For opening receptions, hours, and other details, see each organization’s page

 

Ongoing

 

Revive & Renew: Contemporary Artists and Eastern Papers

Through September 20

Morgan Conservatory

 

Lost & Found: Vernacular & Found Photography

Through September 20

Cleveland Print Room

Solid Movement, works of Jenniffer Omaitz

Extended through September 30

1point618 Gallery

Warm Heavy Lift, works of Qian Li

Through September 30

1point618 Gallery

Along the Tracks: O. Winston Link

Through November 9

Akron Art Museum

September 4

Flat Granny and Me: A procession in my mind by Jenny Fine

7 pm September 4 and 2 pm September 6

The Sculpture Center

September 5

Walk All Over Waterloo

Barbara Polster, Video Installation

Through October 11

William Busta Gallery

 

Bellamy Printz, Mixed Media

Through October 18

William Busta Gallery

 

Dexter Davis + Jason K. Milburn, Individual and Collaborative Works

through October 18

William Busta Gallery

Jason K. Milburn says he and Dexter Davis have long talked about the similarity in their works, both in terms of style and subject matter. Indeed, both combine drawing and printmaking techniques, and use human figures to portray deep emotional complexity. They both studied printmaking and drawing at the Cleveland Institute of Art–but more than a decade apart. And, as it happens, both work as security guards at the Cleveland Museum of Art. It wasn’t until their work was hung together in CMA’s most recent staff show, however, that they talked about doing a show together. The opportunity arose when William Busta Gallery had scheduled both for upcoming exhibitions. They took advantage of the occasion not only by opening a show together, but by collaborating on some of the works. Not to be missed the same night at Busta’s are new works by Bellamy Printz and Barbara Polster, who returns from Seattle to bring her installation “A super[Symmetry]. Three exhibits . . . Four artists . . . One venue, opening from Friday, September 5 at William Busta Gallery,2731 Prospect Ave., Cleveland. Call 216.298.9071, or go to williambustagallery.com.

Harriet Moore Ballard: Random Order

Through October 4

Bonfoey Gallery

Constructions: Maria Zanetta and Tara Lynn

Through November 4

Harris Stanton Gallery, Cleveland

Cathie Bleck & Amy Casey: Rarely Home

Through October 19

Maria Neil Art Project

 

De Materia, curated by Lane Cooper

Through September 26

Waterloo Arts

 

Isabel Farnsworth + Hui-Chu Ying

Through October 18

Heights Arts

 

September 6

 

Jewelers’ Tool & Supply Swap

Flux Metal Arts

 

Cleveland Classic Guitar Society concert

7:30 pm

Heights Arts

Trenton Doyle Hancock: Skin and Bones, 20 Years of Drawing

Through January 4, 2015
Akron Art Museum

September 7

Community Art Show:

Through September 13

Orange Art Center

September 9

The New Now

Through September 29

Presented by the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve at Tri-C Gallery East

September 12

Tremont Art Walk

 

Donald Black Jr.: Artist In Residence Exhibition

Through October 4

Artist Talk: 6:30 p.m. September 24

Zygote Press

27^th annual International Show

Through October 11

Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron

September 13

ArtNeo, CAN Journal, the City Club of Cleveland, and Cleveland Public Library present On and Off The Wall

The idea that an art scene needs public discussion has motivated CAN Journal since our beginning. Nina Gibans and ArtNeo, formerly the Cleveland Artists Foundation, have long shared this idea. The natural alignment with the citadel of free speech–the City Club of Cleveland–makes the three ideal partners to host a new series of discussions about art and art-making here. Cleveland Foundation Director of Arts Initiatives Kathleen Cerveny gives the Keynote Address as ArtNeo kicks off the series with two panel discussions: first, “Street-Smart Studios: Laboratories for Ideas and Concepts;” and second, “Concepts and Issues Facing Local Artists, Collectors And Art Lovers Today.” Featured panelists, speakers and moderators include Pam Eyerdam (Cleveland Public Library), John Farina (ARTneo, Maria Neil Art Project), Michael Gill (CAN Journal), James Gibans (ARTneo), Robert Maschke (Robert Maschke Architects), Liz Maugans (Zygote Press), Dan Moulthrop (City Club of Cleveland), Barbara Robinson (arts advocate), Tom Schorgl (Community Partnership for Arts & Culture), and William C. Tregoning (Tregoning & Co.). Sponsored by CAN Journal, Cleveland Public Library, the City Club of Cleveland, and ArtNeo. It’s 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, September 13 at the Main Branch of the Cleveland Public Library, 325 Superior Ave. East, Cleveland. Call 216.623.3800 or 216-227-9507, or go to artneo.org.

September 18

 

Tina Cassara and David Sapp: Threads, Lines, Traces

Through October 30

The Sculpture Center

 

Japanese Contemporary Fiber Sculpture in Miniature

Through December 18

The Sculpture Center

 

September 18

Three Amigos: Ron Joranko, Ron Johnston, and Loren Naji

Artists Archives of the Western Reserve

What’s lost in a friendship when one friend passes away is indescribable, but it lives on for the survivor and the rest of us in the projects they shared. For Loren Naji and Ron Johnston, a friendship with the late Ron Joranko lives on in each of their paintings. Works of Joranko–who took up painting late in life after a career as a tax accountant–are preserved by the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, which shines new light on them with the juxtaposition of works by his surviving friends. Joranko, Johnston, and Naji all are skilled in traditional figurative, landscape, and still-life painting. Opening reception 5 to 8 pm Thursday, September 18, through October 24 at Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, 1834 East 123rd St., Cleveland. Call 216.721.9020, or go to artistsarchives.org.

September 19

Third Friday Open Studios

78th Street Studios

September 19

Cinema 05

Kenneth Paul Lesko Gallery

If artists responding to the world can produce fantasy and inspired commentary, artists responding to other artists and art forms can make even greater leaps. That’s the territory explored in what has become an annual Fall tradition at Kenneth Paul Lesko Gallery–a group show featuring work by artists responding to film–both specific works, and the process itself. Last year’s installment had Michael Abarca juxtaposing images inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s The Hidden Fortress and George Lucas’s Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back; Kasumi exhibiting images from her own film, Shockwaves; Dave Jupp responding to James Whale’s The Bride of Frankenstein; Micah Sherrill to Mann Ray’s The Starfish; and Scott McIntire to Percy Adlon’s Bagdad Cafe, among more than a dozen others. We can only imagine what this artistic cross-pollination will yield in Cinema 05. Opening reception 5-9 pm Friday, September 19, through November 15 at Kenneth Paul Lesko Gallery, 1305 West 80th St., Cleveland. Call 216.6316719, or go to kennethpaullesko.com.

 

September 20

Sparx City Hop

Cleveland is so rich in galleries, we have not just one art district, but several of them, in neighborhoods all over town. Most of the time, that makes a city-wide art walk impossible. But for a dozen years, the Downtown Cleveland Alliance has knit the city’s art districts together via free Lolly the Trolly tours in the annual Sparks City Hop, an all-day affair with more than 70 galleries participating. Free trolley service loops through Tremont, Ohio City, St. Clair Superior, Gateway, and the Warehouse District. In between studio visits and gallery tours, you can refuel at more than 100 participating restaurants. Among a whole bunch of CAN members participating this year are City Artists at Work in the Heller Building (2218 Superior) and Harris Stanton Gallery’s new Cleveland location in the Warehouse District (1370 West 9th Street). New this year is a Trolley Hub under Playhouse Square’s big, glitzy chandelier, which makes not only for efficient tour routes, but also an easy-to-find, central location. Trolley Service takes you all over the gallery scene from 11 a.m. to 6 pm Saturday, September 20. For information, go to downtowncleveland.com/sparx.

John Pearson: Intuitive Structures

through February 1, 2015
Akron Art Museum

September 25

Ekphrastacy and Artist Talks

Heights Arts

September 26

Print Club of Cleveland Fine Print Fair

Through September 28

Ames Family Atrium at the Cleveland Museum of Art

Clarence A. Wilkins Uncovered: From Cairo, Illinois to New York City

Through November 7

Cleveland Print Room

 

Ferran Adrià: Notes on Creativity

Through January 18, 2014

MOCA Cleveland

 

 

Sept. 26

Kirk Mangus: Things Love

MOCA

Kirk Mangus’s ceramic works often have a child-like quality. Just as frequently, they look to be thousands of years old. The turnout of some 300 guests at a memorial service honoring the late ceramic artist was fitting for a man who led Kent State University’s Ceramics Department since 1985. Mangus died of a brain aneurysm Nov. 24, 2013. It’s also fitting that MOCA Cleveland celebrate the prolific artist’s work, which drew on ceramic traditions from Asia and Meso-America, as well as comics, prehistoric cave drawings, and modernist abstraction, among other influences. Organized by MOCA associate curator Rose Bouthillier, the exhibit includes ceramic works large and small, from cups and vases to larger pots and sculpture. Bouthillier has also chosen some of the artist’s sketchbooks and drawings, for deeper understanding of the way the artist approached the world and his craft. It’s the first comprehensive comprehensive museum show of his work. September 26, 2014 — January 18, 2015 at MOCA Cleveland, 11400 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Call 216.421.8671, or go to mocacleveland.org.

 

October 3

 

Walk All Over Waterloo

 

Oleander: Paintings by Martha Ferrazza

Through October 25

Waterloo Arts

 

October 10

 

 

Sid Rheuban at 90

1point618 Gallery

It’s usually printmakers who think in reverse, but the same and more applies to Sid Rheuban. Rheuban, who took up painting in his late 60s, paints large portraits on Plexiglass, to be viewed through what would, on canvas, be the back side. Making the underbelly of the painting as its face has another effect–The first marks he makes with a brush are the ones the viewer sees through the glossy surface of the glass. At 1point618 Gallery, 6421 Detroit Ave., Cleveland. Call 216.281.1618 or go to

1point618gallery.com

Tremont Art Walk

noon: CIA’s Visiting Wilson Fellow

Cleveland Institute of Art at the City Club of Cleveland

Annual Juried Exhibition

Through November 6

BAYarts

 

Julie Cikra: Migration

Through November 6

Dianne Boldman Education Gallery at BAYarts

October 11

7th Annual Benefit & Silent Auction

Morgan Conservatory

Art & Craft: A Celebration of Art and Beer

6-10 pm at Maria Neil Art Project

October 13

Foreign Affairs 18: Clemens Reinecke and Rita Geissler

Through October 24

Artist Talk and Opening 1 – 3 pm Saturday, October 18

Zygote Press

October 17

Third Friday Open Studios

78th Street Studios

Kate Budd, Sculpture:

Through November 15

William Busta Gallery

 

Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson, Paintings

Through December 1

William Busta Gallery 

Char Norman & Elena Osterwalder

through November 29

Morgan Conservatory

 

 

Abecedaria VII

Through November 29

Art Books Cleveland at the Morgan Conservatory

November 1

The Western Reserve Open Photography Competition

Through November 30

Artists Archives of the Western Reserve at Beachwood Public Library

Screw Factory ArtistsHoliday Open Studio

noon to 6 pm

Screw Factory Artists at the Lake Erie Building

 

November 6

 

National conference for academic, curatorial, and independent scholars

through November 8

Cleveland Institute of Art

 

November 7

 

Walk All Over Waterloo

 

Heights Arts 13th Annual Holiday Store

through December 31

Heights Arts

Panel discussion with international artists

5-6 pm

Cleveland Institute of Art

 

Exhibition opening in the Gund Building

6- 8pm

Cleveland Institute of Art

Art Therapy Studio Dessert Benefit

6:30 -10 pm

Art Therapy Studio at the Ariel International Center

 

Work of Creative Fusion Artist Dale Yudelman

Through November 21

Waterloo Arts

November 7

 

Flexible Domain: Matthew Kolodzeij and Andrea Joki

Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron

Big canvases with deep accumulations of paint, highly organized along clear, intersecting lines and planes mark the works of both Andrea Joki and Matthew Kolodzeij. While Kolodzeij’s works often reference architecture and even street scenes, Joki’s are more completely abstract. They’ve both shown at William Busta Gallery for years, but will have deliberate juxtaposition in Flexible Domain, a two-person show at Harris Stanton Gallery’s original, Akron location. through December 6. Harris Stanton Gallery 2301 W. Market Street, Akron. Call 330.867.7600, or go to harrisstantongallery.com.

2^nd Annual Student and Instructor Exhibition

Through November 29

Flux Metal Arts

 

November 8

Anniversary Open House

Flux Metal Arts

November 13

Cleveland Project: Photorealism: Collaboration by Creative Fusion Artist Pablo Serra Marino (Chile) with students of /Saint Martin De Porres High School

Through November 29

Cleveland Print Room

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& Przemyslaw Jasielski: Minotaur

Through December 18

The Sculpture Center

November 14

Tremont Art Walk

1^st annual International Show

Through December 27

Harris Stanton Gallery, Cleveland

November 15

Christopher Pekoc: Hand Made

Through – April 26, 2015
Akron Art Museum

The Archives Speak launch and signing

Through December 12

Artists Archives of the Western Reserve

Aubrey Rhodes: Rx

Through January 10, 2015
Kenneth Paul Lesko Gallery

 

November 21

 

Third Friday Open Studios

78th Street Studios

 

December 6

Zygote Press Holiday Off The Wall Members Show and Sale

Through December 7

Zygote Press

December 20

Cleveland Hand Made Last Minute Market and Screw Factory Artists Open Studio

Screw Factory Artists at the Lake Erie Building