Augmented Reality might be the perfect medium to apply to the current socio-political climate. It is a mind-bending way of making juxtapositions that can comment on a place or situation—like the Cuyahoga County Courthouse, for example. The app-based technology plays a role in the Artists Against Injustice Rally from 5 to 8 pm Friday June 19th –Juneteenth–at the courthouse (1 […]
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CAN Journal is pleased to partner with Worthington Yards in presenting an exhibit opportunity open to all artists who continued making work during the COVID Shutdown. Art from the Shutdown will be on view at Worthington Yards June 24 – August 15, by appointment. Accompanying artist videos will be available via the CAN Blog Art From A Distance series. From […]
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In the most complicated and difficult atmosphere in recent memory, Cleveland galleries and museums are beginning to re-open their doors, after being closed nearly three months in response to the COVID pandemic. While commercial galleries as retail businesses have been permitted to open since mid-May, Governor Mike DeWine’s announcement Thursday, June 4 specifically named galleries and museums among a long […]
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Commercial galleries are slowly opening their doors as we enter the month of June, but in the summer of 2020 there will be no maker fares, white tent festivals, or urban markets. For makers and crafters whose incomes depend largely on gathering crowds of people drawn to the opportunity to buy local, the COVID pandemic has thrown up a huge […]
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Ohio’s major museums and the nonprofit arts advocacy group Ohio Citizens for the Arts recently delivered to the office of Governor Mike DeWine a set of guidelines for re-opening their doors to the public after the COVID crisis lockdown. The group’s recommendations will inform the Governor’s office as they issue official guidelines for museums. Currently, museums are among the […]
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As soon as Governor Mike DeWine issued stay at home orders, we knew the Summer 2020 issue of CAN Journal would be different from any we’ve published before. That’s because previews of exhibits and related events usually fill about half of the pages in this magazine, and inform the rest, as well. As gallery directors and artists shelter in place […]
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Galleries, Art Centers, and Artists look forward to the new normal, whatever that may be. In March, when Ohio Governor Mike DeWine had just issued his stay-at-home order to slow the spread of COVID-19, there was a sense that riding out the crisis would be like holding your breath and diving under water before coming up for air again. Galleries […]
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SPACES Satellite Fund Emergency Relief Program–created in April when the Warhol Foundation authorized its 16 re-granting partners, including SPACES, to re-allocate funds to make grants to individual artists who have lost income due to the COVID 19 pandemic–has been extended with support from the Cleveland Foundation. The application for a second round of support will be open May 20 […]
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“I guess that’s the face of art in CLE.” That was one artist’s response to the cover image for CAN Journal’s Summer, 2020 issue. As you will see, it is a matrix of close-up photos of Cleveland artists and gallery directors wearing home-made COVID masks in the effort to slow the spread of the virus. The issue is filled […]
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In this installment of CAN Blog’s Art from a Distance series, painter Darius Steward talks about being at home with his family during the COVID crisis, and developing new ways to reach out to potential customers at a time when gallery exhibits are not an option. Steward’s work was featured both in FRONT International Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art […]
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