Food and Art, always-longtime staples of any self-respecting opening, are being increasingly conflated, even hard-spliced together in a veritable hotbed of recent exhibitions and “social practice” shows ^[1]. Most people go to the big openings to eat hors d’oeuvres, commune with friends and drink the wine anyhow, maybe even impress a hot date, not meditate on the art so much.

The exhibition, March on Women, currently on view at Harvest Gallery in Over-the-Rhine includes twenty-two female artists from Greater Cincinnati. Many are recognizable names like Kay Hurley, Alice Pixley Young, Paige Wideman, and Jennifer Grote and rounding out the roster are emerging artists such as Ruthie Allen Lincoln and Melissa Sammarco.

From the Renaissance through the neoclassical period, figure painting based on close observation and skilled execution was the most prestigious form of artistic expression.  Though this status was considerably diminished during the Romantic, Modern, and Post-Modern periods, it is clear today that realistic figure painting has made a quiet but definite comeback.  The exhibition Real, Realer, Realist, curated by Daniel Pfalzgraf...

I have worked in the theatre as a director for most of my working life. I have also worked for many years as a theatre reviewer—first for Public Radio, then for my own theatre blog (I have reviewed over 150 productions). As a reviewer, I don’t generally spend a lot of time focusing on costumes.

This is my tenth article pertaining to the design field and its relationship with mathematics. Design in essence cannot be accomplished without specific degrees of control, and almost always has a definitive point to make. How well the ‘point’ can be made is attributed to how well the design was carried out. This cannot be said about all art-forms.

The March issue of aeqai should inform all our readers and members of the arts communities here how to get a good handle on the directions into which aeqai is moving. We hope that you like the mix of articles that will become more regular and familiar as we meet visual artists and writers in other cities within our own region, and others, too,...

Carl Solway Gallery announces the appointment of Linda Schwartz as Marketing Director for Solway Editions. Now entering the gallery’s 51st year in business, Carl Solway Gallery has an extensive history of publishing print editions and fabricating sculptural works with contemporary artists. Recent projects include collaborations with such well-known artists as Ann Hamilton, Allan McCollum and Peter Saul.

Necklaces and Bracelets GREAT GIFT IDEA !! Create unique colorful beads and string them into your very own JEWELRY Youth & Adults Welcome !! Come with friends, neighbors, family members, or solo !! Space is Limited Wednesday, April 3 6:30pm – 8:30pm Only $25, all materials included register at or, call 859.431.0020 The Baker Hunt Art & Cultural Center 620 Greenup Street Covington,

CALL FOR ENTRIES (PHOTOGRAPHY) Deadline for Submissions: April 1, 2013 2nd International Photography Annual (INPHA) A Competitive Annual Publication of Works of Contemporary Photography and Lens-based Art (and writing about photography or light)