Cleveland State University has taken a significant step toward restoring its place on the Cleveland art scene—both in providing what gallery director Kendall Christian called a “working classroom” for art students, and as a connection to the region’s art community at large: on January 7, the university’s Request for Qualifications for an architect to provide design services for a new […]
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Annual juried student art shows are an important standard for academic art galleries. While we plan for a new gallery location on campus, the Galleries at Cleveland State University is hosting student shows within our community by partnering with private, off-campus galleries. This year’s 53rd Annual Student Art Show and Haddad Merit Scholar Exhibitions will be held at the Bostwick […]
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The Galleries at CSU (Cleveland State University), in collaboration with the Department of Art and Design, present the 2nd Annual CSU Office of the President Exhibition. This exhibition runs June 10 through November 22. It transports student talent from the Arts Campus at Playhouse Square across campus to CSU President Laura Bloomberg’s office. The artists showcased in this prestigious exhibition […]
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While we at Cleveland Print Room continue readying our new facility for future exhibitions, classes, and other events, we have ramped up our photography and darkroom offerings at Cleveland State University and Tri-C. The spacious, well-appointed darkroom at CSU’s Middough Building (1901 East 13th Street) is the site of our regular open darkroom hours, as well as the spring sessions […]
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The 51st Student Art Show and Merit Scholarship Exhibition at the Galleries at Cleveland State University was a show filled with fresh, experimental works where students–many for the first time–submitted and exhibited art, and some received awards. Eighty four students are exhibiting 166 works, and attracting significant audiences: nearly 1200 attendees since the show opened. The judges were George Mauersberger, […]
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Since 2012, The Galleries at CSU have been located at the center of Cleveland State University’s Arts Campus on 1307 Euclid Avenue. The Arts Campus includes the Middough Building, which houses the Departments of Art and Design and Theatre and Dance, and the Idea Center, home to the School of Film & Media Arts. Notable neighbors and partners include Bonfoey […]
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No algorithm needed here. This is radical inclusion: 406 pieces of art sharing the similarity of being submitted by their creators by the show’s deadline. People have been busy. People have been creative. This is what over 240 artists did while we sat on the couch watching Netflix. Acrylics are everywhere and hot colors predominate. There are portraits of 80s […]
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The Galleries at Cleveland State University are pleased to present the exhibition Blaque Cleveland, which showcases four Black artists who have lived in Cleveland and had their art influenced by the city and region. Each artist explores their own idea of “Blackness” in their given medium. The exhibition opens Tuesday, January 18, and closes Saturday, March 19. It has been scheduled to […]
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When someone is murdered, it’s natural to ask why. Rarely are we astonished or perplexed when we read news reports where the motive seems to be love, hate, or money and greed. There are also atrocities by madmen and madwomen as rare and inexplicable as the people committing them. Then there are crimes with motives that read like absurd jokes, […]
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XTINGUISH THE PAST, IGNITE THE FUTURE! The 1969 Cuyahoga River fire has become a powerful cultural symbol as well as a rallying cry for better water protection. Discover a story of extraordinary resilience and recovery, captured by photographers from Northeast Ohio. Fifty years ago, the Cuyahoga River was so polluted by industrial waste that it caught fire. The event generated […]
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