Visionaries + Voices’ annual Artist in Residence project is back with its third iteration featuring local artist Julia Green. Julia has a background in fashion design and co-founded @dsgn_cllctv CLLCTV in Northside. She has been working closely with V+V artists at both studios altering clothing into wearable narratives outlining their personal stories, creative journeys, and artistic identities. The work produced, titled “The Artist’s Garment”, will culminate in an exhibition July 12th from 5-8pm at the V+V Northside Studio.
Visionaries + Voices Northside Studio is wheelchair accessible by the left side entrance and has accessible, genderless bathrooms in the back of the studio.
Northside V+V Studio
3841 Spring Grove Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45223
This July our show will be brought to you by @bunk_news ! We are so happy to be able to have them doing there thing at the space- a collection of new and old with all sorts of performances and music. Get your ass down to Northside for the festivities and celebrate Murica the Bunk Way!
Scenes from Paper City, our June show with W.C. Bevan. The work is on display all month and prices are very affordable. Come by to take a look during one of our shows or make an appointment!
Thanks again to Jeremy Griffin for the video!
Just a reminder that this Thursday the legendary @poosethepuppet will be in the building. Come find your PURPOOSE even in the darkest realms of your own heart at this immersive, silly, deep, interactive, black light, glow in the dark, puppet experience. You are sleeping if you don’t make it.
With musical guests @denizozani and @jeannelefou
Visual displays by @foxtheparadox
Thank you so much to everyone who came out to the Married to Comics premiere in Cincinnati at the Esquire. We would also like to take a minute to shout out @americansignmuseum and @shakeitrecords for their sponsorship.
Due to the overwhelming response and requests we will be doing another screening Sunday June 2nd at Dsgncllctv at 2pm. Suggested donation is $10. Bring a lawn chair and see the art from the movie before we take it down!
Shout out to Jeremy Griffin for the video.
Excited to announce our June opening of Detroit Artist W.C. Bevan on Friday, June 7th starting at 6 pm. We have been following his work for several years and are stoked to be able to show it in our space!
This Thursday May 16 is the Cincinnati premiere of the documentary Married to Comics at the Esquire Theater at 7pm. Tickets still available!
There will be a special viewing at the gallery Thursday from 4-6 at the gallery.
Show runs until June 2nd.
Special thanks to Jeremy Griffin for the videography!
Carol Tyler
She Doesn’t Want Beautiful Hair
Oil on Panel, 1989
One of the many pieces that will be displayed in our next show Married to Comics opening Friday May 10th.
Yes that is me terrified of the brush. No I still won’t let anyone brush my hair.
Our May show is a special one. Join us on Friday, May 10th at 6 pm into a rare glimpse of the art behind the documentary Married to Comics, premiering in Cincinnati 5/16/24. The show includes personal mementos and work displayed in the movie. Get your tickets to the premiere to in the bio.
Show runs until June 2nd.
Thursday May 16 7pm
Ticket Link in Bio
Married to Comics, John Kinhart's latest documentary, is an exceptional, meditative dip into the lives of cartoonists Justin Green and Carol Tyler, and their intense four decades as a couple. It is a wonderful warts-and-all film portrayal of a marriage between two people - both of whom happen to be extraordinary artists, and who are, perhaps, not the easiest people to live with. This film is about love, turmoil, perseverance, betrayal, devotion, mental illness and the sometimes painful process of finding one's identity through the creation of deeply personal art, whatever the cost.
The majority of the original footage in Married to Comics was shot in Cincinnati, where the couple lived for 25 years.
Filmed over a 10-year period, the film also documents Green's slow decline due to age and illness, and how it challenged his friends and loved ones. In the final years of his life, Green's obsessions turned toward conspiracies: 9/11, COVID, others. The film shows the burden those beliefs played on Green's psyche and his marriage. He died of colon cancer in April 2022. At that time, Kinhart was into the editing phase, and Tyler was deep into her forthcoming graphic novel about grief and loss, entitled The Ephemerata: Shaping the Exquisite Nature of My Grief (Fantagraphics, 2025).
Real life isn't always easy. Viewing Married to Comics can be a transformative, yet draining experience. This is not simply a movie about a pair of eccentric artists, nor is it a documentary cobbled together from poorly shot archival material. Kinhart puts Justin Green's and Carol Tyler's humanity into focus. His artful direction intensifies the couple's story with superb camera and editing work. The grief and pain in their faces are ever-present through Kinhart's unflinching lens, from Tyler's brokenness while recounting Green's infidelity to through Green's extreme uneasiness in talking about himself. And while at times these scenes can be extremely painful to watch, almost voyeuristic, they are always imbedded with grace and beauty. - John Kelly, The Comics Journal
Homemaking: An Overture is a new installation and solo exhibition by Hillary Wagner at DSGN CLLCTV in Cincinnati, OH. It is made up of large-scale sculpture, found objects, video projection, sound elements, hydroponics technology, and organic matter.
In Homemaking: An Overture, Wagner foregrounds a distinct lexicon of materials, sounds, and images. The resulting environment, when viewed through a musical or literary lens, exists as though Wagner has composed an orchestral piece or poem suspended in space. In her use of dynamic, playful sculptural forms and bold poetics, the home emerges as a container or portal, a refuge or dreamspace, an elastic shelter for imagining, and at times, a ruin.
You can read more about the show and visit the artist during gallery hours Fridays and Saturdays 5-9
Workshop announcement coming soon.
Thank you everyone who came to the opening and special thanks to Jeremy Griffin for the video.
