Collective Arts Network – CAN Journal

Exhibitions, visiting artists, conference, and Wilson Fellow: Yearlong series looks at roles of artists in society from many angles   Socially engaged art can take as many different forms as there are artists and designers creating it. Danish artist Maj Hasager, for example, has exhibited an archive of possessions and photographs owned by a group of Polish women in order […]

The Bonfoey Gallery is pleased to present new paintings by Harriet Moore Ballard in an exhibition titled Random Order. This stunning exhibition will be on view in our street level gallery from September 5 through October 4, 2014. An opening reception with the artist will be held at the gallery Friday, September 5, from 5-8 pm. The inspiration for Harriet […]

“Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical plan once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing asserting itself with growing insistence. “ -Daniel H. Burnham, architect […]

Pastry chefs are an arty bunch, but they rarely get the recognition they deserve. That will all change at the Art Therapy Studio’s Creative Confections Dessert Competition and Benefit on Friday, November 7 at the Skyline Lake Room at Ariel International Center in Cleveland.   This fundraiser will showcase the confectionery genius and creativity of 30 northeastern Ohio chefs as […]

  Shayna Roth Pentecost grew up as the daughter of parents who infused their home with the idea that art could be both a vocation and avocation. Her father Sam’s career was in education. He was a photographer and painter mostly for his own enjoyment. His own father, Max, had been a metalsmith, who worked in the primitive vein – […]

“On and Off the Wall” will explore the growth and impact of the visual arts since 2000.   On Saturday, September 13, ARTneo, in partnership with CAN Journal, The City Club of Cleveland and The Cleveland Public Library will present a half day community discussion about the visual arts in Northeast Ohio since 2000. Participants will have an opportunity to […]

  The NewNow: Northern Ohio’s Premier Artists Competition. Drawn from Cleveland’s sixteen surrounding counties, The NewNow will present 75 works of painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, video, and various other media by numerous NEO artists selected by Janice Driesbach, Chief Curator of the Akron Art Museum. Artwork selected for display in the heavily competitive NewNow represents the contemporary vision, cutting edge […]

  Art House Inc., always expanding its range of Studio Go programs, now welcomes Cleveland professionals to participate in corporate art retreats.   Art House believes in the power of art to strengthen team morale and create a more positive work environment. The organization works with companies, large or small, to design custom workshops. Guided by professional artists, employees of […]

  This fall the Akron Art Museum presents Trenton Doyle Hancock: Skin and Bones, 20 Years of Drawing, showcasing more than 300 sketches, drawings, collages and paintings by the master draftsman and storyteller Trenton Doyle Hancock. Skin and Bones explores the genesis of the artist’s mythology as well as his development over two decades.   Early childhood notebooks and comics […]

Warm Heavy Lift Qian Li Qian Li’s show Warm Heavy Lift, is on view at 1point 618 Gallery through September 30, 2014. It’s a very personal show, exploring the artist’s transformation after the birth of her son. She describes the experience: “The day my son was born, in a state between consciousness and unconsciousness, for the first time in my […]