Collective Arts Network – CAN Journal

Greg was serving his country as a helicopter mechanic in Italy when an automobile accident changed his life forever. Trained as an aircraft technician and fluent in several languages, he sustained extensive spinal cord and traumatic brain injuries. He now lives with reduced mobility and limited short-term memory. Greg left much behind, including his home and an Italian girl to […]

  The following are responses by artist Joey Thate (www.joeythate.org) to a survey by Art Space-Cleveland. Thate recently moved to Cleveland. He lives and works in the Loftworks building.   Art Space-Cleveland: Where did you live before? Joey Thate: Brewery Artist Lofts in Los Angeles and Downtown Denver.   ASC: Why Cleveland? JT: Word of mouth. Also close enough to […]

When Cleveland artist, Lawrence Baker reminisces about his youth, he talks about looking out the windows from the back of a green 1953 Chevrolet while driving with his family non-stop from Jacksonville, Florida to relatives in Savannah, Georgia. In his mind, the views that passed beyond the car windows merged into various frozen images. During the last few years Baker […]

Amber Kempthorn & Sarah Kabot Opening Reception: 7 to 10 pm November 22, 2013 Mutually interested in books, ephemera, and overlooked artifacts, Amber Kempthorn and Sarah Kabot will exhibit their work together at 1point618. Their process and materials are analogous, but they approach similar content differently. Using sculpture, drawing, and collage, the exhibition explores the complexities of memory, memorials, and […]

Conjoined Human Parts is an exhibition that focuses on John R. Nativio’s interpretation of the human figure. Rather than simple rendering, though, this exhibit puts the emphasis on subjective abstraction and reinterpretation—the disassembling and reintegration of the figure through the mind of the artist. To varying degrees, this perspective is present in each of the three disciplines in the show. […]

Directors Choice 2014 January 17th, 2014 – March 15th, 2014 Every few years, we discover that we’ve added a number of unique items to the gallery collection without having a chance to work them into exhibitions.  These objects seem to have a certain force—a compelling presence that makes one ponder a circumstance where they might finally be shown to others.  […]

WHEN THE GREAT Cleveland-based Op-Artist Julian Stanczak painted an eye-popping response to the new MOCA building and donated it to boost the organization’s capital campaign, director Jill Snyder saw an even larger opportunity: a way to amplify the effect of the gift, to let more patrons participate in the occasion, and at the same time help MOCA raise more money: […]

Cleveland painter and print maker Edwin Kaufman was just 32 years old, and had already exhibited his work in several May Shows and established himself in New York when he died in a bridge collapse in 1939. CAN Journal recently heard from his sister, Bernice LePan, of Los Angeles, who is looking for a home for her collection of his […]