These classes have been completed. The Fall 2019 schedule will be updated when registration opens.

Presidential Connections: Spring Grove Tram Tour

Discover the incredible number of presidential connections that are in Spring Grove Cemetery. Whether an appointment or a relative, this tram tour will provide a snapshot into Cincinnati and presidential history as well as refresh your soul as you take in the beauty and splendor of Spring Grove. Dress for the weather, and prepare yourself for a spectacular tram tour.

Instructor: Skip Holmes, Spring Grove docent

1 Monday: May 6; 1:00–2:30 pm

Location: Spring Grove Cemetery, 4521 Spring Grove Avenue, Cincinnati

NOTE: Meet at Spring Grove’s Customer Service Office (look for signage).

Road Trip: Fitton Center

Join us for a visit to the Fitton Center for Creative Arts. Get a full building tour, a focused gallery tour, and help create a community art installation! Be part of a curator-led discussion of exhibitions on view. “Road Trip,” curated by Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame & Museum, features artworks from the museum collection and from the Hall of Fame network of artist fans. The show also includes sports-themed paintings and abstract glass pieces by artists from Hamilton’s InsideOut Studio and a Community Gallery exhibition of preschool art from Colonial Schools. Finish your visit by creating a Team Colors Streamer out of braided, knotted, or crocheted fabric to toss onto the Fitton Center’s outdoor Monument Avenue pergola to become part of a huge collaborative community weaving. Bring your unwanted fabric or yarn to donate to this project!

1 Wednesday: March 27; 1:30–3:00pm

Location: Fitton Center for Creative Arts, 101 S. Monument Ave., Hamilton

Supply Fee: $5, payable with registration

Sculpture in the Park

Featuring art from some of the most renowned artists in the world, Pyramid Hill is an outdoor museum focusing on monumental pieces of sculpture in an environment of meadows, forests, and various gardens. Indoors, you’ll find a 10,000 square-foot Ancient Sculpture Museum displaying Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan sculpture thousands of years old. We’ll meet at Pyramid Hill’s Ancient Sculpture Museum (look for signs after entering the park) where you’ll park and transfer to a minibus for a guided sculptures tour followed by a self-guided museum tour. You’re welcome to bring a picnic lunch and plan to stay and enjoy the park after your tours.

1 Thursday: May 9; 10:30am–1:00pm

Location: Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park and Museum, 1763 Hamilton-Cleves Road, Hamilton

Fee: $8, payable with registration