Exhibitions

Icons of Photography

Critical Moments in History

Featuring selections from the Paul Paletti and Ren and Cristina Egbert Collection. The photographs presented in this exhibit depict some of the most iconic moments in American and world history. From the iconic "first flight" image shot by Orville Wright to important images of Nelson Mandela during apartheid in South Africa and Muhammed Ali's knock out of Sonny Liston, this exhibit spans decades of photography that changed the world. 

OPENING NIGHT: Saturday, October 22nd from 5-8 PM

Caza Sikes is excited to present selections from the Latta Collection of Rookwood Pottery, one of the most expansive and important privately held collections of Rookwood in the world. 

OPENING EVENT:
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2 at Caza Sikes
5PM - 9PM
Food and refreshments provided

Acquired over the span of decades by a husband and wife team -- both passionate collectors -- the collection comes to public display for the first time ever. The show also represents the first major Rookwood pottery exhibit (outside of the museum) to be held in Cincinnati in decades. 

The exhibit will feature:

*More than 20 signature pieces, many of them some of the finest known examples, spanning from the earliest years of Rookwood Pottery in the 1880's through the 1950's.

*Premier examples of each glaze line ever made famous by Rookwood, decorated by Rookwood's most notable artists. Included are examples of standards glaze, iris, black iris, painted mat, french red, aerial blue, sea green, vellum and more. Artists represented include Grace Young, Sarah Sax, E.T. Hurley, Harriet Wilcox, Albert Valentien, just to name a few. 

*A selection of Rookwood pieces from the collection made available for purchase via the website or at the exhibit. Many fine examples for enthusiasts to begin or add to their collection. (Catalog of for-sale pieces is forthcoming)

"ON COLLECTING ROOKWOOD" LECTURE

Meet the collectors at this free informational Q&A session prior to the Opening, from 4PM to 4:45PM on December 2. Mark and Marie Latta will offer anecdotes from their decades of Rookwood pursuit and answer your burning questions about all things art pottery. 

*Limited spots are available for the lecture - RSVP HERE

We look forward to you joining us for the Opening, and throughout the month of December for this show!

Featuring the works of Jan Wiesner and Marsha Karagheusian-Murphy as part of NCECA Cincinnati.  OPENING NIGHT: March 17th, 5-9 PM The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) is a dynamic, 501(c)3 organization that engages and sustains a community for ceramic art, teaching and learning. In addition to deepening knowledge within the field, NCECA expands it by working to cultivate the next generation of ceramic artists and enthusiasts through programing that affects professional artists, K-12 schools, community centers, universities, museums, galleries, businesses, organizations, collectors and enthusiasts of ceramic art. Currently comprised of approximately 4,000 members from the United States and more than 20 foreign countries, NCECA reaches thousands of additional individuals each year through its programs, publications, events, exhibitions and resources.

SPECIAL LECTURE:
Saturday, October 28, 1-2PM
"Dream Interpretation and Art"
featuring Norman Finkelstein poet, critic, and graduate of Cincinnati Psychoanalytic Institute

Exhibition features three Cincinnati artists; Jan Wiesner, Maggie Smith and Ken Page.

Ken Page: I love the adventure of a story with multiple interpretations. Inspiration usually comes from a shape, object or people in unique situations. My art is created with a wink, a provoking thought and with a strong aesthetic design.

Jan Wiesner: I create figurative ceramic sculptures that have a story to tell. The stories are explorations of the fairytales that are part of our culture and surround and affect women and their lives. Like all fairytales my pieces deal with the distortions between what is and what society's expectations are. They deal with those emotional responses that are often hidden for fear of condemnation. The sculptures also tend to speak of natural and the unnatural aspects of our lives.

Maggie Smith: Art-making has always been imperative in Maggie Smith’s life, as it gave her confidence in school at a young age. Raised in the New York City area, she studied under Will Barnett at the Art Students League in New York, before receiving her B.F.A. in Painting at the University of Denver. Smith went on to study art in Florence, Italy for several months, then returned to the United States and worked as a children’s book illustrator in Boston.

Smith paints a variety of subjects, including figural work, interior scenes, and European scenes, however many of her pieces often feature animals with a regal theme. Rendered with gestural and impressionistic brushstrokes, her paintings typically exhibit overall lyrical, whimsical, and even Surrealist themes.

Cole Carothers: This May Surprise New is an exhibition of the artists new work at Caza Sikes. Opening on November 17th from 5-9 PM, Carothers will exhibit over 25 new works. This jaw-dropping show features never-before-seen works by the artist executed over the past year. 

Opening reception on Friday, November 17th from 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Artist Statement 

this may surprise you …

I just read the other day how some people far younger than I struggle with post covid effects of concentration and memory. The pandemic along with social and political upheaval over recent years exacted emotional and psychological costs from anyone paying attention. Artists are familiar with solitude and the studio can be a sanctuary from these issues. Yet it is also a place for introspection and action. The three themes of work in this exhibition, furies/chairs/Michigan, were ongoing simultaneously in my studio and not without awareness of our situation.

The furies were an immediate and visceral response to the covid onslaught of isolation, social distancing, masks, mortality, and uncertainty.
The chairs have constancy in my painting, like self-portraits, they sit motionless, exude presence and wait attentively. Chairs embody human anatomy with their seat, back, arms and legs. They invite us to sit and to think, read, rest or work. They participate in our daily lives mute but responsive.. Like courtiers, a chair provides comfort and pause. Each has has its own personality.

Michigan, its landscape, light, and weather, is a balm for me. As a refuge from urban cacophony, congestion, pavement, television etc. Being there was to be with Nature, outdoors, in her beauty and timelessness.

So, perhaps, it’s not a surprise that we juggle life and all that it throws at us. Like some routine of The Flying Karamozov Brothers, we must learn to juggle, hatchets, feathers, and jello at the same time. Smile and take joy that we are still here, living this incredible adventure- juggling what comes our way.

Cole Carothers

Cincinnati Chapter of Urban Sketchers Group Show at Caza Sikes. Opening reception will take place on Friday April 19th, 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM.

The Sketchers’ Cycle

This exhibit is a sampling of over 50 Sketches from 5 Outings in the past month. You will notice that each artist brings their own individual perception and style to the subject.

As Urban Sketchers, we are dedicated to a cycle which includes SEEING - spending time with the subject, SKETCHING - committing our perspective to paper, SHARING - looking at each other’s work and always finding something we hadn’t thought of ourselves, STRETCHING - learning from the sharing of our work so we can begin the cycle again.

SEEING
SKETCHING
SHARING
STRETCHING
SEEING

About Urban Sketchers

Urban Sketchers is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to raising the artistic, storytelling and educational value of location drawing, promoting its practice and connecting people around the world who draw on location where they live and travel. We aim to show the world, one drawing at a time.

The Cincinnati Chapter of the Urban Sketchers has 1,400 members.  We have expanded from a once a month Saturday gathering, to including monthly outings at a coffee house (urBEAN Sketchers), at an adult beverage establishment (BOurban Sketchers), a Zoo outing and of course, the original Saturday outing.

We are first time sketchers, experienced sketchers and even some professional artists.  All are welcome to sketch along with us.  We pride ourselves on being non-judgmental We are accepting of anyone who has the desire to spend a few hours at a time devoted to the mindfulness of capturing the moment.