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.

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CONTINUING EVENTS

Through November 26

24th Robert Thurmer People’s Art Show

THE GALLERIES AT CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY

Through November 26

Ryan Harris: “Hairitage: Don’t Touch My Hair!”

FUTURE INK GRAPHICS

Through November 30

Barrie Kaufman: A Fragile Environment

MASSILLON MUSEUM GALLERY M

Through December 2

A Big Relief! woodblock prints

FAWICK GALLERY AT BALDWIN WALLACE UNIVERSITY

Through December 2

Sculptural Imprints

KINK CONTEMPORARY

Through December 3

Shawn Powell: PARK

Shawn Powell was previously in several group exhibitions at Abbatoir, but PARK is his first solo show there. His acrylic paintings depict common objects of leisure including a bike, a shuttlecock and a park bench, depicted from above in isolation on a field of grass: vivid, colorful, realistic and lonely. It also features a variety of shaped paintings of similar objects, including a hula hoop and parasols.

ABBATOIR GALLERY

Through December 4

Morgan Bukovec: SERVICE INDUSTRY STITCH PROJECT

KAISER GALLERY

Through December 12

Exquisite Surface: Work by Tomasko, Leech & Eiskamp

LORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE STOCKER GALLERY

Through December 13

New Directions: Abstract Prints by Yoshida Tōshi

Wit and Wisdom: Social and Political Satire in the Prints of Hogarth, Goya and Daumier

Life Full of Changes: Kenji Nakahashi

ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

Through December 14

51st Annual Juried Art Exhibition

VALLEY ART CENTER

Through December 16

Harmony

ART GALLERY AT BEACHWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER

Through December 16

Julie Schenkelberg: CURRANT

Schenkelberg is the Sculpture Center’s first artist in residence, and her show CURRANT christens its new space. Returning to her native Cleveland after several years away, she found herself drawn to connections with the past. In CURRANT, she draws on her own past and family history as she weaves personal images with castings of plants, religious symbols, abandoned buildings, family dishware and tombstones in Lake View Cemetery, located just across the street from The Sculpture Center.

Sarah Dittrich: In slowness there is fullness

THE SCULPTURE CENTER

Through December 17

Fall Exhibitions

SUMMIT ARTSPACE

Through December 17

Ruddy Roye: Outhwaite Homes Estates Exhibition

CLEVELAND PRINT ROOM

Through December 18

Cleveland Photo Fest Menlo Park Academy show

PRAMA ARTSPACE

Through December 21

Katlin Shae: Tragic Miracle

Shae’s new work explores her complex relationship with her late grandmother in equally complicated pieces. Her digitally-woven works integrate images and texts passed down from her grandmother in textured pieces that show subtle, graduated coloring and diverse patterns. She earned her BFA at Kent State University, where she currently teaches, and she has also spent time in Athens, Georgia, where she got her MFA.

PRAXIS FIBER WORKSHOP GALLERY

Through December 22

Faculty Exhibition

CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART REINBERGER GALLERY

Through December 23

FRONT International Triennial: Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows

Bakunin’s Barricade by Ahmet Öğüt

Objects of Encounter: American Myths of Place

Inches Away, The Heavens Open: Blue and Green Landscapes from the AMAM Collection

Scholars and Ancestors: Traditional Functions of Portraiture in China and Korea

Mobility and Exchange: 1600-1800

Divergent Paths

Beyond the Barricade

ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

Through December 24

The 53rd Annual Holiday Fair

MANSFIELD ART CENTER

Through December 30

Heights Arts Holiday Store

HEIGHTS ARTS

Through December 31

FRONT International Triennial: Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows

Nicole Eisenman: A Decade of Printing

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

Through December 31

Timothy Callaghan: Factotum

WILLIAM BUSTA PROJECTS

Through January 1

FRONT Triennial Show: Contact

Some pieces of the FRONT Triennial are still on view even though the event officially ends in early October. That includes Contact, curated by Cleveland native Renée Green, which fills the building with video, film, sound, photos, prints, paintings, sculpture and installations by a dizzying array of artists on a dizzying array of topics, most having at least a tangential relationship to issues of justice and freedom. As Green said at the opening, you’ll probably need to spend a few hours to take it all in.

MOCA CLEVELAND

Through January 4

INTO LIGHT Ohio: Continuing the Conversation

Erasing the stigma of drug addiction

MASSILLON MUSEUM

Through January 6

Rick Rollenhagen: The Spirituality of Spontaneity

MARIA NEIL ART PROJECT

Through January 7

The Series and The Multiple
YARDS PROJECT

Through January 8

“Carry On”: A Century of Swing
MASSILLON MUSEUM

Through January 8

Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection

Tales of the City: Drawing in the Netherlands from Bosch to Breughel

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

Through January 14

Now and Then: Seven Decades of Kent State Ceramics

KSU DOWNTOWN GALLERY

Through January 14

Fallout: Rebecca Kaler, Paintings from 2003-2022

Kaler’s inaugural exhibition as an archived artist features work made by the Mansfield-born artist inspired by her travels around the world. The subject matter of her work ranges from landscapes, to clouds, to graffiti, to dogs, to the horrors of war, in works infused with light and alluring color and dripping with symbolic markings that blur the boundaries of figurative and abstract art. The show will also include sculptural boxes which turn the same ideas into portable cubes.

ARTISTS ARCHIVES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE

Through January 15

FRONT International Triennial: Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows

Firelei Baez: the vast ocean of all possibilities

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

Through January 25

Lakeland Community College Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition

GALLERY AT LAKELAND

Through January 29

Beyond Cute: The Doll Show

URSULINE COLLEGE WASMER GALLERY

Gregory Halpern: 19 Winters/7 Springs

Through February 5

Buffalo, NY artist Halpern is touted as being in the “American social documentary tradition,” and for this show, which features color photos and sculptures, he’s trained his camera on a subject close to him: his struggling hometown. In the past 15 years, he’s looked at its people and its built environment from different angles in keeping with his interest in showing social conditions in today’s America: “issues of class and equity in a post-capitalist society.”

TRANSFORMER STATION

Through February 15

Art by the Falls Call for Artists

VALLEY ART CENTER

Through February 19

Cycles of Life: The Four Seasons Tapestries

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

Through February 26

State of the Art: Constructs

AKRON ART MUSEUM

Through March 5

Text and Image in Southern Asia

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

Through April 30

Old and New in Korean Art
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

Through May 7

Modern Impressions — Light and Water in Chinese Prints

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

Through May 14

Eighty-Six Reasons for Asylum Admission

Cleveland artist Kimberly J. Chapman’s porcelain sculptural works look at the history of how “mental illness” and its treatment were used to control and repress women and how misogyny drove its definition, leading to diagnoses that seem laughable today. The work was inspired by the West Virginia Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum’s Reasons for Admission that catalogued preconditions for mental illness.

ERIE ART MUSEUM

Through May 14

Good Hope

AKRON ART MUSEUM

Through June 4

Kinship

AKRON ART MUSEUM

Through June 18

Modern Japan
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

Through July 30

The Medieval Top Seller: The Book of Hours

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

NOVEMBER

18

CAN Winter Issue Launch Party

LOGANBERRY BOOKS

Third Friday

5-9pm

78th STREET STUDIOS

Cleveland Photo Fest: One Million Photos (and a couple of thousand from local high school and college students)

The third annual Cleveland Photo Fest solicited work from photographers, both amateur and professional, all over the world to create large panels displaying thousands of tiny images. Will there be an actual million? Come find out, and good luck counting them! This year’s festival also includes a room packed with diverse images by local high school and college students, and a few surprises tucked into the Bostwick’s multiple gallery spaces. It will also feature a series of Friday night programs, including one November 25, presented by noted Cleveland concert photographer (and CAN contributor) Anastasia Pantsios.

Opening reception 5pm November 18

Through December 31

BOSTWICK DESIGN ART INITIATIVE

Jessica Pinsky: I Can’t Remember Anything

Opening 5-8pm

Through December 30

HEDGE GALLERY

Leave it at the Door: Works by Amy Kreiger, Karen Sacco & Christina Sadowski

Through December 16

E11EVEN2 GALLERY

19

Artventure: Earl James and Linda Zmina glass and fabrication studios

10am-noon

YARDS PROJECT

20

Photographs in Ink

This show uses works by historical photographers such as Eadweard Muybridge, Alvin Langdon and Alfred Stieglitz, noted 20th-century artists such as Andy Warhol and currently working artists such as Lorna Simpson to explore how artists adapted their work for photomechanical reproduction and wide dissemination as opposed to a unique darkroom print or digital image. We’re told the show has two goals: to show how these processes drove the wide distribution of images and demonstrate how fine artists deliberately used them as an aesthetic choice.

Through April 2

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

25

Potion Park: The Kaleidoscopic Garden of Steve Ehret & Kat Francis

Right Place, Right Time: Paintings by Robert Coleman Jackson

Color Wonder from the CMA Collection

Thinking with Animals

More than 50 ceramics artists will be displaying a vast array of stylistic approaches to depicting animals. The artists represent a diverse group in terms of culture, gender identity, background and career stages, and use a variety of techniques to create their work. Symbolism and metaphor abound as artists use animals to make statements about human behavior.

Through March 5

CANTON MUSEUM OF ART

26

Destroy All Nonprofits, featuring artist Topiltzin

4pm

LA COSECHA GALERIA

Waterloo Arts Holiday Co-op Sale

Through December 18

WATERLOO ARTS

27

Artists Sunday

Noon-5pm

SUMMIT ARTSPACE

Genghis Khan Cleveland

Small Press and Independent Comic Convention

Noon-5pm

FUTURE INK GRAPHICS

28

Zygote Press Member Mixer – A Celebration of Printmaking!

6-8pm at Cleveland Urban Winery

Free for Zygote members, or get your membership at the door

ZYGOTE PRESS

29

Robert Thurmer People’s Art Show artwork pick-up

11am-4pm November 29–December 3

THE GALLERIES AT CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY

DECEMBER

1

Ekphrastacy: Artists Talk + Poets Respond

6pm

VALLEY ART CENTER

Community Culture Night with Stormy Sweitzer

7-8:30pm

ART HOUSE INC

Tangents Colloquium

moCa Cleveland, in partnership with the Cleveland Museum of Art, presents this free program in which students at the Cleveland Institute of Art offer works of “creative criticism” inspired by moCa’s still-on-view FRONT Triennial show, Contact, curated by Renée Green. They respond with both their personal takes and theories of inspiration.

6-7:45pm

MOCA CLEVELAND

Letterpress Holiday Cards Happy Hour with Wendy Partridge

6:30-8:30pm

ZYGOTE PRESS

2

Walk All Over Waterloo

6-10pm

WATERLOO ARTS DISTRICT

Little Italy Art Walk

The Little Italy Holiday Art Walk has been an annual event for over 30 years. This event is a celebration of arts, culture, and food.

5-9pm December 2

Noon-9pm December 3

Noon-5pm December 4

LITTLE ITALY NEIGHBORHOOD

Cleveland Institute of Art Student Holiday Sale

December 2 & 3

CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART MANDEL ATRIUM

Artspass Off the Wall Holiday Members’ Showcase

5-8pm

PRAXIS FIBER WOPRKSHOP

9

Walkabout Tremont

5-10pm

TREMONT NEIGHBORHOOD

Critical Conversations: Art in Practice

Cleveland Institute of Art students collaborate with The Progressive Art Collection

Through January 23

CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART ANN AND NORMAN ROULET STUDENT + ALUMNI GALLERY

ArtsPass Off the Wall Holiday Members’ Showcase

5-8pm

ZYGOTE PRESS

10

A Renaissance Is Now

DEEP ROOTS EXPERIENCE

free body by Aja Joi Grant

Opening reception 11am-3pm

CLEVELAND PRINT ROOM

Artist Talk with Rebecca Kaler

Her show, Fallout, is currently on view.

1-2:30pm

ARTISTS ARCHIVES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE

Coty Gianelli: Days with Delsie

Through January 22

MASSILLON MUSEUM GALLERY M

11

China Through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail

Through February 6

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

14

Unsilent Night

As Time Out New York said, “Phil Kline’s postmodern boombox caroling walk [Unsilent Night] is more than just performance art: It’s a demonstration of community.” And as the New York Times said, “Unsilent Night immerses the listener in suspended wonderment, as if time itself had paused inside a string of jingle bells.” The participatory bit of seasonal performance art –a walk around the neighborhood, with music–was created in New York by Akron Native Phil Kline in 1992, and returned to Cleveland—specifically to Tremont—last year. For 2022, participants will gather at 6:30 at the Lincoln Park gazebo, and begin the walk at 7 pm—streaming Kline’s composition on cell phones, broadcasting on the Bluetooth speakers they (and you) bring.

LINCOLN PARK GAZEBO, TREMONT

15

Screenprint an Ugly Sweater with Michael Whitehead

5-8:30pm

ZYGOTE PRESS

16

Third Friday 5-9pm

78th STREET STUDIOS

ArtsPass Off the Wall Holiday Members’ Showcase

5-8pm

SPACES GALLERY

21

The Africa The World Seldom Sees
Through January 18

ART GALLERY AT BEACHWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER

23

Another great group show

Opening 6-10pm

Through January 22

PRAMA ARTSPACE

JANUARY

6

Walk All Over Waterloo

6-10pm

WATERLOO ARTS DISTRICT

Desire Paths

Opening 5-9pm

Through February 3

KINK CONTEMPORARY

9

Lorain County Region Scholastic Art Exhibit and Awards

Reception 1-3pm January 15

Gold Key Reception 1-3pm January 29 in Hoke Theatre, Art Gallery and Lobby

Through February 16

LORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE STOCKER GALLERY

10

Re-envisioning Narratives: Creating Books with Found Materials

Virtual workshops 5-8pm January 10 & 24

MORGAN CONSERVATORY

13

Walkabout Tremont

5-10pm

TREMONT NEIGHBORHOOD

Winter Exhibitions open

Through March 18

SUMMIT ARTSPACE

Jason Milburn: Rafts

Opening reception 5-8pm

Through February 14

BAYARTS

17

Beyond Borders: The Art of Siona Benjamin

Through March 17

20

Third Friday

5-9pm

78th STREET STUDIOS

Dale Goode: Prints, Paintings and Sculpture

Opening 5-8pm

HEDGE GALLERY

Nineteenth-Century French Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art

Through June 11

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

7-Up!

An exhibition highlighting seven artists & the work they do so well: Scott Kraynak, Emma Anderson, Dan Kearsey, Bob Peck, Inky Lorain, Sean Wheeler, Michele Janosky.

Through February 17

E11EVEN2 GALLERY

Connie Fu

Opening 5:30-8pm

Through March 4

THE SCULPTURE CENTER

21

Archival Mounting and Matting Techniques for Works on Paper

In-person workshop 10am-4pm

MORGAN CONSERVATORY

26

Beyond Borders: The Art of Siona Benjamin

Reception 5pm with the CSU Department of Theatre and Dance

THE GALLERIES AT CSU

27

“Tattoo You!”: a show of six artists that are also tattooists

Opening 6-10pm

Through February 19

PRAMA ARTSPACE

Nevadomi: An Intimate Look

Through April 21

JUDSON PARK

Annual Student Faculty Show

Opening 6pm

Through March 8

VALLEY ART CENTER

Dope Boy Chic

DEEP ROOTS EXPERIENCE

Links Between Roots

Mexican/American print show features 16 Mexican artists and 16 American artists with Mexican roots.

Through March 18

KSU DOWNTOWN GALLERY

28

Introduction to Western Papermaking

Two session in-person workshop

10am-4pm January 28

10am-4pm January 29

MORGAN CONSERVATORY

30

Blizzard Book

Virtual workshop 6-8pm

MORGAN CONSERVATORY

31

Historical Valentines

Virtual workshop 5-8pm

MORGAN CONSERVATORY

FEBRUARY

3

Walk All Over Waterloo

6-10pm

WATERLOO ARTS DISTRICT

Dan Miller: Melancholy and Malignancy

Opening reception 5-9pm

Through April 7

MARIA NEIL ART PROJECT

10

Walkabout Tremont

5-10pm

TREMONT NEIGHBORHOOD

11

Contemporary Longstitch

In-person Workshop 10am-4pm

MORGAN CONSERVATORY

12

Celebrate Women’s History Month

from WOMAN XVI… Created by women, of women, and about women

Curated by Mary Urbas

For the 16th time, Lakeland’s gallery coordinator Mary Urbas rounds up a large group of the best local women artists in a huge range of media, and tosses in a few from around the region and even farther afield, to comment on what it looks like to be a woman in these times. And these times have gotten even more fraught and desperate for women so this year’s show should be especially interesting.

Artist reception 3:30-5pm March 26

Through March 31

GALLERY AT LAKELAND

15

Art by the Falls Call for Artists deadline

VALLEY ART CENTER

17

Third Friday

5-9pm

78th STREET STUDIOS

2023 Student Independent Exhibition

Through March 19

CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART REINBERGER GALLERY

20

Paper Choice for Letterpress Printing

Virtual workshop 6-8pm

MORGAN CONSERVATORY

21

Hiding in Plain Sight: An Introduction to Natural Dyes on Paper

Two session virtual workshop

6-8pm February 21 &

6-8pm February 28

MORGAN CONSERVATORY

24

“Now That’s What I Call Art Vol 1,” a group show

Opening reception 6-10pm

Through March 19

PRAMA ARTSPACE

Karen Miraldi: Bringing in the Light

Opening reception 4:30-7:15pm

Through March 23

LORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE STOCKER GALLERY

26

The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England

Through May 14

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

27

Drum Leaf: A Lay Flat Binding

Virtual workshop 6-8pm

MORGAN CONSERVATORY

MARCH

2

Siona Benjamin

Thursday Night Art Talk

5pm

THE GALLERIES AT CSU

3

CAN Spring Issue Release Party

6-8pm

PRAMA ARTSPACE & GALLERY

Walk All Over Waterloo

6-10pm

WATERLOO ARTS DISTRICT

10

Walkabout Tremont

5-10pm

TREMONT NEIGHBORHOOD

Akron Art Walk

4-9pm

AKRON HISTORIC ARTS DISTRICT

11

The Annual ABC Chili Cook-Off benefit

1-4pm

ART HOUSE INC.