MAC Bonsai Workshop

The Art of Bonsai!

Bonsai Instructor Dave Radlinski assisting MAC students. 

Saturday June 25, the MAC hosted it's first Bonsai Tree Workshop taught by members of the Greater Cincinnati Bonsai Society. Learning on their own tree, students were introduced to the art of Bonsai. This workshop was the perfect compliment to the 7th Annual MAC Garden Tour that was happening the same weekend. 

Fun Bonsai Facts:

The word bonsai is derived from two Chinese characters, meaning a tree planted in a shallow container. The word is pronounced "bone-sigh".

Bonsai is an art form that is composed partly of horticulture and partly three-dimensional design. To qualify as a bonsai, the growing miniature tree must be both a representation of nature and creative expression.

Bonsai can be a philosophical experience, a means for feeling the spiritual harmony between man and nature.

Art In Your Own Backyard!

Conserving Van Gogh

Check Out This Unique Exhibit At The Cincinnati Art Museum

Chief Conservator Per Knutas will conduct a conservation project in public.  He will be stabilizing and cleaning Undergrowth with Two Figures (1890), one of Vincent van Gogh’s last great masterpieces, which he painted just before his death in 1890.  This iconic piece, which has been part of the Cincinnati Art Museum collection since 1967, will be on loan to the Philadelphia Museum of Art when the five-month project is finished.

Visitors to the Art Museum will see Knutas bringing his painstakingly detailed work out in the open in the Cincinnati Wing..  The precise and delicate technique will be filmed and streamed on to a projection screen.  Knutas will be working with a powerful microscope, solvents and special tools.  His work will mirror the detailed activities of a surgeon. In particular, Knutas will be removing wax from the painting (a side effect from an in-house treatment) to reveal the vibrant colors and textures as the great van Gogh intended.

Per will be working in the space from 2PM – 5PM Tues – Fri. 

And the first and last Saturday of the month through  the summer.

ART IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD!

Check Out What's New At the 

Dayton Art Institute:

Marilyn Minter, Bloodshot, 2007

Inka Essenhigh, Spring, 2006

Creating the New Century, a special exhibition organized by The Dayton Art Institute, features 70 paintings, drawings, and sculptures - all created since the year 2000 - from the Dicke collection.  Sixty-nine artists are represented by works that document the range of styles and technical concerns, as well as social and political issues, that engage artists in the 21st century. 

While many works are by well-known painters and sculptors who have participated in museum and gallery exhibitions and received reviews in arts periodicals, others are less well known in a selection characterized by the curiosity and tastes of the collector. 

Creating the New Century offers an opportunity to explore aspects of contemporary art practice firsthand and presents the accomplishments of a number of artists whose work has not previously been exhibited in Southwest Ohio.

ADMISSION:*
Adults: $10
Seniors (60+): $8
Students (18+ w/ID): $8
Active Military: $8
Youth (7-17): $6
Children (6 & under): Free
Museum Members: Free
* Price includes admission to permanent collection

Little Pig Pottery

The MAC's own Jean Ann Bolliger's 
Little Pig Pottery



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Jean Ann Bolliger

It was a 20 cubic foot gas kiln that snared me--one that was approaching 2000 degrees Fahrenheit. It was in September 1997 when I rounded the corner of the darkened kiln room. I realized also that the low rumbling I had heard all morning came from that kiln.

There on the floor I saw Will, my first ceramic instructor, on his knees in front of the kiln, peering into one of its flaming peep holes with welders goggles. I found the site to be too much. I turned and scuttled back to my disappointing first pinch pots.

It was from that moment I was hooked. I spent all free time in that studio working the clay and learning about glazes and firing as much as allowed. I returned to school to earn my second Bachelors--fine arts ceramic studio. I am also pleased to say you can now find me on my knees in front of similar excited and flaming kilns.
Little Pig

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Then Sign Up for a Class with Jean Ann at the Middletown Arts Center Today