Cincinnati’s free Sense of Tomorrow exhibition brings young artists into FotoFocus

Sense of Tomorrow, a free exhibition by ten emerging artists at Your Name Here Gallery in Cincinnati, was listed as on view on October 1 after a September 25 opening reception. Developed during an eight-week residency led by HATSUE, the show gives visitors a neighborhood entry point to the 2026 FotoFocus Biennial and is listed through November 4.

The exhibition is at 2429 Gilbert Avenue. The gallery lists regular visiting hours of noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, with an additional opening on Saturday, October 10, from noon to 4 p.m. Admission is free. Local arts publication Movers & Makers also lists the exhibition at the Gilbert Avenue gallery through November 4.

How the eight-week residency shaped Sense of Tomorrow

1001 Colors says the artists made the work during an eight-week residency at its gallery with artist-in-residence HATSUE, a Japanese-American photographer and educator whose work explores cultural connection and belonging. The organiser describes a process involving journaling, critiques, experimentation and dialogue. The resulting exhibition uses photography, cyanotype, collage and other image-making to explore beauty, fulfillment, identity and possible futures.

The residency matters to the way this exhibition is presented: the ten artists worked toward a shared public show while developing distinct responses to its themes. According to the gallery, its fellowship gives emerging artists experience making work, receiving feedback, writing artist statements and preparing exhibitions. FotoFocus describes the fellows as ages 16 to 24 and says they were selected through an open application process.

In the gallery’s account, Regnier traced a photographic study of childhood and change to a journaling exercise about admiration for older siblings. Regnier told the gallery, ‘I hope my work reminds audience members that the world we grew up in is not lost; it has simply aged.’ That account connects the residency’s reflective exercises to one artist’s choice of subject, without requiring viewers to read all ten contributions as versions of the same story.

Burnett used a camera passed down through her family, according to 1001 Colors. The gallery describes her series, 30 Minutes Home, as portraying friends across past, present and an imagined future. Burnett told the gallery, ‘I don't want to imagine a future where we cease to engage with our curiosity.’ Both examples come from the organiser’s published account; neither is a new interview or an independent assessment of the finished photographs.

Where the exhibition fits in the FotoFocus Biennial

Sense of Tomorrow is an official exhibition of the 2026 FotoFocus Biennial, The Long View, according to 1001 Colors. FotoFocus also lists the project in its programme. For visitors, the gallery show brings work made through a local educational residency into a wider regional photography programme. The exhibition’s focus on how young artists see their lives and futures is the organiser’s description of the project, rather than a critical judgment about the work.

FotoFocus says the gallery offers free educational programmes for aspiring artists ages 16 to 24. The fellowship described by 1001 Colors gives participants practice with the steps between making images and showing them publicly, including critique and exhibition preparation. Sense of Tomorrow is the public presentation of that process: visitors can see work made by the ten fellows at the same gallery where the residency took place.

Visiting dates and a discrepancy in the listings

1001 Colors scheduled an opening reception for Friday, September 25, from 5 to 7 p.m., and its event page lists the exhibition from September 25 to November 4. Movers & Makers gives the same end date and lists the show as running through November 4. The reception listing establishes the scheduled event, but the published records do not establish how many people attended.

There is a discrepancy over the exhibition’s first public viewing date: the gallery and Movers & Makers list September 25 as the start, while FotoFocus lists October 2. The gallery’s current-exhibition page labeled the show on view when checked October 1, and the sources agree on November 4 as the end date. Readers planning a visit can use the gallery’s published hours and exhibition page for its current listing.