As the sun rises and determines the day, so it sets beyond the horizon to embrace the night. We rely on this systematic collection of time, and proceed without pause to live. We live to be counted, we live to encourage, we live to be remembered. It is essential as we live to hold a place in our timelines to […]
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After decades of workmanlike progress in his career, the late Cleveland-based artist Michelangelo Lovelace had just begun to see his star rise: in 2018, Fort Gansevoort Gallery in New York presented his solo show, The Land. The Cleveland Museum of Art had acquired his painting, My Home Town. Then Lovelace was diagnosed with cancer in 2020, and passed away in […]
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A partnership that becomes a good relationship is pivotal in cultivating a community for working artists. Producing programs beyond an initiative or grant cycle is rare for a small nonprofit organization. It’s easy to move on and post some pictures on social media displaying “oh, what a great time we had!” But in that rare moment, in the knee-deep of […]
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Just three years ago, a collective of Black professional artists imagined that their city could be a destination for Black artists to flourish. Often, artists travel for work and compete for subjective resources. Being an artist is much more than that! An artist needs like-minded support and genuine encouragement to create the works they imagine. As stated by poet Langston […]
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