In these tenuous times, making art has become an altogether strange activity. I’m making small silk sculptures around rocks and sticks, as well as mixed media paintings/drawings, all largely influenced by the shores of Lake Erie: its geological formations, its flora and fauna, its water and light. These natural elements seem to share with our contemporary moment the quality of […]
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BAYarts’ initial, optimistic response to COVID-19 was that we would continue to remain open as requested by many of our students. Even if local schools closed, we thought BAYarts would be a sanctuary for community to gather. But as the news became more grim, and restrictions were rolled out, provisions had to be made: seventy percent of BAYarts’ income is […]
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For Christine Ries, color is everything. In Colorscapes, on display this June at BAYarts, Ries will be showcasing her long study of the colors that build her world. Does she have a favorite color? As expected, such a question is impossible to answer. Still, she concedes, “I think I’ve mastered green.” Ries elaborates, “If you look at my palette, you […]
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BAYarts Juried Exhibition has become an important outlet for northeast Ohio artists. Opening March 13 in BAYarts Sullivan Gallery, this year’s judges are well-known local art influencers John W. Carlson and Shari Wilkins. Part of BAYarts community for over fifteen years, Carlson teaches Figure Drawing and The Basics and Beyond. His work has been featured in several solo and group shows […]
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Back in September of 2018, Markwald legally changed his name to Max, and began painting large self-portraits documenting his gender transition. The tall vertical canvases are identical in size, impressively painted, and are all titled simply for the month they were created. Several of them are currently on view at BAYarts, in a new show titled “Skin” (until March 6), […]
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This holiday season immerse yourself in the art of Cleveland as The heART of Cleveland book comes to life at BAYarts in the form of an exhibition. The vibe will be pure Cleveland, with a hint of what’s on the horizon for this project. “Seeing this exhibit will give the viewer a first-hand experience of what is inside the book,” […]
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Art can’t actually invite people to look at it. It’s up to us to look, and then decide whether we want to spend the time to pay more attention. But it’s the artist whose intention, labor, and technique gives us a reason to do that, and in Christy Gray’s recent Liquid Invitation, which was on view July – August […]
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They are remarkable percentages, the numbers for how much water is both in the human body and covering the earth. (Approximately 60% and 71%, respectively.) It is this psyche-entrenched inspiration that is the theme for the BAYarts October exhibition by Robert Hartshorn and Sharon Pomales Tousey, entitled Just Add Water. These unconventional and award-winning artists will be offering their personalized […]
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Some artists plow the same fields over and over, as it were, working in a given medium for entire careers. That can’t be said of Eric Rippert, whose show The Man Whose Head Expanded was on view June 7 through July 6 at BAYarts. A lot of people know Rippert for his photographic work, specifically for Cleveland landscape photos featuring […]
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To launch yourself into the world of Eric Rippert’s paintings, you might put on The Man Whose Head Expanded by The Fall, an English Post-Punk band. The title of the song has now become the title of Rippert’s BAYarts June exhibition, as well as the title of the first piece of artwork in this series. It is successful at being […]
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