The Duveneck Association

Established in 1980, the Duveneck Association engages Cincinnati Art Museum members by broadening knowledge of the Museum’s encyclopedic collection, special exhibitions and art in our communities.

Join the Duveneck Association

The Duveneck Association honors Frank Duveneck (1848-1919), born in Covington, KY. At a young age, Duveneck studied in Munich, Germany, developing his special style of expressive brushwork and deep-toned palette.  Continuing his work in Florence, and later in the United States, Duveneck became a well known and respected figure and portrait painter.  In 1880, he was elected  a member of the Society of American Artists, and  further recognition and honors continued through his life. Before his death in 1919, he donated a large and important group of his work to the Cincinnati Art Museum.

Membership in the Duveneck Association includes a monthly luncheon and meeting with one another to hear various experts and museum curators discuss current exhibitions, some aspect of the Cincinnati Art Museum’s permanent collection, or taking an off-site tour to a collection of interest.

Luncheons take place on the first Tuesday of each month from September through May.

Annual Dues

$50 per person

Programs run from September through May. You must be a Cincinnati Art Museum member to join the Duveneck Association. For more information, please contact the Philanthropy Office at [email protected] or 513-639-2865.

2026–2027 Programs

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Register for the September Program

Kick off the season with a jazzy cocktail party with the Duveneck Association. This event will take place from 5:30 -7:30 p.m. in the Alice Bimel Courtyard, featuring nationally acclaimed saxophonist Steve Kortyka. A featured performer with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga’s touring jazz ensemble, Steve, will bring his exceptional talent to the Cincinnati Art Museum for one special evening.

Tuesday, October 7, 2026

Dr. Nathaniel Stein, Curator of Photography, will join us to take a closer look at the photography exhibition, Nancy Rexroth: Secrets of my Power.

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Join Brett Harper, Director of the Charley and Edie Harper Art Studio, for an illustrated lecture about his parents’ lives and The Art of Charley Harper: Creatures Wild and Tame exhibition.

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

Join the Duveneck Association for the annual holiday luncheon.

Tuesday, January 5, 2027

The Duveneck Association will travel offsite to the Taft Museum to hear about the exhibition, Edie McKee Harper: Modernist at Play.

Tuesday, February 2, 2027

Dr. Amy Dehan, Curator of Decorative Art and Design, will join us to discuss the exhibition, Terence Hammonds: Soul is a Ham Hock in Your Cornflakes. Terence Hammonds creates work, often print based, that provokes dialogue about history, race, activism, and change.

Tuesday, March 2, 2027

Join us to take a closer look at the upcoming exhibition, Faith Ringgold: Seeing Children. The exhibition will feature more than 100 works created for over a dozen of Ringgold’s children’s books.

Tuesday, April 6, 2027

The Duveneck Association will travel offsite for a private home tour.

Tuesday, May 4, 2027

Dr. Julie Aronson, Curator of American Paintings, Sculpture, and Drawings, will speak to us about the exhibition, Lewis Henry Meakin: A Song in Nature. Meakin is considered a local Cincinnati artist and much of his work consists of landscape paintings.

Duveneck Association Leadership