Cook. Additional Information: Wheelchair accessible and elevator available.
Saturday September 7, 2024
Join us in celebrating Gee Horton's second solo exhibition, an immersive experience that delves into the artist's inner child. Meet the artist and enjoy music and free refreshments. Additional Information: Wheelchair accessible gallery space and accessible parking available. Restrooms are not ADA compliant.
Thursday September 12, 2024
Friday September 13, 2024
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Sunday September 15, 2024
Wednesday September 18, 2024
Thursday September 19, 2024
Opening reception for Ming Smith: Jazz Requiem – Notations in Blue. These images, many printed for the first time, aim to capture the intricacies of the Black experience. Additional Information: Wheelchair accessible. Service animals are welcome. Narrated tours offered in English and ASL, as well as a number of other languages.
Miller Gallery will be having an opening reception introducing fine art photographer, Kimball Derrick, who will be offering a short talk. Light bites and beverages will be served. Additional Information: Miller Gallery has wheelchair access through both the front door and rear door ramp.
Friday September 20, 2024
Saturday September 21, 2024
Tuesday September 24, 2024
Opening celebration of Verso: Backmarks of 19th-Century Photographic Card Mounts. The curator of the exhibition, Dr. Theresa Leininger-Miller, will engage with visitors while they view and discuss the exhibition. Light bites and beverages will be served. Additional Information: Wheelchair accessible.
Wednesday September 25, 2024
Thursday September 26, 2024
Rollin’ in Rhythm is a group exhibit of film and photography elevating local skate culture, where rollerskating is both sport and art, and skating rinks are incubators for activism and civic pride. At the opening reception, works will be on display and light refreshments will be served.
Join youth apprentice artists and photographers for the opening of their exhibition and catalogue release, highlighting their lens-based interpretations of themes including identity, personae, interiority, shadow, and light. There will be refreshments and snacks, plus introductory remarks by teaching artist Elan Schwartz. Artists will each have an opportunity to talk about their work. Additional Information:…
Friday September 27, 2024
The Roads Most Traveled will introduce the work of Amber N. Ford, whose large scale photographs portray cultural, historical and personal history through portraits of deconstructed and revised hairstyles. Additional Information: Wheelchair accessible. Large print available.
The Lore of the Pawpaw illustrates how Ohio's state fruit is valued, celebrated, and revered within local culture through alluring and stunning images. Refreshments will be served. Additional Information: The Lloyd Library & Museum is wheelchair accessible and provides handicap parking spots.
Please join ArtWorks for the opening of exhibition Chiaroscuro in the ArtWorks V2 Gallery located at 929 E McMillan St, Cincinnati, OH, 45206. There will be an artist talk and artmaking opportunities. Additional Information: ADA accessible with ramp access and sidewalk entry. Please note that there are no restrooms on site. For inquiries about the…
Sunday September 29, 2024
Tuesday October 1, 2024
The artist talk will delve into the theme of backstories by immersing attendees in the intimate journey of a daughter and mother grappling with the challenges of mental illness. An opening reception will take place before the artist talk begins at 1:30pm. Attendees can meet and chat with artist Judi Bommarito, view her exhibition, and…
Thursday October 3, 2024
Marissa Stewart will provide background on herself as an artist and guide viewers around the gallery, providing insight to works that are particulary significant to her. The official opening reception for the exhibition will take place shortly after the gallery talk, and food and drink will be provided for visitors. Additional Information: Wheelchair accessible with…
DAAP Galleries:: will host three exhibits in the Reed and Meyers Galleries collectively titled Cultural Exchange that examine the complexities which arise within a multicultural society. Additional Information: This opening reception will take place in the Meyers Gallery.
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
Please join exhibiting artist Tony Mendoza & curator Jordanne Renner alongside the German Village Society's Arts Committee for the opening reception of Tony Mendoza: Short Stories. There will be refreshments and light food fare. Additional Information: RSVP required. Please RSVP to arts@germanvillage.com no later than September 23rd. Wheelchair accessible.
The Defend the Sacred opening reception features BIPOC photographers, artist panels, and a Q&A session to gain a deeper understanding of the powerful messages conveyed through their photography. Additional Information: Wheelchair accessible with ADA compliant restroom.
Sunday October 6, 2024
Wednesday October 9, 2024
Thursday October 10, 2024
Join us for an exclusive members’ opening reception for two shows. Be one of the first to explore the Taft’s newest exhibitions, Posing Beauty and Resilience. Additional Information: RSVP required. Please register at taftmuseum.org/tickets. For a complete list of accessibility accommodations, please visit the Taft Museum 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
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Artist talk with Silas Long and opening reception for interior ruin. Additional Information: Wheelchair accessible. Accommodations available upon request include ASL interpretation, large print materials, and assistive listening devices. Contact our accessibility staff at (513) 850-1435 or visit our webpage for details.
Saturday October 12, 2024
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…
Sunday October 13, 2024
Monday October 14, 2024
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."
Lara Shipley and Antone Dolezal, the artists behind Devil's Promenade, discuss the exhibition, their working process, and the region that inspired it. Reception of light refreshments to follow. Additional Information: Wheelchair accessible. For other accessibility accommodations, please contact: 937-223-4ART (4278) or email info@daytonart.org
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
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…
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…
Meet the artists revealing backstories of Hamilton, Ohio’s 17 neighborhoods. Featured artists speak about their artmaking processes and engagement with specific communities, ending with a Q & A session. Featured artists are present to engage with the public in the galleries during a free opening reception, 5–7:30pm. Cash bar. Additional Information: Mobility aid access/seating 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
Join artist Eric Hatch for the opening of Hard Times for These Times. View poignant urban and rural landscapes, hear the artist discuss his work, and engage in Q&A. Refreshments provided. Additional Information: Live streaming to ADA area can be available if requested.
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…
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…
Sunday October 27, 2024
Monday October 28, 2024
Tuesday October 29, 2024
Saturday November 2, 2024
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.
Manifest Drawing Center will host a closing reception for the showcase of student works from Pick It Up, Turn It Over on November 2, 2024 from 4–7pm. Additional Information: The reception will be ticketed, but free and open to the public. Tickets will be available on Eventbrite closer to the end of the 8-week course…
