Fall Happenings at The Barn

The Art We Make

The Woman’s Art Club of Cincinnati’s 2023 All-Member Exhibition & Sale, The Art We Make, is opening with a reception on Saturday, Oct. 14 from 2- 5 p.m. The exhibition continues through Sunday, Oct. 29. Gallery hours: Tuesday – Friday from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. and weekend gallery hours from 1 to 4 p.m.

Drawing works from more than 240 members, the exhibition showcases a wide variety of media artworks representing the individual experiences and expressions that color each member’s art.

Please participate in selecting four pieces for the People’s Choice Awards. For more information and updates about this exhibition visit womansartclub.com.

Learning is Forever

For more information about The Barn’s educational opportunities, go to artatthebarn.org, click on “This is What Happens at The Barn,” then click on classes and workshops.

ARTflix: Exploring Art and History through Film

October 12, 7 p.m.The Barn invites the community to attend The Thief Collector, a 96-minute film about a New Mexican couple who stole a $160 million Willem de Kooning oil painting from The University of Arizona Museum of Art. "Woman- Ochre" remained hidden until 2017, when it was located upon the death of the alleged thieves. The film includes re-enactments and interviews with various family members. The Barn appreciates a $5 donation at the door. BYOB. The Barn provides soft drinks, snacks and door prizes.

Mark your calendar for the following 2023-24 season of films:

November 9 - The Painting: Award

-winning sophisticated animated feature

January 11 - The Horse’s Mouth: Sir Alec

Guinness Art Adventure

February 9 - The Moderns: A Valentine’s Month Art Mystery

March 14 - Death and The Maiden: Egon Schiele

April 11 - Vox Populi: (The “Peoples’” Choice)

May 9 - Shirley: Edward Hopper Brought to Life

June 13 - Seraphine: Maid Servant Blooms Into An Artist

July 11 - Artworks: Art Forgery Mystery

August 8 - Self-Medicated: A Film About an Outsiders’ View of Art

Short-Form Memoir Writing Opportunity Available

Tuition support is available for high school students and others who would like to participate in Short-Form Memoir Writing Workshops this fall at The Barn.

The workshops are facilitated by Cincinnati’s Barbara Morgenstern, inspired by workshops she has taken nationally in this short-form method by memoir writing expert Nancy Aronie. Nancy has won accolades in her writing classes at Harvard, the Esalen and Omega Institutes and others.

Barbara is a licensed attorney and a former newspaper reporter at The Cincinnati Post. She also served as a visiting assistant professor in Miami (Ohio) University’s journalism program and co-director of its summer program in Florence, Italy.

The memoir-writing method involves directed writing in short segments, typically 20 minutes, with positive feedback parameters.

The fall workshops are scheduled Sundays from 1-3:30 p.m. on Oct. 8, 15; Nov. 12, 19; and Dec. 10, 17. Each workshop costs $50. Attend one or as many workshops as you like. Contact Barbara at b@mymemoirgroup.com with questions or to discuss tuition support.

All skill levels welcome. Registration, updated schedule and examples at www. mymemoirgroup.com

Bea Lantaff, a Mariemont High School senior, was the first student to be awarded a full scholarship to participate in an eightweek writing program this past summer. She was recommended by Luke Wiseman, English Department chair at the high school. Here is Bea’s memoir on her Covid experience.

Covid: A Teen Hits the Brick Wall

By Bea Lantaff, MHS Senior Covid.

When I hear the word, I hear her voice.

I smell the hand soap I used at the time she passed.

I taste those cherry- flavored Sweetart ropes from all the six-hour car rides from Cincinnati to Evansville, Ind.