This summer, the Harris Stanton Galleries are excited to be part of FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art. FRONT—a new collaborative art triennial taking place in Cleveland, Akron, and Oberlin—will explore the ever-changing notion of an American city, and therefore American culture in this divided political time. To compliment FRONT’s theme of “An American City: Eleven Cultural Exercises,” our […]
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Sixteen years ago, the Waterloo Arts Fest was one of the art district’s first events, and although only a couple bands played for a small audience in the Beachland parking lot, it helped provide a vision for a more active neighborhood. Over the years the festival grew, but the goal remained the same: to model a lively city street for […]
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Telling the VAC Story Through Photography by Valley Art Center Staff When you visit Valley Art Center’s website, open their invitations or see their ads in the local paper, chances are you’ll find photography by Michael Steinberg. Since 2012, Michael has provided the pictures that illustrate the Valley Art Center story. It’s a story of thousands of people deeply engaged […]
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Cleveland Print Room is excited to present our juried exhibition, The Peer Show, judged this year by Lillian Kuri, Cleveland Foundation’s vice president of strategic grantmaking, arts and urban design initiatives, and Jennifer Coleman, Gund Foundation’s senior program officer for the arts. The exhibition, which will award cash prizes in five categories, features works in a variety of photographic media, […]
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In response to the FRONT International 2018 theme, An American City, Emily Davis Gallery narrows its focus to a more personal lens in A House is Not a Home. The idea of “home”—whether physical space, representative objects, personal stories, or fantastical narratives—is explored by these regional artists spanning two major Rust Belt cities. Throughout the exhibition, artists utilize found objects […]
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Plein air painting, simply put, is “painting out of doors.” However, the literal French translation of plein—“full”—does a much better job of summarizing the plein air artist’s mission. In effect, he or she seeks to capture a “full air” experience: painting the out of doors out of doors. The Tremont neighborhood has a rich plein air history. In 1874, mapmaker […]
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As changes in technology and social movements have taken hold in craft disciplines, what is the role of professional education? How does “traditional” craft evolve? What does it mean for makers, collectors and critics? Such questions go to the core of Cleveland Institute of Art’s ThinkCraft biennial, a yearlong exploration of contemporary craft that starts with a three-day symposium this […]
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“But when I fell in love with black, it contained all color. It wasn’t a negation of color. It was an acceptance. Because black encompasses all colors. Black is the most aristocratic color of all.…. You can be quiet and it contains the whole thing. There is no color that will give you the feeling of totality. Of peace. Of […]
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You might know Hilary D. Gent as the owner/curator of HEDGE gallery, but somehow, she also finds the time to make art. Recently, Gent made some exciting changes to her painting practice, the results of which you can see this summer at the artseen in Vermilion. The charming lakeside town is home to what was once the historic Liberty Theater. […]
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Thank you, Grace Wen, for contributing, organizing, co-curating, and running Satellite Gallery with me for the past three years. It was a fantastic journey orbiting Cleveland and the Waterloo art scene in our spaceship of art. Satellite Gallery went beyond the boundaries of our galaxy, with installations produced by emerging and established creative art explorers. The spaceship has landed and […]
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