MORE THAN A BORDER OF FLOWERS In April, William Busta brought to the CAN office a yellowed, newsprint tabloid we had never seen before. The Guide to Cleveland Art Week was published September 19, 1980. The occasion was a week-long celebration of art coordinated by NOVA—the New Organization for the Visual Arts—in cooperation with the Cleveland Press. The Guide offered […]
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“I always like to say I am a painter,” says Jen Omaitz, standing in her kitchen. She lives in Kent with her husband Steve Collier, and two large dogs—an Akita and an Alaskan Malamute—in a house surrounded by oaks and pines. Inside, there’s plenty of evidence of that medium: in addition to works by several other Northeast Ohio artists, the […]
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While FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art occupies other rooms at the Akron Art Museum, Clevelander Jerry Birchfield brings his multimedia, photo-based work to the Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell Gallery through September 23. “And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.” […]
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Scott Kraynak has finally wrangled to fruition his coffee table book, an all-in appreciation of art in the region. The HeArt of Cleveland debuts July 20 at E11even2 gallery. The work of Cleveland artists, writers, sculptors, photographers, culinary geniuses, installation specialists and fiber creatives will come into view July 20 when Scott Kraynak debuts The Heart of Cleveland, his long-gestating […]
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Some 6,000 new volumes are headed to the Cleveland Public Library, but they will not be available for either checkout or reference consultation. Rather, they are elements of one of FRONT International’s public art exercises, The American Library, conceived by Yinka Shonibare, MBE (RA). At this moment in American history, Shonibare’s title is almost a provocation. The spines of The […]
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SUMMER 2018 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. Enjoy the shows! CONTINUING THROUGH MAY 20 Eyewitness Views: Making History in Eighteenth Century Europe CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART THROUGH MAY […]
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Whenever I pass through 78th Street Studios, I pop into Eileen Dorsey’s space to see what she’s working on. This fall will make nine years that she has held her studio practice on the first floor. Eileen has been a colleague and a peer for at least six of those nine years and each conversation we have about her work […]
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The Rainey Institute’s roots are in providing service to immigrant families. The organization was founded in 1904 as a settlement house, providing services to eastern European immigrants who were making new homes in Cleveland, and dealing with the associated challenges of new culture, language, and economic conditions. These days Rainey serves Cleveland families in neighborhoods surrounding its home, near East […]
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Back in October, the FRONT International team announced the names of six local artists who would represent Cleveland during the global art triennial. Chosen by curators Michelle Grabner and Jens Hoffman (who has since left his role in the wake of sexual harassment charges), these six artists come from a wide spectrum of interests, media, and disciplines: Julie Ezelle Patton […]
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An artist’s residency, if it is defined by a finite (and, face it, usually short) period of time, can only have lasting impact if the community is engaged, and if relationships are formed, and if both the artist and the host community learn something in the process. Since last fall, we’ve been following the Madison Residents—a group of national, international, […]
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