TRAVEL REPORT
Postcard paradise
Visitors to Vermilion on the shore of Lake Erie can now see 15 murals depicting scenes recreated from historic postcards of the area. The murals of The Postcard Project have been unveiled one at a time during the past year and are now complete.
The organization also is sponsoring a selfie contest, inviting visitors to vote for their favorite mural/postcard. To participate, visitors should take a photo of themselves in front of their favorite postcard, post it to Facebook or Instagram, and tag it with #Publicartvermilion. The contest runs through Nov. 29. One winner will be drawn each Friday to win a pack of all 15 postcards, valued at $25.
The 5-by-8-foot murals were painted in oil by Amherst artists Mike Sekletar and Brian Goodwin.the scenes were selected from nearly 10,000 postcards loaned to the project by Vermilion residents.
For more information, mainstreetvermilion.org/ public-art-vermilion.
Female flyers Cincinnati master
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A new exhibit, “Women in the Air Force: From Yesterday into Tomorrow,” is now being installed in galleries throughout the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton.
Many of the displays will include one-of-a-kind artifacts used by women in the Air Force from many different eras. Among the artifacts are spaceflown objects and unique uniform items.
Just installed was the “Moving Toward Equality” display in the museum’s Cold War Gallery. Other displays to be added in the coming months include “Women on the Edge,” “Women in Space,” “Women Leading the Way,” “Operation BABYLIFT,” “Building the Future,” and “Ambassadors in Blue.”
For more information, www.nationalmuseum.af.mil. visit
Next month, the Cincinnati Art Museum will present “Frank Duveneck: American Master,” the first comprehensive exhibition of the Cincinnati artist’s work in more than 30 years.
The exhibit will include 90 pieces from the museum’s collection and 35 others on loan from other American museums.
The exhibit will take an in-depth look at the artistic development of Duveneck, once Cincinnati’s most celebrated artist and an instructor and director of the Art Academy of Cincinnati at the turn of the 20th century.
The exhibit will open Dec. 18 and run through March 28, 2021.
For more information, cincinnatiartmuseum.org.
Start the presses
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Ground has been broken on a project that will more than double the size of the Print Shop at Carillon Historical Park in Dayton, one of the park’s most popular exhibits.
The project, funded by an anonymous couple, will allow for the installation of seven more historic and operational printing presses and other equipment, including a Kelly Model C, a Miehle Vertical, a Heidelberg Windmill, a Little Giant, a Mergenthaler Linotype and a Dayton-made Seybold Paper Cutter. The project also will link the shop with two adjacent exhibit buildings.
The shop will be one of the most comprehensive working exhibits featuring the history and equipment of early 20th-century American printing.
For more information, daytonhistory.org.
— Steve Stephens sstephens@dispatch.com visit