In many Cleveland neighborhoods that have been revitalized in the last twenty or thirty years, artists have led the charge with their own dollars and sweat equity. Consider Tremont, or Waterloo, or Gordon Square. Even in Playhouse Square, the arts were the point. In what’s probably the region’s largest single rediscovery of urban infrastructure, it has gone a different way. […]
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BIO Camilo Gonzalez Barragan BIO Camilo Gonzalez Barragan is an independent artist from Bogotá, Colombia, who studied film and TV at the UNITEC University Corporation of Colombia. He found interest in analog photography as a means to develop his ideas and tell his stories while working on audiovisual projects. Cinema, music and painting have been his inspiration to illustrate his […]
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Your easy, chronological guide to exhibits and opportunities at Northeast Ohio galleries, studios, and museums coming in the next few months. More information about many of these exhibits can be found elsewhere in the pages of CAN Journal. These listings are based on announcements from each presenting organization, at press time. Check the CAN Weekly e-newsletter for the most up-to-date […]
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The Artists Archives is excited to start our summer exhibitions with the arresting paintings and mixed media works of three new Archived women Artists in our newly renovated galleries. Floating Worlds, Jean Kondo Weigl; Transference & Translation, Baila Litton; and Flaunt, Arabella Proffer will all grace our gallery walls May 16 to June 29. Each of these accomplished artists presents […]
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A partnership that becomes a good relationship is pivotal in cultivating a community for working artists. Producing programs beyond an initiative or grant cycle is rare for a small nonprofit organization. It’s easy to move on and post some pictures on social media displaying “oh, what a great time we had!” But in that rare moment, in the knee-deep of […]
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LaSaundra Robinson, an accomplished painter herself, curates the third annual Juneteenth exhibit at ARTFUL. She sits down with Shannon Morris to discuss her work and the upcoming exhibit. Shannon Morris: What artist/artists most influence your work? LaSaundra Robinson: Henry Taylor, Kerry James Marshall, and Charly Palmer along with countless YouTube and Instagram artists keep me wanting to paint and try […]
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In the 1920s, Cleveland was having an artistic revival, with the bookshop of Richard Laukhuff as its center. Laukhuff had opened his little shop full of books, prints, and European art magazines in 1916. It quickly became a meeting place for local artists, a small group of whom decided to form a salon. Their self-styled “salon” lasted only a few […]
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There is endless beauty to be found in the natural world. Unless that beauty is directly perceived with one’s own sight, it is filtered, interpreted, and represented, either by an artist or a machine. For many years, the only way one could witness distant lands was through the interpretation of a painter’s brush; but now, after the advent of mechanical […]
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According to Christopher Kaspar, the start of Shifts can be traced back to his and Greg Martin’s participation in group shows at Photocentric, curated by Michael Loderstedt. It was amidst these exhibitions that they found themselves drawn to each other’s creative processes, recognizing the subtle nuances that distinguished their respective styles. They are exhibiting together this summer at BAYarts. The […]
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During the transition to our new building at East 38th and Lexington, Cleveland Print Room (CPR) has formed a partnership with Cleveland State University to provide lab access for members and classes. While working in the Middough Building at 1901 East 13th Street in Room 221, our members have been enjoying our temporary new digs, which offer critique/presentation and classroom […]
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