About a decade and a half ago, Darla Davis began working on a collage inspired by her recently deceased mother, whom she calls an angel watching over her. When she ran out of pictures to include, she began decorating boxes. And she hasn’t stopped since then. Davis is a fixture in the Waterloo Arts District, the culture-cluster that runs along […]
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Sharelle Monét Thompson is a dynamic photographer and documentarian who captures subtleties and depths with equal vigor, witnessing the fullness of moments and weaving them into intricate stories. Her work speaks with the connectivity, reverence and mourning that comes with living in an ever-changing city, with ever-changing challenges. Her images featured here show the Morris Black housing projects before they […]
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Celeste Stauber knows that if the zombie apocalypse comes to a neighborhood near her, she’ll be alright. “Visual art is just about problem solving,” says Stauber. “In any job I’ve had, I’ve been the problem solver and figured out a solution creatively. Plus I can make paper and rope from plants. If I found a team of people I wouldn’t […]
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Curator and collector Teresa Vasu DeChant has been building significant art collections for several decades, primarily for the Cleveland Clinic and MetroHealth Medical Center, as well as for individual corporate clients, private collectors—and herself. “I have always enjoyed building collections,” she says. “Some of them were value-based, picking artists that sold at Sotheby’s and Christie’s that might go up in […]
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Your easy, chronological guide to exhibits and opportunities at Northeast Ohio galleries, studios, and museums coming in the next few months. More information about many of these exhibits can be found elsewhere in the pages of CAN Journal. These listings are based on announcements from each presenting organization, at press time. Due to changing circumstances, events may be added, cancelled, […]
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Let’s transform our words into action and embody the change we want to see, while also challenging the narratives that surround us. The call for action has never been stronger, and there’s no better way to ignite this transformation than by returning to the basics. We believe in the vital role that art and literacy can play in this journey, […]
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Pulling myself away from the grip of the day-to-day offers time to observe and experience all of the Art House activity and energy that happens in and beyond our own studio. Surprises always unfold, as do unexpected associative leaps. After the Urban Bright exhibition comes down, the studio returns to normal: pottery wheels, tables and chairs are once more set […]
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by Karen Petkovic and Beth Milli This fall, BAYarts is launching the newly renovated BAYarts Cultural Center, a unique venue featuring a flexible meeting space with a 100-seat auditorium and stage, a gallery with a full schedule of curated shows perfect to inspire discussion and engagement with art, and an outside patio nestled right in the heart of the Huntington […]
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Tricia Kaman is partnering with BAYarts to showcase a themed collection of work in her upcoming solo exhibition, A Closer Look. The exhibition is designed to show viewers the intricacies of Kaman’s unique creative methods. Paintings from throughout her career will provide examples of her techniques for approaching color and composition, rendering fabrics and metals, and other elements of design. […]
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Interdisciplinary artist Laura Camila Medina will start her second year as a Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA) faculty member this fall. When she isn’t teaching students in the college’s Foundation program, she’s focused on her studio practice—as evidenced by her busy summer. Medina had work in La Casa Compartida | The Home We Share, a group show at The Sculpture […]
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