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A Shared Legacy: Folk Art In America Is Coming To The Cincinnati Art Museum

91.7 WVXU | By Brian O'Donnell
Published May 19, 2017 at 5:00 AM EDT
Unidentified Artist, United States, Chest over Drawers, 1803, tulip poplar, brass, iron, and paint, 27 x 50 x 22 ½ in. (68.5 x 127 x 57.1 cm)
Barbara L. Gordon Collection
Unidentified Artist, United States, Chest over Drawers, 1803, tulip poplar, brass, iron, and paint, 27 x 50 x 22 ½ in. (68.5 x 127 x 57.1 cm)
Unidentified Artist, United States, Chest over Drawers, 1803, tulip poplar, brass, iron, and paint, 27 x 50 x 22 ½ in. (68.5 x 127 x 57.1 cm)
Credit Barbara L. Gordon Collection
Unidentified Artist, United States, Chest over Drawers, 1803, tulip poplar, brass, iron, and paint, 27 x 50 x 22 ½ in. (68.5 x 127 x 57.1 cm)

The Cincinnati Art Museum is preparing to open a new exhibit of folk art called A Shared Legacy: Folk Art in America. 

Two of the museum's curators, Julie Aronson and Amy Dehan, join Brian O'Donnell for a preview.

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Brian O'Donnell
Brian O’Donnell has been sharing his love of music on the radio since the early 1970’s. He is a true public radio renaissance man hosting classical music on 90.9 WGUC weekday mornings; contributing music and arts features for 91.7 WVXU’s Around Cincinnati program; and hosting Saturday Morning with Brian O’D on WNKU. Musicians, artists and community arts leaders regularly stop by to record interviews with Brian— from Jaime Laredo with the Linton Music Series, or J.R. Cassidy from the Northern Kentucky Symphony, to a curator of an exhibit at The Cincinnati Art Museum, or a soloist in town to perform with the CSO, his relaxed style puts everyone at ease and lets their story come through.
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