Join our Summer Artist-in-Residence, Karen Boyhen, every Wednesday 4-6PM at the downtown Public Library and every Saturday 1-3pm right here at the CAC!
Join team Tiny Cincinnati! Together we'll build a small scale version of parts our city from the ground up. Construction materials include: paper mache, recycled materials, found objects and other mixed media. Imagination and creativity is valued and you're encouraged to bring your ideas to sessions. Draw, paint, build, explore materials, and once the sculpture starts to take shape, utilize stop motion as well. Reimagine Cincinnati with us — no experience necessary!
Construction starts summer of 2025. Inspired by Red Grooms' Rukus Manhattan.
Karen's Bio
I believe in drawing as a healthy and mindful daily practice. I document observed interactions with pen on paper, while exploring relationships between people and also of line and space in compositions. A look into my sketchbook reveals my imagination and sense or humor. Interests include drawing “likes and dislikes portraits” and seeking inspiration from (wild) life.
A seasoned creative with over 30 years in the visual communication field, I am focused on building new creative partnerships.
I earned a Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design while on athletic scholarship for Javelin and shotput at Central Connecticut State University. I studied at the School of Visual Arts in NYC in the ‘90s and revisited the school in 2015 for an intensive summer residency program: Illustration and Visual Storytelling: Art and Industry.
This program is made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Award Number MA-249792-OMS-21
As well as the following organizations:
Louise Taft Semple
Sutphin Family Foundation
Robert and Adele Schiff Family Foundation
Charles H Dater Foundation
Greater Cincinnati Foundation
P&G Fund