Cleveland Print Room is excited to present our juried exhibition, The Peer Show, judged this year by Lillian Kuri, Cleveland Foundation’s vice president of strategic grantmaking, arts and urban design initiatives, and Jennifer Coleman, Gund Foundation’s senior program officer for the arts. The exhibition, which will award cash prizes in five categories, features works in a variety of photographic media, […]
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In response to the FRONT International 2018 theme, An American City, Emily Davis Gallery narrows its focus to a more personal lens in A House is Not a Home. The idea of “home”—whether physical space, representative objects, personal stories, or fantastical narratives—is explored by these regional artists spanning two major Rust Belt cities. Throughout the exhibition, artists utilize found objects […]
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Plein air painting, simply put, is “painting out of doors.” However, the literal French translation of plein—“full”—does a much better job of summarizing the plein air artist’s mission. In effect, he or she seeks to capture a “full air” experience: painting the out of doors out of doors. The Tremont neighborhood has a rich plein air history. In 1874, mapmaker […]
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As changes in technology and social movements have taken hold in craft disciplines, what is the role of professional education? How does “traditional” craft evolve? What does it mean for makers, collectors and critics? Such questions go to the core of Cleveland Institute of Art’s ThinkCraft biennial, a yearlong exploration of contemporary craft that starts with a three-day symposium this […]
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“But when I fell in love with black, it contained all color. It wasn’t a negation of color. It was an acceptance. Because black encompasses all colors. Black is the most aristocratic color of all.…. You can be quiet and it contains the whole thing. There is no color that will give you the feeling of totality. Of peace. Of […]
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You might know Hilary D. Gent as the owner/curator of HEDGE gallery, but somehow, she also finds the time to make art. Recently, Gent made some exciting changes to her painting practice, the results of which you can see this summer at the artseen in Vermilion. The charming lakeside town is home to what was once the historic Liberty Theater. […]
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Thank you, Grace Wen, for contributing, organizing, co-curating, and running Satellite Gallery with me for the past three years. It was a fantastic journey orbiting Cleveland and the Waterloo art scene in our spaceship of art. Satellite Gallery went beyond the boundaries of our galaxy, with installations produced by emerging and established creative art explorers. The spaceship has landed and […]
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The Shaker Historical Museum invites you to enjoy two captivating exhibitions in the Lissauer Gallery this spring and summer. Don’t miss a fresh perspective of Shaker Heights with Jen Adams’ A View of My Neighborhood, or Susan E. Squires’ Small Works over the Years, a retrospective of brilliantly colored mixed-media works that are typically quiet meditations with psychological and spiritual […]
Read morePatented in 1873 by the Englishman William Willis, platinum printing was immediately embraced at the turn of the twentieth century by the Pictorialist and Photo-Secession movements. This entirely handmade process exceeds all others in its physical beauty and longevity. An image made in platinum will vary in color from warm brown to cool black. Printing the image requires a negative […]
Read moreThe Sculpture Center After the Pedestal 2017 winners of the David E. Davis Award of Excellence. L to R: Kaylon Khorsheed, Untitled, ceramic and wood. James Barker, Green Trees, Red Sky; digital print on canvas, wood, found canvas, sand. Mary Skrenta, Eulogia; foam, epoxy clay, spray paint, pig intestine, liquid gold leaf. Photos by Jacob Koestler.
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