In a lush series of paintings depicting larger than life-size nude figures, Lauren McKenzie Noel explores the sensuous boundaries and psychological range of self portraiture. Nothing says “modern” with quite the same conviction as the self portrait, which in the centuries of Western art since Rembrandt has repositioned the human face and body in respect to history. In a self […]
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For its 20th anniversary, Art House is visiting 78th Street’s Studio 215 Gallery to celebrate the artist-educators who have helped its students thrive. “Several passionate artists and neighbors, understanding the positive impact art could have on peoples’ lives, realized that there was a fundamental need for greater access to rich art experiences,” reads an Art House mission statement hung alongside […]
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The Trump EPA’s rollback of Obama-era rules protecting US waterways should have a special resonance in Cleveland, including in the art world here. Having just celebrated the 50th anniversary of the big fire on the Cuyahoga—an event which helped to inspire creation of the EPA—we know that humans and their industry can do profound damage to our waterways, and that […]
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For the past ten years, painter Eileen Dorsey has been toiling away in her first floor 78th Street Studios space. One of the original tenants when the building was converted, she is celebrating this milestone with an exhibition of new work – ten canvases that are 10″ x 10″, each representing a year of her practice. It’s a fascinating idea, […]
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Stepping off the elevator on the second floor of the Massillon Museum of Art you are greeted by a monumental work by Richard Vaux. Elevation VII is an oil on panel that is 79” x 12”. It is a work that needs to be seen in person to appreciate the scale as are so many of the […]
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“Depression is not always uncontrollable crying. …Depression is being given a year to get ready for an exhibition, an exhibition about depression, that is instead spent avoiding emails, wasting hours staring at blank pages and disappointment.” In the artist statement for this exhibition, Dan Miller bares it all – just as he does on the walls of Waterloo Arts for “Some […]
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Art can’t actually invite people to look at it. It’s up to us to look, and then decide whether we want to spend the time to pay more attention. But it’s the artist whose intention, labor, and technique gives us a reason to do that, and in Christy Gray’s recent Liquid Invitation, which was on view July – August […]
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FALL 2019 EVENTS Your easy, chronological guide to what Northeast Ohio galleries and museums have coming up in the next few months. More information about many of these exhibits can be found elsewhere in the pages of CAN. CONTINUING EVENTS THROUGH AUGUST 31 Fresh Air Exhibition featuring the work of 15 area artists inspired by outdoor views around Northeast […]
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Sharon Pomales Tousey, Hector Castellanos-Lara, Higo Gabarron Ordorica, Eldis Rodríguez-Baez In collaboration with professor Damaris Puñales-Alpízar, we gave Spanish language students from Case Western Reserve University a task: Go out there to the real world; put the language skills acquired in the classroom to work; connect with Hispanic artists in Cleveland; talk to them; learn from them. Below you will […]
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Well, maybe just a little. It’s kind of a Cinderella story. An underdog story. A power-of-the-people story. You may have read on CAN Blog right after it happened, but now that we have had some time to reflect on it, we are compelled also to put it in print: In June, at its annual All Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards, […]
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