Jordan McNeal, Administrative Assistant; Project Affinity Program (Baldwin Wallace University) I have traveled a path rich with excitement and discovery within the world of Art house. Every second spent within its colorful walls has been a fascinating education and never-ending exploration amidst inspiring artworks and has served as a catalyst for my ongoing artistic practice. I have gained priceless experience […]
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ON LINE: drawing our reality September 7th-October 14 Opening reception Sept. 7 5:30-8pm More and more visceral mark making with a digital technology is being introduced into drawing that blurs the line between authorship and originality. Digital mediation tools like tablets, projectors, Artificial Intelligence, and other software technologies distract us, while providing sophisticated imaging tools to enrich our experiences. We […]
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If you are holding CAN Journal in your hands as you read—printed on paper, in the familiar, long-understood format of a magazine—it is entirely possible that you have never looked at its website, blog, weekly e-newsletter on a computer screen. Indeed, the staff and board of directors learned through the strategic planning process that one of the first things readers […]
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Crystal Miller describes herself as an “all-or-nothing” person, and that personality plays out in the bold, extravagance of her work. Her Afro-Futurist portraits of glamorous Black women figured prominently in her BFA show at the Cleveland Institute of Art, and landed her a show at Summit Artspace earlier this year. In September, she opens her first solo show in a […]
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Equally at home taking grip-and-grins for Scene and gripping images of Black life in Cleveland, the photographer has earned praise and gallery shows. Photographer Emanuel Wallace began taking pictures as a young child, brought up spending lots of time alone and feeling bored. He used disposable cameras to capture small still life scenes he’d create in his home. Sometimes these […]
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The Cleveland Art Association – better known as CARTA – offers members an entirely engaging and enjoyable way to experience and collect Cleveland artists’ works. The process is simple: Each year, members eye the pieces in the continually evolving collection and decide on the ones they would like to inspect further, knowing that they will pull a number and obtain […]
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Photo Poets is a street photography feature curated by Aja Joi Grant. The Fall 2023 Photo Poet is Mansa L. Bey. Mansa L Bey is a Moorish-American poet and mixed media folk artist from Cleveland. Centering the experience and expressions of identity and indigeneity, Bey’s passion for the oral tradition of griot-style spoken word and visual poetry converge to display […]
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Under a century-old sweetgum tree on Cleveland’s West Side, newly-planted clumps of ornamental grasses sway in the wind. Birds swoop between bushes ringing two bioswales that dip away from each other, creating a natural land bridge. This swath of green interrupts the march of apartment buildings, schools, and old homes near the intersection of Denison Avenue and Pearl Road in […]
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A swirling, circular tangle of twisting black lines, Simon Anton’s Orologio (Plastic Time) (Fig. 1) looms above the heads of visitors to the U.S. Pavilion in the Giardini of the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale. Comprised of bits of black and white salvaged plastic waste fused to a metal armature, Anton’s sculpture is on view as part of the exhibition Everlasting […]
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“You know, I really just want to grow things,” says artist Corrie Slawson, laughing, though I don’t get the sense she’s kidding. Slawson’s garden—dappled with natives, cultivars, vegetable gardens, and a flock of chickens flowing alongside Taro, the family’s adopted rescue pup from Puerto Rico—is a crush of color, kaleidoscopic tones, and layered textures, fifteen years in the making. “You […]
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