CHRISTINE MAUERSBERGER: FROM POISONOUS BEAUTY TO UNIVERSAL MOTIONS

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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PRESS “RESUME PLAY”

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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SELL AIN’T A FOUR-LETTER WORD

“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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SUMMER 2020 EVENTS

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 Extends Emergency Relief Grants

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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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The Face of Art in Cleveland: An Apology

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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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Albums of the quarantine: Self Portraits at Ursuline’s Wasmer Gallery

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. […]

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Programa Fusión Creativa 2020: actualización

Debido a la crisis actual de COVID-19, las residencias y las actividades del programa Fusión Creativa 2020: CONTAR, han sido pospuestas. Esta ha sido una decisión desgarradora. Pero sin la certeza de poder tener eventos públicos seguros en el futuro, más las dificultades que representan para nuestros artistas internacionales invitados poder tramitar una visa en las condiciones actuales, además de […]

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