Arnold Tunstall: Movin’ On Up

Arnold Tunstall recently accepted the position of Director of the University Galleries at the University of Akron.  His appointment comes and the end of a 25-year career at the Akron Art Museum where he served in multiple roles, most recently as Collections Manager since 2008.   Lauren Hansgen: So you’ve been at the Akron Art Museum for your entire career… […]

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CAF presents Pioneering Modernism: Post Impressionism in Cleveland, 1908-1913

In May, 2013, the Cleveland Artists Foundation celebrates the range and excellence of art and designs created by members of Cleveland’s early Modernist art community. Cleveland has long been remarkable among American cities for the whole-hearted way in which its artist community embraced Modernism during the early years of the twentieth  century. Encouraged by a close relationship with the Cleveland School of Art, regional modernism flourished far from the  European […]

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No Pulp Fiction at Cleveland Artists Foundation

NO PULP FICTION AT CLEVELAND ARTISTS FOUNDATION Cleveland-based artist, Tom Balbo, has garnered numerous awards during his 30-plus years as an artist, initially working  in ceramics and printmaking with a growing interest in paper casting and pulp paintings. As his interest in papermaking  grew, his work has turned increasingly towards expressing himself artistically in paper-related media. Balbo’s use of  color and simple form along with organic flow are […]

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