One thing is certain about 2020 – it’s the year I saw the least art, well, the least of my entire adult life. It’s not that I didn’t see and enjoy some artsy things, it’s just the shocking realization that I didn’t set foot in an art museum even once, or happily spend most Friday nights bouncing around town to […]
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Back in December of 2018, the artistic collective known as the Cleveland Skribe Tribe (CST) converged at Cuyahoga Community College’s Metro Campus to complete a mural for the school’s new campus center. Overall, our goal wasn’t to just produce an award-winning, memorable mural (which I believe we did!). It was also important to us that we document and share the […]
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For the past few weeks, I’ve been a part of a class at Kent State University entitled Black Images, taught by Dr. Asantewa Sunni-Ali through the Center of Pan-African Culture. Over these weeks, I attended class as a student, with the final goal of helping curate an art exhibit with the students centered around what they would learn in class. […]
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“I’m prolific, so gifted.” —Nipsey Hussle At the time of me writing this article, the Hip-Hop Community and the world in general will have lost a very prolific member of society. Ermias (translated as “God Will Rise) Asghedom, better known to the world as rapper Nipsey Hussle, was gunned down in the very same neighborhood he was raised in and […]
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In December of 2018, Dayz Whun, Sano and myself (mr.soul), members of the art collective CST (Cleveland Skribe Tribe) completed a sixty-foot-by-nine-foot mural for Cuyahoga Community College’s new Metro Campus Center. This was a glorious canvas, and it was imperative for us to show up and show out. Before executing a sketch, we spent about six to nine hours in […]
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Cleveland Skribe Tribe (CST) The influential Cleveland graffiti crew CST (Cleveland Skribe Tribe) was active around the turn of the millennium until its members followed careers to Japan, Atlanta, California, China, and Brooklyn. They reunite in Cleveland in Summer 2018 for several mural projects, including one at CAN Triennial. Tobias France, aka Bias, joined CST after meeting SANO at a […]
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CAN Triennial curators received more than 500 applications for the exhibition and its site-specific installations. At a time when the eyes of the art world are on Cleveland, CAN Triennial is proud to put the spotlight on Cleveland Art. Profound thanks to William Busta, Angelica Pozo, Hilary Gent, and Curlee Raven Holton whose wisdom and range of perspectives have guided […]
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