RESILIENCE: Looking Back, Looking Forward with Pita Brooks, Executive Director at SPACES

A cornerstone of Cleveland’s art scene, SPACES–the artists’ residency center and exhibition space in Ohio City–goes into 2026 with new leadership. The organization has a rich and storied history of showing local and global artists, and a deep commitment to experimentation as a historically artist-run space. SPACES received wide recognition during the FRONT Triennial in 2018 and 2022 under the […]

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“Do I have a lot of fun ideas?” Introducing the New Director of Ingenuity, Susie Underwood

Each year, IngenuityFest creates an environment that welcomes the strange, encourages experimentation, and builds Cleveland’s creative future in real time, one immersive installation/performance/improbable idea by one. After ten years of leadership during which she brought the festival to its year-round home at 5401 Hamilton Avenue, Emily Appelbaum has moved on, accepting a position in San Francisco. Now the organization embarks […]

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Brent Kee Young Shapes Glass into Transcendent Artworks That Leverage Light and Classical Forms

With works in the permanent collections at The Cleveland Museum of Art; Carnegie Museum of Art; Corning Museum of Glass; Museum of Glass in Tacoma, WA; Imagine Museum: Contemporary glass art; Smithsonian American Art Museum; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Toledo Museum of Art; and Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art in Sapporo, Japan, Cleveland Institute of Art professor Brent Kee […]

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Photo Poets: Ernest Hatten

Ernest Hatten is a multidisciplinary photographer with professional experience in portrait, wedding and street. He has shown work at Heights Arts. Curator’s note: Hatten’s work makes fine art out of fractions of time, utilizing a soft drop focus (or shallow depth of field—shout-out to my photo students). His methods make the image feel like a page from a storybook. His […]

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Connecting to Futures: Deidre McPherson

Deidre McPherson is a dot connector and coalition builder, deeply committed to the power of collaboration within and outside of the arts sector. For over fifteen years, she has worked in arts and culture in a variety of roles—from marketing and program management to producing and curating arts events and festivals—while remaining steadfastly rooted in community outreach and advocacy. Currently, […]

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AAWR: Renovating and Reopening

In early 2026, Artists Archives of the Western Reserve is undertaking a huge and exciting project: the complete remodel of our archival storage area! As of this writing, we are on schedule and would like to take this opportunity to invite you, our pals and peers, to a grand reopening celebration that will feature our Annual Member’s Exhibition opening in […]

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Akron Black Artists Guild: Progress Isn’t Always Loud

Progress doesn’t always arrive with ribbon cuttings or headlines. Often, it shows up quietly in shared spaces, honest conversations, and consistent acts of care. Akron Black Artist Guild believe some of the most meaningful change happens when artists gather with intention. Through workshops, youth engagement, exhibitions, and shared meals, we create spaces where people feel seen, heard, and valued. These […]

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Art House: Fresh Eyes on the World

The artists who teach in our programs do so because they are passionate about opening doors to the creative self and to broader future possibilities. This essay highlights a few of the artists who joined our roster within the past few years. As I have become more and more familiar with their work, related themes emerged: they are story tellers […]

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Artists Flutter at Stewart’s Caring Place: Healing Arts Gallery Expands Exhibition Space and Creative Programs for 2026

by Mac Love The Healing Arts Gallery in Stewart’s Caring Place, a cancer wellness center serving 36 counties in Ohio, is expanding its exhibition space and art program to three, free months-long exhibitions a year in response to the resounding feedback from visitors and staff. “Art transcends clinical boundaries, touching our hearts and souls,” says Sarah Vojtek, president and CEO […]

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