Collective Arts Network – CAN Journal

My mom always said, “If you want the house to smell good for guests, sauté an onion.”  Moments before the doorbell, as a child, I would observe a surge of energy as my mother made last minute preparations for dinner guests. As shop manager, I can relate as I work to make Zygote Press fit for use. It is my […]

Judi Krew returns to Westlake Porter Public Library on Tuesday, September 17th at 7 pm. Her program, “Fascinating Faces from Interesting Places” promises a delightful discussion of her colorful pastel portraits. The program begins with a “how and why,” followed by a PowerPoint of faces and their stories. Krew lives in Canton, Ohio, where she works in a downtown arts […]

This Fall Thomas French Fine Art’s online exhibition will showcase The Art of Drawing. Honoring the traditions of draughtsmanship over the last five centuries, The Art of Drawing will include works by Old Master, European, Modernist, Contemporary, and Ohio artists. The oldest work in the exhibition will be Luca Cambiaso’s Woman with Four Children from the mid-1560s, which scholars have […]

Artist Nicholas Fenell guest curates his first exhibition, Made in Mourning, in collaboration with the East Cleveland Township Cemetery (1621 E 118 St). The sculptures, videos, mixed media pieces and a “ghost” bike memorial, on view at both the Sculpture Center and the cemetery, are public and private displays of mourning made in both direct and abstracted response to loss. […]

This year marks the 6th annual open studio event for the Screw Factory Artists. As one of the newer artist enclaves in the Northeast Ohio area, the Screw Factory’s events continue to grow and evolve each year. The group has welcomed in a handful of new artists and businesses in the past year. It’s Fall shopping events have become a […]

The Print Club of Cleveland’s 29th annual Fine Print Fair will take place in the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Ames Family Atrium, September 26th through September 29th, with support from Key Private Bank. The fair events include a preview party, paper making, paper conservation, and print making demonstrations as well as lectures about printmakers and prints as art. There will […]

Autumn is in the air at the Orange Art Center. It’s usually a busy season for us, and this year is no different. A new schedule of classes and workshops for children and adults is about to begin, and our Faculty Show and Fundraiser, now in its 3rd year, will kick off the season September 6 through 13. The Faculty […]

Cleveland gallery directors and new graduates of the Cleveland Institute of Art gathered September 5 at Loren Naji Studio Gallery in an unprecedented meet-and-greet session, organized by CIA alumni relations director Michael Kinsella. CIA alumnus Loren Naji (yours truly) hosted the gathering to encourage new relationships in the Cleveland art world, on the even of a CIA alumni show, which […]

Cinema 04  September 20th, 2013 – November 9th, 2013 A house is borne away by a tornado, a knight plays chess with Death, a B-52 bomber pilot rides a nuclear bomb like a bucking bronco; these captured moments have a distinctive means of imprinting themselves upon our memories, catching in our filters and germinating. An artist’s mind often acts as […]