In July 2019, dear friends Cathie Bleck and Marianne Berardi casually decided to paint in Cathie’s large back porch amid her flourishing garden, while juggling the complexity of events happening in their own lives. It was not a preconceived idea or a project, or even meant to yield something that would be exhibited. It was something they enjoyed, and found […]
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Each school year offers a fresh start. For artists, a new beginning can mean new ideas, materials, and practices as they encounter a blank canvas or a bundle of cardboard and plastic. Last Fall, Art House Teaching Artists embraced this new school year with freshness, and their collaborative artworks showcase this energy. Jo Lefebvre introduced International Newcomers Academy students to […]
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Art Books Cleveland will present a unique exhibit at the Beachwood Community Art Center from April 29 through May 26. The exhibit will include an artists’ reception from 6:00 to 8:00pm on May 6. This exhibit will introduce the public to the numerous forms, materials, and themes employed by contemporary book artists. In addition, it will place the book artist […]
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Delayed by two years due to the pandemic—and after appearing at Museum Wiesbaden, Hauser & Wirth New York, and mumok in Vienna—this exhibition of more than seventy works on paper by artist Eva Hesse returns to Northeast Ohio for its run at the Allen Memorial Art Museum, on the campus of Oberlin College. Drawn entirely from the Allen’s collection, Forms […]
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Herman Aguirre’s Vamos a darnos una vuelta al cielo [Let’s give heaven a visit] is a densely rich and truly unusual artwork. Most painters use their materials to make a picture on the surface of a canvas. While Aguirre does some of that, he also treats paint as a sculptural substance: building it up to represent leaves, flower petals, […]
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The Artists Archives of the Western Reserve (AAWR) is thrilled to announce the launch of the online catalog of its permanent collection of Ohio art. Featuring over 10,000 works from 89 watershed artists, the digital database positions the vast wealth of the region’s visual culture squarely at the public’s fingertips. “We hope that this database becomes a resource not only […]
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Photo Poets is a street photography feature, curated by Aja Joi Grant. In this issue we feature Vivica F. Satterwhite. My name is Vivica Satterwhite, I am a 24-year-old Cleveland native and self-taught photographer. I was first introduced to photography by my grandmother, who loved film and captured many family moments on film with her keen eye for shots. I’ve […]
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Sculptor Charmaine Spencer says she remembers the specific moment when she decided to become an artist: she was sitting under a kiddie slide as a young child, making mud pies. At that time, she thought making art meant painting. So she did that for a while, especially in high school, mostly making abstractions. One of those hangs now in her […]
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Sculptor Lauren Yeager and printmaker Corrie Slawson are winners, respectively, of the 2021 Cleveland Arts Prize for emerging and mid-career artists. Lauren Yeager, 2021 Winner of the Cleveland Arts Prize for an Emerging Artist Sculptor and photographer Lauren Yeager is recipient of a Cleveland Arts Prize for 2021, in the Emerging Artist category. Like the majority of fine arts […]
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Aja Joi Grant is a printmaker and photographer who uses digital media elements powered by spirituality and a commitment to The Community. Beginning with this issue of CAN Journal, she curates a street photography feature called Photo Poets, highlighting different photographers each quarter. We talk about her show at The Current, the photographer as G-d and Steely Dan. Also, the […]
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