Visual Art

Sideshow, a free music and art festival, is happening downtown May 13-14

May 12, 2016 By LIbby Ballengee

This year marks the 11th time the Dayton Circus Creative Collective’s has presented their annual two-day community arts festival, The Sideshow. It’s an exciting milestone that this group and the community have made it possible all these years.
The Sideshow celebrates the local arts scene and is unique in Dayton for its variety and ambition.

The Sideshow recognizes the potential of every individual to create. We empower the members of our community by helping them actualize their dreams. We value the contributions of everyone, and we support each other with a true sense of community. We know that through collaborating with others, we create something greater than ourselves.

Sideshow 11 will be presented at The Yellow Cab building (700 E. 4th St) on Friday, May 13, and Saturday, May 14, 2015. It traditionally features a variety of artwork – including installations, sculptures and paintings from more than 50 local artists and performances by over 50 musical acts.

Admission is FREE! Donations will be accepted to support the event.

Looking Back At The Best In Visual Art For 2013

January 3, 2014 By Dayton937 1 Comment

It’s not too late to look back at the best in visual art for 2013. Here are some of my favorites

Longing: Sculpture and Photography, curated by Francis Schanberger, Dayton Society of Painters and Sculptors (DSPS)

I wanted to somehow use the terms languid, languorous and louche to describe the photos in this show paired with coy, clever sculptural counterparts. And just lovely in the elegant setting of the recently gussied-up High Street Gallery.

Jud Yalkut: Visions and Sur-Realities, curated by Jeanne Phillip, Gallery 249, Roesch Library 1st & 2nd floor Galleries, and Art Street Gallery, University of Dayton

Almost too much to take in. Heady.

Meme: Culture in Transition, curated by Dennie Eagleson and Susan Byrnes, Herndon Gallery, Antioch College

“Artists coming as close as one can to grasping such a speeding concept.”

Works on Paper 2012, juror Robert Robbins, Rosewood Arts Centre

Ongoing proof of the region’s artististic mastery of watercolor, drawing, printmaking and photography. Oceans of achingly good lines.

Construction of Space: Tess Little and Jennifer Rosengarten, self-curated, Dayton Visual Arts Center

Enveloped by swirling jewel and pastel-toned flowers, grasses, weeds and scribbles embedded in a forest of earth, stone, metal. Preternatural.

The Fixed Shadow: Camera–less Photography, juried by Carol Panaro-Smith and James Hajicek, The Robert & Elaine Stein Galleries at WSU

How do I love thee, let me count the ways: photograms, scanograms, lumen prints, chemigrams, and photogenic drawings. Mysterious and beautiful.

Storm: Paintings by April Gornik, curated by Jane Black, Dayton Art Institute

Spectacular. Too few of these roaring waterscapes by this underappreciated Cleveland-born nationally recognized painter.

Jack Earl: Modern Master – A Retrospective, curated by Charlotte Gordon, Springfield Museum of Art

A keen sense of humor, magical tableaus, regional references, family values. In porcelain. Turned this painting snob into a ceramic stalker.

Your Turn: A collaborative exhibition by Bridgette Bogle and Francis Schanberger, self-curated, organized by Peter Benkendorf and Mark Chepp, The Collaboratory

Obvious and not-so-obvious quietly trippy photo and explosive painting pairings by this husband-wife team that made you so fascinated by their shared visual vocabulary that you poke your significant other and say [insert random snarky spousal barb here] as a reality check.

TODT: Heartland, presented by Gallery 249 and ArtStreet, University of Dayton

A retrospective of the Cincinnati-born, globally exhibited anonymous artist collective of works depicting a futuristic world controlled by science and government. Possibly on this list for the mere fact that it surprised the students that such bad-ass work was happening in the 90s.

Where is the Love I Playing for Change, Video, produced by CityFolk, Music by Puzzle of Light, various Dayton performers.

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Warm, dance-like-nobody’s-watching, beautifully shot.

Stanley Lewis: Works on Paper, self-curated, The Robert & Elaine Stein Galleries at WSU

A beautiful mess of the best kind of sure-handed mark-making. Like peering at the world through a “sketchbook” filter. Wonderous.

Streets of Dayton, Video, Reinvention Portraits, Steve Bognar, Julia Reichart and the Reinvention Team, Dayton Art Institute and www.reinventionstories.org.

A riveting looped video that merged three perspectives of travelling up and down the city streets. Literally unraveling and then raveling the city up again and again. Heartpulling. Spectacular.

Performance, visual arts bring ‘cultural experience’ to Loft Theatre

June 15, 2011 By DowntownPartnership Leave a Comment

Tripple Croxx Entertainment, OFP Productions and the Human Race Theatre Company, present The Signature’s “Poetic Soul Fusion” show June 17.

The night, hosted by national slam poet Will Evans, will include appearances by HBO Def poet Sunni Patterson, acoustic soul singer Ken J. Martin and internationally renowned violinist Shaw Pong Liu. The performances will also recognize Black Music Month, Juneteenth and the accomplishments of the late Gil Scott-Heron.

Sierra Leone, producer of The Signature, says the show synthesizes performance and visual arts and will have something for everyone.

“It’s a cultural experience,” she says. “But we want to pay homage to other things taking place as well.”

Patterson, the featured artist, brings her New Orleans heritage into her music by adding some soulful flavor. She is known for both her visionary styling and her powerful delivery. With a resume that includes appearing on BET’s “Lyric Café,” and HBO’s “Def Poetry,” Patterson promises to bring a show-stopping performance.

Leone says through The Signature, artists like Patterson and can reach people.

“We believe creative art is the tangible element that connects us to our humanity,” says Lee Croxx, CEO of Tripple Croxx Entertainment.

The show will be held at The Loft Theatre, 126 N. Main St. Doors open at 8:30 p.m., and cocktails will be available before the show. Tickets for The Signature cost $15 in advance and $20 at the door. They are available at www.ticketcenterstage.com. 937-228-3630.