The annual DayGloSho at Waterloo Arts is a unique gallery experience of glowing art that is as delightful for adults as it is magical for children to experience. The month-long exhibit is shown in black light, giving the fluorescent artwork an appearance of illumination from within and the 3D glasses provided for viewers at the exhibit add yet another dimension to the work. Over forty artists participate with a fresh crop of local artists presented each year. New for 2019, Waterloo Arts has expanded the roster to include artists from throughout the United States. In partnership with DayGlo Color Corporation, Waterloo Arts is able to provide an assortment of DayGlo paint to invited artists, free of charge, giving artists the opportunity to experiment with the unusual properties of fluorescence while creating new work for the exhibit. This year we have extended that opportunity to the community by scheduling open studios at Waterloo Arts where everyone is welcome to give the paint a try. Artwork created during open studios will be hung in the annex gallery for public viewing during exhibition, as will work made at home by artists who are not on the DayGloSho 7 roster. The seventh annual DayGloSho opens on Friday, March 1, with a fabulously far-out celebration for art lovers of all ages.

Opening April 5, Waterloo Arts will present the work of three young Cleveland artists and recent Cleveland Institute of Art graduates Orlando Caraballo, Amirah Cunningham and Azziz Muhammad in a show titled What Goes Up… Orlando explains, “We are collectively playing with the ideas surrounding the realities of social hierarchy versus the imagined futures of realities yet unseen as it pertains to oppressed groups (in this case, black and brown peoples). The phrase ‘what goes up must come down’ can be a phrase of trepidation or hope, depending on whether you see it from the oppressor’s or the oppressed perspective.” The show will be open during the monthly district art walks on the first Friday in April and May with live music outside the gallery on the Tower Stage, courtesy of Space Rock: Past, Present and Future.

If you are interested in presenting work at Waterloo Arts in 2019/20 or would like to propose an idea for an exhibit, visit waterlooarts.org for guidelines on how to submit before the March 24 deadline. You will also find links to the online application for the annual Waterloo Arts Fest and the Waterloo Arts Juried Exhibition.

 

DAYGLOSHO 7 | MARCH 1–MARCH 30
Reception 6–9PM Friday, March 1

ORLANDO CARABALLO, AMIRAH CUNNINGHAM & AZZIZ MUHAMMAD: WHAT GOES UP… | APRIL 5 – MAY 15
Reception 6–9PM Friday, April 5

CURRENT CALLS FOR ART:
Visit waterlooarts.org/current-calls-for-art/

GENERAL GALLERY PROPOSAL | DEADLINE MARCH 24

WATERLOO ARTS FEST ART, FOOD & COMMUNITY VENDORS | DEADLINE MARCH 31

WATERLOO ARTS FEST MUSICIANS | DEADLINE MARCH 31

WATERLOO ARTS JURIED EXHIBITION | DEADLINE APRIL 7

Waterloo Arts
15605 Waterloo Road
Cleveland, Ohio 44110
Waterlooarts.org
216.692.9500