About Fitton Center Galleries
We invite you to visit the Fitton Center galleries, which “are among the most sophisticated in any area community arts center,” according to Sara Pearce of the Cincinnati Enquirer in a 2008 review. Showcasing continually changing displays of works by established, emerging and student artists, our goals are to present high quality exhibitions in an exciting variety of media and content and help visitors learn about art history, styles and processes. Artworks are often available for purchase from our galleries so that you can enrich your home or office with original works. All exhibitions and their receptions are free and open to the public. Our spaces are informal and family friendly. We invite you to stop by often and see what’s new.The Anne Ruder Bever Galleries
Consisting of two main galleries, a reception lobby gallery and a corridor gallery on the second floor, these rooms feature artists of regional to international acclaim. Hardwood floors and wood grid ceilings make these spaces rich and warm.Lobby Gallery
This large, open first floor room features emerging area artists, traveling shows or exhibitions of community interest.Student Gallery
This wide first floor corridor connecting the pottery, visual arts and music studios is used to celebrate the results of Fitton Center classes, artwork made in area schools or community projects.Sponsor: James K. and Susan A. Fitton
Exhibition Receptions
The Fitton
Center displays 5 temporary exhibitions per year. Each new
exhibition is celebrated with an informal and
family-friendly reception, normally scheduled within the first week
that the show is open to the public. Exhibiting artists are often
present at receptions so you can talk with them about their
artwork. All exhibition receptions are free and open to the
public. These catered receptions are sponsored by MillerCoors.
Call for Entry
Artists and craft artisans are invited to submit proposals for solo or group shows for upcoming seasons. A 15-member committee with diverse backgrounds in the arts selects artists each year. Deadline for proposal submission is June 1 of each year. (Download proposal form pdf format)For more information or to be placed on our juried competition mailing lists, contact Cathy Mayhugh, Director of Exhibitions 513.863.8873 ext. 122, cathy@fittoncenter.org.
Acknowledgements
The Fitton Center’s Exhibitions Program appreciates the continuing support of Artique Gallery of Fine Art and Custom Framing in Middletown, Ohio, the Hamilton Community Foundation, The Fine Arts Fund and the Ohio Arts Council. Miami University student interns assist with the management of the program.Building Books:
The Art of David Macaulay
Wind & Water:
Photos by Muriel Foster, Wayne Durrill
On View: June 14 – September 7, 2008
Reception: Sun. June 15, 1-4pm (Father’s Day)
Author Visit: Mon. June 16, time 6-8
The Fitton Center and the Cincinnati Art Museum co-host a traveling exhibition created by the Norman Rockwell Museum that highlights the work of beloved children’s author/illustrator David Macaulay. The Fitton Center’s portion of the exhibit includes original drawings and paintings from the making of the book Ship, which describes a modern ocean archeology expedition and 15th century shipbuilding. The CAM portion of the show features The Way Things Work, and the many Macaulay books describing architecture and travel. Programming for the exhibit includes hands-on activities, student art exhibits, reading areas, a scavenger hunt and a DVD interview of David Macaulay.
In the lobby gallery, an exhibition of photographs of sand dunes by Muriel Foster and a creek bed by Wayne Durrill will compliment Macaulay’s drawings.
Exhibition Sponsor:
City of Hamilton
Dianne and Woody Fitton
WovenWorks 08
On View: Sept. 27 – Nov. 6, 2008
Reception: Sat. Oct. 4, 6-8pm, before a ticketed EntertainmentPLUS! performance by Natalie Stovall.
In 2008, the Fitton Center continues its national juried art competition called WovenWorks. This exhibition showcases artworks that use the process of weaving as a major structural element or works that are influenced by the aesthetic of weaving.
A lobby exhibition of tapestries by Ann Baddeley Keister and sculptures by Sally Myers and Patricia Nelson will compliment the show. Both Myers and Nelson were featured in the inaugural Woven Works in 2006.
Exhibition Sponsor: Stephen and Trudy Marcum
For purchase information:download price list
Topographies
Rosemarie Bloch, Cathy Breslaw, & Brett Hunter
On View: Nov. 25, 2008 – Jan. 8, 2009
Reception: Tues. Nov. 25, 5:30 – 7:30pm. Music Café begins at 7pm in the Benninghofen Theatre.
Three abstract artists use grids, layers, and physical formations to map their places in the world.
• Rosemarie Bloch’s acrylic/oil paintings feature the grid that humans impose on nature, influenced by cycles and dualities. Bloch lives in Okeana, Ohio.
• In translucent wall works, Cathy Breslaw layers various manufactured materials to echo globalization and the shrinking of what used to be a “big” world. Breslaw lives in Carlsbad, California.
•Brett Hunter’s steel sculptures focus on how the physicality of place impacts the formation of identity. Hunter lives in Alfred, New York.
Identities
David T. Collins, Kim Curinga,
Cristin Millett, & Amy Rich
On View: Jan. 22 – March 20, 2009
Reception: Thurs. Jan. 22, 5:30 – 8pm
Who am I?
Four artists address this universal question and visually interpret memories, histories, body consciousness and the meaning of objects.
• David T. Collins’ teapots participate in a type of “role-playing” or masquerade that allows each vessel to ponder its own existence with regard to utility, function, art, and object-hood. Collins lives in Douglasville, Georgia.
• Kim Curinga documents her life in a photomontage “diary”. Curinga lives in Eighty Four, Pennsylvania.
• In an architectural installation that echoes a 16th century surgical theater, Cristin Millett explores perceptions of the female body, privacy and voyeurism. Millett lives in State College, Pennsylvania.
• Amy Rich creates dolls and quilts that embody the traces of past people and places, holding the memories of found materials. Rich lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.
44th biennial Greater Hamilton Art Exhibit
The all-media juried exhibition is open to visual artists, aged 18 or older, within a 50-mile radius of Hamilton.
On View: Sun. April 26 – Thurs. June 18, 2009
Reception: Sun. April 26, 2-4pm
Supporting Sponsors
Elder-Beerman/Bon-Ton Stores
WAL-MART Stores
Mike and Cindy Dingeldein
Contributing Sponsors
Hamilton Caster and Manufacturing Co.
Bill and Gail Phelps
Lorenz + Williams and John Fabelo
Miami University Hamilton
The Art of David Macaulay
Wind & Water:
Photos by Muriel Foster, Wayne Durrill
On View: June 14 – September 7, 2008
Reception: Sun. June 15, 1-4pm (Father’s Day)
Author Visit: Mon. June 16, time 6-8
In the lobby gallery, an exhibition of photographs of sand dunes by Muriel Foster and a creek bed by Wayne Durrill will compliment Macaulay’s drawings.
Exhibition Sponsor:
City of Hamilton
Dianne and Woody Fitton
WovenWorks 08
On View: Sept. 27 – Nov. 6, 2008
Reception: Sat. Oct. 4, 6-8pm, before a ticketed EntertainmentPLUS! performance by Natalie Stovall.
In 2008, the Fitton Center continues its national juried art competition called WovenWorks. This exhibition showcases artworks that use the process of weaving as a major structural element or works that are influenced by the aesthetic of weaving.
A lobby exhibition of tapestries by Ann Baddeley Keister and sculptures by Sally Myers and Patricia Nelson will compliment the show. Both Myers and Nelson were featured in the inaugural Woven Works in 2006.
Exhibition Sponsor: Stephen and Trudy Marcum
For purchase information:download price list
Rosemarie Bloch, Cathy Breslaw, & Brett Hunter
On View: Nov. 25, 2008 – Jan. 8, 2009
Reception: Tues. Nov. 25, 5:30 – 7:30pm. Music Café begins at 7pm in the Benninghofen Theatre.
Three abstract artists use grids, layers, and physical formations to map their places in the world.
• Rosemarie Bloch’s acrylic/oil paintings feature the grid that humans impose on nature, influenced by cycles and dualities. Bloch lives in Okeana, Ohio.
• In translucent wall works, Cathy Breslaw layers various manufactured materials to echo globalization and the shrinking of what used to be a “big” world. Breslaw lives in Carlsbad, California.
•Brett Hunter’s steel sculptures focus on how the physicality of place impacts the formation of identity. Hunter lives in Alfred, New York.
David T. Collins, Kim Curinga,
Cristin Millett, & Amy Rich
On View: Jan. 22 – March 20, 2009
Reception: Thurs. Jan. 22, 5:30 – 8pm
Who am I?
Four artists address this universal question and visually interpret memories, histories, body consciousness and the meaning of objects.
• David T. Collins’ teapots participate in a type of “role-playing” or masquerade that allows each vessel to ponder its own existence with regard to utility, function, art, and object-hood. Collins lives in Douglasville, Georgia.
• Kim Curinga documents her life in a photomontage “diary”. Curinga lives in Eighty Four, Pennsylvania.
• In an architectural installation that echoes a 16th century surgical theater, Cristin Millett explores perceptions of the female body, privacy and voyeurism. Millett lives in State College, Pennsylvania.
• Amy Rich creates dolls and quilts that embody the traces of past people and places, holding the memories of found materials. Rich lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.
44th biennial Greater Hamilton Art Exhibit
The all-media juried exhibition is open to visual artists, aged 18 or older, within a 50-mile radius of Hamilton.
On View: Sun. April 26 – Thurs. June 18, 2009
Reception: Sun. April 26, 2-4pm
Supporting Sponsors
Elder-Beerman/Bon-Ton Stores
WAL-MART Stores
Mike and Cindy Dingeldein
Contributing Sponsors
Hamilton Caster and Manufacturing Co.
Bill and Gail Phelps
Lorenz + Williams and John Fabelo
Miami University Hamilton
