Exhibitions and Shows

Storefronts is right around the corner from AAC, at 13th and Vine, at the building known as buddy’s place. Storefronts is a project of the Miami U. Center for Community Engagement. We are a group of Over-the-Rhine residents, students, and local artists who use art to engage with issues that directly impact neighborhood people. their focus is how injustice manifests in the socioeconomic, racial, and political systems of power that too often determine community life in Over-the-Rhine, but also we make work that puts forth visions of hope, equity, and justice. 

BLACKLIBERATION is a series of 3 art shows at Storefronts by Black artists whose work directly addresses the most current, urgent call for racial justice. DeeDee’s paintings and sculptures were exhibited this summer in the first of the series, BLACK LIBERATION 1. On opening night, in addition to DeeDee’s work in our storefront gallery, we were totally fortunate to have a live performance titled Of Nina—local artist Teisha Murray had choreographed a dance that was performed by a local company Pones, that also included a spoken word piece by Murray. For BLACKLIBERATION 2, Le Thompson exhibited their mixed media photos+text, in a collaboration with spoken word artist Malia Forte. Malia also performed live on opening night, with several of her spoken word pieces, plus played the trumpet.

I am creating, these two scenes to talk about why must out children suffer and go through this. I want to have two memorials of a mother holding there child or baby with these butterflies around them and these flowers. Kind of like a statue or a gravestone the mothers are silhouettes and the center painting shows a child with a trail of tears running down the face into a puddle of tears that unite everything together as it asks a question of hope towards its viewers.

A show by AAC exhibition studio class. with works by Annie Crowl, Darby Forand, Ian Hayes, Felicity Klein, Helena Rocha-Gonzalez, LaDe Richardson 

The Black Student Union proudly presents:  " THE COOKOUT "  curated by the black student union. 

 A show to celebrate, highlight, and uplift black and African diasporic creatives and their voices at the art academy of Cincinnati.     The Black Student Union is hosting a reception for the official opening of the  "COOKOUT" exhibit located in the Chidlaw gallery at the AAC. 

 The reception will be held in the commons from 7:00pm to 10pm. The show will run from 11-18th of Nov  There will be food and snacks provided to fundraise for the Black Student Union, and overall cookout vibes.   We encourage anyone who was interested in viewing the exhibit and supporting black artist in the art academy's black student union to join us this evening. 

 Lost and Found exhibition show by AAC exhibition studio class. with works by Annie Crowl, Darby Forand, Ian Hayes, Felicity Klein, Helena Rocha-Gonzalez, LaDe Richardson.

so stay tuned.

The  Paint Loves The Bucket exhibition show by AAC exhibition studio class. with works by Annie Crowl, Darby Forand, Ian Hayes, Felicity Klein, Helena Rocha-Gonzalez, LaDe Richardson.