As the air turns crisp and the season of celebration approaches, Heights Arts once again opens its doors to one of Cleveland Heights’ most anticipated traditions: the annual Holiday Store. This event transforms the organization’s space on Lee Road into a vibrant marketplace filled with creativity, craftsmanship, and community spirit. Now in its 24th year, the Holiday Store has offered […]
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This fall, Heights Arts marks a significant milestone: 25 years of enriching Cleveland’s East Side with multidisciplinary art experiences that connect people and foster community. From visual art exhibitions and music performances to literary readings and public art installations, Heights Arts continues to break down barriers to participation and ensure that everyone has access to creative expression. In keeping with […]
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Heights Arts student interns Antonia Casucci and Amia Frazier have curated this year’s Heights Arts student intern exhibition. Titled Visions of the Future, the exhibition is on view May 15 to June 8. The opening is 5 to 8 pm Thursday, May 15. Heights Arts started its high school internship program a decade ago because it seemed a natural way […]
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From furry walls to billowing fabric eyes, the landscape of Irrational Objects: Backwards into the Future envelops its viewers in the surreal. A “fruit basket” is a baby doll. A “housewarming gift” shifts from soft to sharp. The Venus de Milo floats, suspended, over waves of sand. Born of No Exit New Music Ensemble’s yearlong exploration of Surrealism, Irrational Objects […]
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For over twenty years, Heights Arts—a nonprofit nestled in the heart of Cleveland Heights—has presented the region with programming in visual art, poetry, and music that reflects the vibrancy of the community it calls home. Alongside the opening of its 22nd annual Holiday Store, Heights Arts presents its entire music season of eleven concerts through August 2024. The 2024 music […]
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A spell of the surreal has settled over Cleveland. Cast by No Exit New Music Ensemble and fostered by many partners, including Heights Arts, Year of Surreality is an attempt to unlock the power of freewheeling creativity. “One of the things that is appealing about dedicating No Exit’s entire season to surrealism is that surrealism is not a particular style […]
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This fall and into next year, Heights Arts will participate in a city-wide exploration of surrealism in partnership with the No Exit New Music Ensemble and other collaborators. The celebration will begin with Collaborage, an exhibition opening in late August for which Heights Arts will tap its unique multidisciplinary resources. The concept for the exhibition employs the game strategies avant-garde […]
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Heights Arts opens two new exhibitions from 5 to 8pm on March 7 at its Lee Road gallery in Cleveland Heights. Artist Charles Schweigert debuts his solo exhibition in the Spotlight Gallery alongside the All Access group exhibition. All Access presents a fresh look at folk art from a modern perspective, and highlights some of the area’s pioneers who make […]
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Visual artists have long been fascinated by books, often as a way to distribute reproductions of original works. Impagination, agroup exhibition running from August 19 to October 16, is not about reproductions, but about books that themselves are one-of-a-kind works of art, designed to be held in the hands and leafed through in a narrative sequence. Each participant was selected […]
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Time and time again, the course of history has been changed by young people with the courage to address their community in solidarity. In 1903, children of coal miners marched from Philadelphia to New York in protest against child labor. In 1960, the young Greensboro Four staged sit-ins that roused students across the nation to join in the civil rights […]
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