SOS ART Artist in Residence
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This program is offered in memory of the late Gloria McConnaghy,
a long time supporter of SOS ART.
SOS ART, in collaboration with the Fitton Center, encourage Greater Cincinnati Creators engaging with themes of Peace and Justice in their artistic practice to apply for our Artist in Residence Program.
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Selected artists will spend three months creating, curating, and collaborating on a project to share with our community with support from SOS ART and the Fitton Center.
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​Open to creatives of all types including (but not limited to) visual artists, filmmakers, curators, writers, and community activators. Artist collectives/groups are also welcome to apply.
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Please click on the button below for more information, including application instructions.​
Current Artists in Residence
Our current Artists in Residence for the July – September 2024 cycle are a chamber music ensemble called OLEA.
The group is composed of Kate Kilgus (clarinet), Alayne Wegner (violin), and Marissa Kerbel (piano).
OLEA will spend their residency preparing a program, “Contemplations on Democracy,” that will use chamber music to explore themes related to the 2024 presidential election, including, among others, Climate change, Women’s rights, LGBTQIA+ rights, Immigration/Refugees, War/Foreign Conflicts, Income Inequality.
The music will be accompanied by literary and visual works by Greater Cincinnati artists, relating to the same themes.
OLEA intends the program to function like a town hall, in which audience members will select issues relevant to the 2024 election, and OLEA will perform works inspired by those topics.
OLEA will conclude their residency with a rehearsal performance during which they will also explain how music is used to convey the composer’s ideas, two final performances, and an educational school-based performance, all scheduled for October.
Information about the voting process in America will also be shared at these performances.
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Performance Information:
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SOS ART Artists in Residence, OLEA Present:
CONTEMPLATIONS ON DEMOCRACY
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A free chamber music performance series exploring themes related to the 2024 presidential election
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Saturday, October 26 | 7:30 - 9:30pm
Fitton Center for Creative Arts
101 S Monument Ave.
Hamilton, OH 45011
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Sunday, October 27 | 3 - 5pm
Mount Auburn Presbyterian Church
103 William Howard Taft Rd.
Cincinnati, OH 45219