To start the new year, the Waterloo Arts Gallery and Cafe will feature the work of Dana Lynn Harper and Brian Fencl in January. Dana Lynn Harper is a mixed media artist based in Columbus, Ohio. In Veiled Histories, Harper combines the evocative and tactile textures of paper clay, velvet, rice, pearls, dried flowers, and masses of glass beads to […]
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Pressing Matters (PM) is a free afterschool program for Cleveland area teens that introduces students to printmaking as a tool for expression, interpretation, activism and self-advocacy. Founded in 2022 by Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) professor Dr. Erin Benay, Pressing Matters utilizes an interdisciplinary curriculum that brings history to life for young Clevelanders through the experiential practice of printmaking. Since […]
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As part of the 2025 Pride Celebration, Zygote Press is presenting PINK INK: The Third Biannual Queer Print + Zine Fair. We are thrilled to be partnering with the LGBT Center of Greater Cleveland for the first time. This outdoor vendors’ market features artists who specialize in printmaking, book and zine-making, as well as other paper goods. Zygote Press holds […]
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Eileen Dorsey is on a mission. For someone who has spent the last ten years painting trees, it is perhaps not surprising that she is also planting, caring for, and advocating for them. When the Cleveland Botanical Garden reached out to ask the artist to show some of her work, Dorsey decided to use this platform to bring notice to […]
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FRONT TRIENNIAL ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PREM KRISHNAMURTHY AND CURATOR ANNIE WISCHMEYER TALK ABOUT CURATION DURING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC Brittany Mariel Hudak recently sat down with Prem Krishnamurthy and Annie Wischmeyer in the Ames Family Atrium of the Cleveland Museum of Art to discuss their curatorial strategies, inspirations, and what we can expect for FRONT 2022. Their team had just held a […]
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The thirty works currently on view in the James and Hanna Bartlett Prints and Drawings Gallery are all by women, which is surprisingly a first for the Cleveland Museum of Art. Not that they haven’t shown the work of women printmakers before—there was a 2002-2003 exhibition of Elizabeth Catlett’s prints and sculpture, although of course that’s an entirely different kind […]
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Grafton Nunes has a reputation in Cleveland that goes far beyond his role as leader of the 139-year-old Cleveland Institute of Art. Anyone that knows him will tell you he’s a “nice guy.” Nunes has been a constant presence in the local art scene since his arrival in Cleveland in 2010, and has been a vocal supporter of the CAN Journal […]
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Interview by Zygote Press Senior Program Manager Brittany M. Hudak Jackie Feldman joined the team at Zygote Press in February 2021. Before working at Zygote, most of her professional career was focused on bringing services to low income and marginalized communities through local organizations such as the Jewish Community Center, Council Gardens, and Cuyahoga Community College. In the short time […]
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If you think Lauren Pearce is having a moment—with a recent group show in New York and a solo show in London and another upcoming in Miami—then you haven’t been paying attention. I first became aware of her work at the Cleveland Flea in 2017. There the Florida transplant sold original works of art and prints infused with pop-inspired color and […]
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Varias organizaciones artísticas que han participado en el programa Fusión Creativa (Creative Fusion) de la Fundación Cleveland, se encuentran entre los inquilinos del edificio ahora conocido como El Centro Pivote para las Artes (The Pivot Center for Arts, Dance and Expression), en West 25th Street, entre las avenidas Seymour y Castle. La doble inversión de dinero y energía creativa que […]
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