For 52 years, the Cleveland Arts Prize has been honoring the very best creative artists in Northeast Ohio. In recent years CAP has expanded its mission to all include the promotion of those artists. CAP has just announced the artists who will participate in its 2012-2013 series of five “Arts Prize Live” events. These small group gatherings provide an opportunity for between 20 and 40 people to meet […]
Read moreAAWR ‘s 2013 exhibition schedule opens with Remembrances: The Art of Joseph McCullough. This exhibition will explore the artist’s oeuvre from the late 1950s to the present. McCullough is President Emeritus of the Cleveland Institute of Art from which he graduated and later served as head for 34 years. He is also a two-time recipient of the coveted Cleveland Arts Prize, first in 1970 for his outstanding painting, and […]
Read moreThe Winter 2013 season at Brandt Gallery will be a historic one, celebrating a landmark anniversary with two local artists: a photography exhibit by a Brandt Gallery regular, and a book installation by a Brandt first-timer, whose work is informed by music and travel narrative. TREMONT ARTWALK TURNS 20! Co-founded by Sandy Rutkowski and Jean Brandt, Tremont ArtWalk began on February 12, 1993, when seven businesses combined resources […]
Read moreBEAUTY: MEDIA OBSESSIONS, COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS Brandt Gallery’s Fall 2012 season relies upon deliberation and coincidence, as one artist’s documentary obsession with a longtime local news anchorwoman gives way to a collaborative exploration of commercial constructions of feminine beauty. DANA DEPEW: THE WILMA SMITH PROJECT, SEPTEMBER 8–OCTOBER 6: Having grown up on a farm in Medina in the 1980s, Dana Depew essentially grew up with Wilma Smith. Since 1977, Wilma has provided northeast […]
Read moreSince 1990, Jean Brandt’s store front law office has doubled as Brandt Gallery. The space is ideal for solo exhibits and thus fills a niche in the local landscape. This summer’s schedule keeps a close focus while offering two- and three-person shows as well. IT’S NOT YOUR FAULT: JUNE 8–JULY 7, 2012 Melanie Newman and Terry Durst met as bartenders at the Beachland Ballroom. One night last […]
Read more“I am so glad I took my social worker’s advice and came to the Art Therapy Studio. It has helped me in more ways than you can imagine. I have regained used of my hands, and above all, I have learned patience. I look forward to coming to the studio every week!” -Dolores Williams, Art Therapy Studio student. After knee surgery led to hypertension and then a stroke […]
Read more“I love coming to art therapy. It is the only place where I can create images and symbols in my mind. In art therapy my thoughts become a reality, going from the intangible to the tangible.” Maria Smithe discovered the Art Therapy Studio following a year of severe back pain. “I thought this pain would kill me,” Smithe said. She sought medical attention when she began having mobility […]
Read moreFor an architect, drawing a building is in many ways, simply a way to remember it properly. Sketching a building can be considered a way of taking notes, a visual diary of sorts. The sketchbook is, indeed, a daily companion and partner to an architect. Ask Peter Van Dijk, who will be the host for a special exhibition at Convivium33 Gallery this November. Sponsored by […]
Read moreFounded in April 2012 by Shari Wilkins, a dealer in vintage found photographs, Cleveland Print Room (CPR) is a community darkroom, studio workplace, education center and photographic gallery. With a focus on black-and-white, hand-processed photography, we are dedicated to engaging students and community members in the techniques of shooting, processing and printing film manually. Be sure to look for our gallery opening in January 2013, along with upcoming workshops, alternative process classes, shoot-outs, […]
Read moreYou fly into Pittsburgh with your camera for a one day commercial photo shoot, but the rest of your equipment— thanks to the airlines—is on its way to Seattle. Just what do you do? Well, if you’re a member of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) like Cleveland artist/ photographer, Keith Berr, you simply call a local member,borrow his equipment, and are on your way. Berr has had […]
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