Article Gallery is pleased to present the multifaceted work of artist Lee Waldman, the recipient of the 2024 Tilkkanen Painting Prize. Lee has been making art for most of his life, and his Cleveland Heights home is a total studio environment, bursting with his paintings, drawings and wood sculpture. Lee’s drawing table, easels, and well-worn armchair are the first things […]
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My fascination with plein air painting (French for “in the open air”) began when I traveled to Monhegan Island in Maine several years ago. As a longtime studio painter, I was looking for inspiration and ways to improve my painting. I longed to paint on location, immersed in nature. I took a workshop with a wonderful group of people, in […]
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For over three decades, Laurence Channing has transformed Cleveland’s streets, bridges, and industrial architecture into compelling works of art. This fall, the Bonfoey Gallery presents Laurence Channing: Then and Now, a retrospective exhibition spanning the 1990s to the present. Alongside earlier works, the exhibition debuts an entirely new series of charcoal drawings created exclusively for this exhibition. Laurence Channing’s drawings […]
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As a young child, Keegan Adams (MFA, Indiana University, 2014) remembers his grandfather describing his engraving process as “ice skating over the plate.” Although at first this may seem to be a simplified way for a child to understand a complex process, the memory itself provides us with some clues into the meaning and process behind Adams’s own work. First […]
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Interdisciplinary artist Zoe Brester-Pennings has enjoyed a busy 2026. At the Cleveland Institute of Art, she’s a professor of practice in the printmaking program, and in April, she joined students and alumni in representing CIA at the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Fine Print Fair. Outside of the college, her work was in The Groundhog Show in June in Akron. Prior […]
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Between the digital and material worlds, we are faced with conflicting values: presence or convenience, endless possibility or creative limitation? Inundated with thousands of images a day, most of which are produced by AI, it’s harder than ever to know what’s real, to feel what’s real. We’re slowing down and remembering why we even reach for the camera in the […]
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by Chimba J. Nachinsambwe When East Ave Gallery in Akron’s historic Kenmore neighborhood unveils its newest exhibitions, visitors will encounter two artists whose work, while distinct in medium and approach, shares a common thread: an invitation to reflect on the people, histories, and experiences that shape us. Jessica Skinner’s To The Ones and Gregory Cross’s Standing on the Shoulders of […]
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Hello CAN readers. Beautiful Autumn has arrived, and the seasons are changing in stealth speed. Major repairs have been underway for over a year, and we still have more upgrades to make in this 1903-built building. We will push through and make it happen. Exhibits Unfortunately, we have no exhibits scheduled for Fall 2026. The Gift of Art pop-up shows […]
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Heights Arts began their 2026-2027 exhibition season in August with the return of the Emergent exhibition, continuing a tradition that has highlighted the next generation of Northeast Ohio artists for over a decade. Emergent shines a light on new and rising artists who have been inspired by the Cleveland art community or recently graduated from area colleges and universities. The […]
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Three Days. Four Floors. Hundreds of Artists. IngenuityFest has been the capstone of Cleveland summers for more than two decades. The festival will take place over the weekend of September 25–27 inside an industrial building located at 5401 Hamilton Avenue, Cleveland. Only, it won’t feel like you’re in any old industrial building. Once you cross the threshold of IngenuityFest, you’ll […]
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