Collective Arts Network – CAN Journal

Join us at the Orange Art Center on Sunday, June 2nd from 3 -5 pm for OAC’s 29th Annual Adult Student Art Exhibition. The opening reception, which is always free and fun, is open to the public with an awards presentation at 3:30pm. Prizes will be awarded to students in a variety of areas, including craft, ceramics, painting and works […]

Are you a clay artist looking for a functional space to work? Did you know that one of Art House’s most popular studio programs is clay? Set-up for both wheel throwing and hand-building, the Art House studio is the perfect space for clay artist of all kinds. Art House Ceramic Studio Clay Technician Billy Ritter has been managing the clay […]

Loren Naji Studio Gallery offers a shotgun blast of news for the summer, including exhibition space expanding into another room, a planned expansion into another neighborhood, and plenty of opportunity for artists.  First, my familiar main gallery space has expanded into the adjacent, furniture-filled room, which has become “The Lounge Gallery.” Meanwhile, that original gallery will henceforth be called “The […]

As a non-profit organization that designs, builds, and activates Cleveland’s public spaces, we know that public spaces won’t realize their true potential until they are used and loved by their residents. This is why we have been hosting free events in Cleveland neighborhood parks for the past 11 years. Last year, we provided 47 neighborhood events and through those events […]

The Morgan Conservatory is the Cleveland spot where you can get your papermaking, book arts, and print fix. This year’s schedule is the best-ever, offering top caliber local and national instructors teaching a wide variety of art forms. Our workshops are designed to educate and inspire novice and professional artists alike. We have some exciting changes in store for 2013. […]

Four classroom spaces have joined the mix at the Screw Factory. The focuses are diverse, from fine craft to mind and body. Each instructor brings years of knowledge and teaching experience to the fold. Alyssa Lee Wilmot has formed the Movement Factory, a community studio that combines fitness, dance, and Pilates with art, and is accessible to a variety of […]

In the modern art movement . . .Cleveland was one of the first American cities to answer the new call, and the group that first saw the light was numerous and able. Louis Rorimer This exhibition examines an art historical process that has never been closely considered: the moment when modern art first blossomed in Cleveland, in the years from […]

I asked my female friends and family to take off their tops for me and pose holding a variety of balls to cover their breasts. Oddly enough, many of them said yes…and here’s why. These chicks really do have balls. And not just the kind it takes to have a little fun and show some skin. They are truly the […]

I rolled and pinched, fashioning the amorphous lump of clay into a smug looking elephant. Like most 7-year-olds, creating an artistic masterpiece came as naturally and unselfconsciously as breathing and eating. When my new friend emerged from the kiln, she was a bit worse for the wear, but nothing a bottle of Elmer’s glue couldn’t fix. Having been raised on […]

Spirit & Matter(May 17 –September 14) presents work that embodies the primal essence of Artistic Creation, the Alchemy of Creating Art. The ethereal, creative Spirit conjures and crystallizes an artwork into the physical realm of Matter through the medium of the Artist. The exhibition focuses on several accomplished regional artists working in mixed media, painting, ceramics and stone sculpture to […]