Am I Okay? Burn It Down … The Transformation … And Renewal, at EP Studio

This fall, EP Studio presents Am I Okay?, a solo exhibition by Cleveland artist and designer Michelle Trogdon. Bringing together jewelry, accessories, and mixed-media artworks, the exhibition explores themes of identity, resilience, and transformation. Drawing from her background in fine art, graphic design, and years in Charlotte’s maker community, Trogdon creates work that blurs the line between functional object and […]

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Amy Casey’s small worlds

It’s been no less than 20 years since Amy Casey’s last solo exhibition in Cleveland (2006, at Zygote Press.) And it’s been 12 years since she most recently shared the spotlight with just one other artist—Cathie Bleck—in a two person show at Maria Neil Art Project (2014).  However, this fall, Maria Neil has ended the draught and welcomed her back […]

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Arts for Justice Cleveland: Justice as a Mission

It’s been an exciting and transitional year for Karen Prasser. Following the closing of Chagrin Arts at the beginning of 2026, where Prasser served as Executive Director, she had to shift her focus. Her immediate priority was to relocate a symbolic sculpture, Dean Gillispie’s Imaginal Cell, which was originally installed at the Garden of Hope in Chagrin Falls. It now […]

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In Motion and (re)Pose: A Retrospective of Dance Films by Cynthia Penter, at BAYarts

I live in my dreams—that’s what you sense.Other people live in dreams, but not in their own. That’s the difference.– Herman Hesse, Demian, 1919 Cynthia Penter practices film and video production, making fine art and commercial work in Greater Cleveland for more than 40 years. She currently teaches filmmaking, photography, art history, and contemporary media at Hiram College, and Penter’s […]

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Tenacity and Love, Not To Mention Brilliance

In this election season CAN celebrates the creativity, entrepreneurship, tenacity and love that make humanity great, and make the Cleveland art scene as vibrant as it is. Some readers will remember the original Sankofa Fine Art Expo, which was held annually at Tri-C East from 2001 to 2011. It drew artists from around the region and the US to show […]

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Riso: An Indie Publishing Revolution

You may have seen the term RISO or Risograph lately and thought to yourself, “what on Earth is that?” What was once a very niche form of printing has become the darling of the zine-making and small press publishing world, and is so mainstream that graphic designers can even purchase RISO-effect filters for Photoshop. Put simply, a RISO or Risograph […]

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Don Drumm Retrospective Celebrates 55 Years of Akron Artist’s Far-Ranging Oeuvre of Eye-Catching Artworks

Sixty years ago, Don Drumm found himself wearing a hard hat and clambering around precariously ten stories above the Bowling Green State University (BGSU) campus. As the university’s first artist-in-residence from 1965 to 1971, Don had been tasked with creating an eight-story and a ten-story sandblasted concrete mural on the east and west sides, respectively, of the university library–which would […]

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