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11.04.06
Architecture in Cincinnati Book Premiere
Publication Party, Cincinnati Art Museum, November 8, 5-7 p.m., no charge
by Sue Ann Painters
Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati presents Architecture in Cincinnati: An Illustrated History of Designing and Building an American City by Sue Ann Painter, Photographs by Alice Weston.
Produced by the Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati and published by Ohio University Press, Architecture in Cincinnati is the first chronological history of the area to focus on architecture and the built environment.
Noted environmental artist Alice Weston, luminous color photographs capture the beauty of the Queen City and the spirit of individual buildings, bridges, and urban places. The photographs are supplemented with fascinating historical images from the Cincinnati Historical Society Library/Cincinnati Museum Center. The authors are Sue Ann Painter (managing editor and author of chapters 1-6, 1788-1933), Beth Sullebarger (chapters 7,8,10, (1933-1963 and 1989-2006), and Jayne Merkel (chapter 9, 1964-1988). DAAP professor John Hancock was editorial advisor.
The photographer and several of the authors will be available for book signings at the Cincinnati Art Museum (Nov. 8, 5-7 p.m.), Contemporary Arts Center (Nov. 16, 5-6 p.m. invitation only), and Cincinnati Museum Center (Nov. 25, 2-4 p.m.). Information: www.architecturecincy.org
Architecture in Cincinnati traces the city's development from the first town plans of the 1780s to the city that it is today, renowned for its dramatic architectural achievements. It is a fascinating story of patrons, politicians, architects, engineers, and planners building a city.
It is the hope of the foundation that this informative, beautifully illustrated book will inspire renewed pride of place in residents of the city. Nonresidents and students of architectural and urban history will enjoy this authoritative introduction to a remarkable "yet typical" American city.
About the Authors
Sue Ann Painter, the lead author and managing editor of Architecture in Cincinnati, is executive director of the Architectural Foundation. Painter was a public historian and community development director for the Cincinnati Historical Society for more than a decade. Since 1992, she has been a principal in PSA Consulting, Inc. /Cincinnati Book Publishing, which produces history-related books, brochures, and exhibitions. Painter holds an MA in art history from the University of Cincinnati. In doctoral studies in American history at UC, her work was in American cultural and political urban history. Painter's most recent publications are a biography, William Henry Harrison: Father of the West, and a community history, Rise of the Urban Township.
Alice Weston is an environmental artist whose photography reveals hidden aspects of the natural and man-made worlds. Her published works include Great Houses of the Queen City and an exhibition based upon her photographs of Native American earthworks in the Ohio Valley. Weston's series of microphotographs formed the basis of several multimedia productions by the Cincinnati Ballet Company, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Contemporary Arts Center, and the Cincinnati Art Museum. Weston is a recipient of an Apple Award from the Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati, an Architectural Advancement Award from the Cincinnati American Institute of Architects, and an Ohioana Book Award. She holds degrees from Vassar College and the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning at UC.
Beth Sullebarger is principal of Sullebarger Associates, a historic preservation consulting firm based in Glendale, Ohio. She holds a master's degree in historic preservation from Columbia University and has thirty years experience in the field, including seven years as Executive Director of the Cincinnati Preservation Association. Award-winning projects include the exhibit, Lost Cincinnati for the Betts House Research Center, and A Guide to Art and Architecture in Cincinnati's Parks.
Jayne Merkel, an architectural historian and critic, was the architecture critic of the Cincinnati Enquirer from 1977 to 1988. She is now the New York-based contributing editor of Architectural Design/AD magazine in London, a member of its editorial board, and a frequent contributor to Art in America and Architectural Record magazines in New York. Merkel has written books about Michael Graves, Richard Dattner, the firm of Pasanella+Klein Stolzman+Berg, and most recently, Eero Saarinen.
BOOK FACTS: Architecture in Cincinnati
* This oversize (9 x 12, 368 pages) book is printed in full color.
* Price: cloth with jacket, $70; softbound paper, $35. Ohio sales tax applies.
* Purchasing information: Listed author: Painter, Sue Ann.
* ISBN: 0821417010 ISBN:0821417002 paper $35.00 cloth $70.00
For quantity orders and discounts, contact tonybrunsman@aol.com. Phone (513) 382-4315. (AFC discounts through AFC only.) Information: architecturecincy.org
RESERVE NOW (www.architecturecincy.org) for November 2006 fulfillment. Retail outlets: Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati Museum Center, Contemporary Arts Center, and area bookstores.
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