Because of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, the residencies and programming of Creative Fusion 2020: CONTAR have been postponed. This has been a heartbreaking decision. But with the future safety of public gatherings in doubt, the anticipated difficulty of securing visas for international artists, and mandatory quarantine regulations for US-based artists entering Ohio from other states, it became increasingly clear that […]
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When artist Kill Joy arrived in Cleveland from Mexico City in February for her two-month residency, it was snowing. To cope with the frigid weather, the first works she started carving at Zygote were images of the hottest natural substance on Earth: lava from volcanic eruptions. The series, featuring volcano sites she has visited, takes on quite a different meaning […]
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Six years ago, I started to pitch my traveling show, Chicks with Balls: Judy Takács paints unsung female heroes, to Ohio museums. I focused on the Zanesville Museum of Art especially. I loved their folksy Central Ohio vibe. The museum sits on a suburban street with a classic red mailbox, next to a home-based tanning salon! It also has a […]
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You gotta give them hope. Harvey Milk Hope is the sea change within ourselves, how we imagine our world and those who are in it. My middle name is Hope, and hope brought me to Worthington Yards. To hope is to gamble, and with hope comes a world of possibilities. Worthington Yards and its developer, Dalad Group, took a gamble […]
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Yards Projects at Worthington Yards will be putting together our annual Plein Air day, that will truly be the Fresh AIR that we all could benefit from post pandemic. In its third year, Plein AIR in the Yards will welcome artists to work from observation from the nature and beauty in our spacious courtyard. More than 25 artists attended last […]
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As I sat with other shop and gallery owners during our monthly arts district meeting on March 11, we knew something serious was afoot; but we were still talking about future events as though the storm would somehow blow over and life would go on. By the end of the hour, texts were filling our phones, and by the end of […]
Read more2020 was shaping up to be a banner year for Valley Art Center. We were experiencing the most vibrant program year in the Center’s history. Class enrollment was robust. Artist applications and gallery attendance were steadily climbing. A historic exhibition was installed in the completely refurbished gallery. The facility was humming with the daily activity of classes, gift shop sales, […]
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Cleveland is full of talented amateur and professional artists who commit their unique views of the city to canvas. Take Tremont, which has long been known for its art events (Jean Brandt’s Tremont ArtWalk, Walkabout Tremont and Tremont Arts & Cultural Festival); exhibit spaces (Barbara Merritt’s 818 Studios, Theresa Boyd’s Doubting Thomas and the galleries of Giancarlo Calicchia, Paul Duda and […]
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I’d like to start by saying that this pandemic has, and will, change the way most art-related entrepreneurs do business for an indefinite period of time. These changes are going to be difficult and painful on some levels. Please know that I am more than willing to extend a helping hand to my neighboring businesses in Tremont so that we […]
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The Sculpture Center closed the galleries to the public on March 18 and postponed all exhibitions and programs. This included the exhibition and opening reception of Revealed artists Emily Duke and Chelsea A! Flowers. The loss to these artists, who had spent months preparing and making new work for their exhibitions, is acute. TSC is building a mentorship program with the […]
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