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.

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CONTINUING

Through August 28

The Time Travelers’ Garden: Work by Dustin Grella, Christopher Hoot, Liz Maugans and Mark Soppeland

Art Gallery at Beachwood Community Center

Through August 29

Shari Wolf

LOGANBERRY BOOKS ANNEX GALLERY

Through August 31

John Jackson for Posterity

JUDSON PARK HOWSON GALLERY

Through August 31

Accessible Expressions Ohio Exhibition

VALLEY ART CENTER

Through September 2

Represented Artists

This show gives viewers an overview of the stellar stable of mostly Northeast Ohio-based artists represented by the gallery. They include Justin Brennan, John W. Carlson, Rebecca Cross, Sarah Curry, Matthew Gallagher, Hilary Gent, Dale Goode, Meghann Hennen, Mark Howard, Christopher Kier, David King, Liz Maugans, Brian Mouhlas, Jessica Pinsky, Katy Richards, Dott von Schneider, Douglas Max Utter and Nikki Woods.

HEDGE GALLERY

Through September 4

Kubra Al Hilali, in partnership with Building Hope in The City

KAISER GALLERY

Through September 9

Queer Pulse … The Ripple Effect

In 2021, Kelly Pontoni of Artists Archives of the Western Reserve organized CONVERGE featuring 80 Northeast Ohio LGBTQ+ artists. It took place at five venues across the area but the Gallery at Lakeland had a prior commitment and couldn’t host it. So gallery director Mary Urbas invited Pontoni to put together this new show, which includes 79 pieces by 20 artists. She revisited some of the artists to check out their new work or additional work they may have held back previously, presenting a small series of work by each artist.

THE GALLERY AT LAKELAND

Through September 11

Reflections on Perceptions

AKRON ART MUSEUM

Through September 11

The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

Through September 16

Clocks and Bots: Works by Billy Nainiger

E11EVEN 2 GALLERY

Through September 16

REFRESH: A Collaboration with LCCC’s Center for Lifelong Learning

LORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE STOCKER GALLERY

Through September 17

Artists of the Rubber City Members Show

ARTISTS OF THE RUBBER CITY

Through September 17

Summer Exhibitions

SUMMIT ARTSPACE

Through September 21

Daric M. Gill: The Absolutes: Big Small Stories

MASSILLON MUSEUM

Through September 30

Synapse 15: Intersections of Art and Science

The ten artists/collectives in this show look at ideas, images and mutual interests that provide links between two seemingly disparate fields of inquiry, with a focus on Akron’s role in artistic and scientific exploration. Issues addressed include urgent contemporary concerns such as COVID-19 and climate change, and fundamental issues such as processes, materials, abstraction and perception. The goal of Synapse is to encourage conversations among the disciplines that could lead to discovery and innovation.

EMILY DAVIS GALLERY, MYERS SCHOOL OF ART, UNIVERSITY OF AKRON

Through October 2

FRONT International Triennial: Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows will be showing at multiple locations, most through October 2, although a few will be on view longer. Its hub is at the Transformer Station in Ohio City, where you can learn about all the exhibitions and works on view and where to find them.

TRANSFORMER STATION

Through October 2

FRONT International Triennial: Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows

AKRON ART MUSEUM

Through October 2

FRONT International Triennial: Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows

Abigail DeVille: The Dream Keeper

SCULPTURE CENTER

Through October 2

FRONT International Triennial: Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows

Cooking Sections, Hasheeb Ahmed, Isabelle Andriessen, Jurriaan Andriessen & Jumana Manna

SPACES

Through October 2

FRONT International Triennial: Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows

Jacolby Satterwhite, Dexter Davis, Loraine Lynn, and Alexandra Noel

CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART

Through October 2

FRONT International Triennial: Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows

Work by Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Paul O’Keefe, Jace Clayton, Andrea Carlson and Moyra Davey

CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY

Through October 2

Bellamy Printz, Recent Work

Printz has been at the forefront of Cleveland printmaking since co-founding Zygote Press in the mid-1990s. She currently runs her own gallery/print shop in the Waterloo Arts District where she continues to create work exploring the intricacies of memory. She starts with old family photos dating back as far as 100 years and transforms them into new works, using printmaking processes and painting, that are layered with the experiences of multiple generations as she zeroes in on what seem like minor events and brings out hidden meanings.

BAYARTS

Through October 2

Dancing with the Distance: Work by Janice Lessman-Moss

KENT STATE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM

Through October 2

Yoshitomo Nara: Recent Work

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

Through October 4

Intersections: Language & Art at Judson Manor

Satellite exhibition at Judson Manor featuring art with text from the Archives’ extensive collection of Ohio art.

ARTISTS ARCHIVES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE AT JUDSON MANOR

Through October 7

Contrast Contoured: Portraits of Drag and Burlesque by Bridget Caswell

MARIA NEIL ART PROJECT, SPACE: ROCK & MUSIC SAVES

Through October 9

Japan’s Floating World

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

Through October 16

JoAnn: 2 separate events at Heights

Impagination: group exhibit

Spotlight: Jackie Miller

HEIGHTS ARTS

Creating Urgency: Modern and Contemporary Korean Art

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

Through October 23

Through October 30

Unseen: The Process and Art of American Printmaking

CANTON MUSEUM OF ART

Through October 30

Continued Continuing: Paintings by Amy Casey

Amy Casey’s paintings aren’t quite like anyone else’s. Her subject matter—clusters of urban buildings including homes, high rises and businesses—seems like it could be repetitive and limited. But in her hands, using these buildings as stand-ins for contemporary anomie, the results are riveting. They’re situated at impossible angles and situations that create results adjacent to surrealism. Recently her small slices of city architecture are being encroached upon by nature: they’re embedded in a rotting tree stump or floating in a sea, creating a simultaneous sense of threat and hopefulness and suggesting the new realities of climate change without being pedantic.

CANTON MUSEUM OF ART

Through October 30

Lessons and Landscapes: The Legacy of Gerry Bernhardt

CANTON MUSEUM OF ART

Through October 30

Illusions from the CMA Collection: Seeing Is Deceiving

CANTON MUSEUM OF ART

Through November 6

FRONT International Triennial: Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows

Matt Eich and Tyler Mitchell: Sunlight, Shadow, and a Rainbow

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

Through November 6

Escaping to a Better World: Eccentrics and Immortals in Chinese Art

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

Through November 9

Missing History of Massillon: Unheard African American Stories

MASSILLON MUSEUM

Through November 13

FRONT International Triennial: Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows

Julie Mehretu: Portals

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

Through December 13

New Directions: Abstract Prints by Yoshida Toshi

Wit and Wisdom: Social and Political Satire in the Prints of Hogarth, Goya and Daumier

Life Full of Changes: Kenji Nakahashi

ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

Through December 23

Objects of Encounter: American Myths of Place

Inches Away, the Heavens Open: Blue and Green Landscapes from the AMAM Collection

Scholars and Ancestors: Traditional Functions of Portraiture in China and Korea

Mobility and Exchange: 1600-1800

ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

Through December 23

FRONT International Triennial: Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows

Bakunin’s Barricade by Ahmet Öğüt

Referencing an 1849 proposal by anarchist Mikhail Bakunin to stop the approach of Prussian troops in Dresden by using paintings from its museum, Turkish artist Öğüt made this site-specific work drawing on art from multiple European museums to explore the role of art in times of political and social unrest. The installation is on view for the first time outside Europe as part of the FRONT Triennial.

ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

Through December 31

FRONT International Triennial: Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows

Nicole Eisenman: A Decade of Printing

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

Through January 1, 2023

FRONT International Triennial: Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows

Renee Green: Contact

MOCA CLEVELAND

Through January 8, 2023

Carry On: A Century of Swing

MASSILLON MUSEUM

Through January 15, 2023

FRONT International Triennial: Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows

Firelei Baez: the vast ocean of all possibilities

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

AUGUST

26

CAN Journal Fall Launch Party

4 pm

LA COSECHA GALERIA

Text and Image in Southern Asia

Through March 5, 2023

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

The Medieval Top Seller: The Book of Hours

Through July 30, 2023

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

Rise to the Occasion: Tiffani Glenn

Framed Gallery in the Waterloo Arts District specializes in presenting the work of Black artists from around the world who work in a variety of styles. Many of them depict ordinary Black life and Black people in a strong, positive light. Tampa, Florida-based Painter Tiffani Glenn is among those: her oil and acrylic paintings are stylized portraits of diverse individuals and types, with a special focus on women. Her almost cartoon-like images, using vivid colors and strong design elements, exude wit, confidence and warmth.

Opening reception 6-9 pm

FRAMED GALLERY

27

2021 Stephen Bivens Fellowship Exhibition: Sydney Nicole Kay & Camilo Gonzalez Barragan

Through September 17

CLEVELAND PRINT ROOM

Waterloo Arts Fest

Noon-7 pm

WATERLOO ARTS DISTRICT

28

Stigma: the truth and faces of mental illness by Rocky Encalada – Photographer

Photographer Encalada is also an actor and director whose early influence was black and white films. Her theater studies led her to doing actor headshots and then to portraiture of all types, trying, she says, to find the essence of each person she photographs using the knowledge she’s acquired in her decades as a performer to capture that person’s inner and outer essence. Here that goal carries over into understanding and humanizing those with mental illness.

CHAGRIN ARTS

JOANN: 3 separate events at Mansfield

The Mind’s Eye

Joseph Maibach: Paintings

Marcus Blackwell: Mixed Media

Through October 16

MANSFIELD ART CENTER

29

Paintings by Emil Robinson

Through September 23

FAWICK ART GALLERY AT BALDWIN WALLACE UNIVERSITY

30

41st Annual Whiskey Painters of America exhibition

Through October 6

VALLEY ART CENTER

SEPTEMBER

1

BAYarts Thursday Market: art & food vendors, music and food trucks

Every Thursday 4-7 pm through October 13

BAYARTS

Chuck Mintz: Guardians

Given the Cleveland baseball team’s name change, new attention has been directed to the sculptures of the Guardians of Transportation located on the Carnegie-Lorain Bridge, although artists have realized their resonance as a symbol of Cleveland for decades. Photographer Chuck Mintz snagged an assignment to shoot them for The Ohio History Connection’s magazine Echoes, leading to this series of work, capturing these icons in various lights.

Through September 30

LOGANBERRYBOOKS ANNEX GALLERY

2

Walk All Over Waterloo

5-9 pm

WATERLOO ARTS DISTRICT

Amani Williams: Coming at You, Red Hot and Full of Desire

Opening reception 5-8 pm

DEEP DIVE ART PROJECTS

JoAnn: two separate events, each with an opening reception

Are You Civilized to Death?

Opening reception 6-9 pm

On Blocks: Repair Manual for an American Dream

Opening reception 6-9 pm

Through October 1

WATERLOO ARTS DISTRICT

Twining: new works by Ann B. Coddington

Illinois-based fiber artist Coddington uses techniques such as twining, looping and netting to create her sculptural works. Her use of twining derives from the traditional craft of basketry, part of her process to push back against an increasingly high-tech world and return to an earlier, more hands-on way of working. In her works, she says, she is exploring dichotomies, such as the eternal and the ephemeral, masculine and feminine, young and old, strength and fragility, among others.

Opening reception 6-8 pm

Through October 23

PRAXIS FIBER WORKSHOP

Linda & Dave Everhard

Through September 17

ARTISTS OF THE RUBBER CITY BOX GALLERY

6

Robert Thürmer People’s Art Show artwork drop-off

11 am-4 pm September 6–10

THE GALLERIES AT CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY

9

Walkabout Tremont

6-9 pm

TREMONT NEIGHBORHOOD

Borderlands: Karen Petkovic

Through October 2

KAISER GALLERY

Charles Deihl

Opening reception 6-8 pm

VALLEY ART CENTER

Ideal

Reception and free riso painting demo 6-10 pm September 16

Through November 5

ZYGOTE PRESS

The Holy Land: A Semester in Jerusalem by drawing major Alison Alsup

Through September 23

CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART ROULET STUDENT + FACULTY GALLERY

Akron ArtWalk

4-9 pm

HISTORIC ARTS DISTRICT

10

Wicked II, featuring artist Ltp Art

4 pm

LA COSECHA GALERIA

11

Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection

Through January 8, 2023

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

14

John W. Carlson: A Retrospective

When painter John Carlson died suddenly in December 2020, he left behind a large body of work, including many works in progress. He was represented by HEDGE Gallery, which presented his powerful show Blues, the result of trips down south, in early 2020. The gallery will be showing his paintings, prints and drawings, some never seen previously. It features the mixed-media paintings he was best known for: moody, elusive portraits of people, singly or with others, that hint at situations and emotions that are open to interpretation. The show will also include his landscapes and black-and-white figure series.

Preview reception 5:30-7:30 pm September 14

Opening reception 5-8 pm September 16

Through November 4

HEDGE GALLERY/ARTNEO

16

Third Friday

5-9 pm

78th STREET STUDIOS

Ideal

Reception and free riso painting demo

6-10 pm

Through November 5

ZYGOTE PRESS

17

Family Clay Day

10am-noon

ART HOUSE, INC.

Plein air painting workshop with Jeff Suntala

BAYARTS

Free gallery concert with Tim McDonald Quartet

7 pm

HEIGHTS ARTS

Tremont Arts & Cultural Festival

Noon-7 pm September 17

Noon-5 pm September 18

LINCOLN PARK

18

Family Day: Kids Maker Fest

AKRON ART MUSEUM

20

24th Robert Thürmer People’s Art Show

Cleveland State University’s art galleries have a long history of open-call, unjuried “people’s art shows,” where all art submitted is accepted and hung, crammed on the walls and in the gallery salon-style. While it celebrates “freedom of expression,” that has led to controversy in the past. So prepare to be surprised, moved, engaged, or even shocked or disgusted at this show whose roots reach back to the 1980s. It’s now been renamed after the gallery’s long-time, retired director Robert Thürmer.

Opening reception 5-8 pm September 22

Through November 26

THE GALLERIES AT CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY

22

W/O Limits: Art, Chronic Illness, & Disability

Curated by Megan Alves & Mindy Tousley

Opening reception 5:30-8 pm

Through November 12

ARTISTS ARCHIVES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE

Ekphrastacy: Artists Talk + Poets Respond

7 pm

HEIGHTS ARTS

Charles Deihl artist talk

6 pm

VALLEY ART CENTER

23

Artistic by Nature Annual Plein Air Paint Out and Sale

Through September 26

BAYarts

Monday’s Child: works of Gina Washington

PRAMA ART SPACE

24

2021 Peer Show Winners Exhibition

Through October 22

CLEVELAND PRINT ROOM

Collard Green Festival

Noon-6 pm

EDWARD E. PARKER MUSEUM OF ART

25

Maker Town Vintage & Handmade Market

11 am-4 pm

VINO VERITAS CELLARS WINERY

29

Artbar: Mixing Poetry, Music and Creative Cocktails

7 pm

HEIGHTS ARTS

30

Sustain, Innovate, Transform

Through October 16

MORGAN CONSERVATORY

The Afro-Hispanic Connection: The James F. Pye Community Art Exhibit

Opening reception 4:30-7:15 pm

Through October 27

LORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE STOCKER GALLERY

OCTOBER

1

Artist Inventory Challenge

7-10 pm

ART HOUSE, INC.

Barrie Kaufman: A Fragile Environment

Through November 30

MASSILLON MUSEUM GALLERY M

2

Raymond Towler Art

CHAGRIN ARTS

3

Circles by Curt LaCross

Sculptor LaCross creates painted resin and stoneware figures of people under pressure and in conflict between their lower and higher selves, exploring the outer manifestations of people’s internal struggles. LaCross says his work is influenced by Carl Jung and his ideas about archetypes as he became interested in the “shadow archetype” and how it’s expressed in human nature.

Closing reception 5-8 pm October 28

Through October 28

FAWICK GALLERY AT BALDWIN WALLACE UNIVERSITY

7

Walk All Over Waterloo

6-10 pm

WATERLOO ARTS DISTRICT

Fall Exhibitions

Through December 17

SUMMIT ARTSPACE

Free gallery concert with No Exit New Music

7 pm

HEIGHTS ARTS

A Painter’s Table

Opening reception 6-9 pm

Through November 12

WATERLOO ARTS

(With)drawing: Amber Kempthorn

Opening reception 5-8pm

Through November 5

BONFOEY GALLERY

Leigh Brooklyn

Cleveland artist Leigh Brooklyn creates figurative works that engage sympathetically with people from marginalized communities, like transgender individuals and the homeless, in order to raise awareness of and empathy towards such people. Her detailed, realistic work creates a feeling of immediacy as it engages with contemporary topics such as race, sex, gender, religion, and poverty.

Through November 7

KAISER GALLERY

51st annual Juried Art Exhibition call for entries closes

4 pm

VALLEY ART CENTER

Charles Felzen Johnson, MD

Through October 29

ARTISTS OF THE RUBBER CITY BOX GALLERY

8

Alternative Health Fair

11 am-5 pm

EDWARD E. PARKER MUSEUM OF ART

Error, featuring various artists

4 pm

LA COSECHA GALERIA

9

Tales of the City: Drawing in the Netherlands from Bosch to Breugel

Through January 8, 2023

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

10

Lorain Historical Society: Celebrating 100 Years: Latino History in Lorain

Through October 31

LORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY GALLERY STOCKER ARTS CENTER LOBBY

11

Faculty Exhibition

Through December 22

CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART REINBERGER GALLERY

Mid America Print Conference Member Show

Through November 17

KENT STATE UNIVERSITY GALLERIES

12

W/O Limits: Virtual Artist Panel (tentative date)

7-8 pm

ARTISTS ARCHIVES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE

13

Final BAYarts Thursday market: art & food vendors, music, and food trucks

BAYARTS

Mid America Print Council Conference: Power of Print: Resistance, Revolution, and Resilience

Through October 16

KENT STATE UNIVERSITY

We Want More

Through October 16

CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART REINBERGER GALLERY

14

Walkabout Tremont

5-9 pm

TREMONT NEIGHBORHOOD

15

Ordinary Magic: A Sunday in Cuyahoga Valley

Animations by Amber Kempthorn

In September 2019, Kempthorn, whose specialty is bright, busy, almost cartoon-like drawings crammed with images, received a Knight Arts Challenge Akron grant to create this 15-minute film. Using hand-drawn animation, she visually interprets composer Benjamin Britten’s “Four Sea Interludes.” The film will have its premiere screening with live accompaniment by the Akron Symphony Orchestra as part of the orchestra’s regular concert series.

E.J. THOMAS HALL, UNIVERSITY OF AKRON

19

Plein Air Society

Through November 5

MANSFIELD ART CENTER

21

Third Friday

5-9 pm

78th STREET STUDIOS

Julie Schenkelberg

Opening reception 5:30-8 pm

Sarah Dittrich

Opening reception 5:30-8 pm

Through December 16

THE SCULPTURE CENTER

Leave It at the Door: Works by Christina Sadowski, Karen Sacco and Amy Kreiger

Through November 18

E11VEN2 GALLERY

Screw Factory Artists Fall Art Show & Open Studios

6-10 pm October 21

10 am-3 pm October 22

SCREW FACTORY

23

Puppet Making Workshop led by Nate Puppets with Chris Richards-Pagel

The man who calls himself Nate Puppets grew up on classic kids’ puppet shows in the 90s, watching Sesame Street and The Muppets and later, more offbeat puppet shows. That resonated with him and led him to create his own strange, challenging puppet characters, influenced as much by legendary Cleveland graphic novelist Harvey Pekar as by his own twisted take on pop culture. Learn how this distinctive artist works at a puppet-making workshop that’s part of AAWR’s current show on artists with disabilities: Puppets projects his own onto his creations.

1-2:30 pm

ARTISTS ARCHIVES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE

28

carta (Cleveland Art Association) annual exhibition

October 28 & 29

CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART REINBERGER GALLERY

Circles by Curt LaCross

Closing reception 5-8 pm

FAWICK GALLERY AT BALDWIN WALLACE UNIVERSITY

29

2022 Stephen Bivens Fellowship Exhibition

Through November 19

CLEVELAND PRINT ROOM

NOVEMBER

Opening in November

Gregory Halpern, Buffalo

TRANSFORMER STATION

Through January 2023

4

Walk All Over Waterloo

6-10 pm

WATERLOO ARTS DISTRICT

Exquisite Surface: Work by Sapp, Tomasko, Leech & Eiskamp

Opening reception 4:30-7:15 pm

Through December 12

LORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE STOCKER GALLERY

10th Annual Student and Instructor Exhibition

Opening reception 6-9 pm

Through November 19

FLUX METAL ARTS

Heights Arts Holiday Store

Through December 30

HEIGHTS ARTS

51st annual Juried Art Exhibition

Opening reception 6 pm

VALLEY ART CENTER

5

Anniversary Open House

10 am

FLUX METAL ARTS

11

Walkabout Tremont

5-9 pm

TREMONT NEIGHBORHOOD

Morgan Bukovec

Through December 4

KAISER GALLERY

A Big Relief! woodblock prints

BIG INK, founded in 2012, is dedicated to the art of large-scale woodblock printing. Its members travel across the country, visiting museums, galleries, universities, and art centers to share their knowledge in classes and workshops. This show at Baldwin Wallace features work by select BW students and artists created under BIG INK’s auspices.

FAWICK GALLERY AT BALDWIN WALLACE UNIVERSITY

16

Jessica Pinsky Solo Exhibition

Through December 30

HEDGE GALLERY

18

CAN Winter Issue Launch

LOGANBERRY BOOKS

Third Friday

5-9 pm

78th STREET STUDIOS

19

The 53rd Annual Holiday Fair

Through December 24

MANSFIELD ART CENTER

26

Family Clay Day

10am-noon

ART HOUSE, INC.

Waterloo Arts Holiday Co-Op

Through December 18

WATERLOO ARTS

Ruddy Roye: Outhwaite Homes Estates Exhibition

Through December 17

CLEVELAND PRINT ROOM

Destroy All Nonprofits, featuring artist Topiltzin

4 pm

LA COSECHA GALERIA

27

Artists Sunday

Noon-5 pm

SUMMT ARTSPACE

29

Robert Thürmer People’s Art Show artwork pick-up

11 am-4 pm November 29–December 3

THE GALLERIES AT CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY