The other day, while strolling over from my office in Mather to Kelvin Smith Library, I noticed that where there used to be a neatly cut lawn, a massive boomerang of steel, glass and concrete had fallen from the sky. It’s the new Tinkham Veale Student Center, which had landed while my back was turned: a large, long and […]
Read moreArt conservator Albert Albano has directed the Intermuseum Conservation Association for 17 years, and won the Rome Prize in 2011. That took him on sabbatical in Rome, for intense study of how works of the Italian Renaissance and Baroque era have weathered the ages–including the effects of centuries-old restoration efforts. He’s also been behind the ICA’s move to (and $3 […]
Read moreArtist, Architect, Urban Designer, Renaissance man: William Gould has been making his mark on Cleveland architecture and the regional art scene for years. BAYarts is pleased to offer a look at the artist’s achievements and the vast, lasting impression he has made on greater Cleveland. Please join us for an opening reception from 7 to 9 pm Friday November 8, […]
Read moreYou can get lots of things on loan: a car, a house, books, a DVD, a washer and dryer, a video game, a work of art. Say that again? Yes, even a work of art … if you attend the ArtLoan benefit on September 21, from 7 to 10 p.m. at Shaker Heights Country Club. Replace those rock band posters […]
Read moreArtSpace Cleveland’s annual trolley tour is Saturday, October 5th from noon to 3:00pm. Board at 1400 East 30th Street and Lolly the Trolley will take you to artist live/work studios located in Cleveland’s St. Clair/ Superior Arts Quarter, including a stop at Koko’s Bakery to ‘buy a bun for the bus.’ Enjoy a fun-filled afternoon which highlights a community of […]
Read moreRita Montlack The Incredible Brightness of Seeing Networking usually involves connections among people but in this body of work the connections manifest themselves between places and things. Since our visual culture constantly bombards us with images, it is a distinct challenge to create combinations of things heretofore unrelated. In such reincarnations, new worlds of wonder may materialize as the element […]
Read moreIn July and August, Thomas French Fine Art’s online exhibition Exotic Places and Idle Pursuits will showcase artworks reminiscent of summer vacation. As part of the creative method, artists have often lived near or traveled to some of the most beautiful locations on earth. The artworks they create are often favorites among individuals looking for souvenirs of cherished memories. Some […]
Read moreAward winning visual journalists Andrea Levy and Chris Morris, both of the Plain Dealer,showed and discussed a prolific number of illustrations and filled second semester classrooms with energy during their time as visiting artists at Westlake High School. Examples of their art, as companion to text, were sometimes humorous and other times serious. Their oeuvre proved them perpetually engaged and […]
Read moreThe Sculpture Center’s multiple summer performances, a first for the annual W2S (Window to Sculpture Emerging Artist) series, have a focus on women’s work. Visit our website for dates, times and places. Whitney Huber and collaborator Joan Giroux perform in the Sculpture Courtyard during the opening of Gary Blowers: Active Vibrations.Their Shift employs low-tech kinetic props to create a day-to-night […]
Read moreIt is easy for a relative newcomer like me to see that something exciting is happening in Cleveland today. Call it “rust belt chic” or a resurgent Cleveland, this city is reconceiving and rebuilding its sense of self, and re-establishing its reputation as a great place to live and work. To many, it seems like an overnight success. But like […]
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