EVENTS

 

Continuing

 

Through December 20

Artists Archives of the Western Reserve

Member Holiday Show

Through December 29

Heights Arts

2013 Holiday Store

 

Through January 4

Kokoon Arts Gallery

Randall Tiedman: Genius Loci

 

Through December 20

The Sculpture Center
Made in Mourning: Contemporary Memorial and Reliquary

 

 

December

December 6

120 years of Art in Cleveland

Bonfoey

through – January 4

 

December 6

TerraVista Studios 14th Annual Holiday Sale

11 am to 4 pm Friday, December 6

noon to 7 pm Saturday, December 7

noon to 4 pm Sunday, December 8

 

December 6

Moe Brooker: Getting Back to Then

Tregoning and Company

Opening reception Friday, December 6

Artist talk Saturday, December 7

through March 3, 2014

 

December 7

Holiday Off the Wall Show and Sale

Zygote Press

Noon to 5 pm Saturday, December 7

Noon to 4 pm Sunday, December 8

through January 4, during regular gallery hours.

December 20

Third Friday Openings

78th Street Studios

December 20

Josh Usmani’s Funny Money

Naji Naji and Tekler

 

 

December 21

Last Minute Market & Screw Factory Artists’ Open Studio
If you are reading this in earnest to gather information about the Last Minute Market at the Lake Erie Building, you’re probably at the crisis stage of your Holiday Shopping Ritual. For that reason we will not belabor the point: You can find handmade products from almost 200 local artists and artisans, from messenger bags and backpacks by Michael Hudacek’s Forest City Portage, to faux bois ceramics by Gina Desantis, to mosaic works by Michelle Mowery, to paintings by Martin O’Connor, and tons of other great fine and functional stuff. So get thee to the Lake Erie Building (1300 Athens Avenue, Lakewood) between 10 am and 6 pm Saturday, December 21. Admission is free, but they’re accepting donations of canned food for people who would appreciate that. So bring along some soup or something. Your shopping problems will melt away. It’s true. Go to screwfactoryartists.com/the-last-minute-market/ for info.

 

December 31

Cleveland Museum of Art Grand Re-Opening and New Year’s Eve Party

Whether you heard the Burnt Sugar Arkestra last summer at the Cleveland Museum of Art’s sold-out Solstice party or not, you’ve got another chance as the museum celebrates its grand re-opening on New Year’s Eve. Critics get frustrated describing this band. One called it a “funk-rock-electronic-samba-soul-jazz-fusion-whatever ensemble.” Another just said it’s “not the easiest thing to describe.” The word “exuberant” will have to do here, and that’s just about perfect, because at long last the museum is completely open. For the first time since 2005 you can stroll the West wing galleries and check out the collections of Chinese, Indian, Southeast Asian, and Himalayan art. And of course a year of tragedy, deceit, and embarrassment is finally in the past. So put on your party clothes. Tickets cost $150 per person. Open bar and hors d’oeuvres all night. 21 and over. For tickets, call 216.421.7350 or go to clevelandart.org.

 

 

January, 2014

 

January 1

Heights Arts

14^th Annual Tommy’s New Years Day Pancake Breakfast

10am – 2pm at Tommy’s Restaurant, Cleveland Heights

 

 

January 3

25 Years, 25 Artists (25th Anniversary Exhibition) at William Busta Gallery

For any serious art gallery to stay in business 25 years is Kind Of A Big Deal. Cleveland has just a few that have lasted that long. To do it the way William Busta has–by exhibiting one-person exhibits of works by artists who live and work here–is all the more remarkable. To put it another way, Busta has been in business a quarter of a century selling local, contemporary art. Whether you’re an artist, collector, or just someone who cares about Northeast Ohio culture, that’s absolutely worth celebrating. Busta is marking the occasion by choosing works by 25 artists he’s exhibited over the years.

So mark your calendars. William Busta Gallery is at 2731 Prospect Ave., Cleveland. Call 216.298.9071, or go to williambustagallery.com.

 

 

 

 

January 10

Zygote Press

A Wood Engravers Menagerie

Wood engraving has the drama and graphic contrast of more familiar styles of wood block printing, but adds to it a subtlety that’s not generally possible for printers who carve the plank side of the block. That’s because wood engravers carve into the end grain, and therefore can make extremely fine marks. Wood engraving was developed in the eighteenth century and thrived as a book illustration technique in the nineteenth century. Not many people work this way these days, but the popularity of letterpress printing seems to be fueling a resurgence of interest. Cleveland wood engraver and letterpress printer Eric Gulliver has tapped into that, and has put together A Wood Engravers Menagerie, which will draw works by printers from around the US, via the national Wood Engravers Network. As CAN went to press, Gulliver was optimistic that the show would also include works from the UK based Society of Wood Engravers. It opens with a reception from 6 to 9 pm January 10 and continues until February 15 at Zygote Press, 1410 East 30th Street, Cleveland. Call 216.621.2900, or go to zygotepress.com.

January 10

Mark Keffer: We Don’t Exist

1point618

Opening Reception: 7 to 10 pm January 10, 2014

 

January 10

Project Space: Laura Ruth Bidwell: Song of Desire

1point618

Opening Reception: 7 to 10 pm January 10, 2014

 

January 10

John R. Nativio: Conjoined Human Parts

BAYarts
Through January 31, 2014

January 10

K. Stewart & Jeanette Thomas

Brandt Gallery

through February 8, 2014

 

January 10

Vivian Maier: Out of the Shadows

Cleveland Print Room

through February 23, 2014

January 15

John R. Nativio Gallery Talk

BAYarts

6:30pm-7:30pm

January 16

Views from the Road: A Retrospective of Lawrence Baker

Artists Archives of the Western Reserve

through February 21, 2014

January 16

Hephaestos Challenged

The Galleries at Cleveland State University

through March 1, 2014

opening reception and gallery conversation with artists and curators

6:30 pm January 16

January 16

25 Under 25, The Emerging Photographer

The Galleries at Cleveland State University

through March 1, 2014

opening reception and gallery conversation with artists and curators

6:30 pm January 16

January 16

Colleen Toledano: Grit

Julie Schenkelberg: Present Resonance

The Sculpture Center

2014 W2S – Window to Sculpture Emerging Artist Series

public opening with artists talks 5:30 – 8 pm Friday, Jan 16, 2014
Through March 6

 

January 17

Mark Keffer + Lisa Schonberg

Heights Arts

Opening reception Friday, January 17, 6-9pm

Through March 1

 

January 17

Third Friday Openings

78th Street Studios

January 17

Director’s Choice 2014
Kenneth Paul Lesko Gallery

through March 15

 

January 17

Salon-Style exhibits commence

Kokoon Arts Gallery

 

January 18

John R. Nativio Drawing Workshop
BAYarts

 

January 18

Moon 3 installation / Satellite Launch

Loren Naji’s Satellite / Collinwood Town Square

11 am

 

January 23

Catch a Rising Star

Westlake-Westshore Arts Council

7 pm

 

February

 

February 1

The Truth Lies Beneath the Surface

Encaustic and Collage Paintings by Dawn Tekler
Guren Art Gallery, Cleveland Botanical Gardens

through March 9

 

 

February 14

Paul O’Keeffe,

William Busta Gallery

through March 22

 

February 14

Cecelia Philllips

William Busta Gallery

through March 29

 

February 9

Mary Lynch – Strings Attached

Heights Arts

Close Encounters Chamber Music Concert, location TBA

3pm

 

February 14

Rebecca Yody and Tom Yody

Brandt Gallery

through March 8

 

February 17

Tom Evert – Dance Man

Westlake-West Shore Arts Council

10 am

 

February 21

Third Friday Openings

78th Street Studios

 

March

 

March 7

Matthew Kolodziej

William Busta Gallery

through April 12

 

March 7

Michael Loderstedt

William Busta Gallery

through April 19

 

March 14

Northern Ohio Art Dealers Association (NOADA) Art Expo

Transformer Station

March 14, 15, 16

 

March 14

Sarah Biscuso

Brandt Gallery

Through April 5

March 19

Cleveland Print Room

Hidden Mother: A Contemporary Perspective

Posing babies and small children with their mothers is an effective way to calm them for a portrait photo. Back in the day –that is, back in the Victorian day — it was common for photographers to do this, but to hide the mother beneath a blanket, or behind a curtain, or beneath the folds of an overwhelming dress. This a heritage of slightly creepy images: Hands would slip out from beneath fabric. The shape of a chair might look strangely human. Haunted, almost. The Cleveland Print Room brings this motif into the twentieth century with a show of contemporary photographers doing the same thing. Co-curated by Print Room director Shari Wilkins and Hadley K Conner, it will also feature photographers Laura Bidwell, Deb Pinter, and others. The exhibit opens with a reception March 19 and continues through May 11 . . . which happens to be Mother’s Day. The Cleveland Print Room is at 2550 Superior Ave., Cleveland. Call 216.401.5981 or go to clevelandprintroom.com.

March 21

Third Friday Openings

78th Street Studios

March 21

Scott McIntire [Greenport, NY] Solo Exhibition
Kenneth Paul Lesko Gallery

Through May 10