Eileen Dorsey has been a fixture in the Cleveland art scene for nearly a decade and has gained both critical and popular acclaim. Eileen is known for colorful and pigment-rich forestscapes and landscapes. Her work draws you in with her use of light and well-composed canvases. Eileen’s new works will be featured at Cain Park this summer, and they are […]
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CAN Journal has asked us to provide an overview of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the Bonfoey Gallery. At this point, March 30, 2020, it has stopped us dead in our tracks. For those unfamiliar, Bonfoey is an art gallery providing representation of the works of over seventy-five regional artists, along with custom framing, gilding, carving, art installation, […]
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BAYarts’ initial, optimistic response to COVID-19 was that we would continue to remain open as requested by many of our students. Even if local schools closed, we thought BAYarts would be a sanctuary for community to gather. But as the news became more grim, and restrictions were rolled out, provisions had to be made: seventy percent of BAYarts’ income is […]
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For Christine Ries, color is everything. In Colorscapes, on display this June at BAYarts, Ries will be showcasing her long study of the colors that build her world. Does she have a favorite color? As expected, such a question is impossible to answer. Still, she concedes, “I think I’ve mastered green.” Ries elaborates, “If you look at my palette, you […]
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Like everyone, everywhere, we are dealing with the coronavirus on a multitude of levels: physical, psychological, and emotional. The landscape we all navigate at this time is a shifting balance of forced separation and the need for human contact. Speaking for myself, as an artist who enjoys creating in solitude, but is also accustomed to job-related social interactions, this balancing […]
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Just days into the country’s COVID-19 crisis, as Governor Mike DeWine and Dr. Amy Acton began transitioning from their respective State roles into our living rooms, Art Therapy Studio, the oldest art therapy program of its kind in the country, began its own transition: one that aimed to serve its audiences by providing Distance Art Therapy to its artists. “We […]
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The day we knew that schools would close, the first thing we started talking about was how to keep arts-learning going, and what were other ways that Art House could continue to be a resource for the community. As a result, artists and staff have begun to create video art lessons and to reconnect with students and workshop participants. We […]
Read moreEvery day, we seek to make creative connections. “Live Creative” is our motto and we aim to extend that into the community. With our staff working from home, we strive for that even more by connecting to people in their own homes. Since the Akron Art Museum decided to close its doors in March, we have explored several ways to […]
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In this installment of CAN Blog’s Art from a Distance series, painter Darius Steward talks about being at home with his family during the COVID crisis, and developing new ways to reach out to potential customers at a time when gallery exhibits are not an option. Steward’s work was featured both in FRONT International Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art […]
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In this installment of CAN’s Art from a Distance series, take an eerily silent tour of Genius Loci _toward understanding of place, at Zygote Press. The exhibit features works of Boston-native, Pittsburgh-based Tressa Jones and Arron Foster, who is currently visiting professor of printmaking at Ohio University. As the curators say in a statement, “Place carries the markings of time […]
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