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Bruce Farkas’s return-to-Cleveland story is not unlike many native Clevelanders’ stories. After painting signs and traveling by motorcycle in cities across the country, he returned home for a visit with his family. That was nearly 30 years ago. His return to Cleveland inspired him to start his business, Signature Sign, in 1987.   Dozens of iconic signs around Greater Cleveland […]

  Once again, in an effort to spread awareness about women in art, Lakeland Community College art gallery coordinator Mary Urbas has led an initiative to engage galleries and studios, curating a show dedicated to female art and artists, coinciding with Women’s History Month. This marks the eighth year Urbas has presented her women-focused exhibit at Lakeland. From Woman VIII: […]

The Hudson River School artists were the first Americans to attract major attention as landscape painters in the middle to late nineteenth century. Their mammoth scale works depicted the epic scope of the American wilderness that inspired a sense of awe at a time when much of the country was still being explored. Thomas Cole, Frederic Edwin Church, Thomas Moran […]

  Cleveland School 2015 March 20 – May 9, 2015 When it comes to innovative artists creating powerful, well-crafted works of art, Cleveland has a rich depth of history. Cleveland School artists were known for keeping pace with their national and international peers, often outshining them in the quality of their work. In the early 1900s, Cleveland artists experienced the […]

      Impermanence: One of the three essential doctrines of Buddhism. All of conditioned existence, without exception is transient, or in a constant state of flux.   Over the last year, The New York Times, Travel + Leisure, The LA Times, Fodor’s and The Wall Street Journal are just some of the national publications singing the praises of the […]

This March the Akron Harris Stanton Gallery will present new oils and three dimensional works by Cleveland artists, Mark Common and Charlotte Lees. These pieces, all inspired by the natural world, reflect two very different approaches: while Common’s paintings display a traditional, quasi photographic technique, Lee’s are more interpretive and suggestive, using traditional materials in very imaginative ways. Common’s subjects […]

Flux Metal Arts welcomes a new season of jewelry and metalworking with special guests to inspire and feed the creative spirit. New Jersey artist Liza Nechamkin returns March 27 – 29 for her three day Chasing and Repousse’ Intensive. During this workshop, students will gain a working knowledge of chasing and repousse’ through detailed demonstrations, experimentation and different assignments. This […]

  The Galleries at CSU are happy to present two student exhibitions in the spring of 2015. In the North Gallery is the Merit Scholar exhibition: Works by recipients of the CSU Art Department Merit Scholarships. Over $40,000 is awarded each year in scholarships that recognize exceptional talent irrespective of financial need. All students, including incoming freshmen, are eligible to […]

    Join us at the Cleveland Print Room as we plunge into our third year. Members of the Print Room have access to Cleveland’s only community darkroom, where you can develop and print your own film. Members also receive discounts on classes and workshops–from how to shoot film, to darkroom printing and processing. We also offer specialized workshops on […]

    As an artist, you never know when an opportunity will present itself. So that is why when Bobbi Reichtell, Executive Director of the Campus District emailed me last November and asked if I would be willing to be involved in the “Banner UP” project,” I said, yes.   The project involved getting artists and homeless men from the […]