This year, Mary Urbas, long-time curator of From Woman, returned to Understory to mount part of her large-scale, annual exhibition, now in its 19th iteration. As in 2025, art is spread across multiple spaces. In chronological order of their openings, they were at the McDonough Museum at Youngstown State University (January 20–February 28) : Lake Erie College’s BK Smith Gallery […]
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“Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it,possibly without claiming it, she stands up for all women.”Maya Angelou At From WOMAN19, exhibiting at The Beth K. Stocker Art Gallery, the energies of the divine feminine are radiant and loud, as the artists pour their heart and soul into the pieces surrounding us. The exhibition gathers art “created […]
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Last year, Mary Urbas left her longtime post as Director of the gallery at Lakeland Community College after the administration cut her position and closed the gallery amid deep budget cuts and financial woes. During her tenure as director, she curated long-running themed exhibitions, including the annual the Skull and Skeleton Show, and, in honor of Women’s History Month, the […]
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The Gallery at Lakeland Community College presents an exhibition and artist reception for Celebrate Women’s History Month – from WOMAN XVII… created by women, for women and about women. What started in 2008 out as a small presentation by local and regional artists has grown impressively to a sizable exhibition that includes work from artists in Ohio and across the […]
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The Gallery at Lakeland Community College presents an exhibition and artist reception for Celebrate Women’s History Month—from WOMAN XVI… created by women, for women and about women. What started out as a small presentation by local and regional artists in 2008 has grown impressively to a sizable exhibition that includes artworks from artists in Ohio and across the country. A […]
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The Gallery at Lakeland Community College presents an exhibition and artist reception for Celebrate Women’s History Month–from WOMAN XV… created by women, for women and about women. What started out as a small presentation by local and regional artists in 2008 has grown impressively to a sizable exhibition that includes works from artists in Ohio and across the country. […]
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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 their […]
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If we learned anything about women and gender-queer folks over the last two years and two months, it is that we are resilient, powerful survivor-warriors. What seems clear both locally and globally for women in living in the Orange Era, is what artist Barbra Kruger plainly stated 30 years ago in her stark photo text piece: “Your body is a […]
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