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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In 2018 Praxis Fiber Workshop leased two parcels from the City Land Bank and turned abandoned soil in North Collinwood into a quarter acre of thriving indigo and marigold plants. In 2019 we doubled the scale and added a second location in South Collinwood, adjacent to the administrative offices of Hospice and CMSD Hannah Gibbons School. The goals: Grow 400 […]
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The talk of a three-week closure started in earnest in early March; but things changed quickly and two weeks later, moCa joined a host of area cultural venues in announcing we were closed until further notice. We cancelled programs we had lovingly curated and promoted. We announced that our annual gala, our largest fundraiser of the year, would be postponed. […]
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The McDonough Museum has been dealing with repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic since early March. Youngstown State University declared that all campus events would be canceled until April 1. For the museum that meant calling off musical performances, a film screening, poetry writing workshops, a poetry reading and the opening of our annual juried student exhibition. Along with everyone else, as […]
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