I’m celebrating 20 years as a resident printmaker/painter in the former Lake Erie Screw Factory, and I have thoroughly enjoyed participating in the repurposing of this still-active industrial site as a viable art community. The emotional aspects of life have been present in my oeuvre for decades, beginning with the persistence of domesticity and the stereotypical mores assigned to […]
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Each summer the beautiful Eastman Reading Garden, an outdoor oasis at Cleveland Public Library, is transformed into a visually compelling space that welcomes Clevelanders to discover and explore the work of contemporary artists in a free outdoor garden. LAND studio and Cleveland Public Library have partnered to create See Also, which introduces nationally recognized artists to Cleveland. This summer, the […]
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I am writing this article the day before I leave for a cultural exploration overseas. As you are reading this, I will have already returned from Europe, rejuvenated with newly inspired art energy and ideas. Satellite Gallery: I am always looking for far-out installation artists for Satellite Gallery. With this upcoming show, I would like explorers that will reach […]
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We can’t remember everything. Many things remain with us, almost forever, yet some things get lost, disappear, or are forgotten. As our memories begin to age, relics of our past, bits and pieces of what we once knew, endure as segments, small sections of our original memory, filled in by voids of space that are often confused, blurry, and indistinct. […]
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Cleveland has long been a breeding ground for Fine Artists, and this exhibition highlights several who have contributed their particular artistic prowess to the region since the early twentieth century. Frank Wilcox (1887-1964) was a longtime Cleveland School of Art teacher, book author, historian and artist. He produced prolific amounts of drawings, prints and paintings that explored the human character; […]
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“Chicks with Balls” is now a phenomenon. And my growing, living, traveling portrait exhibition called “Chicks with Balls: Judy Takács paints unsung female heroes” returns to Northeast Ohio with a solo show at Tri-C Gallery East, opening October 29th from 6:00 to 8:30. Back in 2010, “Chicks” was just a nutty painting idea: I asked female friends and family […]
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Charles Beneke: Specter Specter is an installation that envelops visitors in a swirl of handprinted wallpaper, relief and monoprint prints. The work by Charles Beneke, Professor and Printmaking Area Coordinator at the University of Akron’s Mary Schiller Myers School of Art, offers pleasure in its lush surface decoration and a stark reminder of our penchant for excess and its impact. […]
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Events Your easy, chronological, not-quite-comprehensive guide to what Northeast Ohio galleries and Museums have coming up in the next few months. More information about many of these shows can be found on preceding CAN member pages. Enjoy the shows! Continuing Through September 27 Staged Akron Art Museum through October 15 Migration Eastman Reading Garden Cleveland Public Library Through October 16 […]
Read moreDevelopment and land-use policies that favor newness over reuse drive Corrie Slawson to fantasize alternative realities for neighborhoods and places that were once considered to be magnificent but are now under appreciated. She responds by building macro and microscopic landscapes on paper, combining printed versions of pictures she takes during day to day travels. Her works on paper integrate screen […]
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