Your easy, chronological guide to exhibits and opportunities at Northeast Ohio galleries, studios, and museums coming in the next few months. More information about many of these exhibits can be found elsewhere in the pages of CAN Journal.

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, many art events planned for this summer have limited admission, and while almost all of them remain free, many require pre-registration. All in-person indoor events require wearing facial covering.

These listings are based on announcements from each presenting organization, at press time. Depending on the course of the disease and trends in rates of infection, events may be added, cancelled, or postponed. Check the CAN Weekly e-newsletter for the most up-to-date information. To subscribe to the free CAN Weekly, visit CANjournal.org and look for the “Join Our Email List” button on the right side of your screen.

 

CONTINUING EVENTS

THROUGH MAY 29
Akron Mail Art
AKRON ART MUSEUM

THROUGH MAY 30
Laura Owens: Rerun
Los Angeles-based mid-career artist Laura Owens is a Norwalk, OH, native, and part of her show at Transformer Station, involves taking a trip back to her youth through the eyes of contemporary teens. She spent two years working with local students to curate both old and new work on the theme of time travel. The show features works from her previous shows, never-seen work from her high school years, and a site-specific installation.
TRANSFORMER STATION

THROUGH JUNE 4
The Origin of Form by Martha Poggioli

Reciprocity: Back Back Forth and Fourth by Brooklyn, NY-based artist-in-residence Mildred Beltré

Suddenly, Passing Strangely is an online and in-person group exhibit of time-based Coming art, curated by SPACES’ own Megan Young in collaboration with Chicago’s Columbia College.
SPACES

THROUGH JUNE 5
Student Art Show
THE GALLERIES AT CSU

THROUGH JUNE 6
DomesticLands
Morgan Bukovec, Gary Sczerbaniewicz of Buffalo, New York, and Allison M. Walters
KAISER GALLERY

THROUGH JUNE 6
Layers of Meaning: China’s Flora and Fauna in Painting and on Porcelain
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

THROUGH JUNE 6
Imagine Otherwise
A four-artist show that “expresses the boundlessness and fierceness of Black imagination and love despite ongoing antiBlack violence,” put together by moCa’s Gund Curator in Residence La Tanya S. Autry, its first on-staff Black curator. The artists include two from Cleveland—the extraordinarily perceptive photographer Amber Ford and painter Antwoine Washington, founder of the Museum of Creative Human Art—along with film-based artists Shikeith, who works out of Pittsburgh, and New York-based Imani Dennison. It’s unusual in that it takes place not only at moCa but also two locations in the community.
MOCA CLEVELAND, MUSEUM OF CREATIVE HUMAN ART & THIRDSPACE ACTION LAB

THROUGH JUNE 6
Naeem Mohaiemen: Monday, Day 3753
MOCA CLEVELAND

THROUGH JUNE 9
Tim Lachina: The Golden Hour: Polaroid Photographs
Part of Cleveland Photo Fest
BOSTWICK DESIGN ART INITIATIVE

THROUGH JUNE 13
Intern Exhibition
HEIGHTS ARTS

THROUGH JUNE 13
Bruce Davidson: Brooklyn Gang
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

THROUGH JUNE 15
Anthony Van Rooy: Select Works 1994-2020
By appointment
818 STUDIOS

THROUGH JUNE 16
Rebecca Cross: Suspended Animations
MASSILLON MUSEUM STUDIO M

THROUGH JUNE 26
Threshold/Drawn to Paint
YARDS PROJECT

THROUGH JUNE 27
Glint of Transition: Analise Minjarez, Sarita Westrup, Avery Williamson
PRAXIS FIBER WORKSHOP

THROUGH JUNE 27
Gustave Baumann: Colorful Cuts
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

THROUGH JUNE 30
Cleveland Photo Fest’s PHOTOTHON 2021
The second annual CPF features seven shows at one location. Three themed group shows drew from international submissions—Furtography: Another Show for Dogs; For Women Only: Dear Diary (Show Us Your Secrets); and Deja Nude: Not Another Nude Show—while I Identify As: Portraits in Black and White is a project in which Cleveland photographers made black and white portraits of each other. Also on display is Randy O. Norfus: Abstracts and Collage. The show also includes a pair of rotating exhibits and regular Thursday night events.
BOSTWICK DESIGN ART INITIATIVE

THROUGH JUNE 30
FOCUS
In conjunction with the 2021 Cleveland Photo Fest, Bonfoey is opening FOCUS, an exhibition of six Northeast Ohio photographers who span generations and identities, and whose work is stylistically diverse: Donald Black, Abe Frajndlich, Amanda King, Jeannette Palsa, Christopher Pekoc and Garie Waltzer.
BONFOEY GALLERY

THROUGH JULY 2
Cute
This exhibition, put together by Curatorial Assistant in Academic Programs Lucy Haskell, spotlights “things that are diminutive, wide-eyed, malleable, meek, soft, round, childish, playful—characteristics that may elicit a reaction of aw, cute.” That includes cats.

Do It Again: Repetition as Art Strategy, 1945 to Now
ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

THROUGH JULY 2
AlmostREAL: Liz Maugans and Douglas Max Utter
HEDGE GALLERY

THROUGH JULY 3
We’ve Got Issues: Myra Schuetter Watercolors

Tomorrow… An Unknown Quantity: The Work of Lee Kessler

Mort Künstler: “The Godfather” of Pulp Fiction Illustrators

Collection Gems: Celebrating 85 Years of CMA
CANTON MUSEUM OF ART

THROUGH JULY 8
The 11th May Show Juried Art Exhibition at Lakeland
Virtual Artist Reception and Awards Ceremony, 7-8 pm, May 20
THE GALLERY AT LAKELAND

THROUGH AUGUST 13
Picturing the Land

Language Arts

Interrogating Beauties
ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

THROUGH AUGUST 22
Reconsidered: Works from the Collection
AKRON ART MUSEUM KARL AND BERTL ARNSTEIN GALLERY

THROUGH AUGUST 29
Martin Creed: Work No. 3398 EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT
MOCA CLEVELAND

THROUGH SEPTEMBER 3
The Enchantment of the Everyday: East Asian Decorative Arts from the Permanent Collection
ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

THROUGH SEPTEMBER 10
The Goddess Shield: Recent Acquisitions in South Asian Art

How can Museum Labels be AntiRacist?
ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

THROUGH SEPTEMBER 19
Totally Rad: Bold Color in the 1980s
The exhibit looks at the adventurous and expansive approach artists took toward color in this decade, drawing on neon and Day-Glo colors, pastels, and black-and-white contrasts. Video games, graffiti, fashion and MTV music videos all fueled this explosion as the rising glut of media created competition for attention.

Totally Radical: Art and Politics in the 1980s
This exhibit looks at the less colorful side of the period, as it explores the continuing push for racial justice and women’s rights, spurring more demands for minorities and women to be represented in art; the approaching dissolution of the Soviet Union remaking international relations; and the shadow of AIDS, which took a major toll on the creative community.
AKRON ART MUSEUM

THROUGH NOVEMBER 5
Making Your Mark
ARKON ART MUSEUM

THROUGH JANUARY 9, 2022
Fashioning Identity: Mola Textiles of Panamá
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

 

MAY

21

CAN Summer Issue Release
DEEP ROOTS EXPERIENCE

Third Friday
5-8 pm
78TH STREET STUDIOS

Magic Realism in Cleveland 1930-1960
Through August 28
Visit atneo.org for more details.
ARTNEO

Innate Environments
Through June 13
HEIGHTS ARTS

Revealed artist Kylie Ford: Passing Through
Through June 26
THE SCULPTURE CENTER

Revealed artist Emily Duke: Careless Water
Through June 26
THE SCULPTURE CENTER

25

Paper Cut Portraits virtual workshop
Instructor: Janelle Washington
6-8 pm
MORGAN CONSERVATORY

27

Nihil Omnia w/ Valences: Audio Visual Experience including New Media, 2D and 3D Computer Graphics, Fractals, Sculpture, and Visionary Art
Cleveland Photo Fest Thursday night programming
BOSTWICK DESIGN ART INITIATIVE

The 10,000 Things by Jordan Wong
Through May 15, 2022
AKRON ART MUSEUM BUD AND SUSIE ROGERS GARDEN

28

Closing for Slain Nemo Show
PRAMA ART SPACE

Holy Name Photo Department
Part of Cleveland Photo Fest
Through June 20
PRAMA ART SPACE

Bee1ne Solo Show: Ghetto Heroes
Following a group show this winter where more than 20 artists presented their take on influential Black figures in “Who Are Your Heroes?” the gallery dedicates its space to one of the artists in the show, Cleveland native Bryant Anthony aka Bee1ne, whose street-style art has been featured in magazines such as Vibe.
Through June 18
DEEP ROOTS EXPERIENCE

29

Last Saturday – Higher Verse Open Mic Night
6 pm
LA COSECHA GALERIA

 

JUNE

3

Delores Johnson: A Woman Photojournalist in the Middle East
Cleveland Photo Fest Thursday night programming
BOSTWICK DESIGN ART INITIATIVE

4

Murray Hill Art Walk
Artist studios, galleries and shops will be open all weekend for browsing and shopping opportunities. Don’t forget to save a little extra time for a meal at one of the neighborhood’s multitude of restaurants, cafes, coffee shops and pizza joints.
5-9 pm June 4
noon-9 pm June 5
noon-5 pm June 6
LITTLE ITALY NEIGHBORHOOD

Walk All Over Waterloo
6-9 pm
WATERLOO ARTS DISTRICT

Stephen Bivens: A Photographer for the People
This two-venue show features the work of beloved Collinwood-based photographer Stephen Bivens who died last summer. His work provided an ongoing documentary of his community and especially its people, in images that brought it and them to vivid life.
Presented by Maria Neil Art Project
Opening 5-9 pm June 4
Through August 15
SIX SHOOTER COFFEE & MARIA NEIL ART PROJECT

Speak in Images See in Sounds
Part of Cleveland Photo Fest
Through June 30
BOSTWICK DESIGN ART INITIATIVE

Wendy Partridge: Place in the World: letterpress books and broadsides
Through July 31
DEEP DIVE ART PROJECTS

No Woman Is An Island: Works by Da’Shaunae Marisa Jackson
Opening 5 pm June 4
Schedule an in-person viewing at clevelandprintroom.com.
CLEVELAND PRINT ROOM

This Moment: An Artist in Residence Exhibition
Group show features artists who did residencies at the Morgan, letting viewers see the breadth of talent it attracts. Artists include Karen Revis, Taro Takizawa, April Bleakney, Ann Marie Kennedy, Andrew Mancuso, Toby Millman, Ashley Pastore, Matt Liddle, Christi Birchfield, Winsome Jobling, Denise Bookwalter, Lee Running, Hong Hong and Claudio Orso.
Through July 17
MORGAN CONSERVATORY

The Fertility of Transformation: Works by Anna Chapman & Kristen Newell
Through July 17
WATERLOO ARTS

Art by the Falls Pop Up Gallery Exhibit
With last year’s Art by the Falls cancelled due to the pandemic, and this year’s cancelled as well due to the uncertainty around health restrictions, VAC invited the artists accepted into last year’s show to participate in a pair of gallery shows this summer. The second runs July 23-September 1.
Through July 7
VALLEY ARTS CENTER

Cleveland Institute of Art 2021 Alumni Exhibition
Through August 13
CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART
REINBERGER GALLERY

5

First Saturday monthly art opening
LA COSECHA GALERIA

Medieval Manuscripts and Illuminated Letters in-person workshop
Instructor: Madison Bennett
10 am-4 pm
MORGAN CONSERVATORY

Street Art Zoom workshop
noon-1:30 pm June 5 & 12
ZYGOTE PRESS

7

The Phabulous Photo Album virtual workshop
Instructor: Elissa Campbell
7-9 pm June 7 & 8
MORGAN CONSERVATORY

9

BAYarts Market
4-7 pm every Thursday through September 9
BAYARTS

10

Pictures Poetry and Music
Cleveland Photo Fest Thursday night programming
BOSTWICK DESIGN ART INITIATIVE

James March: Cosmic Shift
Free tickets for the opening will be available on Eventbrite the first week of June.
Reception 5-8 pm June 18
Through August 6
BAYARTS SULLIVAN FAMILY GALLERY

11

Legacy: The 2021 Ursuline College Staff and Faculty Exhibition
Through August 27
FLORENCE O’DONNELL WASMER GALLERY AT URSULINE COLLEGE

From Caves to Tombs: Chinese Pictorial Rubbings from Stone Reliefs
Through November 14
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

12

Paper Marbling and Coptic Binding in-person workshop
Instructor: Jenniffer Omaitz
10 am-4 pm June 12 & 13
MORGAN CONSERVATORY

14

Get to Know Your Tabletop Platen Press virtual workshop
Instructor: Bridget Lewis
6-8 pm
MORGAN CONSERVATORY

A Thrilling Act: The Art of Anthony Eterovich
Through September 25
MASSILLON MUSEUM

17

Larry Rakow: Professor Optix Magic Lantern Show
Cleveland Photo Fest Thursday night programming
BOSTWICK DESIGN ART INITIATIVE

Ken Nevadomi
Opening reception 7-8 pm on Zoom
Through August 7
ARTISTS ARCHIVES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE

18

Third Friday
5-8 pm
78TH STREET STUDIOS

Spotlight Artist: Rick Rollenhagen
Through August 8
HEIGHTS ARTS

Emergent 2021: Ariella Har-Evan, Bianca Fields, Cass Penegor, Erykah Townsend, Joseph Travarca, Miguel Rivera, Nick Birnie, Odin Black and Saloni Parekh
Through August 8
HEIGHTS ARTS

20

BAYarts Summer Concerts kick-off
7-9 pm
Additional concerts scheduled for June 27, July 11, 18 & 25; and August 1, 8 & 15
BAYARTS

21

Strengthening Our Students summer camp
Through July 30
EDWARD E. PARKER MUSEUM OF ART

22

Moving Circles: Volvelles virtual workshop
Instructor: Stephanie Wolff
6-8 pm
MORGAN CONSERVATORY

Intergenerational Art Classes
6-8 pm Tuesdays and Thursdays
EDWARD E. PARKER MUSEUM OF ART

24

Alex and Irene Shaland: Crazy Travelers Who Have Crazy Pictures and Crazy Stories to Tell — Travel Fantastique!
Cleveland Photo Fest Thursday night programming
BOSTWICK DESIGN ART INITIATIVE

Twilight in the Garden of Good and Greatness Garden Party and kick-off of Past Masters: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
CLEVELAND ARTS PRIZE

Art House Artist Dialogues
6-7:30 pm
ART HOUSE INC

25

Cleveland Photofest Volunteers Show
Through July 18
PRAMA ART SPACE

Pay-What-You-Can Artist Talk with Osman Swimr Muhammed
6pm on Zygote’s YouTube Channel
ZYGOTE PRESS

26

Butterfly Wing Paper in-person workshop
Instructor: Hannah O’Hare Bennett
10 am-4 pm June 26 & 27
MORGAN CONSERVATORY

John Chang: In Ink — Transformation of Calligraphy
Through August 11
MASSILLON MUSEUM STUDIO M GALLERY

27

Authentic Surface
Through July 25
MANSFIELD ART CENTER

Shush: Porcelain Sculpture by Kimberly Chapman
Through July 25
MANSFIELD ART CENTER

28

Poking Fun virtual workshop
Instructor: Candace Hicks
6-8 pm
MORGAN CONSERVATORY

29

Last Saturday – Higher Verse Open Mic Night
6 pm
LA COSECHA GALERIA

 

JULY

1

Private Lives: Home and Family in the Art of the Nabis, 1889-1900
Through September 19
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

2

Walk All Over Waterloo
6-9 pm
WATERLOO ARTS DISTRICT

2021 National Juried Exhibition: THE PEER SHOW
This annual show now accepts submissions from artists across the country and in other media than photography.
Opening reception 5 pm
CLEVELAND PRINT ROOM

Tactile: New Directions in Textile Group Show
Through August 1
PRAXIS FIBER WORKSHOP

3

First Saturday Monthly Art Opening
LA COSECHA GALERIA

6

High Art Fridays: the Sustainable Art of Plastics
Through August 26
BEACHWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER

A Satisfaction of Movable Mechanisms virtual workshop
Instructor: Shawn Sheehy
6-8 pm July 6, 13, 20 & 27
MORGAN CONSERVATORY

8

The Regional
Multiple museums joined for this 25-artist group show featuring recent work in painting, photography, installation and performance by artists based in the Midwest, including several site-responsive commissions. The artists come from areas such as Detroit, Cincinnati, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Madison, Minneapolis, and St. Louis; they include Nikki Woods and Natalie Petrosky, who live and work in Cleveland.
Through November 7
MOCA CLEVELAND

9

Cain Park Arts Festival
3-8 pm Friday, free; 10 am-8 pm Saturday & Sunday noon-5 pm, $5
CAIN PARK

Out of the Shadows: New Paintings by Eileen Dorsey
Opening Reception 5-7 pm July 9
Through September 12
CAIN PARK FEINBERG ART GALLERY

10

Relief from Relief: Papercasting in-person workshop
Instructor: Tom Balbo
10 am-4 pm July 10 &11
MORGAN CONSERVATORY

A New York Minute: Street Photography, 1920-1950
In the early 20th century, New York City was a feast for street photographers, with people of all types from all over the world arriving to seek a better life. They crammed into small apartments that often led to much of life happening outside on door stoops, fire escapes, park, beaches and streets. This gave photographers such as Berenice Abbott, Helen Levitt, Roy DeCarava, James Van Der Zee, Louis Stettner, Walker Evans, Lisette Model and others in this show plenty of material to train their lens upon.
Through September 12
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

14

Art Bites: Adventures in Art Collecting with Christopher Richards
7-8 pm on Zoom
ARTISTS ARCHIVES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE

Encaustic on Paper virtual workshop
Instructor: Radha Pandey
11 am-1 pm
MORGAN CONSERVATORY

15

Groundworks Dance Theater
July 15-16
BAYARTS

16

SheArt3: Transcend
Through August 6
DEEP ROOTS EXPERIENCE

Third Friday
5-8 pm
78TH STREET STUDIOS

Crossroads: Still We Rise
The augmented reality exhibit, curated by artist/activist Robin Robinson, creates an interactive art experience that’s the first of its kind in Cleveland. Commissioned artwork is set in specific locations that give the work added context, with another layer added by viewing it through a free smartphone app. This allows viewers to explore the layered histories of neighborhoods and the reasons, often race-related, for those layers.
Presented by the Sculpture Center in locations around Cleveland
Through September 18
THE SCULPTURE CENTER

17

African Mark Making on Paper and Fabric in-person workshop
Instructor: Tony Williams
10 am-4 pm July 17-18
MORGAN CONSERVATORY

Ashcan School Prints and the American City: 1900-1940
Through December 26
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

19

Masu Boxes and Storage Books virtual workshop
Instructor: Amanda D’Amico
5-8 pm
MORGAN CONSERVATORY

23

Art by the Falls Pop-Up Gallery Exhibit II
Second group of artists accepted to last year’s cancelled Art by the Falls festival are featured in this two-part show.
Through September 1
VALLEY ARTS CENTER

24

Carp-e Diem: Fish Skin Processing for Bookbinding in-person workshop
Instructor: Andrew Mancuso
10 am-4 pm
MORGAN CONSERVATORY

25

Cleveland Shakespeare Festival
BAYARTS

26

Suminigashi: The Art of Japanese Marbling virtual workshop
Instructor: Linh My Truong
5-8 pm
MORGAN CONSERVATORY

30

Exhibition: Museum of Creative Human Art presenting Cross Generations; bridging the gap of artists
Through September 11
MORGAN CONSERVATORY

31

Last Saturday – Higher Verse Open Mic Night
6 pm
LA COSECHA GALERIA

 

AUGUST

2

Calligraphy: Essential Hands virtual workshop
Instructor: Madison Bennett
5-8 pm August 2 & 9
MORGAN CONSERVATORY

3

Miniature Zines virtual workshop
Instructor: Emily Poor
5-8 pm
MORGAN CONSERVATORY

6

Walk All Over Waterloo
6-9 pm
WATERLOO ARTS DISTRICT

2021 Waterloo Arts Juried Exhibition
Through September 18
WATERLOO ARTS DISTRICT

Nikki Woods: Ghost Fields
Through September 25
DEEP DIVE ART PROJECTS

Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition: Xuena Pu
Through August 31
PRAXIS FIBER WORKSHOP

7

Lakewood Art Festival
10 am-6 pm
LAKEWOOD

First Saturday Monthly Art Opening
LA COSECHA GALERIA

Natural Dyes on Paper in-person workshop
Instructor: Maggie Latham
10 am-4 pm August 7 & 8
MORGAN CONSERVATORY

13

Davon Brantley: We Not Linkin
Through September 17
BAYARTS SULLIVAN FAMILY GALLERY

14

Pulp and Print: Screen Printing on Handmade Paper
Joint Workshop: Papermaking at The Morgan and Screen printing at Zygote Press
Instructor: Anna Tararova
Morgan: 10 am-4 pm August 14 & 15; Zygote: 11 am-2 pm August 21
MORGAN CONSERVATORY & ZYGOTE PRESS

15

Best of Ohio Designer Craftsmen
Through September 12
MANSFIELD ART CENTER

Mike Wasemann Painting
Through September 12
MANSFIELD ART CENTER

19

Community Culture Night with two CAN Triennial curators
7-8:30 pm
ART HOUSE INC

21

Third Friday
5-8 pm
78TH STREET STUDIOS

21

Judi Krew: Hoard Culture, Where Art Meets Fashion
Through October 6
MASSILLON MUSEUM STUDIO M GALLERY

23

Book Sculpture for Beginners virtual workshop
Instructor: Boo Paterson
3-6 pm
MORGAN CONSERVATORY

26

CONVERGE
Opening Reception: August 26, Time/Location TBA
Through October 16
ARTISTS ARCHIVES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE

27
CAN Fall Issue Release
DOUBTING THOMAS GALLERY

28

Last Saturday Higher Verse Open Mic Night
6 pm
LA COSECHA GALERIA

Pochoir En Plein Air in-person workshop
Instructor: Beth Sheehan
10 am-4 pm
MORGAN CONSERVATORY