Collective Arts Network – CAN Journal

  Elementary school may have been the last time the four men who came to my studio from Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries on Lakeside Avenue were ever asked to express themselves artistically. In August, Bobbi Reichtell of the Campus District asked me if City Artists at Work were willing to join with these men in developing designs for banners that would […]

  The conversation continues at Cleveland Institute of Art, where students, faculty and visiting artists from four continents have been exploring what it means for an artist or designer to be socially engaged.   The college is in the midst of a yearlong series titled Community Works: Artist as Social Agent. From Thanksgiving through mid-March the series includes the following […]

  Eileen Dorsey, the curator for SCAPE (at Baldwin Wallace Fawick Gallery January 20 – February 15, 2015) gathered four artists, along with herself, who are bound by their exploration of material and environs and capitalize different means to express their intentions.   Eileen Dorsey: Landscapes are my vehicle for expressing texture and color, punctuated with aggressive and expressive painting […]

  The Bonfoey Gallery is pleased to present new works by Anthony Mastromatteo, Frank Oriti, and Michael Zigmond in an exhibition titled The New Real. This stunning exhibition will be on view in our street level gallery October 24 through November 29, 2014. An opening reception with the artists will be held at the gallery Friday, October 24th, from 5-8 […]

  After much anticipation and planning, The Karen Ryel Ceramic Arts & Education Center on BAYarts’ campus will open this winter. The studio is named in memory of a ceramic artist and member of BAYarts’ close-knit ceramics community and made possible by a gift from her family. The new structure replaces the existing studio now located in the basement of […]

  Tim, a U.S. Marines veteran in his early 50s, was transitioning between careers when he learned how disabling chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be—cognitively as well as emotionally. Smart, but emotionally fragile, Tim had battled PTSD for 23 years when, during a particularly stressful semester in his training to become a respiratory therapist, he lost his memory for […]

    For thirty years, the organization that was once known as the Cleveland Artists Foundation has been one of the leading institutions to recognize and celebrate the art and artists of Northeast Ohio. Now, ARTneo, as it is now known, is looking forward to the next thirty years and beyond. ARTneo is in the midst of a significant transition […]

  Art House held its new program Community Culture Night on November 7th with “A Conversation with John Ranally.” Ranally, a sculptor, 30 year near west resident, community artist activist, and co-owner of Studio Foundry, showed images and fielded questions about his life and work. John has done some remarkable work with neighborhood residents, most recently a large welded steel […]

  The first modern work of Latin American art entered the collection of the Allen Memorial Art Museum (AMAM) in 1936, providing the seed for a diverse group of more than 200 modern and contemporary works by artists from 12 countries. Through June 28 2015, the museum showcases this collection in Latin American and Latino Art at the Allen.   […]

October in Cleveland is time to celebrate book and paper arts with Octavofest. This year the festival hosted nearly 50 events all over Cuyahoga County, including exhibits, lectures, workshops, and panels. As is now the tradition, artists, educators, printers, binders, enthusiasts, and the curious came out in force to revel in all Northeast Ohio is doing to advance the book […]