Affiliated Activities

1555 Central Parkway
Cincinnati, OH 45214
(513) 621-5219
http://www.cballet.org/
Monday through Friday 8:30 am–5 pm
and all performances    

September 6–May, 2014

Exhibition Reception
Thursday September 6, 9:30 pm–10:30 pm    

Within the last 50 years, the Cincinnati Ballet has evolved into one of the country’s preeminent regional ballet companies, presenting a diverse and bold repertoire that embodies both classical beauty and innovative choreography and design. Cincinnati Ballet at 50 offers an artful glimpse into Cincinnati Ballet’s unique legacy, with images captured from extraordinary and dramatic moments on stage. This collection celebrates the company’s crowning achievements and highlights the humanity, athleticism, and beauty of dance.

For professional ballet dancer Peter Mueller, photographing the Cincinnati Ballet has from the outset been a natural fit. A Cincinnati native who graduated in 2005 with a degree in portrait photography from the Ohio Institute of Photography and Technology, Mueller finds constant inspiration in the dancers’ unparalleled beauty as subjects. Their combination of fluidity and power is rare to witness, and their pursuit of perfection is unending. It has been Mueller’s privilege to work with the Company over the last several seasons, and he is grateful to the dancers for the dedication they have to their craft, and, most of all, for their trust in his artistic vision. Mueller now resides with his wife and three cats in Winston­Salem, North Carolina.

Photo: Peter Mueller, Courtney Connor in ‘The Firebird’, (detail), 2011, digital print, 8 x 10 inches, Courtesy of the artist

44 East 6th Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
(513) 345-8400
http://contemporaryartscenter.org/
Monday 10 am–9 pm
Wednesday through Friday 10 am–6 pm
Saturday and Sunday 11 am–6 pm

October 27–August 31, 2014

In the Contemporary Arts Center’s (CAC’s) tradition of supporting artistic development, CAC commissioned local artist Casey Riordan Millard to create her first stop motion animation. Millard is best known for her sculptures, drawings, and prints of her seemingly whimsical creation, Shark Girl. The animation is part of a larger installation developed by Millard for the east wing of the sixth-floor UnMuseum®. This installation explores the concept of a bad day through the eyes of the childlike Shark Girl as she, rather than going to school, sets off on a gloomy adventure.

Photo: Casey Riordan Millard, Shark Girl at Breakfast, (detail), 2012, still from India ink and cut paper animation, 15 x 15 inches, Courtesy of the Artist

118 North Jefferson
Dayton, OH 45402
(937) 224-3822 
http://www.daytonvisualarts.org/
Tuesday through Saturday, 11am—6 pm

September 7-October 20

Exhibition Receptions
Friday September 7, 5 pm–8 pm; September 14, 5 pm–10 pm; October 5, 5 pm–8 pm
Gallery Talk
October 11, 5 pm–8 pm (talk begins at 6:30 pm)

With Invivo, Diane Stemper, Erin Holsher-Almazan, and Francis Schanberger continue the long tradition of artists taking inspiration from the natural world. They approach their chosen subjects with a degree of scientific method of classifying, categorizing, and organizing, while also recognizing the romantic, political, humorous, or metaphorical in what they see around them. These artists are invested in old technologies, including book making, 19th century photographic processes, printmaking, and drawing. They use tools of the past to speak allegorically about the contemporary biological world.

Through scale and attention to detail, the artists engender a process of discovery in their audience. The small silken threads incorporated in Schanberger’s photographs, the intimate size of Stemper’s artist’s books, and the delicate mark-making in Holsher-Almazan’s drawings and prints invite the viewer to investigate more closely. The investigatory act of the artist or the scientist—the close looking—is mirrored in the way the viewer is called to examine these detailed and thoughtful works.

Included in the exhibition are three lab coats made by Schanberger from cut grass, mulberry juice, and pokeberry juice. A fourth lab coat (made from pokeberry juice) will go through the exposure process for the entire exhibit run.

The Dayton Visual Arts Center (DVAC) is a group of artists and art lovers who believe that a vital visuals arts community is essential to the life of the community. From gallery talks and exhibit openings to professional development workshops, DVAC provides opportunities to meet others who share an interest in art and to learn about and support contemporary visual art. DVAC’s mission is to provide art for the community and a community for artists.

Photo: Francis Schanberger, Honeycrisp, (detail), 2012, gold and palladium toned Vandyke brown print, 16 x 20 inches, Courtesy of the Artist

905 Vine Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
(513) 651-4445
front window projection, random evenings

October 19–October 27 

Michael Scheurer is an artist whose primary medium is collage. In Faraway Eyes (2011, single-channel video, 00:45:00 DVD loop), Scheurer adds the time-based element of film to a photographically layered collection of Indian cinema poster eyes. By sampling through scrolling frames of the endless gazes of Bollywood film actors and actresses, Scheurer creates a visual effect that is both mystical and humorous.

Michael Scheurer was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1954. He studied liberal arts at Xavier University before moving to New York to earn a degree in textile design at the Fashion Institute of Technology. In a career spanning thirty years and several continents, he has pursued unconventional gallery shows and diverse curatorial projects alternating with temporary retail ventures dealing in art, antiquities, and vintage objects—all of which fuel his artistic output.

In Cincinnati he has been featured in solo and two-person shows at the Contemporary Arts Center, the Weston Art Gallery, Mark Patsfall Gallery, CANCO, and Aisle Gallery. The renowned fine art printer Clay Street Press published Scheurer’s Tabloid Series in 2010. Excor: Revival of Exquisite Corpse, selected his work for publication and for a travelling exhibition in 2010-11. Scheurer’s personal artwork is held in private collections from Cincinnati to Sydney, Australia.

Faraway Eyes is presented by Michael Lowe Gallery in conjunction with the exhibition Using Photography. See Main FOTO/Michael Lowe Gallery

Photo: Michael Scheurer, Faraway Eyes, (detail), 2011, single-channel video still, variable dimensions, Courtesy of the Artist and Michael Lowe, Cincinnati