Meetings | Programs
For Members and their invited guests–
Dinner or Brunch Programs are held on the third Friday evening (Dinner) or Saturday morning (Brunch) of the month during the Club’s regular season (September – May). Check the Club Calendar for that month’s scheduled Program. The May meeting is open to Members only, it is our Annual Business Meeting.
Reservations are mandatory and the Reservation Deadline is 4:00 PM on the Monday prior to the meeting. If you make a Reservation and cannot attend, please cancel, you will be charged for the meal if you do not. Price of meals are payable by check only at the door.
The Catering Chairperson maintains a Permanent List for Reservations, call once to put your name on the list and have a Reservation for the entire Season. You must renew annually.
Presentations following the meal are 1 to 2 ½ hours long, depending on the content. We feature local and national artists, art historians, authors and other topics which might be of interest to our visual art community.
For information, inquiries or Reservations, email Dinner
Our Next Meeting
Holiday Party at CAM
December 3, 2022
Holiday Party
start the Holiday Season with a delicious morning brunch in the Great Hall at the Cincinnati Art Museum. We will have our annual Painting Exchange and a presentation by Dr. Ainsley M. Cameron, Curator of South Asian Art, Islamic Art and Antiquities will give an introduction to Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in Art.
9:00 Fellowship
9:30 Brunch
10:15 Painting Exchange
10:30 Announcements & Presentation
CAC Upcoming Programs
Bailey Menke—Demonstration of wood burning artwork
January 21, 2023
Bailey Menke will give a demonstration on wood burning artwork. What she does, how she goes about doing it.
10:00 AM Fellowship
10:45 AM Food Service
11:30 AM Program
Price TBA
Margi Hopkins– Color Pencil Demonstration
February 17th, 2023
Margi Hopkins will discuss colored pencils. Margi is a CPSA National Signature member and award winner. Have been accepted into ViewPoint multiple times including this past year. This will be a Saturday morning presentation as originally scheduled.
10:00 AM Fellowship
10:45 AM Program
Price TBA
Cora Arney—Presentation about the Founders of Baker Hunt
March 17th, 2023
Cora Arney, the Learning Director at Baker Hunt Art & Cultural Center, will make a presentation on Margaretta Baker-Hunt and her niece Kate Scudder, who founded Baker Hunt. She will discuss the nearly 100 years of the Baker Hunt.
6:00 PM Fellowship
6:45 PM Food Service
7:30 PM Program
Price TBA
Tiger Lily Press—Printmaking Presentation
April 21st, 2023
Someone from Tiger Lily Press will give printmaking presentation, Louann Elliot will provide me with more details
6:00 PM Fellowship
6:45 PM Food Service
7:30 PM Program
Price TBA
Annual Members' Business Meeting
May 19th, 2023
Annual recap of the year’s activities, financial health of the Club and introduction to the Season ahead.
6:00 PM Fellowship
6:45 PM Food Service
7:30 PM Program
Price TBA
CAC Recorded Programs
Duveneck and the Etching Revival
Kristin Spangenberg–
This is a recorded Zoom presentation given by Kristin Spangenberg, Curator of Prints, Cincinnati Art Museum on Frank Duveneck and the Etching Revival given February 19, 2021 to the Cincinnati Art Club.
Kevin Necessary– Editorial Cartoonist
Kevin Necessary–
This video is the Cincinnati Art Club Program from March 19, 2021 which was recorded from Zoom. Kevin is a freelance cartoonist, comics journalist, and illustrator. He currently provides a weekly editorial cartoon for The Cincinnati Enquirer and the USA Today network. In addition to his editorial cartoons, Kevin is a freelance illustrator and storyboard artist.
Paint what you know, Paint what you love!
DeVere Burt–
Reminiscences on John A Ruthven by DeVere Burt, Director Emeritus, Cincinnati Natural History Museum. DeVere speaks about his good friend and Cincinnati native John A Ruthven, naturalist and nationally recognized nature artist in his presentation, “Paint what you know, paint what you love!” This is the Cincinnati Art Club Program from April 29, 2021.
Previous Programs
David Michael Beck– How Stories are Told
November 18, 2022
David Michael Beck to discuss (and demo) his amazing comic book style artwork. Still working out details.
6:00 PM Fellowship
6:45 PM Food Service
7:30 PM Program
Price $10 per person at the door
Marlene Steele – Courtroom Art
October 21st, 2022
Marlene Steele will make presentation on courtroom art – hopefully about her recent courtroom artwork revolving around the P.G. Sittenfeld case – how she goes about doing it, what it’s all about and she will also provide a demo.
6:00 PM Fellowship
6:45 PM Food Service
7:30 PM Program
$10 per person at the door
Katherine Siegwarth– Zooming in on FotoFocus
April 22nd, 2022
This Meeting/Program was canceled due to the Presenter contracting COVID. To be rescheduled at a later date.
6:00 Fellowship
6:45 Talk
Cora Arney– The Founders of Baker-Hunt
This Program was postponed due to a death in the Presenter’s family
6:00 Fellowship
6:45 Talk
Tamara Muente– In A New Light: Treasures From The Taft
Saturday, February 19th, 2022
10:00 AM Fellowship
10:45 Talk
Greg Albert- Secrets of Figurative Composition
Saturday, January 22nd, 2022
10:00 AM Fellowship
10:45 Talk
Holiday Brunch
Saturday, December 4, 2021, 10:00 AM
Brunch, Painting Exchange & Curator Lead Tour
Cincinnati Art Museum
953 Eden Park Drive
Cincinnati, OH. 45202
Everything But the House– Artists' Sales Opportunities
Dan Hill– People’s Intuitive Reactions to Famous Art
October 15th, 2021
6:00 Fellowship
6:45 Talk
Todd Price– A Limited Color Pallet in Historical Landscapes
September 24, 2021
6:00 Fellowship & Packaged Snacks
6:45 Talk & Demonstration