CAN benefits mean getting involved –directly, hands-on–with people in the Northeast Ohio Art Scene. This year, that means: Competitive karaoke! We promise a party featuring art and music you will never forget. We promise something else, too: Artists have been incredibly generous to CAN and to scores of other organizations, both arts-related and those having nothing to do with the […]
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Late in 2014 the Board of the Cleveland Arts Prize unanimously endorsed Alenka Banco as Executive Director. Barbara Robinson, Chair, Cleveland Arts Prize Board of Trustees shares, “Alenka not only has a thorough knowledge and long involvement in the Cleveland Arts Prize, she is highly respected by the community of artists and brings professional experience in business and community development.” […]
Read moreI love our city. Having traveled, I’m curious as to why some residents don’t see the treasure we have in Cleveland. I’m reminded of the words my mother liked to quote: “Two men looked out from prison bars, one saw mud, the other stars”. I’ve always been a fan of Cleveland. I frequently promote it as the subject […]
Read moreOnce again, in an effort to spread awareness about women in art, Lakeland Community College art gallery coordinator Mary Urbas has led an initiative to engage galleries and studios, curating a show dedicated to female art and artists, coinciding with Women’s History Month. This marks the eighth year Urbas has presented her women-focused exhibit at Lakeland. From Woman VIII: […]
Read moreThis March the Akron Harris Stanton Gallery will present new oils and three dimensional works by Cleveland artists, Mark Common and Charlotte Lees. These pieces, all inspired by the natural world, reflect two very different approaches: while Common’s paintings display a traditional, quasi photographic technique, Lee’s are more interpretive and suggestive, using traditional materials in very imaginative ways. Common’s subjects […]
Read moreSinead Vilbar, Cleveland Museum of Art curator of Japanese and Korean Art, tells why she chose her live-work space in the city. The main reason we chose to live in the 1400 building was the promise of a community of people who are also active in creative fields–and we have not been disappointed. We really enjoy our time with […]
Read moreSPRING 2015 EVENTS CONTINUING Through March 28 They Came. They Saw. They Printed! (19 Years of Swift, Victorious Prints) Zygote Press Gallery Through April 3 Process and Materials HEDGE Gallery Through April 10 Off the Web, On the Wall 2 Society for Photographic Education Through April 19 Cleveland Creates ARTneo Through April 26 Christopher Pekoc: […]
Read morePhotographer, vintage photo collector, and Cleveland Print Room Executive Director Shari Wilkins has been inspired by Henry David Thoreau since someone handed her a copy of Walden when she was 12 years old. “He was a Transcendentalist who put emotion & intuition above reasoning,” Wilkins says. “Philosophically & spiritually, I connect with him. My work is my attempt […]
Read moreCuyahoga Arts And Culture has announced that during its meeting Monday, February 9, the board voted to make a grant to the Community Partnership for the Arts and Culture, which would re-instate its individual artist grant program, the Creative Workforce Fellowships, for the year 2016. The process was suspended for the current year while the organizations re-examined funding criteria for […]
Read moreAfter my wanderings on a very busy Friday night, February 6, I can’t help but juxtapose the sweet and observant figure paintings of Darius Steward, which continue on view at William Busta Gallery this month, with the humorous and insightful ones of Dan Miller, on view at Gallery 160 in a show he’s calling “Imaginative Isolation.” Both are small works […]
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