Featured Events in Cincinnati in May, 2025 (February Updated)

Your Journey to Your Creativity and ArtWork Goals with Ken Elliott! Friday May 2 thru Sunday May 4; 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM Come join us at the Cincinnati Art Club for an exciting event focused on helping you unleash your creativity and achieve your art goals! Whether you're a beginner looking for inspiration or a seasoned artist seeking new techniques, this event is perfect for you. Connect with like-minded individuals, learn from experienced artists, and get ready to take your artwork to the next level. Don't miss out on this opportunity to kickstart your creative journey! Matisse said it best, when he was asked about color theory and he said, 'I have no color theory,' says Ken Elliott. Embark on different ways and thinking to get to your next level along your continued journey towards your goal! This workshop is open to artists of all skill levels. Ken will discuss strategies for creating better artwork with a variety of common and creative tools. The workshop will focus the strategies for making better paintings, going to new places in your work and how to make fine art. Much attention will be given to improving your own artwork and career. ​Ken will demonstrate oil painting and will discuss the idea of making strong starts and to keep the way open for more interesting and dramatic finishes. Ken is a very hands-on teacher, so there will be some collaboration if you are open to it. This is a strategic workshop and all media is welcome. In addition to making art works, Ken will talk about business and promotion, which are necessary to be a successful artist in the marketplace. There will be serious discussions, laughs, and your questions. We will all come away with new tools to take your art to the next level. ​Attendees are invited to bring whatever they wish to paint with and work on. Bring works to start, works in progress, and finished works to evaluate. There will be a lot of conversation about the mental aspects of making good art by design and experiment. The mental aspect is the quickest way to get the breakthroughs to the next big success in your art. Ken Elliott’s Bio Ken comes from a background of working in the art gallery and ancillary art businesses for over 40 years. As an artist for 25 of those years, he can speak to the business and creative aspects of being a professional artist. He studied with Wolf Kahn for a month at the Santa Fe Art Institute Master Class program, coming away with enough information for a lifetime. For decades he has been associated with wonderful and successful artists. As a former gallery dealer, he has a great deal of experience and knowledge about past and present artists and their reasons for success. Having grown up in the arts with framing, gallery management and as an artist, he has much to offer to the hobbyist and professional artist. On May 1, An evening with Ken Elliott! May 1, 2025, 6:30 PM-8:30 PM In addition to this workshop we are offering a “meet and greet reception and conversation” with Ken as he shares his journey with the audience, and examples of his work and the stories behind them and his development. He will also talk about his popular book, Manifesting 1,2,3 and you don't need 3. Did you ever consider that your thoughts might actually be doing something?The author has experienced how our thoughts create in real time.This is powerful knowledge that is changing lives and it is incredibly simple. All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered. - Galileo Galileiwww.manifesting123.comCome join us at _TBA_ , the evening of May1, 2024. 6:30-8:30 pm. This is a free event for those signed up for the workshop on May 2-4. Those who cannot attend the workshop, there is a fee of $10.00 to off set costs of the reception. Please register for this May 1st event in the separate event category for this special event! To register for the workshop go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-ken-elliott-tickets-1092655916259?aff=oddtdtcreator Information Source: Cincinnati Art Club | eventbrite

The Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon is a 42.195 km (26.2 mi) race held annually on the first Sunday in May in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was first held in 1999. It is the third largest first-time marathon in the United States, with nearly 5,000 finishers in 2008. Official times from the Flying Pig Marathon can be used to qualify for the Boston Marathon. It's the biggest weekend party in the city, and you can be a part of it! Whether you're a runner or a walker, whether you're a volunteer or a cheerleader, whether you're doing it for charity or just to please yourself, we want you to join us. Sign up today and be part of the "Flying Pig Party" The Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon course will "fly" along the streets of Cincinnati, Covington, and Newport in a beautiful, scenic route. The race will present you with a well-balanced, diverse course through some of the best neighborhoods in the area.