I ran into Mikee Huber at Front Street, Dayton’s largest community of artists and artisans. I asked her for a photo and a short interview. Mikee posed in front of some work by Mike Elsass. I thought that was fitting because the first paintings I ever saw by Mikee reminded me of some of Mike’s work.
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I visited Mark at his home in Dayton’s South Park neighborhood. There was no answer when I knocked on his front door so I went around behind. I walked towards a small frame building at the back of the lot that I thought that might be Mark’s studio.
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I photographed Shawna at The Betty, a gallery at Front Street in Dayton, where she’s had an exhibition for the last two months. .
“I put a group of my larger works in this exhibition” she told me. “They’re from several time periods.”
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Elisha makes mixed-media art at Front Street, in her studio on the first floor of the 100 Building that she shares with Kate Santucci. The first time I met Elisha she wasn’t making visual art. She was singing with the Blue Heron Trio. The group has been on hiatus since 2022 but you can still hear Elisha sing online. I asked about her shift from making music to making her multi-media art.
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I’ve been admiring Kate’s encaustic paintings online (https://www.katehusersantucci.com/) for quite a while but only met her last summer. She works at Front Street, in the first floor of the 100 Building, where she shares space with Elisha Frontz.
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In September of 1859 Abraham Lincoln delivered an anti-slavery speech at Dayton’s courthouse. This September, artist Mike Major will unveil his eleven foot bronze sculpture of Lincoln. It was commissioned by the Lincoln Society of Dayton, and will be permanently placed on display outside the old courthouse. Continue reading
I first visited Trish McKinney in 2014 when she opened a gallery/studio, Trish McKinney Studios, a retail gallery and open studio space on the 2nd floor of the Hotel Gallery in Tipp City. Continue reading
Most artists would be content to find a studio with good light and with enough space to store their material and make their art. Mosaic artist Jes McMillan thinks bigger. She rented a 16,000 square foot building in downtown Miamisburg that once housed a J. C. Penney Store and opened The Mosaic Institute of Greater Dayton. Continue reading
I asked Diane Dover if I could visit her studio after a friend told me about an amazing commissioned piece she was doing. She is making a quilt showing scenes from Huffman Prairie, the field where the Wright Brothers learned how to fly. I had seen photos of the work online, but when I saw it in person I was impressed with the amount of detail. Continue reading
When I heard that Naysan McIlhargey would have an exhibit this month at one of my favorite art venues, I decided it was time for a visit. His show at the Yellow Springs Brewery March 2-27 is called “The Botany of Beer.” Continue reading
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