Cleveland Bouquet at YARDS; LAND at Tinnerman Lofts

Cleveland Bouquet at Worthington Yards
March 13–April 26
Flowers have a long history soaked in both sadness and beauty. They are linked to death with the funerary practice of presenting memorial wreaths and sympathy bouquets in tribute to loved ones who are no longer here. Flowers also are linked to being joyously alive. They seed, grow, peak, wilt, die and reseed themselves again.

In Japan, there is an entire art form dedicated to flower arrangement called Ikebana (living flowers). Arrangements in Ikebana are to be created silently, a communion of nature and person. It is considered not only an art, but also a spiritual practice. Arranging these flowers becomes a mindfulness practice, a healing and joyous experience of being creative and sharing beauty, as fleeting as it is, to those who can witness and share in that visual delight.

FUN FACT: According to ArtMarketingNews.com, florals were the second biggest selling subjects in the art market trending in 2024, a hair behind landscapes. We celebrate the coming of Spring with 100 artists from across the region who employ a range of stylistic, expressionistic and thematic approaches in the Cleveland Bouquet show. We also celebrate by honoring the memory of three wonderful painters who lived vibrantly and contributed so much to Northeast Ohio: artists Patricia Zinsmeister Parker, James Massena March and Mary Deutschman.

Let’s Get Lost: Wandering and Aloofness
May 8–June 28
Get lost…No, not like that…I don’t want you to leave…Stay. Lost is defined by convention as having no direction, unattainable, being gone or out of reach. What if I were to tell you that getting lost means something entirely different in the creative mindset?

The artists Elisa Albrecht, Ryan Harris, Maya Culley, Jerry Smith, Deborah Silver, Meryl Engler, Jenny Adams, Rick Rollenhagan, and David Mahler find different portals of distraction, play, and process, while surrendering and struggling through the complex social and cultural unknowns. They provide viewers with a window into this non-linear navigation through grief, anxiety, loss and retreat which result in an abundance of new footing and resiliency.

YARDS PROJECT SPACE
AT WORTHINGTON YARDS
725 Johnson Court
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
yardsproject.com

Karen Petkovic: LAND, New Paintings
Through June 7
Karen Petkovic has exhaustively supported others in her role as artistic director at BAYarts, and consequently often has had to put her own studio practice in a weird state of perpetual suspension. She is in a time of flow, defining her focus as an accomplished painter of landscapes that evoke expressive color and metaphor.

“Land” is also a verb and for Karen it has meant something more personal. She likened it to coming down from the air and connecting more firmly with the ground. Karen’s intensive commitment to the plein air movement here in Cleveland has given her much experience in being “up in the air,” which can be fun, but increasingly her focus has provided her much comfort in both space and time to truly land in the wonders of this LAND.

TINNERMAN LOFTS PROJECT SPACE
2048 Fulton Road
Cleveland, Ohio 44113

EVENTS:
Cleveland Bouquet, March 13–April 26
Let’s Get Lost: Wandering and Aloofness, May 8–June 28 at YARDS Project Space at Worthington Yards
Karen Petkovic: LAND, New Paintings, through June 7 at Tinnerman Lofts Project Space