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ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
SOS ART, in collaboration with the Fitton Center, is offering an ongoing Artist in Residence Program. This residency, targeted primarily toward Greater Cincinnati Artists, is designed to encourage creators engaging with themes of Peace and Justice in their artistic practice. With support from SOS ART and the Fitton Center, selected artists will spend three months creating, or curating, or collaborating on a project to share with our community. The residency is open for artists, curators, educators and creators.
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Applications are now open for the Spring cycle (April – June 2026).
Application deadline- February 1, 2026
Imprinting Justice
SOS ART 2026
USA Miniprints for Peace and Justice 2026
Latest Publications
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The book “Voices from India” is the fourth such book in a series of SOS ART books and exhibits that showcase prints from a different country where artist printmakers use their art as a reflection of their social, cultural, and political reality. Before India, the other three featured countries were: Mexico (Oaxaca), Lebanon, and Czechia. The prints of “Voices from India” were exhibited in Cincinnati at Kennedy Heights Arts Center (KHAC) and at Off Ludlow Gallery, (July/August 2024); also at Nine Fish Gallery in Mumbai (January 2025). In Cincinnati there were an accompanying Indian cultural festival at KHAC, and an Indian movie festival at The Esquire Theatre.
The purpose of these SOS ART projects is to share the art and the culture of a different country with Greater Cincinnati residents, thus bridging the cultural divide and contributing to a better world.
Theme – Community
Books by Amanda Bollman; and by Mason Judge
2025
Theme – Gratitude
Books by Azra Bhagat and Ed Mettler; and by Jessicalina Tongono
2025
Theme – Mental Well-Being
Books by Kai Miller; and by Sam Curoe
2025
“Cartoons for Peace and Justice,” a project of SOS ART, consists of a series of cartoon books, each on a given theme of peace and justice. Each book, composed of two stories on the same theme, is illustrated by two different Greater Cincinnati artists or groups of artists. These books are given free to local elementary and middle schools to share with their students and have their content discussed at some point in the classroom; also with the hope to trigger in the students artistic creativity in line with the addressed theme. The first 10 books published are respectively on the theme of Environment, Hunger, Endangered Animals, Negative Effects of Technology, Responsibility, Acceptance and Harmony (Tolerance), Neurodiversity, Compassion, Anxiety and Depression, and Gentrification. The three newest ones are: 1) on the theme of Community: “Community Is Where the Heart Is,” written and illustrated by Amanda Bollman; and “Seeds of Change,” written and illustrated by Mason Judge; 2) on the theme of Gratitude: “Learning to be Grateful,” written by Azra Bhagat and illustrated by Ed Mettler; and “American Lunch,” written and illustrated by Jessicalina Tongono; and 3) on the theme of Mental Well-Being: “Monsters,” written and illustrated by Sam Curoe; and “Burnout,” written and illustrated by Kai Miller. Please feel free to share these books with children you know and to contact us (sosartcincinnati@gmail.com) for any additional questions or information.
“For A Better World 2025” is the 22nd annual book of Poems and Drawings on Peace and Justice by Greater Cincinnati Artists published by SOS ART. It includes poems by 96 local poets and drawings by 40 local visual artists, all on the themes of peace and justice. The book is dedicated to the memory of Gary Gaffney, a strong supporter of SOS ART and a long time member on its board. Gary passed away on February 14, 2025.
Human Rights Portfolios
Portfolios of Woodcuts on Human Rights by Artists from Oaxaca/Mexico, Cincinnati/Ohio, and India
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Voices from India, 2024
“Voices from India: Social and Cultural Reflections”, after Oaxaca/Mexico, Lebanon, and Czechia, was the 4th “Voices from…” organized by SOS ART and curated by Saad Ghosn, its President. It meant to share with the Cincinnati audience artworks which reflected the social, political, and cultural reality of Indian printmakers. The show comprised prints of various printmaking techniques, 210 by 97 established Indian artists, young and old, and 58 by 50 emerging young Indian student artists. It took place at Kennedy Heights Arts Center and Off Ludlow Gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio in July and August 2024, and was accompanied by an Indian cultural and an Indian movie mini-festivals; also at Nine Fish Gallery in Mumbai, India in January 2025. The goal of the exhibit and of its accompanying activities was to contribute, within the Cincinnati community, to cultural exchange and enrichment, to promote cross cultural understanding and appreciation; also to illustrate the power of art as a contributor to a universal better world. In case you were not able to see the Cincinnati show in person, please watch the video below that documents it and some of its associated cultural activities.
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