Waterloo Arts Adds Staff, Invests in the Future

It’s been a year of existential crisis and lumbering forward. Waterloo Arts has decided to lean in by adding staff as an investment in the future. New part-time Gallery Manager Kayli Salzano oversees gallery communications, logistics, and marketing, and she’s organizing a gallery committee to guide curatorial decisions and gallery programs. Salzano says, “I’m excited to carve out space for […]

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B Side, at Waterloo Arts

In October, Chicago-based artist Martinez E-B returns to his hometown with a one-person show at Waterloo Arts. “B Side,” is a multi-media exhibition featuring video, sound, painting, drawing, and found and altered objects. The artist’s primary material, however, is himself, or rather his own experience of inhabiting a world of normative “whiteness.” “Soul Sway” is the name Martinez E-B gives […]

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Waterloo Arts – a fall not to be missed

Waterloo Arts is gearing up for an amazing year. Opening September 5, will be the exhibition De Materia, curated by the artist and member of the Cleveland Institute of Art Painting faculty, Lane Cooper (yes that’s me). De Materia refers to Leon Battista Alberti’s historic work on painting, De Pictura. Like that seminal work, it sets forth a treatise on […]

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Lunch with an International Flavor at CIA

The Cleveland Institute of Art’s “Lunch on Fridays” (LOF) provides a nexus point between the Institute’s internal  community and the general public. An ongoing series, LOF programming includes talks, performances, and other events  originating from CIA faculty, alums, visiting artists, and scholars. As a venue, it allows creative thinking and work to be  shared broadly. Jointly sponsored by CIA’s Liberal Arts and Foundation Departments, its events are  always free and […]

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