Workout @ FERALMADE

Weird Workout

Friday, January 30, 7:30-12 pm

FERALMADE (4573 Hamilton Avenue)

I just recently learned about FERALMADE and I have to say I'm definitely intrigued. It is simultaneously an art gallery, literary magazine and printshop. It was started by Cincinnati natives with varying credentials (film makers, artists, photographers, etc.) This Friday they are celebrating the release of the 4th volume of their magazine Milk Money with a party at their gallery featuring various artists.

Their website: http://www.feralmade.com/

Milk Money site: http://www.milkmoneymag.com/index.html

Last Chance for Semantics

(above: Letter 200 by Heather Calcagno)

"100%: A Year in Happiness"

Work by Heather Calcagno

January 3-31

Semantics (1107 Harrison Ave.)

This weekend is also your last chance to check out the aforementioned exhibit at Semantics, one of the longest "co-operative" and "alternative exhibition spaces" in the city. The gallery is open Saturdays from 12-4 and by appointment.

Check out http://www.myspace.com/semanticsgallery

and Calcagno's personal site http://www.hcalcagno.com/

Take a Walk at Final Friday

Final Friday

Friday, January 30, 6-10 pm

North Main and Pendelton

Free

As per usual, the last Friday of every month there is a Final Friday gallery walk downtown in historic Pendelton and north Main Street. Soak in art, vintage and modern furniture, and design displays while enjoying cocktails and hors d'oeuvres at all of these fabulous urban establishments. Check out http://www.irhine.com/index.jsp?page=finalfriday for a printable map and more information.

A Fashion Frenzy

(above: Two-Piece Dress worn by Swoosie Kurtz as Madame de Volanges in the film Dangerous Liaisons, 1988.Set about 1760. Costumes designed by James Acheson; directed by Stephen Frears. Printed silk, trimmed with metallic lace braid, silk flowers, and lace. Petticoat and stomacher of shot silk. )

Fashion in Film: Period Costumes for the Screen

January 31-April 26

The Taft Museum

Free for members, $12 for adults, $10 for students & seniors, $4 children

It seems that the fashion as art concept has taken off in Cincinnati lately. This is perhaps indicative of contemporary art culture over all, in which the boundaries between film, performance, and traditional art media are continually being blurred. Lately, there has been The Future of Fashion Photography Exhibit at Sandra Small, the Disrobing the Victorian Lady lecture at the CAM, and now there will be a Fashion in Film exhibit at the Taft. Although the fashion as fine art is certainly not a new idea, it is fun to compare the different ways in which all of theses shows explore this concept.

This Saturday the Taft will open the national exhibit "Fashion in Film" to the public. Inspired in part by Oscar season, the show displays four decades of film costume. The show is also meant to emphasize the way in which famous period films, such as Titanic, worked to created historically accurate costumes.

CAM's Seperate Sphere

(above: a dress designed by Charles Frederick Worth for Elizabeth of Austria, Franz Xavier Winterhalter, 1865)

Disrobing the Victorian Lady

12:00-1:00 pm, lecture in the Great Hall

1:00-2:00 pm, lunch at the Terrace Cafe

$20 for lecture and lunch ($18 for Women's Committee members)

$10 for lecture

Cincinnati Art Museum

If you were dismayed that you missed the CAM's "A Separate Sphere" exhibit in 2005/2006, you will be excited to learn that they are hosting a lecture about Victorian fashion this afternoon. Fashion Arts and Textiles Curator Cynthia Amneus will speak about the elaborate and fussy fashions of this era. As this was time of great sexual repression, dresses at this time also had to follow strict cultural conventions. If you have the day off it would be an excellent opportunity to learn about the unique fashions of this era (haute couture was started by Charles Frederick Worth at this time) and enjoy a fabulous lunch at the Terrace Cafe.

Visionary Exploration of Matisse & Picasso

Matisse/ Picasso: A Visionary Exploration

The Cincinnati Art Museum

January 29-April 16

Visionaries & Voices is an organization devoted to representing artists with disabilities. This upcoming show is to feature works inspired by the famous artists Matisse and Picasso. As general admission to the CAM is free, this show would certainly be worth checking out.

Through the Looking Glass at Manifest

"Tama Hochbaum: Looking Through the Glass"

Opening: Friday, January 23, 6-9 pm.

Show: January 23-February 20

MANIFEST (2727 Woodburn Ave)

As Manifest never disappoints, I am sure that this show will be both insightful and innovative. Hochbaum has assembled a series of digital prints of architecture and landscape viewed through a window. As the show description suggests, the premise is perhaps a metaphor for the way the artist views the visual world around him. Be sure to visit the show yourself to draw your own personal conclusions. Visit http://www.manifestgallery.org/index.html for more information about this incredible gallery.