Reed Gallery Current Exhibit
Directors' Choice 2025 Showcase
May 19th - August 31st, 2025
First presented as part of DAAPworks, the Directors’ Choice Awards featured highlight outstanding capstone projects and the students that made them. These projects are awarded based on demonstrated knowledge, creativity, and skill to a focused idea, as well as effectively communicating through visual means.
Annually the directors from the four schools within the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning and the DAAP Galleries review the programs’ project submissions. The faculty that has worked with these students consistently provide recommendations to the directors to take into consideration. However, the directors may select any project they deem worthy. After much deliberation, a consensus is reached.
This year a total of 26 Directors’ Choice Awards and four Orville Simpson Futures Awards were bestowed. These awardees exemplify the values of innovation and purpose that define our college and celebrate the meaningful impact of contributions to DAAP and beyond.
About Reed Gallery
The Dorothy W. & C. Lawson Reed, Jr. Gallery is located on the fifth floor of the DAAP Aronoff complex and is the largest of the DAAP Galleries. Located at the heart of the DAAP complex, the Reed Gallery provides a vibrant setting for DAAP students and the regional arts community in which to engage in meaningful discussions about the current state of visual culture. With a focus on current trends and practices, gallery exhibition themes range from Art to Fashion and address all of the fields of study within the college of DAAP. While the focus of the DAAP galleries is contemporary practice, the galleries do present exhibitions that approach practice historically by examining a process, a school of thought, or an individual of significance that exemplify the foundations of contemporary practice. Within an exhibition season, students and professionals alike are represented through a serious of group and solo exhibitions that address a wide range of visual media.
The location of the Reed Gallery provides countless opportunities for professors and students to engage in discussion within the gallery space. Here they can directly address issues relating to their studies, as the gallery may provide examples of work to inspire dialogue and act as an extension and compliment to their class and studio work. Additionally, the Reed Gallery is staffed by current students in order to provide practical experience working within a professional setting while aiding as a learning tool for individuals who are interested in the processes related to museum and gallery operations.
Planning Your Visit
The Reed Gallery
Hours: Sunday - Thursday 10am-5pm
Phone: (513) 556-2839
Address: Room 5275, 2624 Clifton Ct., DAAP Building, Cincinnati, OH, 45221
Location and visiting instructions for the Reed Gallery:
- When visiting the Reed Gallery enter the DAAP building by the third-floor entrance located at the bottom of Clifton Court next to the Clifton Court Garage. Proceed to the Reed Gallery located on the 5th Floor Rm 5275, and please wait outside the gallery for attendant to let you in.
- Metered parking is available on Clifton Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive; hourly parking is available in the Clifton Court Garage.
- Directions: From Martin Luther King Dr. turn right onto Clifton Ave. towards McMillan Ave. (DAAP will be on left). Street and garage parking are available (garage accepts cash or credit upon exit). Gallery is on the fifth floor.
- It may be helpful to view a campus map here
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