“We must identify the world of antagonistic policies and power relationsby which our bodies are constituted, and rethink the struggles that have taken placein opposition to the ‘norm’ if we are to devise strategies for change.”– Sylvia Federici, 2020[1] In Cleveland we all have access to museums, galleries, and institutions working to inspire us, show us what is still possible […]
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There is a clearing inside a nondescript brick building on the corner of Perkins Avenue and East 40th Street in downtown Cleveland. It is not a grassy clearing that you might find in nature surrounded by trees, but a metaphorical “clearing” in the gallery space of Zygote Press. The exhibition, A Clearing: Word, Image, Body, takes “inspiration from the notion […]
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HEDGE Gallery presents a poignant and timely exhibition focused on themes of domesticity, labor, and the societal expectations, as they have been placed upon women from the beginning of recorded history to the present. Servitude features paintings, sculptures, and monoprints by Cleveland artist and educator Sarah Curry, all begging us to question: who is serving, who do they serve, and […]
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It’s been no less than 20 years since Amy Casey’s last solo exhibition in Cleveland (2006, at Zygote Press.) And it’s been 12 years since she most recently shared the spotlight with just one other artist—Cathie Bleck—in a two person show at Maria Neil Art Project (2014). However, this fall, Maria Neil has ended the draught and welcomed her back […]
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It’s been an exciting and transitional year for Karen Prasser. Following the closing of Chagrin Arts at the beginning of 2026, where Prasser served as Executive Director, she had to shift her focus. Her immediate priority was to relocate a symbolic sculpture, Dean Gillispie’s Imaginal Cell, which was originally installed at the Garden of Hope in Chagrin Falls. It now […]
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I live in my dreams—that’s what you sense.Other people live in dreams, but not in their own. That’s the difference.– Herman Hesse, Demian, 1919 Cynthia Penter practices film and video production, making fine art and commercial work in Greater Cleveland for more than 40 years. She currently teaches filmmaking, photography, art history, and contemporary media at Hiram College, and Penter’s […]
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HEDGE Gallery presents a dual exhibition featuring intersecting bodies of work that explore the power and complexity of aging via the voices of woman artists who are living their truths unapologetically and out loud. I Am An Old Woman Playlist features print media collages by Liz Maugans, while A Library of Selves features drawings, paintings, and silk tapestries by Rebecca […]
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Used record stores can tell us something about society. The durability of vinyl keeps records in circulation for decades, with them evidence of taste, or lack thereof, and of their owners. And of course besides the records themselves, those record stores gather thousands of their covers—which are their own visual art form: Just a 12.375-inch square, but within those limits, […]
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A remarkable, landmark exhibition is hiding in plain sight in the print galleries of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Organized by Emily Peters, the museum’s print curator, the show presents an amazing selection of masterpieces, and it has wall labels that glow with superb scholarship. It’s a world-class production. That said, it’s not a show for the casual viewer who […]
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July 30, while on vacation overseas without a computer, I received on my phone, from the Cleveland Museum of Art, a list of corrections and clarifications to Henry Adams’ review of Lake Effect: Artists from Cleveland Now, on view at Transformer Station July 9 – December 6, 2026 . The re-edited version of the review below was completed on my […]
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