Behind the Scenes in Conservation: View of the Museum on the Hill
9/28/2023
An interesting artifact has entered the museum Archives, courtesy of Archivist/Records Manager Geoff Edwards. This glass paperweight holds a small photograph of the museum and the Cincinnati Art Academy (now located downtown).
Green Team: CAM 🤍 CRRH
6/20/2023
The museum’s Green Team recently took a field trip to learn more about recycling opportunities in our region. With our individual recyclables in tow, we visited Cincinnati Recycling & Reuse Hub (CRRH) and were wowed by this organization.
Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Cincinnati 1954
4/6/2023
A recent bequest of 20th-century American prints and paintings includes this view of Cincinnati by Laurence Sisson (1928–2015). Painted in watercolor with pen and black ink, the scene captures downtown buildings overlooking the Ohio River as Sisson saw them in 1954.
Finding Love at CAM: A Teacher’s Story
2/22/2023
This story begins with Samantha Gaier, the museum’s Associate Director of School-Based Learning, asking about my personalized Super Bowl XLI Bengals jersey during a “visual arts professional development day” for art teachers with Cincinnati Public Schools. Little did she know, the jersey was just a small part of a larger story, a love story that began almost 40 years earlier.
Helping to Preserve Cincinnati’s Art Memory
2/9/2023
In honor of Black History Month, the library is currently displaying the artist file of Thom Shaw (1947–2010), one of Cincinnati’s best known and most admired contemporary artists.
Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Tribute to Constance McClure
9/2/2021
Visit the Art Academy to see Never a Day Without Drawing, on view from August 23 to September 9, 2021.
Walter Farmer: Cincinnati's Own "Monuments Man"
8/6/2021
Although perhaps best known for his wartime service, a new donation of papers and photographs to the Mary R. Schiff Library & Archives is helping to shed light on Walter Farmer’s life and work beyond the Monuments Men.
CAM Earns Top Rating For Transparency And More
4/16/2021
Charity Navigator gives its highest rating for the sixth consecutive year.
Behind the Scenes in Conservation: The Procession Returns
1/21/2021
Last week our paper conservator visited the Contemporary Arts Center downtown to deinstall the museum’s Panorama of the Procession.
Behind the Scenes in Conservation: A Long Title for a Long Print
7/9/2020
This year the Cincinnati Art Museum is again supporting the Contemporary Arts Center by lending a book to their newly opened exhibit, “Tania Candiani: Sounding Labor, Silent Bodies”.
2019 at the Cincinnati Art Museum
12/18/2019
From a new attendance record to Burning Man interactive installations to a new fully accessible front entrance, what an incredible year it’s been for the Cincinnati Art Museum!
The Magic of Mokuhanga
3/13/2019
Artist April Vollmer will help the Cincinnati Art Museum celebrate its outstanding Japanese woodblock print collection at a special event from the Cincinnati Asian Art Society on Sunday, March 31.
Behind the Scenes in Conservation: Art Academy Celebration
1/24/2019
Benn Pitman’s Design for a Circular Plate is an example of a preparatory drawing the artist created for a carving.
Blog: Art Academy of Cincinnati at 150
1/4/2019
The Art Academy and Cincinnati Art Museum have closely intertwined histories.
Let’s Go to the Movies!
3/21/2018
Posted by: Julie Aronson, Curator of American Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings
Louis and Louise Dieterle Nippert Director Cameron Kitchin Discusses the Cincinnati Art Museum (Video)
6/27/2017
Cameron Kitchin, Director of the Cincinnati Art Museum, discusses the layers of creating and developing one of the oldest museums in the United States and its 'encyclopedic' and vast collection of more than 65,000 objects.
Dressed to Kill: Sword Preparation and Installation
1/31/2017
(Video) Watch as one of the Dressed to Kill swords is prepared and installed.
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