Photo poets launched in November 2021, featuring the work of emerging artist Vivica Satterwhite, whose work was on the cover! Since then we have featured nine artists in print, ranging from hobbyists to professionals, with styles ranging from documentary, photojournalism and architectural-based work. Each photographer states their own definition of a photo poet, taking the title and making it their […]
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When Rhonda Brown returned to Cleveland to serve as Chief Strategist for the Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy in the administration of Mayor Justin Bibb, it was not entirely clear what the role would mean. It was a new position. Cleveland is a city with enormous depth of arts activity in the shadow of its famous major institutions, and […]
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In the forty years since it was founded in 1984, the Cleveland Artist’s Foundation has gone through many ups and downs, but has been the one exhibiting organization in the city to focus consistently on the art-life of Cleveland. Over the years it has produced a very impressive series of scholarly and also very readable publications on Cleveland art, devoted […]
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David Buttram estimates that he went 42 years without having a solo show: between a 1982 exhibition at Karamu House (during which he says he sold every painting) and one in 2022 at Framed Gallery on Waterloo, he appeared regularly and was even sought-after for group shows, but didn’t get the spotlight himself, to present a broad collection of his […]
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The cigarette tax had two goals: provide funding for the arts and reduce smoking in our region. It worked, but as smoking fell, so did revenue for the arts. Now what? The Ohio legislature, not known for favoring progressive policies, art, or Cleveland, nonetheless responded positively to Cuyahoga County arts advocates’ early-aughts request to create a revenue stream to fund […]
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It’s being done very quietly, but this month the Verne Gallery celebrates a remarkable anniversary—its seventieth year in business—making it the second-oldest gallery in Cleveland after the Bonfoey Gallery, established in 1893. Such longevity in itself is remarkable, but in this instance all the more so, because the Verne Gallery is a bit of an anomaly in today’s art world, […]
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When they opened their first store, no cars swooshed by their display windows. Women’s skirts swept the sidewalks and their jewels glittered under gaslights at the Opera House, just down East 4th Street from the first store. John D. Rockefeller had just started his vertical integration into wealth, Henry Sherwin and Edward Williams had recently introduced a line of marine […]
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As a young married couple, Joseph and Nancy Keithley knew they shared a deep appreciation for art. Fittingly, they had met at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, in 1974, when a mutual friend invited them to a small party the matchmaker hoped would spark a romantic union between two other friends. “After about 45 minutes, the two […]
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Photo Poets is a quarterly street photography feature curated by Aja Joi Grant. The featured photographer in Winter 2023 is Paul Markowicz. Paul Markowicz has had his photography on display in The Robert Thürmer People’s Art Show at The Galleries at Cleveland State University, Cleveland Print Room, doubting thomas Gallery, Rant! Gallery, Lakewood Art Studios and in the Cleveland Photo […]
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Open now through December 30 The 22nd Heights Arts Annual Holiday Store now fills all the gallery’s spaces with the work of 150 artists and creators of all types, with many beloved regulars as well as new artists. There’s lots of original artwork, including photos, fine-art prints, and paintings for that special someone to hang on their wall, as well […]
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