For over twenty years, Heights Arts—a nonprofit nestled in the heart of Cleveland Heights—has presented the region with programming in visual art, poetry, and music that reflects the vibrancy of the community it calls home. Alongside the opening of its 22nd annual Holiday Store, Heights Arts presents its entire music season of eleven concerts through August 2024. The 2024 music […]
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Artist Samantha Schneider brings her uniquely-captivating oil paintings to the Foundation Gallery of the Mansfield Art Center, from January 21 to February 25. Root Beer Float is a dreamy trip into the simple pleasures of childhood, depicting objects that trigger instant nostalgia. The artwork takes us back to an uncomplicated time where depression, bills, and the monotonous feeling life takes […]
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Winter Season Workshop Launch The Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory and Educational Foundation is thrilled to announce the winter season workshops for 2024. This winter, we will host a hybrid workshop season that incorporates in-person and virtual workshops. We strive to preserve traditional practices in hand papermaking, letterpress printing, and the art of the book, while cultivating contemporary artwork made […]
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Praxis Fiber Workshop connects our community to a broad picture of the contemporary and historic textile field. We share about textiles as they grow from the land all the way to the most advanced technological equipment. When it came to growing, we were complete novices. It wasn’t until meeting Rowland Ricketts in 2016 that we knew we had to grow […]
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“When the gales of November” come early and the long winter months are upon us, ’tis the time to reawaken your creative desires and return to a time when art class meant creating just for the joy of it. I am offering two separate Watercolor classes at my studio from 1 to 3:30 pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Wednesday’s class […]
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Each year The Sculpture Center invites early career artists of the greater Ohio region (Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Western Pennsylvania, Western New York, or Ontario, Canada, by birth, residency, or education, but need not be currently residing in the area) whose practice includes sculpture, installation, mixed and expanded media, relational aesthetics, and performance to apply for inclusion in […]
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Since 2002, the Arts Alive Awards, presented by Summit Artspace, have recognized outstanding artists, educators, administrators, and patrons who strengthen the arts and culture sector in Summit and surrounding counties. The Arts Alive Awards honor recipients in the following categories: Emerging Artist; Outstanding Artists in Theatre, Dance, Music, Literary, and Visual Arts; Arts Educator; Collaborative Project; IDEA Leader; Rising Arts […]
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Winter offers a number of opportunities to engage with powerful, innovative, and thought-provoking creations at Tremont’s galleries and bars. Stop in during Walkabout Tremont (second Friday of each month) for multiple opening receptions, or any other time to see all that’s on display. Here are some highlights: Kaiser Gallery Offers Several Distinct, Thought-Provoking Exhibits2418 Professor AvenueArts Leadership Residency Cohort Exhibition, […]
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When I was a young boy, my grandmother would encourage my interest in sewing. She’d give me scraps of Army surplus wool blankets, and I’d fashion them into tents for my GI Joes. Life on a rural island afforded me lots of time to learn to use a sewing machine, and later woodworking tools as well. That spirit of resourcefulness […]
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In 1796, Moses Cleaveland probably wasn’t thinking about how art would play a vital role in the cultural development of the city. It took about eighty years for artists to develop a presence in Cleveland. In 1876, Cleveland painter Archibald Willard exhibited his work The Spirit of ’76 at The Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia and returned to Cleveland to form […]
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