Your easy, chronological guide to art events, 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.

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

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CONTINUING EVENTS

Through November 28

Cut From the Same Cloth

In partnership with the Cleveland Institute of Art: Creativity Works program

KAISER GALLERY

Through November 28

Bits and Pieces: A Collage Show with works of Susan Squires, Zoe Murphy, Kelly Pontoni, Kathy Skerritt and Kim Bissett

ARTICLE

Through November 30

Davon Brantley: Familiar Phases

DEEP DIVE ART PROJECTS

Through December 1

Amy Swartele: Supernormal

MASSILLON MUSEUM STUDIO M GALLERY

Through December 3

Don’t Panic! Brace for Impact

An immersive environment featuring street-inspired works by R!ch Cihlar, Bob Peck and friends, including spray paint and metal works and cast resin designer toys.

FAWICK GALLERY AT BALDWIN WALLACE UNIVERSITY

Through December 5

There’s Nothing Like the Real Thing: Van Gogh at the Cleveland Museum of Art

In response to the traveling multimedia video presentation Immersive Van Gogh, the museum has collected its own genuine Van Gogh works into one gallery where you can see them for free.

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

Through December 10

Foundation Student Show

CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART

Through December 15

Material Reckoning

UNIVERSITY OF AKRON EMILY DAVIS GALLERY

Through December 15

50th Annual Juried Art Exhibit

VALLEY ART CENTER

Through December 17

Lauren Kalman: Devices for Filling a Void

SCULPTURE CENTER

Through December 17

Sonata #6 Project

A world premiere performance of Sonata #6 will be scheduled during the run of the exhibition presented by Context Fine Art and Gordon Square Classical Concerts

SURVIVAL KIT

Through December 17

Stephen Yusko: The Way Things Go

Yusko’s attraction to steel—its industrial history and strong ties to Cleveland, diverse finishes, and malleability when melted in a forge—fuels this show of his newest works. Not surprisingly, there are echoes of architectural structure in his semi-abstract pieces, as he combines steel with other materials to reflect on balance, tension, perspective and the meaning of home.

SCULPTURE CENTER

Through December 17

Back in my day …

CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART

Through December 18

(JoAnn, these are 5 separate listings at Summit)

Kaleidoscope Juried Exhibition

Kristine Malcolm: TinkeRings

Meryl Engler: Babe…I Thought

Women’s Art League Fall Member Exhibition

A Tradition: Kent State Print Media

SUMMIT ARTSPACE

Through December 18

JoAnn DePolo: The DePolo Collection

STOCKER GALLERY AT LORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Through December 18

Kindred Objects: Ceramic & Glass from the Western Reserve

Kent State faculty members Davin K. Ebanks and Peter Christian Johnson curated this show featuring the work of more than 20 Ohio artists—well-known veterans such as Eva Kwong and Brinsley Terrell, as well as up-and-coming artists. The curators feel that ceramics and glass made for a natural pairing: both require similar technologies and both have deep histories in Ohio. The show demonstrates the multiplicity of themes and ideas that can be expressed through these mediums and how the seemingly limited processes required to produce such works can be bent to the artist’s will.

ARTISTS ARCHIVES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE

Through December 23

(JoAnn: these are 2 shows)

Green Japan: Images of Sustainable Living in Ukiyo-e Prints

Focus: Power, Agency and Objectivity in Early Photography

ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

Through December 23

Ken Nevadomi: Dancing on the Moon

WOLFS GALLERY

Through December 24

LCG Annual Holiday Market

LA COSECHA GALERIA

Through December 26

Ashcan School Prints and the American City: 1900-1940

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

Through December 30

Laurence Channing: Paintings and Pastels

BONFOEY GALLERY

Through December 30

Northeast Ohio printmaker/educator Lisa M. Schonberg combines various printmaking processes such as screenprinting, monoprinting, intaglio and relief to express her attraction to the wonders of the natural world. Her patterned, layered, textured prints embody water flow, wind patterns, plant life and earth formations and evoke the fleetingness and fragility of nature.

ZYGOTE PRESS AT METROHEALTH MAIN CAMPUS

Through December 31

One Year, One Outfit

This intriguing show features the work of more than 50 makers who spent the year working individually or in groups of up to three people, creating an outfit of three garments and/or accessories made with materials from within the local “fibershed” (within 250 miles). It’s intended to spotlight “slow” fashion, local production and a collaborative process.

PRAXIS FIBER WORKSHOP

Through December 31

Holiday Store

Open seven days a week starting December 1

HEIGHTS ARTS

Through December 2021

Open (End)ed Show: Works of Dragana Crnjak, Isabel Farnsworth, Michael Gable, Mark Keffer, Christine Mauersberger, Taryn McMahon, and Hui-Chu Ying

The Gallery at the East End

ARTEVERYSPACE

Through January 2

The National AIDS Memorial Quilt

Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A.

MOCA CLEVELAND

Through January 2

FRONT 2022 Preview Exhibition: Grand Prototypes, Humble Tools

If this show of works-in-progress previewing FRONT 2022 is any indication, next summer’s international triennial will have more focus on education and interactivity: on how art impacts its community and helps lift up the individuals in it. We’re told the show will change during its run as artists modify and update projects, featuring a range of mediums including films, furniture and performances, to share how a major art event comes together. Visitors are asked to answer questions and provide feedback responding to the work.

TRANSFORMER STATION

Through January 9

Fashioning Identity: Mola Textiles of Panama

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

Through January 9

Afterimages: Geometric Abstraction and Perception

AKRON ART MUSEUM KARL AND BERTL ARNSTEIN GALLERIES

Through January 16

Shared Art

ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

Through January 16

Stark County Artists Exhibition

MASSILLON MUSEUM

Through January 21

Drawn to Clay: The Alchemy of the Elements

ARTNEO

Through January 2022

Dualities: Sculptures by Vivien Abrams Collens

Cleveland native Collens is now based in the Hudson Valley, but she’s returned home for this show which features works in metal, primarily aluminum: “miniature studies, aluminum bouquets, rambling samplers of welded shapes, and other visually-stimulating dimensional objects.” She collects metal of different sizes and thickness and transforms the pieces into 3-D abstract works that draw on natural forms, such as trees or flowers, as well as traditional needlework samplers, which blend the masculine properties of metal with what was generally seen as women’s work.

MARIA NEIL ART PROJECT

 

Through January 23

Form and Emptiness: Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Japanese Ceramics

ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

Through January 23

Collecting Dreams: Odilon Redon

French artist Odilon Redon (1840-1916) didn’t fit into any of the major art movements of the late 19th/early 20th century, although one can see hints of future surrealism, and influence by the then-current Japonisme movement in his evasive, darkly dreamy work. He worked mostly in charcoals and lithography until late in his career. This show is based on the museum’s large collection of Redon’s work including a charcoal drawing acquired last year. It also includes one of the artist’s major late paintings from 1912, Andromeda, on loan from the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts.

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

Through January 27

Creative Arts Faculty and Staff Art Exhibition

TRI-C EAST ART GALLERY

Through January 28

Refuge: The Last Days of Wonder

Developed in partnership with the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes, the artists in this group show created a nature-themed installation from recycled materials, looking at such issues as nature as a refuge, nature as unwelcoming to some, and the environmental impact of material use. It also includes 2-D work made from recycled material.

Tuesday through Thursday, noon-5 pm

Check website for any changes in hours.

FLORENCE O’DONNELL WASMER GALLERY AT URSULINE COLLEGE

Through January 30

Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia’s Sacred Mountain

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

Through January 30

Recent Acquisitions: Maruki Toshi, Toko Shinoda, Mayumi Oda

New Acquisitions and Old Friends

ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

Through January 30

Stitched: Regional Dress Across America

KENT STATE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM

Through February 27

Continuum: Historical Resonances in Contemporary Art

AKRON ART MUSEUM

Through February 27

Forever Chanel/Coco + Karl

KENT STATE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM

Through March 13

Picturing Motherhood Now

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

Through March 27

More is More: Visual Richness in Contemporary Art

This show emphasizes artists whose work is the opposite of minimalism—intricate patterns, textured surfaces and interesting details abound, providing a feast for the eyes. The salon-style installation, with works hung from floor to ceiling, crowded together, reflects the content of the pieces. While that style is retro, these artists bring it into the 21st century as they pack multiple artistic ideas into their pieces.

AKRON ART MUSEUM JUDITH BEAR ISROFF & FRED AND LAURA BIDWELL GALLERIES

Through April 3

Stories in Japanese Art

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

Through April 3

Glass: Selections from the Collection

KENT STATE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM

Through April 24

Popular Art from Early Modern Korea

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

Through May 15

Jordan Wong: The 10,000 Things

AKRON ART MUSEUM BUD AND SUSIE ROGERS GARDEN

Through July 17

What’s in Your Bag?

KENT STATE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM

Through August 7

Dis/Possession

The Allen Memorial Art Museum dedicated the year 2021-22 to acknowledging that a history of dispossession of land belonging to indigenous communities is linked to the existence, and growth, of the museum. This installation was built using works in the collection to explore how art privileged a colonial mindset, with an emphasis on extractive industries, which have supported contemporary art museums.

ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

Through August 7

Textures: The History and Art of Black Hair

KENT STATE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM

Through August 14

Mobility and Exchange: 1600–1800

ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

 

NOVEMBER

19

CAN Journal Winter Launch Party

SANKOFA GALLERY

Third Friday

5-9 pm

78th STREET STUDIOS

Holiday Showcase

Through December 17

E11EVEN2 GALLERY

David King: Transience and the Gift of Curiosity

King’s latest pieces were triggered by watching old family movies and contemplating the passage of time. He transformed the source material into colorful oil-on-aluminum paintings that suggest transience and the recovery of memories.

Through December 31

HEDGE GALLEY

Special Holiday Ceramics Sale

November 19, December 11 & 12, & December 17

ARTNEO

20

BAYarts Annual Holiday Shop

100’s of local artists; open 7 days

Through December 24

BAYARTS

Japanese Papermaking in-person workshop

November 20 & 21

MORGAN CONSERVATORY

The 52nd Annual Holiday Fair

Through December 24

MANSFIELD ART CENTER

23

(JoAnn: 3 separate shows)

Unsound: Hannah Pierce Ceramics

Marvelocity: The Art of Alex Ross

Tom Franco and the Ice-Creams: Beyond Struggle, When the Future Hello Meets Identities Deep Roots

Through March 6

CANTON MUSEUM OF ART

POP/OP

This show collects works by important influential artists of the 1950s and 60s Pop and Op art movements, including Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Cleveland-based Op artist Julian Stanczak, as well as artists such as Jeff Koons who continued in the pop art tradition of drawing on images from popular culture. The show was put together not only from the museum’s own collection, but also with contributions from lenders.

Through April 3

CANTON MUSEUM OF ART

24

La Cosecha Galeria Artist of Color Symposium

6-10 pm

NEGATIVE SPACE GALLERY

26

Christmas Boutique

Through November 29

PRAMA ART SPACE

Black Friday 50% Off Seasonal Sale, featuring artist Topiltzin

6 pm

LA COSECHA GALERIA

27

Holiday Co-op Sale

11 am-4 pm Tuesdays, Saturdays & Sundays, 11 am-8 pm Fridays

Through December 19

WATERLOO ARTS

Morgan Holiday Market

Through December 23

MORGAN CONSERVATORY

Freehand’s Season: Solo Exhibition from Christa Freehands

Reception 5-9 pm

DEEP ROOTS EXPERIENCE

28

Artists Sunday

noon-5 pm

SUMMIT ARTSPACE

 

DECEMBER

1

Our AIDS Story Sharing at moCa

All are invited to come to the museum to share their personal stories about AIDS and how their lives and those of others they know were impacted by the epidemic. The event ties into the exhibition of the National AIDS Quilt on the Gund Commons outside the museum. Free advance registration is required.

5-7 pm

MOCA CLEVELAND

3

Walk All Over Waterloo

5-10 pm

WATERLOO ARTS DISTRICT

The Artists of Article Holiday Show and Sale

6-10 pm

For additional December hours go to Facebook.com/artincleveland

ARTICLE

Off the Wall Holiday Sale and Members Showcase

11 am-7 pm Fridays & Saturdays; noon-5 pm Sundays or by appointment. Only 10 people allowed in gallery at a time; masks are required.

Through December 22

ZYGOTE PRESS

Art of the Ornament Event & Auction

In person event 6-9 pm; online bidding open to all

WATERLOO ARTS

REVEAL, a Showcase of LGBTQ+ Art, benefiting the West 117 Foundation

VIP Event 6-9 pm

YARDS PROJECT SPACE

4

Honoring Our Past Masters: The Golden Age of Cleveland Art (1900–1945)

An exhibition of long-unseen works by some of Cleveland’s most celebrated artists, graciously lent by private collectors and curated by art historian Henry Adams. Opens Saturday, December 4, with a concert of Music by Antonin Dvorak and His Cleveland Protegees and three other Cleveland Past Master composers, performed by members of the Cleveland Orchestra and Friends, at 1 pm. Viewing of art: 2:30-4 pm. Concert ticket: $50, includes $15 admission.

Through June 5

CLEVELAND HISTORY CENTER OF THE WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Future Resonance: Technology and Art

Artists, performers, scientists and thinkers use sound and light as their medium in this show while exploring both the physical world and the inner world of consciousness. New technologies drive the cutting-edge work in this show.

Reception 6:30-9 pm

Through February 6

KAISER GALLERY

Blackass Game Night

7-10 pm

DEEP ROOTS EXPERIENCE

5

Derrick Adams: LOOKS

Through May 29

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

7

Patterns & Prints virtual workshop

MORGAN CONSERVATORY

10

Walkabout Tremont

5-10 pm

TREMONT NEIGHBORHOOD

ArtWalk

4-8 pm

SUMMIT ARTSPACE

Holiday Market

December 10-11

818 GALLERY

11

Miniature Zine in-person workshop

MORGAN CONSERVATORY

REVEAL, a Showcase of LGBTQ+ Art

Opening noon-4 pm

YARDS PROJECT SPACE

Susan Byrnes: The Viscosity Series

Through January 26

MASSILLON MUSEUM STUDIO M

17

Third Friday

5-9 pm

78th STREET STUDIOS

Screw Factory Artists Holiday Show

6-10 pm Friday, December 17; 10 am-6 pm Saturday, December 18; 10 am-3 pm Sunday, December 19

SCREW FACTORY AT LAKE ERIE BUILDING

18

Family Open Studio

1-3 pm

ART HOUSE

Christmas Party

EDWARD E. PARKER MUSEUM OF ART

26

Capricorn: The New Works of Topiltzin (Birthday Celebration)

4-8 pm

LA COSECHA GALERIA

 

JANUARY

3

moCa AIR: Amber N. Ford

Cleveland photographer Amber N. Ford, who explores race and identity in her work, leans heavily on portraiture to share her insights into humanity.

Through May 31

MOCA CLEVELAND

7

Walk All Over Waterloo

5-10 pm

WATERLOO ARTS DISTRICT

Ninth Annual DayGlo Show

The annual DayGlo show, which seems to have found a permanent home at Waterloo Arts, pays tribute to a Cleveland company, the makers of DayGlo paints. A group of invited local artists use the fluorescent colors to create both 2-D and 3-D works, all of which appear 3-D when viewed through the special glasses the gallery issues to those who walk through the space, darkened to make the images really jump out at you.

Opening 6-9 pm

Though February 19

WATERLOO ARTS

Generations: Parent and Child Artist Exhibition

5-9 pm

DEEP ROOTS EXPERIENCE

10

Winter I classes start

VALLEY ART CENTER

Lorain County Region Scholastic Art Exhibit and Awards

Opening Reception noon-3 pm January 16

Gold key Ceremony: 1-4 pm February 6

Through March 11

STOCKER GALLERY AT LORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

13

Winter Salon 1: Critique Night

6-8 pm

ZYGOTE PRESS

14

Walkabout Tremont

5-10 pm

TREMONT NEIGHBORHOOD

Jill Eisert: Mindlessness

Opening 5-8 pm

Through February 5

BAYARTS SULLIVAN FAMILY GALLERY

(JoAnn, 2 separate shows)

Rust

Spotlight: Jesse Rhinehart

Through March 13

HEIGHTS ARTS

(JoAnn, 4 separate shows)

FRESH Juried Exhibition

In Kind: Art Alive

Solo exhibitions: Kenn Hetzel, Diane Pribojan, and Jacob Mollohan

Community Postcards from the Akron Art Library

Through March 26

SUMMIT ARTSPACE

The Memoir Project

5-8 pm

Through February 5

BAYARTS

15

Family Open Studio

1-3 pm

ART HOUSE

2022 Scholastic Art + Writing Exhibition

Through January 29

CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART

16

Trail of Tears

Through February 27

MANSFIELD ART CENTER

Women in Print: Recent Acquisitions

Through June 19

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

18

Third Friday

5-9 pm

78TH STREET STUDIOS

Blaque Cleveland

Through March 19

GALLERIES AT CSU

21

(JoAnn, Charmaine and Joshua are two separate shows)

Charmaine Spencer

Spencer’s work is familiar to Cleveland art mavens who go to 78th Street Studios’ Third Fridays. Her light-filled studio on the building’s top floor showcases her organic, nature-based work which takes on a variety of forms, some traditional and some unexpected. “The materials symbolize identity being stripped, cut or broken, then reformed, woven, bound or slotted back together and its new ‘self’ is formed,” the artist says of her work.

Reception 5:30-8pm

Joshua Penrod

Reception 5:30-8pm

Through March 5

THE SCULPTURE CENTER

Stuart Pearl Inaugural Exhibition

Reception 5:30-8 pm

Through March 12

ARTISTS ARCHIVES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE

Phyllis Fannin & Lisa Schonberg, Printmaking Spotlight

Through March 4

HEDGE GALLERY

Memoirs: A collaboration of BAYarts writers and artists

BAYARTS

22

Family Clay Day

10am-noon

ART HOUSE

25

LINE BY LINE

Featuring: Erin M. Riley, Samantha Bittman, Crystal Gregory, Diedrick Brackens, Kira Dominguez Hultgren, Mark Barrow and Sarah Parke

Through March 10

CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS (CVA), GALLERY, KENT STATE UNIVERSITY

28

Annual Student Faculty Exhibit

Reception 6-8 pm

Through March 9

VALLEY ART CENTER

 

FEBRUARY

4

Walk All Over Waterloo

5-10 pm

WATERLOO ARTS DISTRICT

Abby Cipar: Solo Exhibition

Akron-based artist Cipar, a 2021 graduate of the Myers School of Art at the University of Akron, works in various mediums, and recently has been exploring large-scale soft sculptures and textiles—a perfect fit for this textile-based gallery with its broad take on how textiles can be deployed.

Through March 20

PRAXIS FIBER WORKSHOP

7

86th Annual Juried Student Exhibition

Through February 26

UNIVERSITY OF AKRON EMILY DAVIS GALLERY

11

Walkabout Tremont

5-10 pm

TREMONT NEIGHBORHOOD

Derek Brennan

Reception 5-8 pm

Through March 4

BAYARTS

Student Independent Exhibition 76

Through March 11

CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART

13

Cycles of Life: The Four Seasons Tapestries

Through February 19, 2023

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

 

15

Art by the Falls Entry Deadline

VALLEY ART CENTER

18

Third Friday

5-9 pm

78TH STREET STUDIOS

19

Family Open Studio

1-3 pm

ART HOUSE

22

Forms Larger and Bolder: Eva Hesse Drawings

The Oberlin museum hosts a traveling show of both early and late drawings of this influential sculpture/installation artist who left a huge footprint on the art world despite dying at the age of 34 in 1970. Using nontraditional materials, she was one of the leaders of the post-minimalist movement, constantly experimenting with ideas and forms to create her imposing and challenging work. This exhibit demonstrates how her ideas made the transition from 2-D to 3-D in her short career and how important her drawings were to her thinking, with some standing as independent works and others serving as precursors to her sculptures.

Through June 5

ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

23

Currents and Constellations: Black Art in Focus

Through June 26

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

Art Therapy Tri-C Division & Ursuline College Exhibit

Through March 24

TRI-C EAST ART GALLERY

 

MARCH

1

Irma Withani

The Venus Collection

Reception 6-8 pm March 4

Through March 30

ANNEX GALLERY AT LOGANBERRY BOOKS

4

CAN Journal Spring Issue Launch Party

FIG CREATIVE @ THE PIVOT CENTER

Walk All Over Waterloo

5-10 pm

WATERLOO ARTS DISTRICT

7

Passion and Joy

Through April 15

UNIVERSITY OF AKRON EMILY DAVIS GALLERY

8

Big Read event in partnership with Young Latino Network to celebrate International Women’s Day

5:30-8 pm

ART HOUSE

11

Annual Juried Exhibition

BAYARTS

ArtWalk

4-8 pm

SUMMIT ARTSPACE