Collective Arts Network – CAN Journal

Heights Arts celebrates the season with its 12th annual Holiday Store, featuring the works of over seventy regional artists through December 29 – the perfect place to find the perfect gift! What began in 2002 as a small pop-up gallery in a borrowed space on Lee Road has grown into Heights Arts’ bricks and mortar gallery, showcasing year-round the amazing […]

The spirit of handmade is strong at Flux Metal Arts. Recently celebrating its first anniversary, Flux has grown to offer local artists and the community more opportunities to teach, learn, and create unique handcrafted jewelry and metalwork. A friendly and inviting environment is experienced by all that enter the studio door. Visitors are greeted by the Artisan Gallery, featuring the […]

It can all be traced to the small, dour old man. He was a cheat, seated silently next to the bid sheet. The auction was over. He waited for that pronouncement and slowly stood, turned around, and scribbled his only bid onto the auction sheet. He stole the Rippert photograph, depriving SPACES of additional income, the honest, open bidders from […]

“You don’t know how paralyzing that is, that stare of a blank canvas…but the blank canvas is afraid of the real, passionate painter who dares and who has broken the spell of `you can’t’ once and for all.”  -Vincent van Gogh, 1884 Not sure what the disease is called, but I definitely have the bug. Like the kid who’s more […]

As a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art, I have visited the Botanical Gardens countless times over the years, drawing inspiration for my work. Whenever I need a break from the fast paced adventures of everyday life, I take reprieve in the gardens, wandering the paths and witnessing the beauty of nature while in the city. The design of […]

The Cleveland Print Room’s second year gets off to an auspicious start with the Ohio debut of Vivian Maier: Out of the Shadows, an exhibition featuring the stunning work of the late “nanny-photographer,” whose work dates from the 1940s through the mid-1970s, but was first discovered in Chicago storage lockers in 2007. The show’s public opening reception, on Friday, January […]

What does Cleveland have going for it? Fresh water and wind power always top city leaders’ list of assets. But another natural resource is proving just as valuable: the steady supply of well-educated, creative graduates turned out every year by the Cleveland Institute of Art. As artists, designers, entrepreneurs, teachers, communicators and problem-solvers, CIA alumni are not only deeply involved […]

The Winter 2014 season finds Brandt Gallery continuing to explore creative communities in various manifestations, showing work from two women who each have connections to the local music scene, a father-daughter team with considerable local ties, and a Cleveland Heights children’s librarian returning to painting after a long absence.   K. Stewart & Jeanette Thomas January 10 – February 8, […]

The Bonfoey Gallery is pleased to present, 120 Years of Art in Cleveland. This unique exhibition will be on view in our gallery from December 6, 2013 through January 4, 2014, opening with a gala reception at the gallery Friday, December 6, from 4-8 pm, to celebrate our 120th anniversary year.  The exhibition will feature a survey of Cleveland artists represented by The Bonfoey […]