Artists are Zygote’s driving purpose, and the co-founders, Joe Sroka, Kelly Novak, Bellamy Printz and myself (all artists) needed the space, the community, and the equipment to survive creatively. Opening the conversation and the physical doors to Zygote led to a movement of cooperative, shared maker spaces that now facilitate community projects and programs as well as community place-making […]
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By Amy Callahan, Hilary Gent, Michael Loderstedt, and Liz Maugans We have all been recent witness to significant development in the cultural sectors of our region, with the impressive renovation of the Cleveland Museum of Art, the new construction of MOCA Cleveland, continued development of world-class health services and the downtown corridor, the rising status of our culinary industry […]
Read moreWe hope this finds you well. We are writing you today on behalf of all the artists we know who are really making a difference in our city, in our neighborhoods, in our schools and in our studios. We want you to know a little more about the ingenuity and distinctive contributions these artists make, as neighborhood builders, town criers, […]
Read moreIt’s been a newsworthy year at Zygote Press, most recently with the announcement that the Cleveland Arts Prize will recognize co-founders Liz Maugans and Bellamy Printz with the Martha Joseph Prize for Distinguished Service to the Arts. This recognition and so much of Zygote’s activity is the result of collaboration, and this summer’s series of programs is a case in point. Zygote’s neighborhood is known as the “Ar tsQuar ter”, […]
Read moreEach June, Zygote Press invites a nonprint artist to abandon his or her discipline and occupy the studio as Zygote’s Artist In Residence. In recent weeks, 2012 resident artist Johnny Coleman has worked closely with Zygote’s print coordinator Paul Rogers in our non-air conditioned collective to experience fresh new approaches to his oeuvre. Coleman is a sculptor/installation artist and Professor of Art and African American Studies at Oberlin College. He […]
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