Author: Michael Gill

Real world experience doesn’t get more real than this. The Student Independent Exhibition at the Cleveland Institute of  Art launches students into professional roles of exhibiting artists, curators, and promoters of a show that ranks as one of  the most popular annual exhibitions at the college. Students do it all. They solicit student artwork, convene a jury, curate the show, and conduct panel discussions, and  gallery tours. Artwork that […]

The Cleveland Arts Prize identifies, rewards, publicly honors and promotes artists whose original work has made  Northeast Ohio a more exciting place to live, and whose accomplishments have set a standard of excellence to which  other artists can aspire. The Cleveland Arts Prize recognizes the contributions of individuals and organizations that have  expanded the community’s participation in the arts and helped make the region more supportive of creative artistic expression. CLEVELAND […]

AAWR ‘s 2013 exhibition schedule opens with Remembrances: The Art of Joseph McCullough. This exhibition will  explore the artist’s oeuvre from the late 1950s to the present. McCullough is President Emeritus of the Cleveland Institute of Art from which he graduated and later served as head for  34 years. He is also a two-time recipient of the coveted Cleveland Arts Prize, first in 1970 for his outstanding painting,  and […]

The Winter 2013 season at Brandt Gallery will be a historic one, celebrating a landmark anniversary with two local  artists: a photography exhibit by a Brandt Gallery regular, and a book installation by a Brandt first-timer, whose work is  informed by music and travel narrative. TREMONT ARTWALK TURNS 20! Co-founded by Sandy Rutkowski and Jean Brandt, Tremont ArtWalk began on February 12, 1993, when seven businesses   combined resources […]

“I love coming to art therapy. It is the only place where I can create images and symbols in my mind. In art therapy my  thoughts become a reality, going from the intangible to the tangible.” Maria Smithe discovered the Art Therapy Studio following a year of severe back pain. “I thought this pain would kill me,”  Smithe said. She sought medical attention when she began having mobility […]

For an architect, drawing a building is in many ways, simply a way to remember it properly. Sketching a building can be  considered a way of taking notes, a visual diary of sorts. The sketchbook is, indeed, a daily companion and partner to an  architect. Ask Peter Van Dijk, who will be the host for  a special exhibition at Convivium33 Gallery this November. Sponsored by […]

Founded in April 2012 by Shari Wilkins, a dealer in vintage found photographs, Cleveland Print Room (CPR) is a community darkroom, studio workplace, education center and photographic gallery. With a focus on black-and-white,  hand-processed photography, we are dedicated to engaging students and community members in the techniques of  shooting, processing and printing film manually. Be sure to look for our gallery opening in January 2013, along with upcoming workshops, alternative process classes, shoot-outs, […]