The sewer district with a famous sense of humor turns to an old-school format for a fresh take on the life-giving resource we all love. We Clevelanders take a lot of guff, but we’re also tough. We’ve learned that a heaping side order of humor is in order when the chips are down or, in this case, when the unmentionables […]
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Meet a photojournalist whose documentary style depicts a full expanse of Cleveland, brimming with talent and manifested dreams, truths, and beauty, all with a balanced composition and detailed curation. Emanuel Wallace is a photographer and journalist from Cleveland, Ohio. He has been the staff photographer for Cleveland Scene magazine since 2014. In the past, he has contributed to Cleveland.com, Destination […]
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The living embodiment of gregariousness, Darl Schaaff likes to ask people who enter his private museum, “if you wanted to display what your life collected, what would that look like?” That framed quote greets visitors as they step inside The Darl Center for the Arts near the corner of East 55th Street and Broadway Avenue. Built in 1904-1906, the Classical […]
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Your easy, chronological guide to exhibits and opportunities at Northeast Ohio galleries, studios, and museums coming in the next few months. More information about many of these exhibits can be found elsewhere in the pages of CAN Journal. These listings are based on announcements from each presenting organization, at press time. Check the CAN Weekly e-newsletter for the most up-to-date […]
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The heART of Cleveland book, volume one, was published in 2018, in response to Cleveland’s incredible artistic legacy and the staggering number of great artists that live and work in the city. Contributors to the book included about seventy painters, illustrators, sculptors, printmakers, cartoonists, photographers, and poets, as well as a chef and punk rock musician. The book, described as […]
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Visit Heights Arts’ Gallery for an artistic dialogue on nature, identity, and cultural heritage. Experience the profound narratives and stunning visuals that Constructed Nature: A dialectical approach to the elements of landscapes brings to life; the exhibition features five artists reimagining nature through diverse mediums. The Spotlight gallery will feature Gina Washington’s All That You Can’t Leave Behind, exploring Black […]
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Ingenuity Cleveland is thrilled to announce IngenuityFest 2024: Era of Ascent, taking place September 27–29 at IngenuityLabs in St. Clair-Superior. In 2024, Ingenuity is entering its twentieth year, and will TAKE FLIGHT all season long. What started in 2004 as an annual, traveling festival has become a staple of Cleveland’s arts and culture landscape, showcasing the region’s rich artistic, innovative, […]
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Layers deeper than instilling a sense of place, the landscape “suggestions” Jeff Yost paints in oil on canvas quiet the shapes of nature to make way for memories, life-changing moments and invitations to explore myriad feelings of a place in time. “I rely on the conventions of a landscape and play with those, then relent to the sensations,” he says […]
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Stephanie J. Woods, a multi-disciplinary artist renowned for celebrating her cultural heritage, has been selected as the 2024 Curlee Raven Holton & Raven Fine Art Editions Distinguished Art Fellow by the School of Art Collection and Galleries at Kent State University. Each year, the Curlee Raven Holton & Raven Fine Art Editions Distinguished Art Fellowship invites artists of national and international […]
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Local legend Charles Basham has been creating art for over fifty years—with forty of those also teaching at Kent State University. This August, Basham returns to Kent State for his exhibit with the School of Art Collection and Galleries, Continuum: The Painting of Charles Basham. Continuum: The Painting of Charles Basham features fourteen oil paintings and pastels, an exclusive video […]
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