150th Anniversary Book Launch - Art Academy of Cincinnati

AAC 150th Anniversary

The Art Academy of Cincinnati (AAC) is a community of radiant, radical, forward-thinking artists and designers who have helped mold the creative landscape for 150 years.

The legacy of the Art Academy can be seen all over Cincinnati. It has provided life-changing experiences to many artists and designers, who have in turn made a difference in the city and beyond. We celebrate the seers, radicals and innovators and helped establish some of the most influential artists of their times, from Maria Longworth, and Charley Harper to Thom Shaw and Petah Coyne.

This year we will share our bold past while planning our innovative future. We are proud to celebrate our 150th anniversary with a new full-color book and launch party. We look forward to engaging the community in ways we never have before.

We have big plans… stay tuned.

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AAC 150 Book

AAC 150 Book Information

AAC 150 spans the Art Academy of Cincinnati’s history from 1869 – 2018.

Be among the first to be dazzled and delighted by 144 pages of rare and revealing images that illustrate and illuminate our historic narrative in a 5-corner book.

Specifics

Limited to 200 numbered copies in the first release
150 Pages, full color
Available to ship, or pick up

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AAC 150 Videos

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History Timeline

1828 - The First Incarnation of the Cincinnati Academy of Fine Arts

1838 - The Academy of Fine Arts Was Resurrected

1854 - How Women Started the First Movement

1870 - Cincinnati Hosted Several Industrial Expositions

1871 - The School of Design and the History of its Locations

1873 - A Turning Point in the History of the School of Design

1879 - Cincinnati involved with The Beginning of the Arts and Crafts Movement

1884 - A Fight to be its own School

1900 - The Big Names of the School

1930 - Post-War Boom

1940 - How the small Classroom size came about

1950 - Fresh blood and Familiar faces

1977 - Art Academy creates its own degree program

1985 - Community Education

1987 - Minumentals

1995 - The Master of Arts in Art Education

1998 - Growing as an School

2016 - QueerSpace

2019 - The Beaux Arts Ball

2019 - Looking Forward

Artwork From AAC Alumni Brightens New 3CDC Office

Matt Morris (AAC '07) w/ James Lee Byars at CAC

ArtWorks Murals Feature Former AAC Students' Work

The Beaux Arts Ball Returns

Remembering Carson Smith - A Man of Great Distinction

AAC Alumnae Bring Beanbags to a Park Near You

The Art Academy of Love

Remembering Malcolm Grear

Q&A with Wilder Winner Elyse Johnson

Petah Coyne (AAC '77) Exhibitions in Taiwan and Spain

Sarah Stolar Appointed Director of UNM-Taos Art Department

Sandy Russell - Breaking Down Walls

An Experiment in Movement

Dreaming of Disney in the Sewer

Commencement Speaker Mitchell Sipus on WVXU

Looking Through

Education to be Radical, Relentless, & Radiant

Career Validation

Q&A with Wilder Winner Noel Maghathe

Tony Tasset Named Distinguished Alumnus

Dottie Stevens: 100 Years of Impressions

Jim Effler Named Distinguished Alumni

The Future

Art, design, and creative fields have changed since 1869, it has changed in the last decade. The Art Academy is changing too.

We are building on our history to evolve into the new generation of creative thinkers, contemporary artists, and visionaries. We have plans to renovate our campus infrastructure while adding exciting new innovative programs and majors. We will build partnerships with businesses and open our doors to the community, and we will change the creative landscape in Cincinnati and beyond.

The Art Academy intends to keep the best creative minds here in the city and make Cincinnati a destination for talent around the country and the world. We think Cincinnati is the best city in the country, the Art Academy intends to be the best small private art college in the country.

We will be the future.

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