04/18/2021 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – About Fred Bidwell: Fred Bidwell is a philanthropist, collector, and community leader. After a 35-year career as an advertising and marketing entrepreneur, in 2011 he and his wife established the Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell Foundation. In 2013, the Bidwell Foundation opened Transformer Station, a contemporary art exhibition space on Cleveland’s West Side. Transformer Station alternates […]
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CAN Triennial Postponed The ideas that “we are all in this together,” and further that “we are stronger together” have never been more clear than during the COVID 19 pandemic. In an expression of that, after consultation with leadership of FRONT Triennial, the Collective Arts Network Board of Directors has voted to postpone CAN Triennial until July […]
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Sometimes the news is not all dust and rainbows. FRONT Triennial’s announcement earlier this week was pretty straightforward: Co-chief-curator Prem Krishnamurthy opened the proceedings by leading the crowd in relaxation exercises during which most of the 148 people closed their eyes, put their arms above their heads, and counted to sixty. Then, in a presentation with slides, he introduced […]
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On the heels of reports of a $31 million economic impact from its first go-round, FRONT has named its co-artistic directors for the second, 2021 iteration iteration of the international, Cleveland triennial for contemporary art. A Press release follows: CLEVELAND: Prem Krishnamurthy and Tina Kukielski have been named Co-Artistic Directors for the second edition of FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for […]
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Whether or not many people, local or otherwise, actually saw any of the works and projects completed by its 111 artists, or visited some (or even none) of its 26 sites in Cleveland, Akron, and Oberlin, FRONT Triennial was a big deal. It succeeded in putting our region decisively on any map of international twenty-first century art events. Ambitious planners […]
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Where does a piece of art end, and the rest of the world begin? Such odd, philosophical questions are posed by Dawoud Bey’s Night Coming Tenderly, Black, one of the exhibits comprising the first FRONT International Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art. For the artworks in this installation gain meaning not only from what they depict, but from the venue in […]
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Leave your car behind and make your way easily from hub to hub of FRONT International Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, CAN Triennial, and the restaurants and other nightlife of Gordon Square when you ride the free shuttle between downtown Cleveland, FRONT’s Hingetown location, the CAN Triennial at 78th Street Studios, and the restaurants and theatres of the Gordon Square Arts […]
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Purchase Tickets Two city blocks. Three floors. Three weeks. Four weekends. Ninety Cleveland artists. Nineteen installations. Sixteen Ohio dealers. Music. Film. See it first when you join us for the CAN Triennial Benefit Preview Party. CAN Triennial was created to put Cleveland artists in the international spotlight drawn by FRONT Triennial. It’s not only a deep dive into the region’s creative […]
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The Harris Stanton Gallery is now celebrating over thirty years of offering the finest original artwork to its international clientele. We opened in 1987 in Akron and expanded to our second location in Cleveland in 2014. Additionally, we participate in art fairs in New York City to expose our artists to a more widespread audience. The gallery’s eclectic collection of […]
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Darius Steward Darius Steward is a visual artist and educator currently living in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from the University of Delaware obtaining a Master of Fine Art degree in May 2010. His undergraduate work was completed at the Cleveland Institute of Art, where he had a concentration in drawing and painting. Since graduating, Darius has shown artwork with Museum […]
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