The 2017-2019 Archive
This is a very special post because it was co-authored by Tegan Recker, a sophomore at West Clermont High School and a participant in The Newport/Bethel Project in June and July of 2018. The Newport/Bethel Project was a collaboration between Francesca Fiore and Hillary Wagner of SOIL SERIES: A Social Drawing and Steven Finke of…
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In the summer of 2018, we held our second Community Studio session at the Empower Youth Ranch. Community Studio was a free public art program for all ages offered in partnership with Empower Youth. The program, which had its first session in the summer of 2017, offered local residents a dedicated time and site for creativity. Guided…
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Join us this summer for our 2018 Community Studio program at the Empower Youth Ranch (2800 State Rt. 125, Bethel, OH 45106)! Community Studio 2018 Flyer **UPDATE: Wednesdays, June 6th – July 25th from 10am – 1pm** IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances we will be cancelling the final two Community Studio lessons of 2018 (Quilting),…
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This week’s “Community Studio Spotlight” is a simple one: we want to celebrate the amazing ideation that happens in our artists’ journals. Last summer, each Community Studio artist received a small journal thanks to donations from our supporters. We started each class with a few minutes of free drawing, which produced some amazing results. We…
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by Francesca Fiore
We can’t believe it’s already April and the Community Studio Program is about to start up again…
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by Hillary Wagner
We can’t believe it’s already April and the Community Studio Program is about to start up again…
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by Francesca Fiore
We can’t believe it’s already April and the Community Studio Program is about to start up again…
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On Saturday, February 24th, we gathered at the Cincinnati Art Museum with a group of mostly Clermont County residents for a special walkthrough of Ana England‘s Kinship conducted by the artist herself. We are so grateful to Ana for her generosity in sharing her work with us. It was truly an eye-opening and inspiring day…
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On October 27th, 2017, we held the inaugural SOIL SERIES art exhibition at the Empower Youth Ranch. The exhibition was the culminating endeavor of the first session of our Community Studio program. The exhibition celebrated the efforts and perspectives of the Community Studio artists while unearthing latent histories, honoring local traditions, and offering new insights and…
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In September, we dedicated three weeks of our Community Studio program to unpacking the significance of quilting in Appalachian culture. Framing quilting within the history of folk art, we discussed how folk art traditions are deeply rooted in community and culture, which makes them expressions of cultural identity. WEEK 1: Quilting Histories / September 16th…
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SOIL SERIES: A Social Drawing 