Lauren Yeager has a lot of plastic in her studio. “I have basically been doing a mad sprint to gather as much material as I can before the weather breaks,” she says. “Volumetric, plastic consumer stuff. A lot of coolers. I am always finding coolers. You can’t avoid that, really.” Yeager’s race is on, because a proposal by SPACES Gallery […]
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Before the Summer of 2022, the Ashtabula Art Center was probably far from the minds of most Cleveland artists—and maybe even most artists of Northeast Ohio. But the recent announcement of winners of the inaugural Paul and Norma Tikkanen Prizes for painting may change that. There are two top prizes, $12,000 each—one for abstraction, and another for realism. There are […]
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Momentum is fragile, but with the re-convening last week of the Arts Impact Ohio state-wide conference for the for the first time since before the COVID Pandemic, the Ohio Arts Council seems to have some. The conference took up major issues of the day, including the need for major institutions to back up diversity rhetoric with action. Some history is […]
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From the initial announcement of curators, to interviewing them about their plans, to individual reviews of specific installations, CAN Journal and CAN Blog have extensively covered the 2022 FRONT Cleveland International Triennial for Contemporary Art. To make it easy to get an overview, we’ve gathered all our coverage here, with links to full posts and stories. I Think Its Absolutely […]
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With the Fall 2022 issue of CAN Journal, Northeast Ohio’s magazine of the visual arts debuts a new design, created by JoAnn Dickey. Readers may wonder why we would tinker at all with design that has won recognition from AIGA. And they will immediately notice several features, beginning with a new treatment of the logo on our cover. That, specifically, […]
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In the Rock and Roll Capital of the World, the phrase Music Has Charms to Soothe the Savage Beast has some truth to it, even if we might re-write the second half for the 216: Music has charms to provoke the savage beast, or rally the struggling sports ball team, or energize the working man. But the English poet William […]
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Jada Renee Hobson brings positive messaging and plenty of energy to all she does. Her messaging includes phrases like “Be Happy,” and “Inspire the Uninspired.” That positivity extends to her vision of INDI Art House, a studio-in-the-works for local artists and youth looking to enhance their skills. It will offer activities for youth through her non-profit Destination Dream Foundation. She’s […]
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With the opening celebration for CAN Triennial July 8 at the Morgan Conservatory, and the opening of all exhibits the following day, the curatorial search for the artists who will win CAN Triennial 2022 Exhibition Prizes is on. In the first two weeks of the exhibitions—completing their searches by July 22—curators and other representatives from nine regional museums and other […]
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Sometimes three is a crowd. Other times it is not enough. When FRONT International Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art initially announced its Futures Fellowships, the commitment was that three Cleveland artists of Color would be selected as fellows, each winning significant support in the form of a $25,000 cash award, plus organized, art-related travel (both internationally and within the US), […]
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The Air Show at Doubting Thomas is the third part of a series of exhibitions curated by Shawn Mishak and Tessa LeBaron, focused on the 5 classical elements: Fire, Water, Air, Earth, and the ethereal, Aether. The show asks of the invited group of artists, “What does Clean Air Mean to You?” With that in mind, one might expect overwhelmingly […]
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