Dec
03
Epic Poetry Reading in Chidlaw Gallery

Last night was the culmination of Senior, Samantha McCormick’s 30-day performance in the Art Academy’s Chidlaw Gallery.  This pinnacle of performance and poetry wonder featured introductory readings by students – Kyle Cottier, Chloë Bell, Billy Golden, and professor & Poet in Residence – Matt Hart, followed by several readings from Samantha’s new book of poetry and writing: Fatal Character.  For your reading pleasure below is one of the poems Samantha read for a crowd of 35 last night, titled “Today I’ve Decided.”

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Nov
18
Matthew Bustillo wins Best in Show – Juried Student Ink Exhibition

 

AAC Junior, Matthew Bustillo’s India Ink drawing was voted Best In Show by students who had work accepted into the Juried Student Ink Exibition.  75 students submitted work for the exhibition and 39 of the works were selected to be hung in the Convergys Gallery in the AAC’s front lobby.  As his prize, Matthew won a bottle of AAC recent graduate, Mark Barczak’s hand-crafted black walnut ink.  The Juried Student Ink exhibition will be up until December 13th and all works are for sale.  Matthew’s 11″ X 15″ drawing can be yours for only $350.The Hungry

Oct
17
AAC Art Martket photos from last Sunday

We had 20 students participate in our third Art Martket, and we will just say they did very well with sales.

Art Martket is a local bi-monthly sale of art, crafts, and handmade goods produced by Art Academy students.

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Oct
15
Congratulations to 2011 Alumni Zach Stubenvoll for landing a job at Facebook

Congratulations to Zach Stubenvoll who had been working as a designer in Chicago since graduating from the art Academy in 2011. He was a designer & print lead for Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign, and recently just accepted a designer position at Facebook.

Take a minute to check out Zach Stubenvoll’s Alumni Feature in our Alumni News blog. We will be adding Featured Alumni Profiles periodically, so make sure to check up on what our accomplished alumni are up to!

Oct
08
Charley & Edie Harper’s massive exhibition of early works are now on view!

Make sure to stop by the Art Academy of Cincinnati to view Harper Ever After 

October 4 – November 1, 2013

This is a museum quality exhibition featuring early works by husband and wife Charley & Edie Harper.  Harper Ever After features hundreds of works that are rarely seen, and groupings depicting Charley’s relationship to the war.  The exhibition is a dense network of drawings and prints that show a more complex vision of what you think you know about the Harpers.

Link to more photos from the exhibition: http://www.artacademy.edu/exhibitions/2013/07harper/index.html

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Oct
07
Matt Hart Poetry Reading Recorded Live in Athens GA, May 2013

Hi all,

Here’s a link (see below) to a reading I did in Athens, Georgia back in May at the Word of Mouth Series. I’m introduced here by the late, great Aralee Strange. Aralee was a former Poet Laureate of Over-the-Rhine, who had relocated to Athens from Cinci about eight years ago. She was a poet, a filmmaker, and a playwright. Sadly, she passed away in July at the age of 70. My reading follows her introduction. I hope you dig it. Matt

https://soundcloud.com/zeppo1/matt-hart-athens-word-of-mouth