The 2017-2019 Archive
Last Wednesday was our first Community Studio: Sculpture session in our newly renovated Barn Studio at the Empower Youth Ranch. Community Studio is a free art program for all ages led by SOIL SERIES artists with assistance from Empower Youth interns. Our Community Studios offer a dedicated time and place for creativity, inviting participants to broaden their definition of art…
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We are proud to announce the completion of our Barn Studio at the Empower Youth Ranch! Thanks to our amazing network of supporters and Empower Youth’s hard-working interns and volunteers, we were able to transform the neglected “Happy Place” barn into a comfortable space for creativity and community. This week, the Barn Studio hosted our…
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“A Million Ways to Make a Poem” might seem hyperbolic, but poet Matthew Kosinski chose the name with the utmost sincerity. During the studio’s first session, participants encountered a few nontraditional poetic possibilities, including visual and conceptual poetry. Through automatic writing and challenging prompts, participants reconsidered their preconceptions of poetry in a casual, encouraging environment.…
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This morning was our first Community Studio: Drawing session in our newly renovated Barn Studio at the Empower Youth Ranch. Community Studio is a free art program for all ages led by SOIL SERIES artists with assistance from Empower Youth interns. Our Community Studios offer a dedicated time and place for creativity, inviting participants to broaden their definition of art…
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We are very excited to announce our Community Studio program! Community Studio is a free art program for all ages held in our Barn Studio at the Empower Youth Ranch (2800 State Rt. 125, Bethel, OH 45106). We kick things off this coming Monday, July, 17th at 10 am. See our summer schedule below! As part of SOIL SERIES:…
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A poetic excavation of “History of the Pinkham Farm” by Frieda C. Walworth, the great-great granddaughter of Captain Andrew Pinkham, published in 1975 and available as a small pamphlet from the Bethel Historical Museum. By Matthew Kosinski.
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Watch the 45 minute video of our in-depth tour of Clermont and Brown Counties with Richard W. Lail and C. Ruth Lail.
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A poem by Matthew Kosinski
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Scott pointed out the rafters on our first visit to the Empower Youth (EY) Ranch. He explained that part of the barn might have been built in the 1930s, as indicated by the spaced-out patterning of the boards across the ceiling beams. It was a common Depression-era practice, he told us. Farmers would construct barn roofs…
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The EY Ranch, as it has come to be called, is the home of local non-profit, Empower Youth, and soon to be the site of our project, SOIL SERIES: A Social Drawing. The previously foreclosed 15-acre ranch was recently gifted to Empower Youth by Community Savings Bank of Bethel in order to aid in the…
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SOIL SERIES: A Social Drawing 