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Master's of Fine Art (MFA) Thesis Show at The Clifton Cultural Arts Center
The MFA Thesis Show Crossing will open at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center on Friday, May 29th. On display, is the artwork of 20 graduate students from the Fine Arts program. more
Art Education Faculty Member Wins Award from Professional Association
UC's Flavia Bastos just received an award from the United States Society for Education Through Art. She received the organization's Ziegfeld Award in recognition of her contributions to art education. more
Art History Faculty Member Wins UC Award
Art history's Theresa Leininger-Miller was recently named the first faculty recipient of UC's Marian Spencer Diversity Ambassador Award. more
2009 Sophomore Awards for Excellence Announced
Each year, the School of Fine Arts faculty is asked to nominate a sophomore who personifies excellence in our program. more
2009 Wolfstein Travel Fellowships Announced
Every year, the School of Fine Arts selects several juniors and first-year graduate students to receive the Wolfstein Travel Fellowship to fund either national or international travel. more
Visiting Artists Spring 2009
School of Art announces the Visiting Artists schedule for Spring 2009. more
Mark Harris, School of Art Director, Receives Grant from Warhol Foundation
Mark Harris, the School of Art Director, recently received a grant from the Warhol Foundation. He proposed an article on the history of the Cincinnati art collective, Publico. Based on his proposal, Harris received a $15,000 grant to pursue his goals. more
2009 Trip to New York
Fine art students and faculty had the opportunity to visit New York City from March 5th through March 8th. Some of the sites visited include: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum, and the Armory Art Fair. more
Arts Innovation for the 21st Century: Instructor Makes Serious Use of Comics to Help Veterans
A soon-to-be published graphic (comic) novel by UC adjunct instructor Carol Tyler serves as a model for upcoming efforts to help today's combat veterans cope via use of cartoons and comics. more
Photography Instructor Opens New Art Gallery/Community Photo Studio
David Rosenthal, adjunct instructor of photography, has just opened a local art gallery/community photo studio. more
Art and Music Collaboration Aims to Please Concert Audience
An upcoming UC concert performance will incorporate large-scale paintings by a DAAP artist. more
Robots Exhibition
Robots are taking over DAAP. The Foundations class created large robots and their work was exhibited on the 3rd Floor of DAAP. more
Art Alum Creates Career as Critic and Teacher
Alum Isaac Peterson began a very successful teaching career while a graduate student at DAAP. Now, he's also writing as an art reviewer for a prestigious international publication. more
Two Fine Arts Faculty Receive OAC Individual Excellence Awards
Mark Harris and Don Kelley of DAAP's School of Art are the recipients of Individual Excellence Awards from the Ohio Arts Council. more
Faculty Exhibition, Ken Montgomery
Gen Ken Montgomery, a visiting artist in the School of Art, performed a multiple channel sound work on December 6, 2008. more
Visiting Artists Winter 2009
School of Art announces the Visiting Artists schedule for Winter 2009. more
Student Exhibition: Bizarre Evolution
Bizarre evolution is an exhibition of student work organized by Fine Arts students Phil Spangler and Patrick Meier that took place on November 1. more
Art History Guest Lecture Series 2008 - 2009
School of Art announces the guest lecturers in Art History for 2008 - 2009. more
Visiting Artists Fall 2008
School of Art announces the Visiting Artists schedule for Fall 2008. more
Scholarship Recipient Combines Two Majors and Two Cultures
Betty Hensellek recently received DAAP's one and only scholarship reserved for art history majors. She won the award based on her academic excellence even while pursuing two majors as well as advanced language studies. more
Art Program Celebrates Ten Years, Creates Community and Campus Sculptures
An innovative arts program that teams local youth with DAAP students is celebrating its 10th anniversary. As part of the celebration, youth and students in the program created two sculptures - one now installed in DAAP and the other located in Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine neighborhood. more
Apples as Art: DAAP Photographer Chronicles a Tradition at the Core of Japanese Culture
Professor of Fine Arts Jane Alden Stevens has chronicled the history and culture of Europe. Now, she has turned her lens to Japan, specifically the precise art of apple growing as it is practiced in that nation. more
Alum Combines Art, Science and Technology for a Creative Career
Alum John Holloway uses his DAAP art background, combined with technology skills, while working in a North Carolina research technology institute. The challenging demands on both his art and technology skills means he's never been bored during the past 13 years. more
DAAP Earns High Marks in "U.S. News" Rankings of Graduate Programs
The 2009 rankings of graduate programs by "U.S. News & World Report" include DAAP's industrial design and fine arts programs. more
Young Artist Looks Beyond Her Canvas to Her Community
Graduate student Kristine Donnelly is both a practicing artist earning a Master of Fine Arts degree and a community educator teaching art to children while earning a Master of Art Education. more
As Editor of Influential Journal, UC Art Educator Seeks Creative Impact
UC's Flavia Bastos is set to become the editor of her field's most prestigious and influential journal. That leadership role will provide her an opportunity to redraw the lines and future of art education around the world. more
Work by UC Artist Focuses Lens on China
Work by University of Cincinnati artist Mark Harris is one of three ongoing exhibits in the Alice F. and Harris K. Weston Art Gallery in the Aronoff Center for the Arts. more
Painting Alum Has Brush with Regional Acclaim
Martin Rollins, '87 grad from UC's School of Art, is building a following in Louisville with work that captures the evocative emotions of traditional neighborhoods and century-old architecture. more
Frank Herrmann, UC Art Professor, wins a Guggenheim!
Frank Herrmann, University of Cincinnati professor of fine art, is busy sketching out work and research plans, thanks to the 2006 Guggenheim Fellowship he's just received. more
Carol Tyler Draws a Comic Career One Line at a Time
Graphic novelist and UC adjunct instructor of fine art Carol Tyler has one graphic novel already published and another underway. While thus working creatively, she's also teaching comic art technique and cultural history to a new generation. more
Graduate Painting Students Brush Up on the Art of the Sale
A special project in a graduate painting class at UC challenges students to learn the art of the sale. As part of a current advanced painting course, students compete to sell their art to local collectors. more
UC and Cincinnati Art Museum Partnership
The University of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Art Museum Form Partnership to Increase Use of the Art Museum by UC Faculty and Staff. more
Utopian-Bands and Related Works by Mark Harris
Utopian-Bands and Related Works represents the culmination of work following a trip Harris took in the summer of 2006 when he traveled to Beijing to document six Chinese rock bands in an outdoor concert he co-organized with Beijing alternative music promoter Yang Licai. more
April Exhibition: Pass Me the Muster
An exhibition that targets beauty queens, barbeque, corn hole, cowboys, roadside attractions, founding fathers, hippies and stuffed animals. more
Exhibition: Patient Rooms
An exhibition featuring Lambertus van Boekel, Kathy Dudding, the sneeze 80 x 80, Chris Vorhees. more
A Unique Approach to Installation Art
The School of Art's Installation Art Class runs each quarter and students confront a variety of public and gallery spaces with large-scale projects. Students from diverse backgrounds come together in this interdisciplinary studio where they apply their artistic concerns to site specific or temporary artistic experiences. more
Riess Scholarship Here to Stay
The Jonathan Riess Scholarship Fund, established last year in memory of our dear friend and colleague, is now permanently endowed thanks to our generous donors. more
Leininger-Miller Researches Local Historic Photographer
Since she began teaching at UC in 1992, Leininger-Miller has been intermittently researching a fascinating daguerreotypist /photographer who worked in Cincinnati from the late 1840s through the early 1870s. more
A Very Unusual Course in Art History
Art History Professor Kim Paice is teaching a very unusual course this quarter called Art, Architecture, and Spatial Politics. more
Professor Theresa Leininger-Miller Presents at the CAA
Professor Theresa Leininger-Miller, Ph.D. gives a paper at the CAA panel in Dallas, TX. more
Tradeshow: An Exhibition Exchange Between DAAP and the Art Academy
DAAP's Meyers Gallery will showcase work from the Art Academy while the AAC's Chidlaw Gallery will showcase work from DAAP. The exchange seeks to promote the interaction of artists and ideas within the academic community of Cincinnati. more
Student performance at the CAC's Black Box Theater
Out of dark recesses of DAAP, a performance troupe came together this fall out of Kim Paice's Philosophy and Performance course. These artists worked, read philosophy, and wandered the city of Cincinnati together. They performed LeRoi Jones's "The Toilet" and Sophocles's "Antigone," and fell madly in love with the subversive work of the Situationists. more