Many artists question the relevance and objectivity of their craft. Why do we make art? What constitutes “great” art? How does my work confirm or subvert the ideas of my time and place? Laurence Channing’s long and prestigious career has given him cause to explore these questions. As a predominantly representational artist, Channing is cognizant of the biases against realism in the art world today. Gone are the days […]
Read moreThe Bonfoey Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of drawings by George Mauersberger: USA Leather & Other Drawings. These drawings and etchings will be on view in our street level gallery from November 16, 2012 through January 5, 2013. We cordially invite you to join us for an opening reception with the artist, Friday, November 16, from 5–8 pm at the gallery. George Mauersberger is known for […]
Read moreA recent exhibit at the Orange Art Center showed not only the high quality of work being created by adult students in our bucolic setting, but also the range of media and materials they study and use. The 28th annual Adult Student Exhibition featured art made by students in drawing, oil painting, watercolor, ceramic, and more. The exhibit attracts prominent artists of the region to serve as jurors—including 2012 juror […]
Read moreThe Orange Art Center Winter 2013 classes begin on Monday, January 14th. OAC offers a variety of classes in fine art and fine craft. Two of the most popular offerings are Portrait Painting and Drawing with Lou Grasso, and Life Drawing with George Kozmon. Both classes allow students to work from a model to improve their rendering and painting skills. Students may bring a medium of their choice including […]
Read moreVolunteers have enormous impact on nonprofits—but the reverse is also true. To our delight, Art House volunteer Wally Two Hawks shared what the place meant to him. Wally came to Art House in 2006 to help with classes and programs. A retired carpenter, he was looking for a way to deal with retirement and partial blindness. Over the years, Wally met many artists who offered amazing encouragement and […]
Read moreAs a longtime resident of Brooklyn Center, I’ve been asked to write a perspective of Art House. After talking with energetic staff and researching Art House’s arts education programming and classes, I return to a moment that unfolded during a late June fundraiser. Experimental filmmaker Robert Banks created an interactive multimedia installation for this event. The set-up stretched from the interior of the Art House building into the parking lot bordering […]
Read moreAfter four years with Art House, I have had the pleasure of interacting with a variety of highly skilled, extremely alented, and utterly resourceful artists who teach for the organization. As an artist and arts administrator myself, I admire the adaptability of each of them: That adaptability is one of my avorite things about Art House. Printmaker Kate Ward Terry can enter a room ready to teach thirty students, […]
Read moreWith the West Side Market’s recent 100th anniversary celebration, a constant influx of new businesses, and a strong mixture of new and historic housing, Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood is on the rise. LAND studio is proud to be part of this momentum, both as a local business, and by leading big projects like the redesign and revitalization of Market Square Park. But we have also taken on a series […]
Read moreThe Cleveland Public Library and LAND studio are pleased to announce Figure-Ground, a temporary art installation by Cleveland artist Scott Stibich, in the library’s Eastman Reading Garden. The artwork explores whether people engage differently with a space when bold color is added. Inspired by the garden’s function as a place for contemplation and solace, Figure-Ground introduces playfulness into the beloved public space and seeks to stimulate patrons’ awareness of surroundings they may […]
Read moreSouth Carolina painter and Ohio native, Paul Yanko keeps a box filled with scraps of paper in his studio—interesting textures, vintage sketches, and Spirograph drawings from his childhood, each piece with its own unique history. To start a painting, he digs through the scraps like a toy box, examining pieces with interesting shapes, tears, or textures, guessing at where the piece came from. Before the textural layers of fractured shapes […]
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