An occasional digest of recent awards across Greater Cincinnati…
Category: Museums
Pyramid Hill celebrates the planning process in final 2021 exhibition
Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park and Museum has announced its final indoor exhibition of 2021, “From the Reject Files: Drawings, Maquette, and Proposals” celebrating an often-undervalued part of the art making process – planning and prototyping.
Taft Museum of Art in search of next Duncanson Artist-in-Residence
The Taft Museum of Art’s Robert S. Duncanson Society annually recognizes the achievements of a contemporary Black artist through the Duncanson Artist-in-Residence program. Applications are now open.
Meet the Contemporary Arts Center’s newest Artists in Residence
Taft Museum of Art announces leadership change
Deborah Emont Scott, the Louise Taft Semple President/CEO of the Taft Museum of Art, announced that she will conclude her tenure in summer 2022 following the completion of the museum’s widely publicized Bicentennial Infrastructure Project.
Frankenthaler Foundation’s Climate Initiative funds two local institutions
The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation has awarded $5.1 million to 79 institutions nationwide, through the Frankenthaler Climate Initiative. Two grantees are local.
Freedom Center creates new fund to honor lifelong educator
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center recently announced the Verneida I. Britton Memorial Fund, in celebration of her life and to ensure her legacy lives on in terms of commitment to excellence in education, guest experience and cultural leadership development among young people.
Contemporary Arts Center gala urges us to ‘FastForward’ through 2021 and beyond
The CAC’s upcoming gala, “FastForward,” urges guests to embrace 2021 as a time to be forward-looking and future-facing, moving onward with optimism.
Museum Center to partner with Sweet Cheeks on diaper donations
The Cincinnati Museum Center will begin a partnership with Sweet Cheeks Diaper Bank to collect diapers for families in need.
Taft Museum breaks ground on bicentennial renovation project
On July 30, the Taft Museum of Art launched its Love This House capital campaign, supporting its bicentennial renovation project to reserve, reconstruct and protect its 200-year-old historic home.