Create @ the Kennedy!

Registration for 2020 Summer Camps opens March 1, 2020.

Next summer, delve into some creative art-making at Kennedy Heights Arts Center. Join in the fun by participating in one of our art camps for youth ages 5-13. 

We offer a variety of one-week camps for youth exploring visual arts, dance, music, video/digital media and theatre. Each camp runs from 9:30am to 2:30pm daily. Extended care is available for all camps from 8:30 – 9:30am and 2:30 – 5:30pm for an additional fee of $10 per day/per child.

Leadership opportunities are available for high school students (ages 14 and up) as camp volunteers. Click HERE for more information about our volunteer program and to download the application.

SLIDING SCALE: Kennedy Heights Arts Center strives to make arts accessible to everyone. Sliding scale fees available for those in financial need. Click here to download an application. Please CALL us at 513-631-4278 to register over the phone if you are using the sliding scale. 

All participants need to complete and submit an Emergency Contact and Photo Release.

CANCELLATION POLICY: Tuition is non-refundable, but can be transferred to another course if the student withdraws at least five days prior to the beginning of the course.

Adult and Teen Classes

Expand your creativity in one of our innovative art classes! Learn something new, or brush up your skills with an old favorite. Early-bird Discount through January 10th! Register by January 10th to receive 10% off tuition. Use promotion code WINTER20 at checkout.

SLIDING SCALE: Kennedy Heights Arts Center strives to make arts accessible to everyone. Sliding scale fees available for those in financial need. Click here to download an application.

CANCELLATION POLICY: Tuition is non-refundable, but can be transferred to another course if the student withdraws at least five days prior to the beginning of the course.

All participants need to complete and submit an Emergency Contact and Photo Release.

Teen Artists for Change

Teen Artists for Change (TAC) is a program for youth artists and writers, in grades 7-12, who want to make an impact on the world around them.  Click here for more information.

Artists in Residence: Wendy McVicker & Nancy Gamon

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!

From April 13 – May 10, these two artists will lead a community art project called Common Threads that connects text with textiles. With much political division in our everyday lives, Wendy and Nancy are hoping to focus on commonalities between people that unite us. Participants of all ages will be invited to consider ways to express the unity of their experiences as human beings while celebrating our individual stories.

Participants will express their own personal truths through fun creative writing sessions (led by Wendy), and use their responses as inspiration to create a wearable piece of clothing adorned with text using stitching and fabric markers (led by Nancy). Both Wendy and Nancy will also be working on their own artistic projects during this time, and artworks created by all participants will be displayed and celebrated at the end of this residency!

Wendy has been an Ohio Arts Council Teaching Artist since 2000, and loves bringing people together to discover themselves through the sharing of stories. She has found that the sharing of stories can form bonds between people that leads to more creativity. Wendy’s works have been published in many small journals and anthologies, and in the chapbooks The Dancer’s Notes (2015) and Sliced Dark: a collaboration of poems and pictures, with artist John McVicker (2019). She previously led a creative writing residency with Kennedy Heights Arts Center in 2013. Indeed, this is where she met our fellow artist in residence!

Nancy Gamon is an experimental mixed-media artist who spends time creating and teaching in her studio at the KHAC Linder Annex. At her studio, she has inspired fellow artists to delve into their own lives to create art that signifies more than what’s on the surface. In addition to her studio teaching, Nancy produces her own weekly arts and crafts video series on YouTube. Last year, she also curated the exhibit “Second Glances” at Kennedy Heights Arts Center, which explored the theme of gender identity through apparel. Nancy hopes to continue her exploration of apparel in this residency.

There are MANY ways to participate in this residency!

Review the different groups below to see how involved you would like to be involved. Do you have just have a few spare hours to create, but want to make something and be a part of this?  We’ve got you covered with our drop-in Open Studio times. Are you really excited about this residency and want to join a group of people and create your own large project (perhaps a full outfit!) alongside our artists? You may want to join our Core Saturday group. Looking for something a little in between? Sign up for one of our weekly group times. Because the project involves a strong reading and writing element, we do ask that participants are age 8 and older. 

The KHAC Art Studio will be the creative hub for this residency, and the space will grow and develop over the time of this residency as everyone’s projects are created and displayed in this space. Come check out what everyone is working on, and get inspired to make something yourself!

Participation is FREE, thanks to support from The John A. Schroth Family Charitable Trust, PNC Bank, Trustee, but pre-registration is requested.

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Outreach Programs

We believe that the arts are for everyone. Kennedy Heights Arts Center provides a range of outreach programs that bring the arts out into the community. The goal of these programs is to provide access to high-quality arts education for everyone regardless of economic circumstance.

Our experienced team of arts educators offer ongoing classes as well as one-time programs in schools, libraries, community centers, group homes and other community settings. Some locations have included:

• Pleasant Ridge Montessori
• Silverton Paideia Academy
• Woodford Paideia School
• Academy of World Languages
• Talbert House
• Cincinnati Public Libraries

For more information about participating in one of these outreach programs or about how you can bring Kennedy Heights Arts Center to your organization, please contact our Director of Arts Engagement and Learning.

Kennedy Heights Arts Center, in partnership with PAR-Projects, offers a range of classes for adults and youth in digital media creation, including: video, photography, animation, graphic design and web design.