TRANSFORMING a giant parking lot into an urban garden is no easy task. Before its evolution into a center for paper arts, the Morgan was a machine shop and its lot was packed tight with gravel and used to store road marking equipment. It’s hard to believe that this same lot is now a green oasis tucked into the industrial […]
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Throughout the years, historians and art critics have described the art of Richard Vaux as Formalist, Romanticist and Impressionist. He is certainly all of these but, above all, his abstract construction of space and the use of light make him a true Abstract Impressionist. In a 1993 essay, art historian Irma B. Jaffe refers to the art of Richard Vaux […]
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“An embarrassment of riches” is the only phrase apt to describe the summer programming at Mansfield Art Center. In June and July, the gallery will simultaneously host exhibitions by Wadsworth A. Jarrell and Nancy Crow. Jarrell established himself during the era of Civil Rights and Black Power. His figurative works celebrate Black athletes, jazz music, and African spiritual practices. Earlier […]
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At the Lissauer Gallery throughout 2019: free opening receptions on the second Friday of odd months! The Lissauer Gallery is pleased to present the work of two Northeast Ohio artists with very different styles this summer. Jim Ptacek brings his photographs and collages of Cleveland landmarks and architecture to us from May 10 through July 7, and Amber Ford’s photography—primarily […]
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John Nativio is an artist inspired by advancements in human knowledge, but he hasn’t forgotten about those who built the foundations of that knowledge. “The more you dig into art history,” says Nativio, “the more you understand who you are as an artist, and begin to ask: Why do artists make art? Do I want to make ‘karaoke art,’ mimicking […]
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As I live and breathe art in the creative community of Cleveland, Ohio, and that is exactly what it is, a living breathing full-fledged 41-billion-dollar industry in the great state of Ohio, according to a study published earlier this year by Ohio Citizens for the Arts and Bowling Green State University. It finds “that the creative industries in Ohio support […]
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Greetings…In collaboration with Larchmere Arts, Kings & Queens of Art we have launched “Black History Month Extended: 24 7 365” Vince Robinson and I began our commemoration of the extension of Black History Month in March with two lectures by renowned cultural anthropologist Dr. Runoko Rashidi which was held at Larchmere Arts on March 11 and 12. Dr. Rashidi presented […]
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Art imitates life. And sometimes, art unlocks a life. Just ask Menna Asrat, 25, and Erin McCall, 23, two young artists preparing for their first joint exhibition in the Streeter Gallery at Judson Park. Although their paths to this point have differed—Erin comes from Pennsylvania, for one, and Menna is from Ethiopia—the women share much in common. Both are graduate […]
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Heights Arts’ gallery, 2175 Lee Road, is excited to present the third iteration of the well-received exhibition Emergent, which shines a light on artists who have recently graduated from area colleges and universities. First organized in 2015, Emergent celebrates the strength of the Northeast Ohio region as a training ground for significant artists of tomorrow. Numerous artists who appeared in […]
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After thirty years making art, Liz Maugans is taking an inventory of her life and transforming her experiences into new print-based collage work titled Beautiful Mess, opening this June at HEDGE Gallery. The most fascinating aspect of this exhibit is that Liz has used almost all repurposed materials to create her multilayered work. The abundance of printed remnants, or what […]
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