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From The HeArt of Cleveland, Vol. II: The Art Girls are emblematic of one of the Northeast Ohio art scene’s greatest strengths.

This essay was written for The HeArt of Cleveland, Volume II, an anthology of art and writing organized and published by Scott Kraynak, and surveying the creative scene in Cleveland. It’s published with permission. The HeArt of Cleveland, Volume II debuts in November at HEDGE Gallery, with an exhibition of works by artists who contributed to images and text to […]

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Painter Eileen Dorsey Shows New Work Aimed at Saving the Tree Canopy

Brittany M. Hudak Leave a comment

Eileen Dorsey is on a mission. For someone who has spent the last ten years painting trees, it is perhaps not surprising that she is also planting, caring for, and advocating for them. When the Cleveland Botanical Garden reached out to ask the artist to show some of her work, Dorsey decided to use this platform to bring notice to […]

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Whereas, and Hereby: Westlake Mayor Declares Eileen Dorsey Day

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Eileen Dorsey has been more than busy lately with mural commissions at Barrio Tacos both in Columbus and Traverse CIty Michigan, as well as locally at Flannagan’s Pub, and at Redwood Living Headquarters in Independence. Not to mention Out of the Shadows, her current exhibit at Cain Park’s Feinberg Gallery (including some collaborative works with Garrett Weider), and all kinds […]

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Out of the Shadows: New Paintings by Eileen Dorsey

Cain Park Curator Michelle Barnicky Stachnik Leave a comment

Eileen Dorsey has been a fixture in the Cleveland art scene for nearly a decade and has gained both critical and popular acclaim. Eileen is known for colorful and pigment-rich forestscapes and landscapes. Her work draws you in with her use of light and well-composed canvases. Eileen’s new works will be featured at Cain Park this summer, and they are […]

When Music Inspires Art: Sonata #5 Project on View at Survival Kit

Brittany M. Hudak

“Let me just say right off the bat, that I’m not sure I can make art without music. And I say that because I’ve never tried….I need music to function.” – Patricia Zinsmeister Parker Sonata #5 Project was conceived by Cleveland composer Ryan Charles Ramer, whose new musical piece, a sonata for piano in four movements, was given to […]

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SELL AIN’T A FOUR-LETTER WORD

Jo Steigerwald

“Don’t make any pictures of clipper ships. They don’t sell.” This apocryphal tidbit of economic advice for artists is attributed to the late Marvin Jones, professor of art and printmaking at Cleveland State University from 1976 to 2005. Never mind the ongoing pushmi-pullyu argument of art and commerce; most artists are makers who sell what they make. In this issue […]

Out of the Shadows: New Paintings by Eileen Dorsey

Emily Calan

Art from a Distance: Eileen Dorsey

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Museums, Galleries, Studios, and Schools are all closed in the effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. That has left artists alone in their studios, and gallery doors closed, sometimes with exhibits still hanging, unseen, on their walls. In the Art from a Distance series of posts on CAN Blog, we’re helping curators, dealers, artists and teachers share […]

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Eileen Dorsey’s “10×10” Exhibition Celebrates 10 Years of Work

Brittany M. Hudak

For the past ten years, painter Eileen Dorsey has been toiling away in her first floor 78th Street Studios space. One of the original tenants when the building was converted, she is celebrating this milestone with an exhibition of new work – ten canvases that are 10″ x 10″, each representing a year of her practice. It’s a fascinating idea, […]

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Finding the trees in the forest: Eileen Dorsey at the Cleveland Botanical Garden

Joseph Clark

Two paintings in Eileen Dorsey’s Cleveland Botanical Garden exhibition Wooded Perspectives share the title “Breakthrough.” On one level, the word names the literal contents of those images—the spot where a hiker in thick forests suddenly steps into an open field, “breaking through” the claustrophobia of thick trees. But “breakthrough” also encapsulates an apt response to Wooded Perspectives itself. Here, Dorsey […]

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