What did you do over the Summer? As the kids head back to school, either by standing up in front of the class or putting pen to paper, or clicking away at a keyboard—thousands of them will answer the question, “What did you do during Summer Vacation? CAN Journal visited London and Wales in June, and while this was technically […]
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Valley Art Center will combine poetry and visual arts for the 51st Annual Juried Art Exhibition, on display through December 14. Artists within a 250-mile radius of Chagrin Falls submitted artwork for consideration to this prestigious annual exhibition, juried this year by Casey Monda of Casey Monda Art Advisory, Arnold Tunstall, director of galleries at The University of Akron, and […]
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Your easy, chronological guide to art events, exhibits and opportunities at Northeast Ohio galleries, studios, and museums coming in the next few months. More information about many of these exhibits can be found elsewhere in the pages of CAN Journal. For listings of Holiday Markets, visit our Holiday Market Listing on CAN Blog. Due to the COVID-19 crisis, some of […]
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CAN Journal is pleased to partner with Worthington Yards in presenting an exhibit opportunity open to all artists who continued making work during the COVID Shutdown. Art from the Shutdown will be on view at Worthington Yards June 24 – August 15, by appointment. Accompanying artist videos will be available via the CAN Blog Art From A Distance series. From […]
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Artists need places to experiment, to try out new things and show them to the world and their friends and neighbors without having to worry about whether they will sell or not. Doubting Thomas Gallery in Tremont, owned by a pediatrician named Theresa Boyd, has been one of those rare communal art gathering spaces in Cleveland for the past two […]
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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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FALL 2019 EVENTS Your easy, chronological guide to what Northeast Ohio galleries and museums have coming up in the next few months. More information about many of these exhibits can be found elsewhere in the pages of CAN. CONTINUING EVENTS THROUGH AUGUST 31 Fresh Air Exhibition featuring the work of 15 area artists inspired by outdoor views around Northeast […]
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Members of the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College have an intriguing privilege: They get to hear pitches from curators, and vote on which works the museum will acquire for its permanent collection. On the evening of May 3, members (and a bevy of onlookers) will gather for the vote, and a party. The Purchase Party is a […]
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Loose canvas sits heavy on the gallery walls with thick, dripping paint and geometric printed fabrics forming wrapped heads and caped shoulders out of the jumbles of colorful strokes. But what makes Khehla Chepape Makgato’s raw, swirling, energetic paintings truly portraits are their unmistakably piercing stares. Walking into Harris Stanton’s great little space on W 9th St. in […]
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The empty suit on the floor, topped by the orange head of Donald Trump vomiting his mushroom cloud of braggadocio and absurdity is just one of the installations you will remember if you got to Rooms To Let the weekend of May 20 & 21. This was in the Hosmer House, curated by Dana Depew. Artist David King was responsible […]
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