The Art Academy of Cincinnati is pleased to showcase 34 paintings by 15 artists representing Art Academy graduating classes between 1972 and 2009. These artists have continued to expand on their disciplines and exhibit locally, regionally and nationally. They bring to the public view a collective mastery of the variations on the discipline of painting. The exhibition includes media such as gouache, oil on canvas, acrylic on canvas, oil on wood, oil and collage, and encaustic.Subject matters and styles include life at sea, narrative through portraiture, suggestions of inhabitation lingering in architectural ruins, a wintry night's drive through Over-the-Rhine, urban streetscapes, the spirit world, plein air painting, landscape, abstraction, and the immigration crisis happening at the border of the United States and Mexico.

The exhibiting artists are:

 Marlene Steele (1972)

Ron Johnson (1975)

John Kluesener (1975)

Robin Stinetorf (1976)

Joan Gallagher Richmond (1977)

Jennifer Meridieth (1991)

Joanne Edwards(1993)

Jessica Bechtel (2002)

Jennifer Grote (2003)

Kim Shifflett (2003)

 Kim Flora (2004)

Amy Greene (2005)

Alan Grizzell (2006)

Ruth Wartman (2007)

Emily Davidson (2009). 

Exhibition Dates: August 5 - September 2, 2011

Artists' Reception: Final Friday, August 26, 5:00 - 8:00pm

The Exhibition and Final Friday Reception on August 26 are free and open to the public.The public reception is sponsored by the Art Academy of Cincinnati's Alumni Association.  

 **GENERAL INFORMATION**

The Pearlman Gallery is on the first level of the North Building at 1212 Jackson Street across from the Gateway Parking Garage, and the Convergys Gallery is on the first level of the South Building. All exhibitions are free and open to the public. Gallery hours vary during the run of the exhibition.  Please call 513.562.6262 for gallery hours.