At this event you will have an opportunity to hear from two artists as they articulate an answer to the question: < em>why do you make art and how does it determine your connection to your audience? Also\, take an up-close look at their work. This popular e vent\, now in its seventh year\, moved to Thursday’s evenings\, as the museum stays open till 8 p.m.
\nInform al conversation with artists is encouraged. Wine and cheese served. Free. Reservations not required.
\nThis event takes place in the < /span>Mary R. Schiff Library & \; Archives.
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About the artists :
\nDenise Burge\, Professor\, University of Cinci nnati
\nDenise works in a variety of media\, including dra wing\, animation\, film\, and fibers. One constant theme throughout the w ork is that of theatricality\, fascination with objects of desire\, and m aterial ambiguity. Her solo work\, consisting primarily of painting and works in fabric\, has been widely commissioned and collected\, and includ ed in two Quilt National exhibitions. Her collaborative work in film\, animation and installation has been shown in several national and international film festivals. She has been awarded multiple awards and gr ants\, including competitive residencies at the Headlands Center for the Arts\, the Fine Art Work Center in Provincetown\, and\, most recently\, t he Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans.
\nSara Caswell-Pear ce
\nSara Caswell-Pearce is a collage artist\, printer and graphic designer. Her passion is for finding antique images and helping them tell a new story via complex\, layered collages in which she combine s original antique illustrations and ephemera with hand-painted backgroun ds\, hand-pulled prints\, and handmade and hand-cut paper.
\nThere is a wry feminist slant in much of her work that began when she came acr oss hand-painted fashion plates from Godey's Lady's Book\, a wildly popul ar 19th-century monthly magazine.
\nShe was named a “Best of Cincin nati 2019” by CityBeat as “best patron saint of paper.” Her work has been shown at many local and national exhibitions. She has a work in “Still T hey Persist\,” a feminist exhibition that is touring the country. Current ly\, she is the Mercantile Library’s first artist-in-residence\, and prep aring new work for "Take Me Away\," a solo exhibit that opens there next month.
\nShe is the founder and creative director of the Paper With a Past Studio\, co-author of Harp er Ever After: The Early Work of Charlie and Edie Harper\, and is a contributing artist/writer to Movers &\; Makers Cinci nnati monthly.
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