This spring, Valley Art Center proudly presents Dual Exhibition: Paula Damm and Eileen Woods, a captivating showcase featuring two acclaimed artists whose work explores storytelling, personal history, and the intersections of ancient art forms with modern life. Opening March 28, this exhibition unites Paula and Eileen—both former winners of the Annual Juried Art Exhibition—for a powerful dialogue of art that […]
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Waterloo Arts is excited to host the upcoming exhibition How Do We Look? this April and May. Exploring the translation of nature to abstraction, Ohio-based artists Elizabeth A. Emery (Cleveland) and Laura Bidwa (Columbus) will exhibit work which gains inspiration from breathing, looking, and moving outdoors. While both artists excel at creating abstract paintings, How Do We Look? will showcase […]
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Cleveland Bouquet at Worthington YardsMarch 13–April 26Flowers have a long history soaked in both sadness and beauty. They are linked to death with the funerary practice of presenting memorial wreaths and sympathy bouquets in tribute to loved ones who are no longer here. Flowers also are linked to being joyously alive. They seed, grow, peak, wilt, die and reseed themselves […]
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Many nonprofits are facing uncertainty in the current political climate and Zygote Press, as an Ohio-based arts nonprofit, is no different. But while the expectation may be a reduction in services and programs, our plan is to fight. With our In(k)spire Scholarship, we are ramping up our 29-year legacy of serving the Cleveland arts community. In January of this year, […]
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The excellent title of Harminder Judge’s exhibition, The Bootstrap Paradox (on view January 24 – June 1 at moCa Cleveland) might seem at this point in history to be an economic reference to the elusive American Dream. In this country we have the illusion that poor people can “lift themselves up by their bootstraps” and start companies, work hard, and […]
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The Cleveland Institute of Art’s Love Is Resistance, which opened on Valentine’s Day at Transformer Station, is in a multitude of ways The Kind Of Show We Need Right Now. After a year with no visual art programming at the Cleveland Museum of Art’s West side exhibit space, after decades during which Cleveland artists have pined for any measure of […]
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Sculpture has a unique narrative power. The physicality of an object in three-dimensions taking up space and demanding gravity pay attention to it can help create an impact on the viewer that is more rare and even guttural than the most vivid graphic image. Pathways and Passages by Earl O. James on view at Akron Soul Train through February 15th […]
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Donald Trump’s executive order terminating “diversity, equity, and inclusion discrimination in the federal workforce, and in federal contracting and spending” will have broad impact on the arts and culture. That begins with the National Endowment for the Arts’ recent announcement that, abiding the White House order, the Challenge America Grants program had been cancelled, and its funds re-allocated to support […]
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“It’s kind of like I’m a human seismograph, and I capture the instantaneous spirit of the motion,” artist Robert Wright said, responding to a question about how different types of dance affect his work. But even if it is inspired by dance, and represent its movements, and is actually inseparable from it, what the painter does is not dance notation. […]
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In 2025, Greater Cleveland’s vibrant artistic community is on full display at the Transformer Station. The exhibition schedule includes collaborations with the Cleveland Institute of Art, FRONT Fellows, and CMA Staff in three major art exhibitions: Love Is Resistance, CMA Artists at Work, and FRONT Fellows Show, along with a series of performances highlighting a talented array of regional artists. […]
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