Woman’s Art Club Cultural Center Artists and Gardeners Collaborate for Fifth Year

By Mandy Putnam Brush & Palette Painters

Armed with brushes, paints, panels, and palettes, the Cincinnati Brush & Palette Painters again ventured into familiar and unexplored territory in Southwest Ohio. Even once familiar lands brought new surprises and challenges, such as the goat farm with no goats.

Occasionally reaching for our rose-colored glasses and bug spray, we interpreted rundown barns as rustic, decrepit houses as mysterious, and barren fields as colorful vistas with beautiful wildflowers. We also took our oils, pastels, and watercolors to breathtaking venues, including our trip to historic Madison, Indiana, this year.

Of the hundreds of paintings produced by members this season, artists selected over 70 to feature in our upcoming “Fresh Paint 2025” show at The Barn from March 8-30. Please join us for the opening reception of the Brush & Palette

Painters’ artwork on March 8 from 1-4 p.m.

This year marks the fifth successful collaboration between the Brush & Palette Painters and the Mariemont and Terrace Park Garden Club members. Garden Club members will select the Brush & Palette Painters’ paintings as inspiration for creating gorgeous floral arrangements for “Art in Bloom at The Barn.”

The garden clubs’ opening reception will be held on Friday, March 21 from 6-8 p.m. “Art in Bloom” will be displayed through March 23

Participating painters include: Carol Abbott, Nancy Achberger, Laurie

Arshonsky, Martha Carmody, Debby Combs, Mary Beth Dowlin, Susan Grier, Gayle Hixson, Marty Emery Hoffman, Carol Holland, Martha Howard, Diana Kilfoil, Kathleen Kilgallon, Christine Kuhr, Ivanka Lempitskiy, Gail Morrison, Nancy Nordloh Neville, Lori Newsom, Dana Olsen, Mandy Putnam, and Bobbi Thies.

The Barn’s gallery is open Saturday and Sunday from 1-4 p.m. and Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Closed Mondays. The Barn is located at 6980 Cambridge Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45227.

Please visit facebook.com/ Cincinnati-Brush-and-Palette-Painters184707068217722 for more information about the Brush & Palette Painters, and go to www.artatthebarn.org for more on exhibit and class offerings at The Barn.