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The Portsmouth Area Arts Council
It's a busy evening backstage at the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts in Portsmouth, Ohio; tomorrow is opening day of the Portsmouth Area Arts Council's (PAAC) production of Willy Wonka, Jr. Small children dressed as Oompa Loompas--their faces painted orange and wearing green wigs--scurry around as older cast members shush them, usher them here and there, and scoop them up as they cross ...
Sudzy's Pinup Palace
From Gallia street, Sudzy's Pinup Palace takes the onlooker back to the 1950s. Halter necklines and petticoat dresses fill the window display, a dusty pink color paints the walls, and vintage accessories fill the register counter. Formerly a bank and now a shared space with a local photography studio, the vintage store makes reference to an era of American domesticity.
Family History With Maureen Cadogan
The Cadogan home is green, and the address is written out in a fancy script over her porch: "Ten Twenty". Inside the house is not only a home, but also an archive. On either side of the front door hang portraits of Irma and Jesse Hollingsworth, palm fronds from last year's church service hanging behind them. Irma and Jesse are Ms. Maureen Cadogan's great-grandparents.
Bloody Twin Press
A WEEK WITH BRIAN RICHARDSIn March 2018, three student field researchers, Luna Luo, Ana Mitchell and Molly Rideout spent part of a week getting to know and working with Brian Richards, a local Portsmouth poet and owner of his own letterpress poetry press, Bloody Twin Press. Today Brian is also a part-time English instructor at Shawnee State University and bassist in a local band, the Grave ...
The Masks We Wear
OverviewFor our public project, we are drawing on the concepts we learned from a group of 4-6 women (depending on the day) who volunteered to participate in a group art therapy session for 1 hour every day for 4 days. These women were in a transitional housing program, which means that they had to be at least 3 months clean (from their drugs of choice) and willing to cultivate values of ...