This morning, the recently opened Pique art gallery in Covington announced its schedule of shows for September. Here is a list of what’s coming this month at its new space on Pike Street: Main Gallery: SuperNova Sequentials, works by Cosmic Moustache Comics and Torc Press Community Gallery: Climbing the Steps of INC September 3-October 15 Opening reception September 3, 7:03-10:58p Live music and […]
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Simon Kenton Teacher Wins “Art at the X”
Xavier University’s annual Art at the X stars regional high school art teachers this year, with Simon Kenton High School’s Matthew Archer’s “Turbine Table” taking first prize winner. The exhibit continues through Sept. 26. Juror Matt Distel, The Carnegie’s gallery director, noted, “Matthew’s piece demonstrated great sensitivity to both design and craftsmanship,” both aspects of art-making Archer is […]
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Ft. Thomas Artist & Former Mill Worker Display Works at NKU
Life in the Belly of a Dinosaur: Mixed Media Collages by Robert Villamagna began in a steel mill. At least the title did. Currently on view in the Main Gallery of Northern Kentucky University’s Fine Arts Center through Sept. 18, the Dinosaur is the steel mill where Villamagna was working years ago. “I was so busy […]
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New Art Exhibit to Open in Covington on Friday
Seeing Through, an exhibit curated by Saad Ghosn, will open this Friday, August 21 in Covington. The opening reception will be held from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Covington Arts located at 2 W. Pike Street. The exhibit “addresses the notion of transparency, of seeing through and beyond the surface, of discovering and capturing what might […]
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Popular Street Artist to Display Works in Covington
Covington-based branding firm BLDG has announced the dates for Cash For Your Warhol: Fund Your Startup!, an exhibition exploring the intersection of art, money and entrepreneurship by conceptual artist and photographer Geoff Hargadon. The show opens on September 10 during the UPSTART festival with a guest lecture by Hargadon at 6:30 p.m. followed by the opening party from 7:00 – 10:00 p.m. A […]
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Local Art Gallery/Boutique Closes Its Doors
In September 2013, Hilary Nauman and her fiancee/business partner Michael Boyd opened Shrewdness of Apes in a small storefront in Covington on 7th Street. After nearly two years of business, the gallery and boutique, which hosted several shows and openings for local artists and makers, is closing its doors. Nauman has accepted a position as […]
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Zombie Artist Submits Unique Entry in Local Art Competition
People familiar with artist Billy Tackett’s Zombie art might have been surprised at his entry in Behringer-Crawford Museum’s 2014 freshART competition. The self-described “Zombification specialist,” who is nationally known for turning iconic portraits of Uncle Sam, Marilyn Monroe and Santa Claus into horrific ghouls, took first place with a delicate, “splatter-art” image of an apple […]
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Textiles Exhibit to Open at Eva G. Farris Art Gallery at Thomas More
Thomas More College is honored to present “Transfigured,” a textiles exhibition by Elizabeth Mesa-Gaido and Jennifer A. Reis. The exhibit appears in the Eva G. Farris Art Gallery at Thomas More College beginning July 27 and runs through August 21. The opening reception is from 4:00-7:00 p.m. on July 27. Elizabeth Mesa-Gaido is an actively exhibiting […]
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New Exhibit at Thomas More Features Work by Local Landscape Artist
Thomas More College will present artwork by local landscape artist Tom Bluemlein in a new exhibit opening June 29. Bluemlein’s art will be on display at the Eva G. Farris Art Gallery at Thomas More College beginning June 29 and running through July 17. The exhibit opens with a reception on Friday, June 19 from 4:00 […]
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Theatre & Art in June! So Much to See in NKY and Cincinnati!
Cincinnati Fringe, the debut of the Warsaw Federal Incline Theater in Price Hill (with terrific Mike Sherman and Spenser Smith as The Producers), the beginning of the summer Commonwealth Dinner Theatre season at NKU, a free preview of Cincinnati Opera’s summer season in Washington Park (the community heart of Over-the-Rhine’s booming entertainment district). All this and a […]
