​Community Gallery

An artistic reverie is the refocusing of attention from outward surroundings to one's inner thoughts and feelings.  Badin students are encouraged to develop self-awareness and self-expression, while exploring themes that increase their skill level. Badin’s visual art department teaches students the fundamentals of art and design and guides them on their artistic journey.  When students engage their minds and allow their artistic expression to flow, they find themselves and realize how the world influences them and how they influence the world.  When they put their ideas into their artwork it becomes their own artistic reverie.

This show combines over 300 artworks from over 100 students from eight different Art II classes that take place at Hamilton City School District’s freshman campus building.  These art appreciation courses let students explore social and historical contexts of art making while developing the technical skills and vocabulary for art production and art aesthetics. They learn about art-related careers while getting more comfortable with a variety of media.  Students draw, paint, sculpt, and do printmaking while exploring creative avenues for visual problem-solving.

This second annual dual-venue exhibition displayed at the Fitton Center and at Strauss Gallery in downtown Hamilton features the diverse artworks of nearly 50 members of the Women’s Art Club of Hamilton.  WACH believes that art brings people together, and together we can have a positive impact on each other and on our city.

The Boys and Girls Club is a national organization providing after-school programs to help youth develop essential skills that pave the way for success in school, career, and life. As part of our Outreach program we offer art classes at all three of their Hamilton locations on a rotating weekly basis.

Participants in the Fitton Center Art Class will be taking part in the Boys and Girls Clubs of America’s National Arts Contest this year. This exhibition is the local level of the contest. After judges evaluate the artwork on display, winners will move on to the regional exhibition.

These students are taking the ART 271 Sculpture 1 course at the Miami Regionals Hamilton campus. Work from these students represents several of their first projects using various materials such as wood, wire, and commonplace objects.

This collection of work represents the strength and diversity of the School of the Art’s visual art + design program.  The artwork on display demonstrates a range of mediums which include drawings, paintings, and mix media illustrations created by students in grades 11 - 12 throughout their junior and senior year at Butler Tech School of the Arts.

We invite you to experience 125 artworks by about 90 resilient and creative Butler County youth who have found a creative outlet to help them on their healing journey.  Even through challenges, trauma, and struggle-beauty has been created.  Artwork contributed by youth from Booker T. Washington Community Center, Edge Teen Center, Envision Partnerships, H.Y.P.E., Union Day Therapeutic School, and the Wraparound program at the Butler County Family & Children First Council.

Comics for Change: A Digital Drawing Class was offered for students ages 10 - 14 at the Fitton Center for Creative Arts in partnership with SOS ART. Students learned about the themes of Acceptance and Harmony along with digital illustration and visual storytelling techniques to create artwork for this collaborative comic book. This exhibition features large-format prints of each page in Pup & Away, the comic the class created.

his art is hot! The dynamic art on view represents both youth and adult works from onsite classes and summer camps, and the communities of artists who engage in Fitton Center outreach programming. The show includes over 110 artworks by over 75 artists. The paintings, prints, and mosaics by adult artists and mixed media works by children are just a sample of the full range of art you can create in Fitton Center classes and programs.

Using art to show Light, Love, Peace, Service, and our talents to strengthen our community and create purpose, this exhibition features over 175 works by over 165 youth artists. Collectively we achieve more emphasizing harmony and community over individualism to impact the world around us.

“The artist is never bored.” The artist is an observer and looks for unique solutions. The artist approaches each piece with the knowledge and experience from the previous piece. The artist takes risks. The artist takes the road less traveled. If These Walls Could Talk features 2D and 3D artwork by Badin High School Artists in a variety of media. The artwork represents work from all levels of artists. We are very appreciative to the Fitton Staff for the opportunity to display our students' artwork in the Community Gallery of the Fitton Center for Creative Arts. We invite you to If These Walls Could Talk and enjoy the world through the eyes of many talented artists.

This exhibition combines work collected from the current academic year from a variety of art classes that take place at Hamilton City School District’s freshman campus building. We offer semester-long courses in Art II, Drawing/Painting, and Public Art.