Terry Welker May 23 – July 25, 2014 Opening Reception: May 23, 2013 from 7-10 PM Making mobiles comes from my passion for architecture, poetic space and meaningful places. Building on the tradition of Alexander Calder, Terry Welker says. I work to understand and extend the language of mobiles by animating form, space and surface with motion. Working with […]
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Rev. Albert Wagner believed in redemption. A minister and self-taught artist who began preaching and painting at age 50, he expressed this belief in both the form and material of his work. He proclaimed he had been called by God to turn away from sin and give moral and religious instruction through his paintings and sculpture. His depictions of biblical […]
Read moreChristina Vassallo arrives in Cleveland at an exciting time. Hired by SPACES as the organization’s new Director, the thirty-three year old comes at a moment in the city’s evolution that just might be a turning point. Back home in Brooklyn, New York where Vassallo has headed the prestigious Flux Factory artists’ space for the past three and a half years, […]
Read moreDuring a recent lunchtime talk at the Cleveland Institute of Art, Fred Bidwell, acting director of the Cleveland Museum of Art, told the crowd that the museum’s May Show—the display of art made in Cleveland and the surrounding region, last presented in 1993—”won’t come back.” “It’s just not part of the Cleveland Museum of Art’s mission,” Bidwell said. For those who don’t remember, the May […]
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Cleveland Artists talk about how they put a price on their work State Representative Sandra Williams was taking a tour of Zygote Press, when–having looked at the machines and talked about outreach programs–she was comfortable enough to ask a very basic, honest question. “Why,” she wanted to know, “is art so expensive?” She was not standing in the presence of […]
Read moreSPACES trustee Laila Voss was active at the organization “more or less invisibly,” even before she got involved with the DOMO artist-designed furniture project in 1985. She credits SPACES with jump-starting her involvement with artists in Cleveland. Bruce Edwards’ first Cleveland show was also held there, in 1992. The two have shared a Tremont studio since 1994. Bruce is now […]
Read moreChanneling the passion of three generations of artists before him, Rob Hartshorn was born with the urge to push paint. He spent years in a long string of studios painting, often meticulously hunched over a canvas; other times slashing paint in a loose vibrato of pigment and turpentine. But after working alone for more than 20 years, it was inevitable […]
Read moreJoan of Art celebrated the coincidence of Valentine’s Day and the February Tremont Art Walk with Stupid Cupid at Doubting Thomas. The large group show and party had dozens of art scene denizens riffing on wall plaques, occasionally nodding to love. Ms. [of Art] Deveny clearly worked her well established connections to draw submissions by Smith and Lady, Scott Pickering, […]
Read moreIf you looked at Paul O’Keeffe’s plexiglass constructions at William Busta Gallery last week and if you were stymied in your attempts to figure out what the brightly colored forms mean, then you’re on the right track. The show, a distant silence, is up through March 22. O’Keeffe’s constructions of beautifully machined plexiglass juxtapose colors and shapes in mostly rectangular […]
Read moreA photograph appeared in the New York Times this past August, illustrating a profile article about the artist Frank Oriti. It shows him sitting next to one of his canvases in his Cleveland studio — a broad-shouldered thirty year old man, rocking an impeccable classic haircut and a somewhat severe vibe. He sits overshadowed by a self-portrait which is a […]
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