Exhibition Types: Current Season Kennedy Gallery

The Teachers’ Lounge: Works by Art Instructors Past & Present

Since its founding in 2004, Kennedy Heights Arts Center has partnered with talented artist educators to offer art classes, camps, and workshops for kids and adults in a wide variety of mediums. The Teachers’ Lounge: Works by KHAC Art Instructors Past & Present is a group exhibition of a variety of artwork, celebrating all the accomplished art instructors who have shared their knowledge and skills with us over the years, and who continue to inspire us not only with their teaching abilities, but through their own creative artworks.

Exhibiting Artists: Charlie Berger, Brent Billingsley, Mindy Burger, April Cooper, Cedric Michael Cox, Latausha Cox, Whitney Dixon, Mallory Feltz, Ke’Monte’ Figgs, Cherie Garces, Carole Gary Staples, Lynne Gibb, Beth Goldstein, Terence Hammonds, Robin Hartmann, Glenn Hartong, Malinda Hartong, Elliott Jordan, Andy Knolle, Radha Lakshmi, Christine Langford, Karen Linser, William Linthicum, Mary Sue Markey, Adoria Maxberry, Frances Newberry, Terry Oestreicher, Karen Overmyer, Bethany Pelle, June Pfaff Daley, Karen Saunders, Linda Schneider-Houghton, Jeanne Speier, Kate Tepe, Ryan Tinney, Nicole Trimble, Kailah Ware

Artwork image by: Radha Lakshmi, Vibrational Mandala Series 8, Monoprint, 20″ x 20″ unframed, 2021

14th Annual Student Art Show

Each year, Kennedy Heights Arts Center celebrates our talented students with an exhibition featuring original artwork in all media created by the youth and adult students enrolled in KHAC classes. This show presents a wide range of works in fiber art, painting, collage, ceramics, and more, and is sure to inspire artists of all ages! 

Opening Reception is Saturday, April 9 from 6-8pm. Free, open to the public, light refreshments. 

Image credit: Mike by Tepu Juula-Potticary, Charcoal Drawing  

Life is Change: Tellus Zine Exhibition in Outdoor Gallery

Tellus Zine is a digital publication, led by an all-youth editorial board, showcasing visual art and creative writing by young adults from across
Greater Cincinnati. Tellus’s mission is to provide a platform for young people to express themselves bravely and creatively as a part of our diverse
community. As part of the launch of Issue 003: Life is Change, a selection of works will be displayed in the Outdoor Gallery during the month of April.

Image credit: All of Me: Past, Present, and Future by Cate Hummel, Painting

Printed Voices from Czechia: Social and Cultural Reflections

Curated by Saad Ghosn of SOS ART, Printed Voices from Czechia: Social and Cultural Reflections features prints by 31 contemporary printmakers from the Czech Republic. These artists use artwork as their voice and communication tool to reflect on the cultural and social issues they face. 

A printed book of all the works from the exhibition will be given free to visitors (while supplies last).

Join us for an Opening Reception on Saturday, July 16 from 6 to 8 pm.

A one day, free Czechia Festival will be held at KHAC on Saturday, July 23 from 11am to 3pm, to share Czechian culture with the Cincinnati community.

Image credit: Patrik Braun, DIALOGUE (ROZHOVOR), etching and aquatint; 19.75×13.75”, image 12.75×9.75”; 2021

What’s Left Behind

Local Eyes, a group of five Cincinnati photographers (Helen Adams, Jymi Bolden, Melvin Grier, Samantha Grier and Amanda Cawdrey) who have curated exhibits of local photography for FotoFocus since 2012, curates a juried group exhibition of images that explores the theme of “What’s Left Behind” – how what we consume, what we collect, and what we discard affects the environment we live in and our lives in the greater context. What record are we leaving behind for future generations?

When you walk into a person’s home, you get a sense of who they are from their belongings. This can also be the case by seeing what we discard. Archaeologists uncover the nature of ancient societies by studying things left behind. What record are we leaving behind today? Trash speaks to a disposable and materialistic society. The popularity of organizing and “tidying” has exploded. We are being encouraged to keep only what “sparks joy.” What we discard exposes our attitudes towards consumption, class, mobility, sustainability, and the environment. The things we regard as trash were at one point something we valued and used, a relationship that is fleeting. Are we becoming a disposable society? Are other areas of our life affected? Are humans themselves disposable?

Scientists sanctioned by the United Nations have gone on record saying humans are fueling a greenhouse effect. Our consumer habits are driving climate change. The production and use of household goods and services contribute greatly to global greenhouse gas emissions. It is estimated that the average product results in carbon emissions of 6.3 times its own weight. It is estimated that one-third of all the food produced in the world goes to waste. When we waste food, we also waste all the energy and water it takes to grow, harvest, transport, and package it. If food goes to the landfill, it produces methane- a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide. Trash travels through the world’s rivers and oceans where it is often eaten by birds and fish, concentrating toxic chemicals in their tissues, and filling their stomachs, causing them to starve.

Henri Cartier-Bresson wrote “Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again.”

“What’s Left Behind” Opening Reception
Saturday, September 24 from 6-8pm
Celebrate the opening of this juried photography exhibition alongside the artists and member of the Local Eyes committee. Music by DJ Paloma and free light refreshments.

“What’s Left Behind” Curator & Artist Talk
Saturday, October 8 from 12-2pm
Join Curators from Local Eyes as they share more about the exhibition theme, and a selection of exhibiting artists as they speak about their work.

Panel Discussion: Making a Difference – Reducing, Reusing & Recycling
Saturday, October 22 from 12-3pm
Representatives from local organizations that specialize in the fields of reuse, recycling, and food waste will talk about ways people can work toward environmental sustainability.

All events are free and open to the public.

Image credit: Brad Smith, Junk Collector Louisville Kentucky, Widelux panorama camera – tri x film – black and white fiber print, 1998, 7.5 x 18 inches

This juried group exhibition is a featured exhibition of the 2022 FotoFocus Biennial.

Kennedy Collective Exhibition

The Kennedy Heights Art Center is pleased to announce the exhibition Breathe, the annual group show featuring new works by Kennedy Collective members, on view November 19 – December 31, 2021 in the Kennedy Gallery, located at 6546 Montgomery Road, Cincinnati, OH 45213.

The show includes new and previously unseen works in all media by local artists, including paintings, photography, collages, sculptures, fiber, and more. The exhibition also features Off the Wall: a collection of smaller works for $50 each with half the proceeds going to support Kennedy Heights Arts Center.

Exhibiting Artists: 

Get your holiday shopping done early by browsing our Art Shop & Holiday Art Market with handmade goods made by over 40 different local artists.

The public is invited to join us at the Opening Reception on Saturday, November 19 from 6-8pm. 

Image credit: Cherie Garces, Distractions, acrylic and mixed media (from 2021 Kennedy Collective Exhibition)