Collective Arts Network – CAN Journal

  As part of Art House’s mission, we strive to make art accessible to children and adults throughout Cleveland. Art House outreach programs have been a part of several unique projects around the city, including a partnership with Literary Lots, a free, two-week, open camp in Ohio City.   The brainchild of Kauser Razvi, Literary Lots brings the power of […]

Tony Feher April 12-August 17, 2014 Spanning 25 years, the exhibit Tony Feher reveals the richness, complexity and impact of the artist’s work. In work distinguished by poetic gestures that give meaning to mundane materials, Feher emphasizes the importance of seeing familiar objects in new ways. The artist collects many of his materials—bottles and jars, plastic bags and polystyrene blocks—after […]

Works of Terry Welker May 23 – July 25, 2014 Terry Welker’s mobiles originate from his passion for architecture, poetic space and meaningful places. Welker explains that his work comes from “my memory of a shape, rather than a direct adaptation.” It is this non-literal translation of his subject that provides the simple elegance and strength in his compositions. The […]

  Now that the dust has settled on the Ohio Liquor Control raid that interrupted the opening of Undercurrents at Loren Naji Gallery in Ohio City, Naji and neighborhood officials are working to comply with the laws that came to bear. The fallout of the incident affects galleries throughout Ohio.   To review: the At 6:55 pm Friday, May 2, […]

There is a framed certificate in my office that recognizes that Fred Bidwell was awarded an honorable mention for a photograph exhibited in the Cleveland Museum of Art’s 1976 May Show. It is signed by Sherman Lee, then the Museum’s director. I can’t remember a thing about that photograph. But now, by a twist of fate, I am sitting in […]

  The process unfolded dramatically, mostly via email but with important scenes taking place among the gritty realities of Collinwood and other crusty Cleveland locales. It was like the plot of an early Russo brothers movie–except that our gang had good intentions.   Before the work began, we were sworn to secrecy via PDF file. Later we assembled in propria […]