Select patterned Ohio River coasters are now available at MiCA in O’Bryonville. Various other locally-inspired products, including coasters and prints, are also available at the Contemporary Arts Center gift shop downtown, NVISION in Northside, MiCA 12/v in Over-the-Rhine, and online at Etsy.
Alphabet: An Exhibition of Hand-Drawn Lettering and Experimental Typography
Art Institute of Portland, Portland, OR
3-31 Jul 08
Focusing on an ordinary subject that we see each day, often by the hundreds of thousands, the exhibit Alphabet presents 26 letters as more than just shapes for conveying information. The 51 artists and designers in this show conceive and interpret the alphabet in surprising and inventive ways, ranging from graceful and polished to witty and unconventional. Participants include Michael Stout and his Imageability type family, based on The Image of the City by Kevin Lynch. Alphabet was curated by Post Typography and organized by Artscape.
The Ohio River coasters, in three exclusive colorways, are now available at the Contemporary Arts Center gift shop in downtown Cincinnati. Patterned coasters and other locally-inspired products are also available at NVISION in Northside, MiCA 12/v in Over-the-Rhine, and online at Etsy.
Nicholas Gallery at 23 East Court St. in downtown Cincinnati is hosting Recession Obsession, an exhibit of affordable art [$100 and under!]. The exhibit opening, 6-9pm, coincides with Final Friday downtown and in Over-the-Rhine. [That’s a lousy photo of my print, but it’s a great show, which I helped to hang today].
A range of limited-edition patterned sets of Ohio River coasters are now available at MiCA 12/v in Over-the-Rhine. The patterns and colorways change seasonally, so get yours before they’re sold out!
Alphabet: An Exhibition of Hand-Drawn Lettering and Experimental Typography
Art Institute of Seattle, Seattle, WA
1 May-7 Jun 08
Focusing on an ordinary subject that we see each day, often by the hundreds of thousands, the exhibit Alphabet presents 26 letters as more than just shapes for conveying information. The 51 artists and designers in this show conceive and interpret the alphabet in surprising and inventive ways, ranging from graceful and polished to witty and unconventional. Participants include Michael Stout and his Imageability type family, based on The Image of the City by Kevin Lynch. Alphabet was curated by Post Typography and organized by Artscape.
In honor of Earth Day, this Final Friday will feature a massive, environmentally-inspired art event called Nonsense to Greensense, at four venues in downtown and Over-the-Rhine:
Nicholas Gallery [art exhibit]
23 East Court St.
Park + Vine [art exhibit]
1109 Vine St.
Artworks [art exhibit and art vending machine]
811 Race St.
Below Zero Lounge [afterparty with eco-friendly vodka]
1122 Walnut St.
Lots of local artists will be showing eco-inspired work; my contribution is a Please? print made with locally thrifted and repurposed materials. Of course, all the other area galleries will be having their receptions as well, including Krafthaus at 1334 Main St., which still has a few sets of my patterned coasters for sale. MiCA 12/v at 12th and Vine also has my Please? prints on wood and coasters for sale.
If you’re not in Cincinnati and can’t get to Krafthaus or NVISION, some of the patterned coasters are now available on Etsy. The patterns available online are Regency, Tufts, and Polka Blobs, each in two distinct colorways, just right for spring. These coasters are made in extremely limited quanities, and all patterns and colorways are available for a limited time, so get yours today!
Home Accessories from VisuaLingual
by Heather Blaha
Apartment Therapy
4 April 08
Cincinnati designer Maya Drozdz of VisuaLingual clued us in to her “locally-inspired home accessories, which celebrate [and sometimes gently poke fun at] Cincinnati and its various quirks.” We love the look and concept behind the Ohio River ceramic coaster set and especially the stunning Vine Street coaster set. For her Please? Prints, Maya’s creation was based on a tongue-in-cheek celebration of the local quirk of saying Please? to mean Excuse me? Although the joke was lost on us, we bet locals love it.
NVISION, a brand-new shop/gallery in Northside, now carries Ohio River coasters and Please? prints. [More info on this silly bit of local lingo here.] These are reddish orange or white screenprints on patterned paper [gingham, stripe, and argyle], available unframed [12”x12”] or matted and framed [20.5”20.5”].