October is a monster month in terms of multi-day events, so we have created a digest to help you learn about five of the largest happening across the region: BLINK, FotoFocus, Cincinnati Art Week, StartUpCincy Week and a new conference hosted by MORTAR.
Examples of Charley Harper’s art are on countless gift shop shelves: mugs, gift cards, calendars, puzzles, planners, coasters, wind chimes, earrings, tiles – his images are everywhere. But what about Edie Harper, Charley’s wife? A new exhibit at the Taft Museum of Art gives Edie her due.
errmann, an internationally recognized painter and professor emeritus of fine arts at UC’s College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, died Aug. 30. He spent more than five decades as an artist, educator and mentor, influencing generations of Cincinnati artists.
Created in partnership with the Charley and Edie Harper Foundation and exclusively in alignment with BLINK, “Harper Alive” uses immersive media, motion, music and storytelling to invite guests inside the distinctive creative world of these beloved artists.
The first featured exhibit, “Gesture and Meaning,” draws entirely from avant-garde fashion by Japanese designers, including Issey Miyake, Rei Kawakubo and Yohji Yamamoto.
CAC will open “In the Interest of Time” and “Widline Cadet: Seremoni Disparisyon (Ritual [Dis]Appearance)” on Oct. 2. Both exhibitions will remain on view through Feb. 7, 2027.
The free event will take place Sunday, Oct. 4, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the corner of Edwards Road and Erie Avenue.
The inaugural Cincinnati Art Week will take over Over-the-Rhine from Oct. 3-10, with exhibitions, artist talks, pop-up galleries and other events.
The exhibit explores both the artists who created the banners and the performers they promoted, while examining how circuses used bold imagery and sensational marketing to draw crowds throughout much of the 20th century.
The Austin, Texas-based muralist will paint the roughly 20,000-square-foot work alongside local artists Chase Melendez and Matt Grote.
