Visionaries and Voices

10/16/2026

Celebrating Northside Artist of the Month: Isaac Friedman 🖊🎉
Isaac is an artist of many words. He layers written words on top of each other on the page until they become a unified field of color and texture. Drawings of figures make an appearance in some pieces, smiling out from the colorful tangle. Isaac will often say the word he has just written out loud, demonstrating his interest in communicating expressively through his artwork.

To the viewer these words may seem more akin to asemic writing: a form of art where the marks on the page mimic text, but have no clear meaning. Interpretation and exploration are a natural response to Isaac’s works. The viewer may extrapolate their own words and meanings from the page, or perhaps they will take a step back and appreciate the abstract shapes that form from Isaac’s mark-making.

Check out his Artist of the Month on display in the interior studio wall of V+V Northside Studio + Gallery - 3841 Spring Grove Av, Cincinnati, OH 45223
Hours: Monday - Friday 9am -4pm, Thursday 9am -8pm

10/15/2026

V+V Blue Ash Artists enjoyed visiting the Kennedy Heights Arts Center to explore their current exhibition, Cultural Ties! This interdisciplinary exhibition explores and celebrates Latin American culture while confronting stereotypes. Accessible and enjoyable for all abilities, check out this show on view through October 31st.

10/14/2026

Many thanks to the Elsa Heisel Sule Charitable Foundation ! Their board recently voted to award V+V a generous $10,000 grant to support our Teaching Artist Program, a unique opportunity for 40+ artists with disabilities to develop presentation and job skills that enable them to find paid teaching positions.
Last year, our TAP program spread a message of inclusion to 3,100 individuals (including 1,000 K-12 students and 2,100 community members) through workshops and classes. Now, with this support from the Elsa Heisel Sule Foundation, we hope to reach even more.

https://www.elsasulefoundation.org/

10/13/2026

Three Cheers for the Puppet Cabaret! 👏👏👏
Magic moments from a wild night of puppetry at the Northside Tavern with amazing performances by
BraveKink.com, Jacob Boehne, Sluppet and Son, BMH and Madison Britt, Jesse Mooney-Bullock, Laura Lane, Zoë Peterson and Rachel Baker, Zantor the Magician and Caleb LeFevre, Karen Boyhen and Savannah Martin, and Visionaries + Voices artists Nicole Johnson and Candi Branham.
Sponsored by the The Puppet Slam Network and Phi Alpha Mu
Photos by Steven Springer https://www.stevenhenryspringer.com/

10/12/2026

Introducing V+V Blue Ash Artist of the Month: Sanders Paul 🌈🎵

Sanders Paul loves the Beatles and playing with color. Sanders’ time in the studio follows a consistent routine: immediately getting to work upon his arrival. His illustrations typically feature people standing in a single-file line facing the viewer, and often depict family members, famous musicians, and friends. Some of Sanders’ compositions have overlapping speech bubbles filled with song lyrics or snippets of real-life conversations.

Sanders fills the background with intense, vertical stripes of color. He primarily draws with markers, using a range of colors from bright highlighter yellow to more natural shades. His work features visible marker strokes, giving each piece its own unique character and inviting viewers to follow the movement across the page.

Sanders enjoys listening to the Beatles while he works and his favorite album is Magical Mystery Tour.

10/09/2026

Sneak peek of hand building a marionette with artist and singer Savannah Martin for the SHOW OF HANDS Puppet Festival Puppet Cabaret THIS SATURDAY 10/10 at the Northside Tavern! Her performance, The Double Duo, created collaboratively with Karen Boyhen is not to be missed!
This FREE event is ADULTS ONLY! Doors 8:30, Performances 9-11pm ❤️ donations welcome

10/07/2026

10/06/2026

🎨📸 Painting from Photos Workshop with Rosalind Bush
Thursday, Oct 22nd 5-7pm at V+V Northside Studio + Gallery

As a part of the 2026 FotoFocus Biennial, recreate one of your favorite pictures as a painting in this workshop with Rosalind Bush. Trace directly onto prints of photographs and transfer onto canvas using carbon copy paper. Add your own perspective and create an expressive painting using your photo as a reference.
All experience levels welcome, FREE for all ages + abilities.

Sponsored by FotoFocus + ArtsWave

10/02/2026

Picture Perfect Opening Reception

Conscientious Conversations with Creatives Panel Talk with participating artists Antonio Adams, Ross Bicknaver, Rosalind Bush, and William Howell.

10/02/2026

Join us tonight for the Picture Perfect Opening Reception from 5-8pm at V+V Northside Studio + Gallery! Hear from the multimedia artists at 6 PM "Conscientious Conversations with Creatives" Panel Talk with participating artists Antonio Adams, Ross Bicknaver, Rosalind Bush, and William Howell. This gallery features artworks by artists who utilize photography as a starting point and visual reference in their art-making processes.

Multimedia artist and sculptor Brian Dooley depicts images from found, online sources, using non-traditional materials such as Perler Beads and Shrinky Dinks.
(left) photo of V+V Artists David Callahan and Jennifer Klein, (right) perler beard recreation by Brian Dooley.