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, 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.

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.

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CONTINUING

THROUGH MAY 22
Generations
DEEP ROOTS EXPERIENCE

THROUGH MAY 26
Art Books Cleveland
BEACHWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER ART GALLERY

THROUGH MAY 28
When the Blue Hen Falls—Tina Grodin
ARTISTS OF THE RUBBER CITY

THROUGH MAY 28
50th Annual Student Art Show & Merit
Scholar Exhibition
THE GALLERIES AT CSU

THROUGH MAY 29
Derrick Adams: LOOKS
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

THROUGH MAY 31
Drifting in the Galaxy by Ava Reiss
LOGANBERRY BOOKS ANNEX GALLERY

THROUGH JUNE 1
Michael Gill: The Grownups Keep
Talking/Nobody Knows Why
MASSILLON MUSEUM

THROUGH JUNE 2
Membership Exhibition
CUYAHOGA VALLEY ART CENTER

THROUGH JUNE 4
Hildur Jonsson and Brinsley Tyrrell
The relatively new Abbatoir Gallery has been featuring many out-of-town artists, but this show
focuses on two Northeast Ohio artists with national/ international reputations. Hildur Jonsson’s intricate,
abstract weavings are inspired by the topography of her native Iceland and have been shown there as
well as in New York. Sculptor Brinsley Tyrrell has long worked in diverse materials (stone, metal, plaster,
clay), but most recently he’s expanded into ceramics, inspired, as Jonsson is, by nature, in his case, in rural
Ohio where he lives.
ABATTOIR

THROUGH JUNE 4
Juxtaposed: Photographs + Objects
from the Collection of John Foster
CLEVELAND PRINT ROOM

THROUGH JUNE 5
Forms Larger and Bolder: Eva Hesse
Drawings
ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

THROUGH JUNE 5
Responsibility to Reveal: 30 Years
of the Knight Purchase Award for
Photographic Media
AKRON ART MUSEUM

THROUGH JUNE 5
Jerome AB: At Once Terrifying and Equally Freeing
J.J. Adams: Flowers in Temporary Hands
Aram Han Sifuentes: Who Was This Built to Protect?
Dana Oldfather: Flyfall
Robert Banks & Dexter Davis: Color Me
Boneface
MOCA CLEVELAND

THROUGH JUNE 5
Silent Fields
KAISER GALLERY

THROUGH JUNE 10
The Big Photography Show
Gallery owner Barbara Merritt invited 16 mostly well-known area photographers, whose work covers a
variety of styles and subjects, to select 1-3 images to blow up into large-scale photos, with sizes ranging from 16 x 20 inches and up. “The subtleties that we as photographers work hard to achieve often go unnoticed throughout web content,” she says. “This is a chance to see the talent that lies behind each photograph and the hard work that goes into each print.”
818 STUDIOS

THROUGH JUNE 10
We Want Everything
CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART
REINBERGER GALLERY

THROUGH JUNE 12
What A Time To Be Alive
Spotlight: Eryn Lawson, Josie Naypauer
HEIGHTS ARTS

THROUGH JUNE 12
New Acquisitions and Old Friends
ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

THROUGH JUNE 12
Judy Takács: The Goddess Project: Innocents
CHAGRIN ARTS

THROUGH JUNE 12
Alberto Giacometti: Toward the Ultimate Figure
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

THROUGH JUNE 15
Embedded: Work by Bryana Bibbs, Sam Dienst & Andrea Vail
Embedded showcases three artists’ different approaches to tapestry weaving. Chicago-based Bryana
Bibbs is a textile artist/painter whose work combines the two disciplines. Sam Dienst, currently working
in Detroit, uses objects from her day-to-day life as jumping points for a form of self-portraiture. And North Carolina’s Andrea Vail uses objects of American society considered obsolete or unappealing to contemporary eyes in her tapestries and woven sculptures.
PRAXIS FIBER ARTS

THROUGH JUNE 15
Clicking for a Cause
MASSILLON MUSEUM

THROUGH JUNE 18
Illustrious Gravitas
YARDS PROJECTS

THROUGH JUNE 18
Omid Shekari & Shani Richards
SCULPTURE CENTER

THROUGH JUNE 19
Women in Print: Recent Acquisitions
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

THROUGH JUNE 25
Cycling: Micah Krauss
Starburst: Juried Regional High School Exhibition
National Collage Society 25th Annual
Small-Format Exhibition
Unnatural Fibers: Group Exhibition
When We Share Our Wounds: Nick Lee
SUMMIT ARTSPACE

THROUGH JUNE 25
Queer Ecology Hanky Project
Vanessa Adams and Mary Tremonte organized more than 120 artist-created bandanas into a show that
explores a range of approaches, attitudes, ideas and theories about gender and sexuality. Its conceptual
root is the “hanky code” once used by gay men to visually indicate to strangers their sexual proclivities.
But these artists use their hanky designs to display a much wider range of interests and affinities that
“speaks to the diversity of queer experiences.” The curators say, “We hope these hankies will accompany
walks in the woods, accessorize outfits at queer dance parties, bundle up foraged mushrooms and start
conversations.”
ZYGOTE PRESS

THROUGH JUNE 25
Assemblage artists Roy Bigler & Terry Durst in their inaugural exhibitions as Archived Artists
ARTISTS ARCHIVES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE

THROUGH JUNE 26
Currents and Constellations: Black Art in Focus
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

THROUGH JULY 1
Hilary Gent: Walking on Water
HEDGE GALLERY

THROUGH JULY 10
Tiger Legacy: The Story Continues
MASSILLON MUSEUM

THROUGH JULY 15
The 12th May Show at Lakeland Juried Art Exhibition
THE GALLERY AT LAKELAND

THROUGH JULY 17
Strike a Pose: Kabuki Prints from the Dominique H. Vasseur Collection Collective Gestures: The Impact of Experimental Performance at Oberlin in the 1970s Identity and Belonging in Early Modern Europe Signatures, Invention, and Agency in 16th-Century Prints
ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

THROUGH JULY 17
What’s in Your Bag?
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM

THROUGH JULY 24
Abandoned America:
Everything Must Pass Photographer Matthew Christopher works in the trendy subject area that’s been dubbed “ruin porn:” images of abandonment, neglect and decay, particularly in urban areas. For Christopher, who’s published several books, this is about preserving memories of the function and role of these structures in a once-flourishing industrial society, creating “a eulogy for the lost ways of life they represent,” and perhaps even offering a blueprint for the future. Witness to Wartime: The Painted Diary
of Takuichi Fujii
Visions 2022: Artists League Show
Asian Voices from the CMA Collection
CANTON MUSEUM OF ART

THROUGH AUGUST 7
Dis/Possession
Between Background and Foreground The work of four diverse photographers in the Allen Museum’s collection—Nan Goldin, Lewis Hine, James Van Der See and Margaret Bourke-White—offers a
glimpse at how these artists reflected social change and the cultures they were part of, filtering them
through the lens of their own personal experiences and identities.
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

THROUGH AUGUST 21
Martial Art of India
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

THROUGH AUGUST 31
John Jackson for Posterity
JUDSON PARK HOWSON GALLERY

THROUGH SEPTEMBER 11
Reflections on Perceptions
AKRON ART MUSEUM

THROUGH SEPTEMBER 11
The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

THROUGH OCTOBER 2
Dancing with the Distance: Work by Janice Lessman-Moss
Kent State professor Lessman-Moss is known for her intricate weavings. This show features 30 of her works created over the last two decades. In her work she demonstrates the evolution of the craft from hand looms to power looms and digital looms, including use of Photoshop to create designs that are executed by painting and dying the threads.
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ART

THROUGH OCTOBER 9
Japan’s Floating World
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

MAY

20

CAN Journal Summer Issue Launch
SPACES

20

Third Friday
5-9 pm
78TH STREET STUDIOS

20

2020/2021 AIR Exhibition
Through June 18
MORGAN CONSERVATORY

20

Variable Speed: Works by Katy
Clark and R!ch Cihlar
This show of work in diverse media, styles and techniques by gallery co-owner C!hlar and Madison, Wisconsin, artist Katy Clark revolves around birds in all their manifestations, singly and in groups, attempting to capture “the essence of the wonder of flight.” C!hlar’s work draws on his roots in street art, featuring spray-painted stenciled images and found objects, while Clark renders hers in acrylic,
gouache, watercolor, pen/ink, and cut-paper collage, offering two contrasting approaches
to the same subject.
Opening reception 5-9 pm
Through June 17
E11EVEN 2 GALLERY

21

Art House Family Open Studio
1-3 pm
ART HOUSE INC

22

Marilyn Ladd-Simmons Memorial
2-4 pm
SPACES

24

Intersections: Language & Art at Judson Manor
Satellite exhibition at Judson Manor featuring art with text from the Archives’ extensive collection of Ohio art.
Through October 4
ARTISTS ARCHIVES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE AT JUDSON MANOR

26

Maker Town Vintage & Handmade Market
11 am-4 pm
VINO VERITAS CELLARS WINERY, 4103 MEMPHIS AVE
Also September 25

27

Slain Nemo: Lights, Lasers, Projections
May 27–June 19
Opening reception with music by Dee Deprator
PRAMA ARTSPACE

28

Kimberly Chapman: Eighty-Six Reasons
Through June 26
Opening reception 5:30 –7:30 pm, May 27

THE DAIRY BARN ARTS CENTER, ATHENS

28

Art House Family Clay Day
10 am-noon
ART HOUSE INC

JUNE

1

Studio Muti’s Good Hope
Through May 14, 2023
AKRON ART MUSEUM

1

Walk All Over Waterloo
5-9 pm
WATERLOO ARTS DISTRICT

3

Summer Art Walk
The term “Art Walk” began in Little Italy over 30 years ago, long before galleries were popping up all over town. Artist studios, galleries and shops will be open all weekend for browsing and shopping opportunities. Guest artists and vendors are invited to attend and set up all weekend for pop-up shopping. Visit littleitalycle.com for more information.
5-9 pm June 3
noon-9 pm June 4
noon-5 pm June 5
LITTLE ITALY NEIGHBORHOOD

3

Everything I need to know I learned from a cabbage—Carol Klingel
Through June 25
ARTISTS OF THE RUBBER CITY

3

Where Are We? entry deadline
VALLEY ART CENTER

3

REMIX
Through July 3
DEEP ROOTS EXPERIENCE

4

Earthling: featuring artist Juliann O’Fray
4 pm
LA COSECHA GALERIA

4

Art in the Village with Craft Marketplace
Through June 5
LEGACY VILLAGE

7

Floral & Landscape Exhibition
Through July 21
CUYAHOGA VALLEY ART CENTER

9

Thursday Markets: art and food vendors, music and food trucks Every Thursday through October

13
BAYARTS
9 Ekphrastacy—Artists Talk and Poets Respond to What a Time to Be Alive
7 pm
HEIGHTS ARTS

10 Akron ArtWalk: Young at HeART
4-8 pm
summitartspace.org
AKRON HISTORIC ARTS DISTRICT

10

Walkabout Tremont
5-10 pm
experiencetremont.com
TREMONT NEGHBORHOOD

10

Cheap Thrills: Erykah Townsend, and Alex Vlasov
ABATTOIR

10

Dawn Tekler: Energy and Perception
Opening reception 5-8 pm
Through July 2
BAYARTS

11

38th Annual Art by the Falls
After cancelling 2020’s and retooling 2021’s show, this two-day outdoor festival located in the park along the Chagrin River in downtown Chagrin Falls returns full force with its multitude of artist tents, live demonstrations, hands-on activities, food and music.
June 11 & 12
VALLEY ART CENTER

11

Jonah Jacobs Solo Show Award
Through August 7
KAISER GALLERY

11

Missing History: Unheard African American Stories
Through November 2
MASSILLON MUSEUM

11

Steve Mastroianni: Scurograph
This Cleveland photographer became known for his perceptive portraiture. But more recently he’s xplored multi-process semi-abstractions such as drawings and photograms, with mysterious, repetitive markings that seem inspired by nature, filtered through visions and dreams.
Through July 27
MASSILLON MUSEUM

11

Inner Colors: featuring artist Jessica Isleim
4 pm
LA COSECHA GALERIA

15

Introduction to Weaving
Wednesdays through July 13
PRAXIS FIBER ARTS

17

Third Friday
5-9 pm
78TH STREET STUDIOS

17

Heights Arts Members Show & Spotlight: Wayne Niemi
Opening reception 6-9 pm
Ekphrastacy 7 pm July 21
Through August 14
HEIGHTS ARTS

18 The Queer Print + Zine Fair
noon-4 pm
This event will take place outdoors at Zygote Press, and feature local & regional queer print & zine makers selling their work.
ZYGOTE PRESS

18

Art and Music Festival featuring 75 local vendors and live music from Small Craft Warning
10 am-4 pm
BAYARTS

18

Art House Family Open Studio
1-3 pm
ART HOUSE INC

18

Buskers Night with Justo Saborit Latin Soul Duo
4 pm
LA COSECHA GALERIA

19

Slain Nemo Closing Reception
PRAMA ARTSPACE

19

Summer Performance Series
Sundays through August 28
BAYARTS

20

Summer 1 Class/Camp session starts
VALLEY ART CENTER

23

Arts Alive Awards Reception
7 pm
SUMMIT ARTSPACE

24

CAN Triennial Exhibition Guide Launch
Curators Panel
HAPPY DOG

26

Manifestations: Paper & Clay Celebrating work of Archived Artists George Roby and Mindy Tousley, featuring work from the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve permanent collection and private collections. Opening reception time TBA
Through August 7
MANSFIELD ART CENTER

27

Art Therapy Studio Exhibition
Through July 29
VALLEY ART CENTER

JULY

1 Walk All Over Waterloo
5-9 pm
WATERLOO ARTS DISTRICT

1

Joel Bartell: oil paintings of Cleveland & Shaker Heights landscapes
Through July 31
LOGANBERRY BOOKS ANNEX GALLERY

2

Destroy All Nonprofits: featuring artist Topiltzin
4 pm
LA COSECHA GALERIA

7

Kimberly Chapman
Gallery Talk 4:30–5:15 pm
Reception 5:30–7:30 pm
July 8 –September 17
SOUTHEAST OHIO HISTORY CENTER, ATHENS

7

Messin’ with You

Artists include Dana Depew, Michelle Droll, Scott Goss, Hui Chu Ying, Natalie Lanese, Shannon Morris, Debbie Apple-Presser & Steve Presser, Ed Raffel, Stephen Tornero, Anderson Turner, Gregory Scott, Gwen
Waight and Tony Williams.

Opening Reception 5:30-8 pm
Through August 20
YARDS PROJECTS

8

CAN Triennial Opening Celebration
CAN Triennial: You Are Here, featuring artists of Northeast Ohio responding to the time and place, will be on view at multiple locations July 9–August 31
MORGAN CONSERVATORY

8

Videos by Cleveland-born Cameron Granger and installation sculpture by Dominic Palarchio
ABATTOIR

8

Walkabout Tremont
5-10 pm
experiencetremont.com
TREMONT NEGHBORHOOD

8

Artists of the Rubber City Members Show
Through September 17
ARTISTS OF THE RUBBER CITY

8

Joe Dick
Through July 30
ARTISTS OF THE RUBBER CITY

8

Summer Exhibitions
Through September 17
SUMMIT ARTSPACE

9

CAN Triennial: You Are Here, featuring artists of Northeast Ohio responding to the time and place, will be on view at multiple locations July 9–August 31
VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY

9

Light Bringer: featuring artist Juliann O’Fray
4 pm
LA COSECHA GALERIA

10

The Time Travelers’ Garden: Dustin Grella, Christopher Hoot, Liz Maugans and Mark Soppeland
Artists’ reception 1–2:30 pm
Through August 28
BEACHWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER ART SPACE

13

Hedge Group Show Preview Reception
HEDGE GALLERY

14

FRONT International Triennial: Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows Gala Opening

15

Third Friday
5-9 pm
78TH STREET STUDIOS

15

HEDGE Represented Artists Justin Brennan, John W. Carlson, Rebecca Cross, Sarah Curry, Matthew Gallagher, ilary
Gent, Dale Goode, Meghann Hennen, Mark Howard, Christopher Kier, David King, Liz Maugans, Brian Mouhlas, Jessica Pinsky, Katy Richards, Dott von Schneider, Douglas Max Utter and Nikki Woods.
Opening 5–8 pm
Through September 2
HEDGE GALLERY

15

Synapse 15: Intersections of Art and Science
Through September 30
EMILY DAVIS GALLERY, MYERS SCHOOL OF ART, UNIVERSITY OF AKRON

15

Where Are We? An Exploration of Surrealism
Opening reception July 16
Through August 24
VALLEY ART CENTER

15

Christmas in July: Artwork for $200 or Less
Group show; one night only
E11EVEN 2 GALLERY

16

FRONT International Triennial: Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS

16 FRONT International Triennial:
Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows
Through October 2
AKRON ART MUSEUM

16

FRONT International Triennial:
Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows
Jacolby Satterwhite, Dexter Davis, Loraine Lynn, and Alexandra Noel
CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART

16

FRONT International Triennial: Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows
Bakunin’s Barricade by Ahmet Öğüt
Through December 23
ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

16

FRONT International Triennial: Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows
Through October 2
TRANSFORMER STATION

16

Art House Family Open Studio
1-3 pm
ART HOUSE INC

16

SheArt B.A.P.S.
Through August 14
DEEP ROOTS EXPERIENCE

21

Ekphrastacy–Artists Talk and Poets Respond to Members Show
7 pm
HEIGHTS ARTS

23

Family Clay Day
10 am-noon
ART HOUSE INC

23

Dialog: FRONT Triennial founder Fred Bidwell with CAN Triennial founder Michael Gill
1 pm
ARTISTS ARCHIVES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE

23

CAN Triennial Panel: History of Graffiti in Cleveland
6 pm
GRAFFITI HEART

27

Oh The Places You Will Go
July 27 – August 21
PRAMA ARTSPACE

29

Pecha Kucha Night Cleveland : YOU ARE HERE
Doors: 7 pm.
Presentations: 8:20 pm
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CAN TRIENNIAL AND MOCA CLEVELAND

AUGUST

1

Accessible Expressions Ohio Exhibition
Through August 31
VALLEY ART CENTER

5

Walk All Over Waterloo
5-9 pm
WATERLOO ARTS DISTRICT

5

Original Dali Viewing and Lecture
VALLEY ART CENTER

6

Daric M. Gill: The Absolutes: Big Small Stories
Through September 21
MASSILLON MUSEUM

6

Through the Looking Glass 3
Annual Design Show
4 pm
LA COSECHA GALERIA

8

Ted Maringer
Through August 27
ARTISTS OF THE RUBBER CITY

12

Walkabout Tremont
5-10 pm
experiencetremont.com
TREMONT NEGHBORHOOD

12

PTSD
Opening reception during
Walkabout Tremont
MEGAN DARDIS ART STUDIO AND GALLERY

12

Kubra Al Hilali, in partnership with Building Hope in The City
Through September 4
KAISER GALLERY

12

Bellamy Printz: Recent Work
Through October 2
BAYARTS

18

CAN Triennial Awards Celebration
5 pm
BEACHLAND BALLROOM

19

Third Friday
5-9 pm
78TH STREET STUDIOS

19

Clocks and Bots: Works by Billy Nainiger
Through September 16
E11EVEN 2 GALLERY

20

Art House Family Open Studio
1-3 pm
ART HOUSE INC

26

CAN Journal Fall Launch Party
4 pm
LA COSECHA GALERIA

26

Community Culture Night with Rachel Davis
7-8:30 pm
ART HOUSE

26

All Together Now (group show)
August 26 – September 18
PRAMA ARTSPACE