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  • Announcing our 2019 Artists-in-Residence

    • 8 February 2019
    • Posted By Ellen Muse

    We are excited to announce that poet Wendy McVicker (Athens, OH) and artist Nancy Gamon (Cincinnati, OH) have been selected as our 2019 Artists-in-Residence.  Wendy has been an Ohio Arts Council Teaching Artist since 2000, and loves bringing people together to discover..

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  • Creating a Home

    • 26 November 2018
    • Posted By Ellen Muse

    It’s probably no coincidence that the Kennedy Mansion began its life in 1875 as a home—the home of neighborhood founder Lewis Kennedy. Today, Kennedy Heights Arts Center is still creating a home. Although it no longer houses a single family, the center..

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  • We are the Other

    • 26 September 2018
    • Posted By Ellen Muse

    I first learned about photographer Wing Young Huie from my sister Amy Muse who lives in St. Paul, MN, when she told me about his University Avenue Project. For three years, Wing photographed the dizzying diversity in the St. Paul neighborhoods connected..

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  • Opening Reception: Rooms of Grief

    • January 17, 2026 6 pm - 8 pm
    • Kennedy Gallery

    Kennedy Heights Arts Center invites the community to the opening reception of Rooms of Grief, a new exhibition exploring the emotional and interior spaces we inhabit when loss rearranges our world. Each “room” in the exhibition serves as a metaphor for grief..

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  • Opening Reception: We’re All Healing

    • Sat, Jan. 31, 6-8 PM
    • Lindner Gallery

    Join us for a free opening reception for We’re All Healing: Tending to the Wounds We Were Taught to Hide in our Lindner Gallery on Saturday, January 31 from 6 to 8 pm. The exhibition features commissioned works by ten diverse regional..

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  • Dig and Be Dug in Return

    • Saturday, Feb. 21 at 7:30PM
    • KHAC Lindner Annex

    Inspired by the closing lines of Langston Hughes’ Motto, “Dig and Be Dug in Return” is an ode to Black expression, community, and collective healing. This performance curated by Alexander Stallings honors the ways we gather, create, and care for one another..

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