Dr. Lady J—credentialed with a PhD in musicology, and a dissertation on how drag went mainstream—is a co-host of the FRONT Triennial podcast APodofDustandRainbows. She collaborates with textile artist Loraine Lynn on an installation/performance opening at the Cleveland Institute of Art on September 30. Dr. Lady J (she/they) is the world’s first drag queen with a PhD dissertation on drag […]
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With the pledge of a remarkable gift, the long-awanted, much-anticipated Reverend Albert Wagner Museum is set to become reality in September, 2023. At age fifty in the mid-1970s, the Reverend Albert Wagner experienced an epiphany during which an old board splattered with house paint spoke to him and delivered what would become his lifelong mantra: “God is going to plant […]
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Jacques P. Jackson’s art opens up conversation and explores sensuality, the human form, and the inner soul with his mosaics and paintings. It demands a space of its own. His work was a part of CAN Triennial 2022, on view at the Hildebrandt Artist Collective and at the Pivot Center. We met at his home studio to talk about infertility, […]
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Fall 2022 Events: Your easy, chronological guide to exhibits and opportunities at Northeast Ohio galleries, studios, and museums coming in the next few months. More information about many of these exhibits can be found elsewhere in the pages of CAN Journal. Due to the COVID-19 crisis, we encourage you to check with galleries for current protocols. Some in-person indoor events […]
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Amber Kempthorn stirs meticulously-rendered everyday objects and revelatory encounters into the sweeping stardust of her dream-like works on paper. Since earning an MFA at Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2008, the Northeast Ohio native (born in Cuyahoga Falls, she also attended Ohio’s College of Wooster and Hiram College) has developed a tantalizing style, glimmering with mystique and memory as it […]
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“How do you interpret the title, Photo Poet?” – Aja “To be a photo poet, is to be someone who can capture a moment with the intention of telling a story in the final product.” – Braxton From the hood to the woods and everywhere in between, Braxton Taylor’s photography reflects on his personal exposure to an array of everchanging […]
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FRONT TRIENNIAL ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PREM KRISHNAMURTHY AND CURATOR ANNIE WISCHMEYER TALK ABOUT CURATION DURING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC Brittany Mariel Hudak recently sat down with Prem Krishnamurthy and Annie Wischmeyer in the Ames Family Atrium of the Cleveland Museum of Art to discuss their curatorial strategies, inspirations, and what we can expect for FRONT 2022. Their team had just held a […]
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Donald Black Jr. is a fine artist with a vision—you can ride with him or without him. We talk about selling art at an early age, what his camera is trying to say and the luxury of the (pre-assembled) Parachute Man. Also, if you make art Cleveland doesn’t see, is it still art? JIMI IZRAEL: Where you from, Mr. Black? […]
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NFTs are tokens that we can use to represent ownership of unique items. They let us tokenise things like art, collectibles, even real estate. They can only have one official owner at a time and they’re secured by the Ethereum blockchain – no one can modify the record of ownership or copy/paste a new NFT into existence. —Ethereum.org, accessed April […]
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I’m an editorial portrait photographer based in my hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. Since I picked up a camera nearly twenty years ago, my intention has always been to empower people to see the beauty within themselves, even if it’s only for a brief moment. When I’m not shooting, I enjoy pretending to be a cross-fit athlete, admiring the work of […]
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