It was 2010, and Tom Schiff thought that what Cincinnati really needed was a photography biennial. A huge one, one that had the potential to put Cincinnati on the map of international photography and lens-based hotspots.
Developing FotoFocus
Category: Features
Newcomers, familiar names highlight startup notables
From the October magazine – FOCUS ON: Cincinnati Startup Community; Meet 11 leaders in Greater Cincinnati’s startup ecosystem.
Marie Krulewitch-Browne takes on the BLINK parade
“The BLINK parade is unlike any other parade Cincinnati has. It is truly an art parade. It will feel like a magical nighttime performance,” said Krulewitch-Browne. This year’s theme: “Together: a constellation of shared cultures and unique identities; we illuminate joy through creative expression.”
Polly Campbell: On cultivating and treasuring the strength of sisterhood
It seems impossible that the progress of women would reverse course, but it already has. And plenty of people still would rather see women dependent on men, to have no sexual agency, to be quiet and have children and conform to male-created ideas of attractiveness.
Symphony leading locally, nationally
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is world-renowned for many things. But now it is aiming for prominence in what is arguably its most important endeavor.
Arts patron Amy Katzman: Doing the thing she loves to the absolute max
When my husband and I go to concerts or any performance, of course we look around for anyone we know. With amazing regularity, we spot a woman with a familiar head of long gray-red hair, wearing colorful glasses and a flowy dress, using a cane or maybe a rolling walker. Yep, there’s Amy, we’ve said for years, always with amused pleasure at her sheer omnipresence at the cultural events of the city.
Stoking the flame of Cincinnati’s ‘Black renaissance’
While Cincinnati’s muscular arts infrastructure rivals bigger cities with bigger budgets, the city has struggled to cultivate, retain and elevate Black and Brown performers. Movers & Makers wanted to address the disparity. Meet David Choate, dancer; Gee Horton, visual artist; and Kick Lee, musician and music entrepreneur.
MUST-SEE STAGE: fall 2022
No surprise here. “Hamilton,” Lin Manuel Miranda’s edgy, hip-hop-infused bio-musical of one of our Founding Fathers, was as immense a hit during its first visit to Cincinnati as it had been on Broadway.
Notable leaders in Arts & Culture
Movers & Makers asked the major arts & culture organizations in the region to introduce their “notables” to our readers, part of a new regular feature highlighting influential people in various sectors of Greater Cincinnati’s nonprofit economy. The organizations were invited to identify their notables within three categories or identify their own category.
Notables: Leaders in Greater Cincinnati higher education
25 leaders in higher education in Greater Cincinnati who are making a difference in the lives of students and taking their respective institutions to the next levels.