This fall and winter, Maria Neil Art Project in the Waterloo Arts District is welcoming back two artists we’ve loved showing over the years. Amy Casey opens our twelfth season in September, marking her first Cleveland show in more than ten years. Her precarious, teetering cityscapes, drawn from real buildings she photographs around her Tremont neighborhood, have earned her a […]
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Cleveland is fortunate to have had the opportunity to know Stephen Bivens. A beloved figure, larger than life both literally and figuratively, Bivens was a prolific photographer whose work served as the historical memory for inner-city families, arts organizations, and neighborhoods. Stephen’s invaluable contributions to Cleveland’s artistic landscape had just begun to gain citywide attention and recognition. Sadly, we’ll never […]
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This fall, we are returning to our original gallery space with an exhibition featuring two artists who are no strangers to working with us. Hilary Gent and Liz Maugans are coming together to deliver us Life Preservers. Infinity and purpose are both key elements of Liz Maugans’ work in this exhibition. “Water takes us to infinity and brings us back. […]
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In 2017, artist and gallery owner Dan Miller survived what should have been a fatal motorcycle wreck. He was the victim of a hit and run. The trauma and subsequent depression was a tough time for Dan, but it also caused a creative spark in him. Dan conceptualized an exhibition creating pieces dealing with that trauma and severe depression. His […]
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Rule: an accepted principle or instruction that states the way things are or should be done, and tells you what you are allowed or are not allowed to do. Some rules—such as the laws of physics—must be followed, while other rules—like rolling through a stop sign, leaving dirty dishes in a communal sink or abusing power—are easily broken. What is […]
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Brown is the color of warm dirt beneath the feet of children running around the mountaintop village, where people rise earlier than the sun. And, when the sun recedes behind the highest peaks, the brown people blend back into their mud-built homes. This is the vision in the mind of Elmi L. Ventura Mata, the latest artist to be seen […]
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Many in the visual arts community know Bryon Miller as a gallerist presenting work. These days, Miller is more interested in producing work. In July, he opens his first solo exhibition in more than ten years. In this new show, Miller exhibits a new body of work focused on the notion that we’ve inherently lost something. It could be a detachment […]
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In a body of work born from the broken boxes of old photographs portraying family vacations, important events and poignant moments, Eric Rippert is sharing not only a deeply personal story, but also a common narrative of the way the American Dream was imagined during the 1970s. His upcoming exhibition at Maria Neil Art Project, ‘Full of Promise’ tells these stories […]
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Cool. Contemporary. Cleveland. That pretty much sums up what we do at Maria Neil. From presenting artwork in unconventional spaces to displaying work in equally unique ways, we work hard to put a new spin on how to experience art. This you already know. What you might not know is that we have teamed up with five notable […]
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The Maria Neil Art Project, in the Waterloo Arts District in Cleveland’s historic Collinwood neighborhood, will be featuring new work by Cleveland artist Darius Steward in the upcoming solo exhibition Pressure. The exhibition will run March 4 through April 17, with an opening reception Friday, March 4, from 5 – 10 pm. Both the exhibit and reception are free and […]
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