Americans are the most generous donors of art to non-profit institutions in the world. This is due in large part to tax benefits for the donors making such gifts. In this article, we will discuss Charitable Donations of personal property, the computation of the tax benefit, and the various IRS rules and regulations regarding Charitable Donations. Although many Charitable Donations […]
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Things are busy as always at the Cleveland Print Room this Fall, with more new classes and workshops than ever, and a lively schedule of exhibits in our gallery to delight and inspire. The Fall gallery schedule begins with Perpetual Ephemera, a group show featuring four area artists — Preston Buchtel, Ryn Clarke, Hadley K Conner, and Raheleh Mohammad – […]
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The Galleries at CSU are proud to present three important exhibitions this fall season. Sixty Paintings from the Bible, and To Speak Her Heart open with a reception Thursday, September 1, from 5 to 8pm. In the first exhibit, Archie Rand depicts 60 salient moments from the stories in the Hebrew Bible. In the second, Leslie A. Golomb and Barbara […]
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Hello again, friends: As you may know, I’ve been “on the move.” Though my studio is no longer full time in Cleveland, my CLE friends and supporters know I’m still active in Cleveland’s art scene …and want to keep it that way! Feeling So Honored: Thank you, CLE! American Greetings’ New Headquarters I feel so honored to have two large […]
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This year, the Cleveland Foundation served as the Presenting Sponsor of the 56th Annual Cleveland Arts Prize Awards Event, which included foundation support for 100 Cleveland Metropolitan School District students to attend the ceremony. Throughout the last quarter century, the Cleveland Foundation has awarded nearly $200 million in grants to maintain the vibrancy and viability of our region’s artistic and […]
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On one of the first summery Saturdays in spring, Laura Yurko draped herself in vibrant fabric and walked slowly around the gallery at Praxis Fiber Workshop in Waterloo. A crocheted shroud hid most of her face. For hours, Laura and a pair of friends created her performance piece, Ensnare/Drift. They walked and crawled in the space, peeking through eyeholes. They […]
Read more“Did you ever hear of Mickey, how he heard a racket in the night, Thump…Dump, Clump, Lump… Bump, and shouted ‘Quiet down there!’” So begins In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak. A stocky, dark haired boy stands on his bed; buckling forward with clenching fingers and eyes, shouting back at a noisy and uncertain night. The story goes that […]
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Featuring Works by Deborah Silver, Cindy I. Smith and Steven J. Simmons Three unique artists converge at Beachwood Community Center Gallery to reveal common bonds in “Surface, Strata and Substance.” Silver Deborah Silver is a fiber artist who designs and weaves pieces that combine her interest in tribal imagery with contemporary faces. Her work is inspired by the increased cross-cultural […]
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When Gary & Laura Dumm’s collaborative work “Scream of the Butterflies” won Best of Show in BAYarts Annual Juried Show 2016, it was clear they had a bigger story to tell. Inspired by A Cautionary Series of Environmental Artworks in Popular Culture that encouraged the legend that mapmakers in the Middle Ages would designate unexplored areas on their maps with […]
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From the beginning of the motion picture era, the movie poster has played a key role in the success or failure of the film industry. Long before television and the internet, theater owners recognized that their box office receipts depended primarily on the quality of their posters. Hollywood is indelibly associated with the growth and success of the motion picture […]
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