If you are holding CAN Journal in your hands as you read—printed on paper, in the familiar, long-understood format of a magazine—it is entirely possible that you have never looked at its website, blog, weekly e-newsletter on a computer screen. Indeed, the staff and board of directors learned through the strategic planning process that one of the first things readers […]
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Norman Rockwell painted our cover image, From Concord to Tranquility, in 1971, and it was used to illustrate the Boy Scouts of America calendar in 1973. Rockwell—who famously painted hundreds of covers for the Saturday Evening Post—also painted dozens of illustrations for the Boy Scout magazine Boy’s Life, and for the Scouts’ annual calendars from 1925 to 1976. The people […]
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Maybe no two words have more in common while meaning completely different things than “art” and “design.” Artists and designers share many of the same technical skills. Both are likely adept at using color, drawing, manipulating materials, and maybe even using a sharp knife. Trained artists and designers may take many of the same classes to learn their trade, and […]
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Maybe you remember the surveys that told us we should do this. Maybe you don’t, but you’ve been thinking about it for a long time. Maybe you even told us personally, as several of you did: CAN should review art shows. We heard you. And we have been thinking the same thing, for a long time. So at long last, […]
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Maybe this is a good time to talk. Just over 75 percent of the people who cast ballots in Cuyahoga County in November voted in favor of renewed public support of the arts and culture through its 30 cent per pack tax on cigarettes. That’s an overwhelming number. And a few months earlier, when the County Council discussed putting the […]
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