WINTER 2017-2018 EVENTS

Your easy, chronological guide to what Northeast Ohio galleries and museums have coming up in the next few months. More information about many of these exhibits can be found elsewhere in the pages of CAN. Enjoy the shows!

by Anastasia Pantsios

CONTINUING EVENTS

THROUGH NOVEMBER 18

Art Books Cleveland presents Play: Books as Toys and Toys as Books

Melissa Jay Craig & Amy Richard

MORGAN ART OF PAPERMAKING CONSERVATORY

THROUGH NOVEMBER 25

Cuba Now

This show features the work of Cuban Creative Fusion artists Pilar Rubí and Sandra Ramos, who spent time working as artists-in-residence in Cleveland earlier this year, along with local artists Greg Martin (who collaborated with them), Herb Ascherman, Billy Delfs, David Jurca, and Steven Standley, who have visited Cuba recently.

CLEVELAND PRINT ROOM

THROUGH DECEMBER 2

Beyond Colors: Paintings by Seungbo Roh

FAWICK GALLERY AT BALDWIN WALLACE UNIVERSITY

THROUGH DECEMBER 9

Dark Pronoun: Paintings by Mark Keffer

Candyland: Paintings by Dana Oldfather

The Trees of Kinsman: Paintings by Tony Watkins

3.9644e+7 Cm3 of Volumetric Projections: Installation by Markus Vogl & Margarita Benitez

THE GALLERIES AT CSU

THROUGH DECEMBER 10

A Century of Asian Art

ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

THROUGH DECEMBER 10

Jerry Birchfield, Scott Olson, Liz Roberts, Henry Roth

TRANSFORMER STATION

THROUGH DECEMBER 13

46th Annual Juried Art Exhibit

Opening Reception 6–8pm Friday, November 3, open to all

VALLEY ART CENTER

THROUGH DECEMBER 15

The Art of Exchange: Cuban Art in Cleveland

To add another dimension to the exchange of artists between Cleveland and Cuba that has been the focus of the Cleveland Foundation’s Creative Fusion program for the past year, CIA has put together a show of work by more than a dozen contemporary Cuban artists, drawn from local private and public collections. Several of the featured artists have been Creative Fusion participants, spotlighting the cultural exchanges that are occurring.

CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART REINBERGER GALLERY

THROUGH DECEMBER 17

A Century of Women in Prints, 1917-2017

ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

THROUGH DECEMBER 29

50 Years of Fashion: Samples from the Ursuline Study Collection

One of the area’s little-known resources is the 3,500-item 20th-century fashion collection at Ursuline College. Used primarily as a study tool for students in the college’s acclaimed fashion program, giving them a hands-on opportunity to explore garment creation, this exhibit offers the wide community the chance to see some of these intriguing cultural artifacts.

FLORENCE O’DONNELL WASMER GALLERY AT URSULINE COLLEGE

THROUGH DECEMBER 30

16th Annual Holiday Store

HEIGHTS ARTS

THROUGH DECEMBER 31

Ursula Korneitchouk: “Affectionately Yours…”

HOWSON GALLERY, JUDSON

THROUGH DECEMBER 31

From Riches to Rags: American Photography in the Depression

Drawing on its own extensive collection, which was launched during the Depression, CMA has put together this look at an era that produced a deluge of iconic images of the hard times Americans had fallen on. The legendary photographers that emerged—Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, Arthur Rothstein—were documentarians, giving an intimate glimpse into the Depression’s impact. But it was also an era when photography was infiltrating advertising and when photographers such as Imogene Cunningham, Alfred Stieglitz and Ansel Adams produced timeless images of the natural world. Those three strands are all accounted for here.

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

THROUGH DECEMBER 31

Find a Face

MARY S. AND DAVID C. CORBIN FOUNDATION GALLERY

AKRON ART MUSEUM

THROUGH JANUARY 5, 2018

Round and Around: The Art of Mindy Tousley

LISSAUER GALLERY

THROUGH JANUARY 13, 2018

Visual Emotions—The Way I Remember You

Born and raised in Havana and now a resident of northeast Ohio, Augusto Bordelois has his inaugural solo show as an Archived Artist. Drawing from his Outcasts and Other Rejects, Brides and Warriors, and Immigrant Stories series, the exhibit showcases his Magical Realism-based paintings, featuring people–often strong, dynamic women—in paintings crammed with visual symbols that create provocative narratives waiting to be decoded by the viewer.

ARTISTS ARCHIVES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE

THROUGH JANUARY 14, 2018

The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

THROUGH JANUARY 17, 2018

Annual All-Judson Art Show

STREETER GALLERY, JUDSON

THROUGH JANUARY 21, 2018

Alchemy: Transformations in Gold

The old expression “All that glitters is not gold” is made visible in this group show of 16 international artists who incorporate gold or something that appropriates its look into their work, both two-dimensional and three-dimensional. They’re making statements not only about gold’s traditional connotation of luxury and wealth but also the human cost of their attainment, suggesting the subjugation, violence, destruction and poverty that often lie beneath the surface of the glitter.

KARL AND BERTL ARNSTEIN GALLERIES

AKRON ART MUSEUM

THROUGH FEBRUARY 18, 2018

Heavy Metal

JUDITH BEAR ISROFF GALLERY

AKRON ART MUSEUM

THROUGH JANUARY 28, 2018

Phil Collins

A Poet*hical Wager

MOCA CLEVELAND

THROUGH MARCH 11, 2018

Micro/Macro: Views of Earth by Marilyn Bridges and Jeannette Klute

FRED AND LAURA RUTH BIDWELL GALLERY

AKRON ART MUSEUM

THROUGH MAY 27, 2018

Maidenform to Modernism: The Bissett Collection

ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

THROUGH MAY 27, 2018

This Is Your Art: The Legacy of Ellen Johnson

ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

NOVEMBER

CAN Winter Issue Launch Party

7000 Marks: Sara Black & Amber Ginsburg

This pair of Chicago-based artists has turned a tanoak tree afflicted with Sudden Oak Death into 7,000 pencils. While the origin of the disease is unclear, quarantines have been introduced to prevent its spread, which the artists liken to the boundaries being created by the international rise in xenophobia and nationalism. It references and contrasts with conceptual artist Joseph Beuys’ 1982 7,000 Oaks project with its idealistic aim of introducing nature into an urban environment. During the exhibit’s run, the pencils will be used for curated activities, and the artists will collaborate with local artists, activists and scientists to explore our relationships with nature, adaptation and survival. Through January 12.

Opening Reception 6-9 pm

SPACES

Third Friday

5-9 pm

78TH STREET STUDIOS

Judith Brandon: Solo Exhibition

Opening Reception 5-9 pm

Through January 12

KENNETH PAUL LESKO GALLERY

Eileen Dorsey: Deduction

Closing reception 5-9 pm

EILEEN DORSEY STUDIOS

Cult Classics: A Movie Poster Exhibition

Closing night 5-9 pm

E11EVEN2 GALLERY @ 78TH STREET STUDIOS

Chris Benavides

Opening reception 5-9 pm

GALLERY+ @ 78TH STREET STUDIOS

Dave King & Dante Rodriguez: New Paintings and Prints

Opening reception 5-9 pm

Through December 29

HEDGE GALLERY

Art Bites: Collecting Art Talks: Cuba: the Land, the People, the Arts – Sixty years after Castro’s Revolution

1-3 pm

ARTISTS ARCHIVES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE

BAYarts Holiday: Love it Local

Handmade, unique, local

Open 7 days thru Christmas, late Thursday

BAYARTS

Silver Scuro Studio Opening Duo Decibel System

7 pm

SILVER SCURO STUDIO AND GALLERY

Heritage: Wadsworth and Jae Jarrell

Through February 25

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

Elijah Pierce: An American Narrative

Through March 4

CANTON ART MUSEUM

Black Friday Open House

11 am-4 pm

EILEEN DORSEY STUDIO

11th Annual Holiday Artists’ Market

10 am-3pm November 27-28

THE GALLERY AT LAKELAND

DECEMBER

Walk All Over Waterloo

5-10 pm

WATERLOO

Slavic Village HoliDazzle

Slavic Village was hard-hit by the foreclosure crisis, but it’s taking steps to come back, with Fleet Avenue refreshed by a new streetscape and a steady trickle of new businesses and galleries. The Magalen art space on Fleet is headquarters for the 2nd annual HoliDazzle, which includes ceremonial tree and street lighting, a market, kids’ activities, live music and a potluck. It’s free.

5-10 pm

THE MAGALEN, FLEET AVENUE

Off The Wall Members Showcase

Opening reception 5-9 pm

Through December 16

CLEVELAND PRINT ROOM

Dark Frontier: New Collaborative Collection by Krista Tomorowitz

Opening Party 6-9 pm

PRAXIS FIBER WORKSHOP

Winter Holiday Sale

December 1 & 2

VALLEY ART CENTER

Off-the-Wall Holiday Exhibition

Noon-6 pm December 1 & 2

ZYGOTE PRESS

Holiday Bazaar

6-9 pm December 1

10 am-4 pm December 2

MORGAN ART OF PAPERMAKING CONSERVATORY

Artists of Rubber City Members’ Show

Opening reception 5-8 pm

Through January 6

BOX GALLERY

ArtCraft Studio Show

December 2 & 3

ARTCRAFT BUILDING

Public Lecture: Schlenker Collection of Chinese Painting

By two men involved with the acquisition in the 1990s: Charles Mason, curator of the Hope College art museum in Holland, Michigan; and artist and art historian Arnold Chang.

5:30 pm

ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

Artist Talk: Corrie Slawson

Connect with artists featured in Heavy Metal at these artist-led gallery talks. Discover how each artist works and what inspires them. Meet in the gallery for these free dialogues.

6:30 pm

AKRON ART MUSEUM

Holiday Trunk Show

Local art, cash bar, raffles

6-9 pm

BAYARTS

“A Dickens of a Holiday Party”

Murder mystery, great food, cash bar

Advance limited tickets @ bayarts.net

7-10 pm

BAYARTS

Walkabout Tremont

5-10 pm

TREMONT

Cleveland Holiday Bazaar

December 9-10

78TH STREET STUDIOS

Third Friday

5-9 pm

78TH STREET STUDIOS

Holiday Show

Featuring work by seven of the gallery’s stable of artists

5-9 pm

E11EVEN2 GALLERY @ 78TH STREET STUDIOS

Holiday Market

Visit the studios of the many artists in a variety of media who work at the Lake Erie Building aka the Screw Factory. Additional artists will be set up in the building’s commons areas. Free parking, free admission.

6-10 pm December 15

10 am-6 pm December 16

SCREW FACTORY

Halim Ina

Cleveland dentist-turned-photographer Halim Ina has traveled the world, particularly to India, where he returns regularly, as well as Africa and the Americas, training his camera on the people of those regions. His intimate portraits, mostly in black & white, aim to evoke empathy, raise awareness and create connections. His work isn’t hit-and-run. He returns to the countries to shoot his subjects over time and share the photos he’s taken previously. And he uses the proceeds from selling his photos to fund projects in the countries he visits, such as building schools for girls.

Opening reception 5-9 pm

Through January 19

GALLERY+ @ 78TH STREET STUDIOS

JANUARY

Artist Talk: Kathy Buszkiewicz, Cleveland Institute of Art professor of Jewelry and Metals

Connect with artists featured in Heavy Metal at these artist-led gallery talks. Discover how each

artist works and what inspires them. Meet in the gallery for these free dialogues.

6:30 pm

AKRON ART MUSEUM

Walk All Over Waterloo

5-10 pm

WATERLOO

Sanctus

This show, taking place at a community arts space in Slavic Village, features work by artists living and/or working in northeast Ohio, reflecting on “sanctus,” the Catholic tradition of prayer and spirituality.

ELEVATE GALLERY

The Shrine of Realization and other Extraordinary Objects and Visionary Images by Mark Soppeland

Through February 10

HARRIS STANTON GALLERY AKRON

Ed Emberly: Better You Than Me

Through July 15

AKRON ART MUSEUM

Walkabout Tremont

5-10 pm

TREMONT

Natural Order and Chaos: Deborah Pinter

Opening reception 7-9 pm

SULLIVAN FAMILY GALLERY

BAYARTS

Generations: Mike & Keegan Adams

Opening reception 7-9 pm

Through February 17

EDUCATION GALLERY

BAYARTS

Hinging and Matting Workshop

10 am-noon, $30

MORGAN ART OF PAPERMAKING CONSERVATORY

Graphic Discontent: German Expressionism on Paper

Through May 27

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

Open Yards

Inaugural Grand Opening 6-9 pm

Through March 17

WORTHINGTON YARDS PROJECT SPACE

Artist Talk: Sherry Simms, University of Akron associate professor and Metalsmithing area coordinator

Connect with artists featured in Heavy Metal at these artist-led gallery talks. Discover how each artist works and what inspires them. Meet in the gallery for these free dialogues.

6:30 pm

AKRON ART MUSEUM

Third Friday

5-9 pm

78TH STREET STUDIOS

Reflections of Cleveland by Christina Sadowski

Opening 5-9 pm

Through February 16

E11EVEN2 GALLERY @ 78TH STREET

Rebecca Cross Solo Exhibition, with featured designs by Kevin Busta

Opening reception 5-9 pm

Through February 23

HEDGE GALLERY

Gary Dumm

Opening reception 5-9 pm

Through February 16

GALLERY+ @ 78TH STREET STUDIOS

Beer, Brats & Bingo Fundraiser

7-10 pm

Bingo, Platform beer, local brats

Advance limited tickets @bayarts.net

BAYARTS

Anthropocene

Opening reception 5-9 pm

Through February 23

CLEVELAND PRINT ROOM

Precipice (George Kozmon); Codes and Identity (Guy Vincent); Digital Passage (Collaboration); Symbols, Glaciers, and Ghosts

Through February 24

THE GALLERIES AT CSU

Materialized: Seven Artists Working in Metal

This show features the work of local artists Matthew Hollern, Jacquie Wynn Kennedy, Seth Nagelberg, and Stephen Yusko, along with curator Pamela Argentieri, David Deming, and Mark Hartung, showcasing both traditional and new ways of using metal to invent form and make a statement with the medium. The show will give visitors the chance to see how the objects evolve into their finished form with sketches, models, patterns and prototypes. “The work of these artists reminds us of several themes, industrial vernacular, the study of form and function, innovative use of technology, and visual metaphor,” says Argentieri.

Opening reception 6-9 pm

Gallery Talk 7 pm February 15

Through March 4

HEIGHTS ARTS

Rachel Yurkovich: Black Grass; Zac Weinberg: The Lampshade Variations

Opening 5:30-8:00 pm

Artist Talks: Zac Weinberg at 6:15 pm and Rachel Yurkovich at 7:00 pm

THE SCULPTURE CENTER

Ron Abrams Exhibition

Opening reception 6-8 pm

Through February 24

ZYGOTE PRESS

Core Functions: the work of new Archived artists, Bette Drake (functional ceramic work) & Marvin Jones (1940 – 2005) (prints, paintings, sculptural ceramic)

Through March 3

ARTISTS ARCHIVES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE

Community Culture Night: Robin Van Lear

7-8:30 pm

ART HOUSE

Identity: People

Opening Reception 6–8 pm

Through March 7

VALLEY ART CENTER

Roycroft Suede Binding Workshop

10 am-4 pm, $90

MORGAN ART OF PAPERMAKING CONSERVATORY

Pressure Printing: A Flexible, Experimental Approach to Letterpress Printing Workshop

10 am-4 pm, $150

MORGAN ART OF PAPERMAKING CONSERVATORY

Magic Box Workshop

10 am-4 pm, $115

MORGAN ART OF PAPERMAKING CONSERVATORY

FEBRUARY

Artist Talk: Sarah Paul, Cleveland Institute of Art associate professor and chair of Sculpture and Expanded Media

Connect with artists featured in Heavy Metal at these artist-led gallery talks. Discover how each artist works and what inspires them. Meet in the gallery for these free dialogues.

6:30 pm

AKRON ART MUSEUM

Walk All Over Waterloo

5-9 pm

WATERLOO

Spotlight: Sharon Grossman

Opening reception 6-9 pm

Through March 18

HEIGHTS ARTS

SOUPer Bowl Fun-raiser

11:30 am -1:30 pm

Ceramic bowls with ticket while they last,

Local chefs, cash bar. Tickets bayarts.net

BAYARTS

Annual Fundraiser

#hotchocolate@home

VALLEY ART CENTER

Lines of Inquiry: Learning from Rembrandt’s Etchings

Through May 13

ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

A Century of Asian Art at Oberlin

This show gives viewers an opportunity to see some of the museum’s holdings from its Japanese print collection, including ukiyo-e woodblock prints and works from the 20^th-century

shin-hanga (new prints) and sōsaku-hanga (creative prints) movements, as well as more recent contemporary works. The exhibition will shine a spotlight on the donors who have helped build the collection.

Through May 27

ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

New Directions: Avin HannahSmith, Shelby Solomon, and Kate Snow

Through March 10

HARRIS STANTON GALLERY CLEVELAND

Ekphrastacy: Artists Talk + Poets Respond

In this regular series, local poets respond to the works of art on display while the artists talk about the works. The current show is Materialized: Seven Artists Working in Metal.

7 pm

HEIGHTS ARTS

Walkabout Tremont

5-10 pm

TREMONT

BAYarts Faculty Exhibition

Opening reception 7-9 pm

Through March 3

EDUCATION GALLERY

BAYARTS

Jenniffer Omaitz: Constructions

Kent-based artist Omaitz shows the direction of her recent work with this exhibition of paintings, assemblages and a site-specific installation, tied together by her explorations of architecture, geometry and painterly abstraction in 2D and 3D. This is her first major work designed for this specific space.

Opening reception 7-9 pm

Through April 6

BAYARTS

Art Bites: Collecting Art Talks

“Improves with Age: Collecting Fine Wine,” with wine appraiser Cris Drugan and wine tasting courtesy of Vintage Wine Distributor

1-3 pm

Artists Archives of the Western Reserve

Color, Texture, Pattern Workshop

10 am-4 pm February 10-11

$150

MORGAN ART OF PAPERMAKING CONSERVATORY

Third Friday

5-9 pm

78TH STREET STUDIOS

Textures, Patterns & Repetitions group show

Opening reception 5-9 pm

E11EVEN2 GALLERY @ 78TH STREET STUDIOS

Jun Kaneko: Blurred Lines

Opening party 6 pm

Celebrate the opening of Jun Kaneko: Blurred Lines at the Akron Art Museum at a mid-winter party that features the first look at Kaneko’s astonishing art, plus food, drinks, music and more. Admission is free.

Through May 27

AKRON ART MUSEUM

Art by the Falls Entry Deadline

VALLEY ART CENTER

Collecting First People’s Art, with Paul Biber, former First Peoples in the Powerhouse Gallery owner

1-3 pm

ARTISTS ARCHIVES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE

The Come and Go Book Workshop

10 am-4 pm

$90

MORGAN ART OF PAPERMAKING CONSERVATORY

Eyewitness Views: Making History in Eighteenth Century Europe

Through May 20

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

MARCH

Walk All Over Waterloo

5-10 pm

Spitball

Opening reception 5-9 pm

Through April 14

CLEVELAND PRINT ROOM

Traditional and Non-Traditional Techniques in Japanese Papermaking Workshop

10 am-4 pm, March 3-4, $180

MORGAN ART OF PAPERMAKING CONSERVATORY

Cleveland’s Symbol: 52 Stories of the Terminal Tower, curated by William Barrow; and Global Matrix IV (international printmakers)

Through April 21

THE GALLERIES AT CSU

Jonas Sebura: Confounded into Unitary Chaos; Anthony Warnick: Language Games

Opening reception 5:30-8 pm

Artist Talks: Anthony Warnick at 6:15 pm and Jonas Sebura at 7 pm

THE SCULPTURE CENTER

Print Process, curated by Rebekah Wilhelm

Opening Reception 6-8 pm

Through April 7

ZYGOTE PRESS

Papermaking with Milkweed Workshop

10 am-4 pm, March 10-11, $250

MORGAN ART OF PAPERMAKING CONSERVATORY

3D Encaustic on Paper Workshop

10 am-4 pm March 10-11, $150

MORGAN ART OF PAPERMAKING CONSERVATORY

Third Annual ABC Chili Cook-Off

1-3 pm

ART HOUSE

Annual Members Exhibition

Opening Reception 5:30-8 pm. Closing party May 4 during annual members meeting. Open call: all AAWR members are welcome to submit one piece 24″ x 24″ or smaller.

Through May 12

ARTISTS ARCHIVES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE

Third Friday

5-9 pm

78TH STREET STUDIOS

Don’t Be Still: Robert Banks and John Carlson

Opening Reception 5-9 pm

Through April 27

HEDGE GALLERY

Art Bites: Collecting Art Talks

“Fledgling Collector,” Susan Covey & Kathy Cameron discuss collecting art for beginners with limited funds

ARTISTS ARCHIVES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE