Welcome to Cleveland. Come on in. Gone are the days of the forge. But don’t worry, Cleveland is alive and well. It is the time of the creative. Now is the time for the arts. We have one of the best museums in the world, the hive of artistic activity known as 78th Street Studios is garnering national attention, […]
Read moreIn “Squared Up,” curator Christopher Gray explores the current Instagram movement as an art form. Using mobile phones to create stark interpretations of common snapshot images, this exhibition takes photography beyond that which hangs on the wall to a place where it can engage a community of photographers around a common theme. In The Dianne Boldman Gallery. July 10 through […]
Read moreCarol has been creative throughout the years with watercolors, making quilts and dolls, drawing book covers and exploring various media. Now retired, she has returned to art for self-discovery and self-expression. “I attended workshops as a nurse, so I knew about art therapy” Carol says. Years later, when exploring her life’s journey, Carol returned to the Art Therapy Studio […]
Read moreAs spring winds down and summer begins, the Artists Archives wraps up a busy spring schedule of exhibitions and programming. Thanks to our patrons and the artists of Cleveland, we had record breaking attendance for both the historic Pearls of Cleveland Exhibition and consciousness raising Majority Rising. We held three programs in our Collecting Art Series, starting with Dr. Marianne […]
Read moreDeeply dependent on careful planning and choreography, Barbara Probst’s Exposure #106: N.Y.C., Broome & Crosby Streets, 04.17.13, 2:29 p.m. records a distinct moment, blurring the boundary between a staged intervention and documentary proof. The multi-panel photographic installation captures a specific time and place from 12 perspectives using synchronized cameras. Probst sets up her equipment and parts of the scenes […]
Read moreBrandon Juhasz: IRL It seems as if there is a great deal of fluidity in what is considered ‘real life’. At one time, this was easy to determine, but now, especially with the Internet, real life takes on very different meaning depending on how you view the situation. The prevalence of the online world has also caused photography to […]
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Claudio Orso Giacone is like a natural phenomenon, a hot spring of information and enthusiasm, especially when it comes to wood block print. The Oberlin resident has been making wood block and other relief prints since his childhood in Turin, Italy. In conversation, his stories are still delivered with a rhythm touched by his native tongue. He is busy […]
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The parks and public gardens movement in America started with the development of landscaped cemeteries, early in the nineteenth century. One of its most glorious products is Lake View Cemetery here in Cleveland, established in 1869 on a beautiful hillside overlooking Lake Erie. Lake View serves as the final resting place for many of the notable figures of nineteenth- […]
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In 2006, the voters of Cuyahoga County made a bold and historic decision: they approved a 1.5 cent-per-cigarette tax that generates more than $15 million each year to support arts and culture organizations and projects. The levy was an innovative idea designed to help Cleveland reclaim its historic role as a cultural hub for the nation. Its impact has been […]
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For more than two years, Eric Gulliver has been talking up Cleveland as a site for the Wood Engravers Network’s annual national conference. The letterpress artist, wood engraver, and engineer met WEN founder, Jim Horton, in 2013, when the conference was held in Asheville, North Carolina. This summer the lobbying pays off. After last year’s gathering in Oxford, England, […]
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