2012 will be our 25th year presenting Cincinnati's Juneteenth Festival...and we're working hard to make it a great celebration!
In addition to the Festival on June 16-17, we have arranged and will contoinue to be arranging events and activities between January and June.
Check back here for updates.
Beyond Emancipation
Juneteenth Cincinnati in partnership with the Kennedy
Heights Arts Centeris pleased to
present a stunning new exhibit Beyond Emancipation.
Beyond Emancipation is an
exploration of post-emancipation African-American culture through contemporary
art, with works on display representative of the connection between the past
and recent history.
The
exhibition honors the 25th anniversary of Cincinnati’s Juneteenth
Festival.
Curator Barbara Gamboa describes the group of
exhibiting artist as “a rich and Powerful” group.
The show will include contemporary paintings,
photographs and three-dimensional work from talented and influential Cincinnati
artists
Jimi Jones Robert Harris Michael Todd Kelly and Kyle Phelps Melvin
Grier Jymi Bolden Terrance Hammonds Thom Shaw
In addition, works created by participants at
Clovernook Center For the Blind and visually Impaired are on display.
A
Selection of historical photographs lent from Cincinnati families supplements the art work and together, these images take the viewer on a journey
through ideas and culture recognizing and celebrating the connection between
past and present.
Beyond Emancipation will be on display in the Kennedy
Heights Arts Center Gallery from January 14 to February 25, 2012. An opening reception will be held Saturday,
January 14 from 6 to 8pm.
The arts
center is located at 6546 Montgomery Road.
Admission is free.
Gallery
hours are Tuesday-Thursday 10am to 6pm, Friday 10am to 5pm and Saturday 11am to
4pm. Call (513)
631-4278 for more information.
February 4 Fund Raiser Kennedy Heights Arts Center
During the Beyond Emancipation exhibit, Juneteenth
Cincinnati will host a Fund Raiser on February 4th at the Kennedy Heights Arts Center. We'll have refreshments & entertainment.
