The 2017-2019 Archive
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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Why is soil important? This question kicked off our Community Studio Saturday program on September 9th. To help us consider this question, we discussed David Montgomery’s Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations. Our Community Studio artists contemplated the meanings of the words “civilization” and “erosion” and offered suggestions as to what Montgomery might mean by “the erosion…
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The fourth week of our Community Studio program officially wrapped up the program’s summer session at the Empower Youth Ranch. Community Studio is a free art program for all ages led by SOIL SERIES artists. Our Community Studios provide a dedicated time and place for creativity, inviting participants to broaden their definitions of art and follow new pathways of…
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Week three of our Community Studio program in the newly renovated Barn Studio at the Empower Youth Ranch was a success! Community Studio is a free art program for all ages led by SOIL SERIES artists. Our Community Studios provided a dedicated time and place for creativity, inviting participants to broaden their definitions of art…
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In July, we took a field trip to the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) with a group of Empower Youth‘s summer interns. For many of them, this was their first visit to the CAC. Designed by Zaha Hadid, the museum’s architecture is an experience unto itself. The CAC’s lobby is made entirely of glass, a nod…
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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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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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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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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 