Art may be in the eye of the beholder, but it’s created from the eye – and mind and soul – of the artist. To reach the beholder, it needs a conduit.
In the case of “The American Manifest,” a three-part project by conceptual artist Charles Gaines that began in New York and will culminate here in 2024, the connection is the Convening, a two-day symposium Oct. 20-21. The event is co-partnered by FotoFocus of Cincinnati and New York-based Creative Time; the latter organization commissioned…