Two Fort Thomas families have pieces from their private collections at Taft Museum of Art in An Eye for the West: Paintings and Sculptures from Local Collections, on view through May 17. The intimate show in the Sinton Gallery is in conjunction with touring exhibit Wild West to Gilded Age: American Treasures from the Santa […]
Tag: Fine Art
Ft. Thomas Artist Looks Back on 25 Years of Creating with Exhibit at NKU
Clay vessels, figurative mixed media, landscape photos with hand coloring, daily journals, new photographs with handwork – meet artist and Fort Thomas resident Diane Kruer through more than 100 works, an art retrospective covering almost 25 years, continuing in the Northern Kentucky University galleries through March 6. Her wide-ranging work is easily explained – as a student […]
Covington Arts Unveils Latest Exhibit
Last evening, Covington Arts held an opening reception for its latest exhibit, “Figurative Folklore: curated by Selena Reder,” at its gallery on West Pike Street. The exhibit features six regional artists from Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati and continues continuing Covington Arts through March 27. The exhibit’s narrative is how the body plays the role of […]
Carnegie Presented $26,000 Grant in Frankfort
The Carnegie in Covington was among the beneficiaries of state arts grants handed out in Frankfort on Wednesday which was designated Arts Day in Kentucky. The day is an opportunity for arts leaders to thank members of the Kentucky General Assembly for their continued support of arts funding through the Kentucky Arts Council. […]
Local Artist Draws on Mountains of Work as New Exhibit Opens at TMC
Northern Kentucky artist Christian Schmit returns again to his Paper Mountain for a new exhibit opening Feb. 12 at Thomas More College’s Eva G. Farris Gallery. “I have several work/show titles that I deal with continuously,” Schmit told The River City News. The Paper Mountain, he said, “is a recurring symbol that describes the usual idea […]
In New Art Show at NKU, “Those Who Can, Teach”
The eleven pieces in Dogma: Sabbatical Work of Steven Finke showcase work created during a recent year-long sabbatical. It’s on view in Northern Kentucky University’s Third Floor Gallery, in conjunction with the Faculty Exhibit in the Main Gallery. The sculptural pieces (some seen last year in Imminence at the Aronoff Center’s Weston Art Gallery) will become part of an […]
In New Art Show at NKU, “Those Who Can, Teach”
The eleven pieces in Dogma: Sabbatical Work of Steven Finke showcase work created during a recent year-long sabbatical. It’s on view in Northern Kentucky University’s Third Floor Gallery, in conjunction with the Faculty Exhibit in the Main Gallery. The sculptural pieces (some seen last year in Imminence at the Aronoff Center’s Weston Art Gallery) will become part of an […]
Artist Captures Angels in New Thomas More Exhibit
Anthony Becker walked into the Eva G. Farris Gallery at Thomas More College, studied the intimacy of the empty space and his mind’s eye saw angels. His installation The Burning Ones, continuing through Feb. 5, says Becker, “refers to celestial beings called seraphim. Literally ‘to burn’.” Described in Isaiah 6:2-3, they have six wings and […]
Artist Captures Angels in New Thomas More Exhibit
Anthony Becker walked into the Eva G. Farris Gallery at Thomas More College, studied the intimacy of the empty space and his mind’s eye saw angels. His installation The Burning Ones, continuing through Feb. 5, says Becker, “refers to celestial beings called seraphim. Literally ‘to burn’.” Described in Isaiah 6:2-3, they have six wings and […]
NKU Creates New School for the Arts
In a move aimed at enhancing the educational experience of Northern Kentucky University students by making its arts programs more transdisciplinary and more efficient, the NKU Board of Regents voted yesterday to form a School of the Arts within the existing College of Arts and Sciences. The new school will comprise the existing NKU departments […]

