Eisele Gallery Fall Exhibitions Community

By David Smith

Cincinnati Art Club’s “ViewPoint 56”

Exhibition: August 23 – September 14, 2024 Artist Reception and Awards: Friday, August 23, 6-9 p.m.

For the third year, the juried exhibition hosted by the Cincinnati Art Club, ViewPoint 56, will be held at the Eisele Gallery, 6936 Madisonville Rd., in Mariemont. ViewPoint 56, 2024 is a national juried art competition in its 56th year and is comprised of artworks by national artists in various media. The exhibition, open house and artists reception are all open to the public.

Established in 1968, ViewPoint is the longest continuous open juried art show in the Southwestern Ohio area. The distinguished five panel jury selects from entries in oils, watercolor, acrylics, sculpture, pastel, drawing, prints, collage, and mixed media submitted by artists from across the country. This year’s exhibition judge is a widely published and internationally recognized artist painting in oils, watercolors, and acrylics for 58 years.

Photography Exhibition “Illumination”

by Tina Gutierrez

Exhibition: September 25 – October 19, 2024

Opening Reception: Thursday, October 3 from 6-9 p.m.

The solo exhibition “Illumination” will feature new works within the underwater photography series by Tina Gutierrez. The artist encourages the dancers to surrender to the embrace of the water instead of the forces of gravity. As the title implies, the exhibition will highlight the talents of the dancers while at the same time give context to the undercurrents of dance culture. These instructors and peers. While initially this can appear to facilitate success in dance - it in turn ultimately compromises the performers’ health. moments can only be seen from beneath the water and are so transient that only the rapid capture of the camera can preserve them.

Ballet is a ‘culture of risk’ that normalizes pain and injury and encourages dancers to understand their pain in ways that both suppress and trivialize it. The negative emotional consequences, such as feelings of crisis, loss, shame, guilt and anxiety give cause for dancers to accept the often-unhealthy conventions of the dance subculture.

The exhibition features a variety of local and national artists. Entry is open to all artists 18 years of age and older. Only completely original work conceived and executed by the entrant is accepted. All artwork is for sale. A distinguished five-juror panel makes selections for the show from submitted digital images. The Awards Judge determines the Best of Show, 2nd Place, 3rd Place, Honorable Mention and other Awards of Merit. Selections are based upon the review of the works presented in the gallery by the Awards Judge.

The full list of selected artists is available on the Cincinnati Art Club website – www. cincinnatiartclub.org.

In these underwater photographs by Tina Gutierrez, the beauty in the dancers’ movement and their ability to overcome the challenges that the water presents can be directly attributed to their rigorous training and the ballet world culture.

The response to the FotoFocus theme of “Backstory” is a subtext within the work. Many dancers’ careers end well before they reach the age of thirty. Dancers face pressure from strict authority, highly competitive training and performance environments, and the harsh, perfectionist attitudes of both

About Tina Gutierrez: Renowned artist and educator Tina Gutierrez has been featured in prestigious locations, including FotoFocus (2016, 2018, 2020, 2022), The Cincinnati YWCA, Washington Park Art Gallery, Kennedy Heights Arts Center, and internationally in Havana and Mexico City. Published in numerous international magazines, her practice is a testament to her studies in Developmental Movement techniques and connections to Renaissance and Baroque art. As a distinguished educator, Tina has enriched students at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, the University of Cincinnati DAAP, CCM, and Xavier University. Her career also includes performances on the lute and Renaissance flute, and leadership of The Shakespeare Band. Tina’s commitment to social justice is evident in her photography, where she uses her art as a catalyst for change, reflecting both her Hispanic and Appalachian roots. For her first solo exhibition at Eisele Gallery, “Illumination” offers a rare opportunity to experience Tina Gutierrez’s artistic vision and social impact.

Admission to Eisele Gallery is free and open to the public, with free parking in rear of building. Fall 2024 gallery hours are: Tues.Fri., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; and Monday by appt., by emailing or calling David Smith at david@eiselefineart.com, 513-791-7717. Visit www.eiselefineart.com for more information.