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Brad McCombs and his students working on “Levi’s Learning Area.”

Play area helps transform vacant house into vibrant forest

Killian Baarlaer, Arts & Life Editor November 19, 2023

When Brad McCombs and his students gathered in the historic Holloway House in Cincinnati on a gloomy afternoon, the forest-inspired play area they were building was beginning to truly feel like its...

Courtneys Corner is a space in the third-floor lobby of the FA Center dedicated to leaving messages for McManus.

SOTA reflects on death and legacy of faculty advisor

Killian Baarlaer, Arts & Life Editor November 18, 2023

School of the Arts faculty advisor Courtney McManus died in her sleep the night of Nov. 12 after a months-long fight with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), a neurodegenerative disorder. She is survived...

New media art major Zack Hargrove cuts away at a piece of metal for use in Light Streams.

BLINK festival encourages collaboration between students, faculty, alumni

Kane Mitten, Arts & Life Editor October 2, 2019
BLINK, a free, light-based art festival, is easily the biggest event in Cincinnati. The inaugural BLINK in 2017 drew more than a million people to the Queen City—almost 400,000 more than Oktoberfest Zinzinnati. After the roaring success of the festival’s first year, Brad McCombs, associate professor of art and music program head, knew that NKU’s School of the Arts had to get involved somehow.
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