SPRING OPEN HOUSE + BOOK RELEASE EVENT

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

Celebrating the programs and people of the Manifest Drawing Center with a showcase of works and a book release for a new volume of photography documented entirely at Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum and printed in our community darkroom by Kalie Krause.

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Manifest is delighted to host a spring open house at the Manifest Drawing Center on Central Parkway at the edge of Clifton to welcome the community into the organization’s new permanent home for a casual stroll through the historic building, our vibrant studios, and for an updated look at our 21 year old nonprofit organization's evolving vision for the future.

Guests will have a chance to learn about current programming now active at the Center, discover more about upcoming classes and workshops, including many visiting artist workshops coming up, and learn about the organization’s mission and vision for its historic property.

— This event will serve as the book release for Eternal Sermon by Kalie Krause.

— Manifest's Scholar in Residence, Megan Wolfkill, will have her studio open, and be on hand to meet the public for conversations.

— Artists will be working from a live model in our Large Studio throughout the evening. Visitors are encouraged to walk through and observe!

— Studios will be open throughout the building for self-guided visits. We'll provide detailed maps for exciting discoveries.

— Staff and Volunteers will be on hand to explain the various facets of Manifest, aspects of each program space, and plans for the future.

— Many artworks made on-site by studio participants who attend weekly from as far away as Indianapolis will also be on view throughout the building.

— Light refreshments will be provided.

— Parking will be available on-site and on-street nearby, with overflow parking kindly offered by our neighbors at DePaul Cristo Rey High School.

— Enter the building through the Drawing Center entrance on the east side (parking lot side) of the building.

(email [email protected] with questions or to RSVP optional).

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE OPEN HOUSE HERE

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Starting in mid-2022, Manifest’s Drawing Center settled into its new permanent Central Parkway location (M1) in Cincinnati, Ohio. All the 21-year-old nonprofit's studio programs, including many new ones, are now active daily and expanding! The Center’s role as an alternative for visual arts practice and study, and as a haven for those before, between, or after academic study, has been celebrated across the region for the past two decades, attracting participants of all ages and all walks of life from near and far. It complements Manifest's exhibition program at the gallery which was designed at its founding with equity as a core tenant. Both programs reach an incredibly wide diversity of participants, naturally, organically, and in sync with Manifest's mission to support visual literacy, critical thinking, and skill development while promoting the importance of excellence in visual arts.

Current programs include the Center's flagship weekly Open, non-instructed offerings such as Open Figure Drawing five days a week (including a Sunday morning portrait session); Open Darkroom for six sessions across five days a week; and free STUDY HALL (Open Creative Research Studio) times, all serving the creative public, students of art and design, and working artists from the wider Greater Cincinnati region and beyond.

Professionally instructed programs include the ongoing classes: Drawing Essentials, The Figure Series (drawing classes focusing on the human form as subject), The Studio Seminar, and the popular Drawing as Mindfulness, as well as private lessons on a case-by-case basis.

Special visiting artist workshops occur at intervals across the year, with an exciting roster planned across the next several months.

There is a reason why artists visiting from across the U.S. routinely tell us there is nothing quite like Manifest elsewhere. Come see why!

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Manifest Drawing Center, 3464 Central Parkway, Cincinnati, United States