As local art galleries began shutting their doors due to the pandemic, planned exhibitions slowly started to be cancelled or postponed for the foreseeable future. Working artists, whose entire livelihood could be tied to one significant show, watched aghast and with little recourse as Ohio’s stay-at-home orders were extended. As the summer issue of CAN went to press, the summer […]
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In the shadow of COVID – 19, ARTneo/CAN Triennial exhibition prizewinner Christine Mauersberger confronts uncertainty with beauty and resolve In July of 2018, Christine Mauersberger installed Poisonous Beauty in the main stairwell of 78th Street Studios. The work was inspired by the 2017 algae bloom in Lake Erie—the worst since 2014. The algal blooms were the inevitable result of government inaction—the failure […]
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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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“Don’t make any pictures of clipper ships. They don’t sell.” This apocryphal tidbit of economic advice for artists is attributed to the late Marvin Jones, professor of art and printmaking at Cleveland State University from 1976 to 2005. Never mind the ongoing pushmi-pullyu argument of art and commerce; most artists are makers who sell what they make. In this issue […]
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Due to the COVID-19 crisis, most art events planned for summer 2020 have been cancelled outright. The listings here are scheduled tentatively, as announced by each presenting organization. Depending on the course of the disease and trends in rates of infection, events may be added, cancelled, or postponed. Check the CAN Weekly e-newsletter for the most up-to-date information. To subscribe […]
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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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The digital exhibit Self Portraits: Artists Respond to COVID-19 is the result of an open call by Anna Arnold. As the director of the Florence O’Donnell Wasmer Gallery at Ursuline College, Arnold invited any visual artist to submit an image of themselves reflecting their response to the coronavirus pandemic. About 100 works were selected for display from 72 submitting artists. […]
Read moreMucho ha ocurrido desde que el último número de CAN salió a la calle. El cambio y la incertidumbre se han convertido en el telón de fondo de nuestros intentos de adaptar y reorientar nuestras vidas, al tiempo que recibimos una sobrecogedora cantidad de noticias contradictorias. La mayoría de nosotros en el mundo de las artes o en proyectos sin […]
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A lot has happened since the last issue of CAN hit the streets. Change and uncertainty have become the backdrop of our lives as we attempt to adapt and reorient, with conflicting bits of news swirling in an overwhelming eddy of information. Most of us in the arts or nonprofit world understand the importance of flexibility and creativity. It’s […]
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