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The Vanishing American Landscape: Cirkut Photography of Richard Malogorski

December 1, 2018 – January 30, 2019

Richard Malogorski travels throughout small town and rural America with his Cirkut and 8 x 10 cameras, documenting the interiors and exteriors of churches, school houses, machine shops,  and small groceries. He produces large format, silver gelatin photographs that encapsulate, not only the breathtaking beauty, but also the places that are disappearing from the American […]

A Thrilling Act: The Art of Anthony Eterovich

September 22, 2018 – November 17, 2018

Opening Reception September 22, 2018 2:00p.m. – 5:00p.m. 4:00p.m. Cirque D’Art presents, A Thrilling Act 7:00p.m. River Rats Concert Born in Cleveland in 1916, Anthony Eterovich dedicated his life to his art. Inspired by his family’s Croatian heritage, he produced works bursting with color. A graduate of the Cleveland School of Art in portraiture, he […]

Cream of the Crop Exhibit

June 30, 2018 through August 15, 2018

The sixteenth biennial juried exhibition of works by artists living and working within an 85-mile radius of Portsmouth. An exciting showcase for the finest art in the region! [supsystic-slider id=16 position=”center”]

Sunday Classics Series

September 9, 2018, November 18, 2018, March 31, 2019, and April 7, 2019, all concerts begin at 2:00pm

Sponsored by Bard and Jan Suverkrop Southern Ohio Museum, in collaboration with the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music (CCM), is proud to announce the Sunday Classics Series:

Brian Malnassy: Accretion

April 28, 2018 through June 13, 2018

Artists’ Opening Reception April 28, 2018 1:00pm-3:00pm Free and open to the public Ceramic Sculpture by Brian Malnassy Reflecting on life and loss, this clay artist adds unusual ingredients to his clay- spices, baking ingredients, and ground cork that then burn away in the kiln. The ceramic forms and structures are left with voids imprinted with the organic matter- […]

Tim Rietenbach: Trillionaire

April 28, 2018 through June 13, 2018

Artists’ Opening Reception April 28, 2018 1:00pm-3:00pm Free and open to the public Site Specific Installation by Tim Rietenbach Sounds absurd, but at the writing of this statement there are 16,500,000 millionaires, 2,043 billionaires and it is speculated that by 2040 we will have our first Trillionaire. A word that sounds like a child’s boast […]

James Mellick’s Wounded Warrior Dogs and Faithful Companions

February 10, 2018 through April 14, 2018

Meet the Artist Reception Saturday, Feb. 17th, 12:00pm–3:00pm Gallery talks start at 1:00pm This solo exhibition showcases Ohio artist James Mellick’s signature wood forms and includes the installation of his recent “Wounded Warrior Dogs Project.” Each dog represents a different military campaign, as well as the injuries that their human counterparts endure. Mellick created the […]

April Sunami: Waiting For Transcendence

December 7, 2017 through April 14, 2018

Meet the Artist Reception Saturday, Feb. 17th, 12:00pm–3:00pm Gallery talks start at 1:00pm April Sunami is an award winning artist focusing on figural mixed media painting.  Her subjects revolve around women and the female form with fanciful hair and/or body coverings-burka, hijab, veil, coupling the abstract with the figurative, while addressing the dichotomies of representational/abstract, light/dark, […]

River Currents 3.0

December 7, 2017 through January 25, 2018

Mike Bowen, April Deacon, and Will Reader

Artists working in the River Region demonstrate a distinctive perspective reflective of this unique area. Each year we select three regional artists to examine, in depth, their vision, process, and methods. [supsystic-slider id=11 ]

Ed Charney: The Cloud Atlas

September 22–November 25, 2017

Iconic clouds, blue skies, water towers, and roof tops: do we ever take time to look up anymore? Charney is a regional landscape painter in the purest sense – we can all but smell the fresh air. [supsystic-slider id=9 ]

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