Two student-driven exhibitions this spring will showcase the breadth of creativity at Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA). The 2026 Student Independent Exhibition (SIE) marks the landmark eightieth year for this popular show. As is tradition, SIE is organized and mounted entirely by CIA students. SIE Committee Chair Lane Grigson, a senior studying Craft + Design, says this year’s show will […]
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Cleveland Print Room offers workshops to elevate your photography practice. Choose from hour-long workshops, weekend short courses, darkroom refreshers, tabletop critiques, and other unique offerings to suit your photography development and scheduling needs. Two Saturdays each month we offer our two-part Darkroom Basics courses on developing and printing film. These courses are flexible and individualized according to need, whether as […]
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In 2016, Akron entrepreneur Rick Rogers secured a John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Arts Challenge grant to transform Akron’s vacant downtown windows into vibrant street-edge exhibitions. What began as a pilot project morphed into a full-fledged organizational effort. Curated Storefront deploys creative placemaking and public art to help the city reimagine itself, with special emphasis on Main Street […]
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Out in Cleveland’s art biosphere, people often ask me “how’s it going?” I always reply with the same vague answer: “busy.” I hate that answer. Truthfully, running an independent business can feel quite isolating. Since its 2020 launch, Deep Dive Art Projects (DDAP) has grown to include art appraising and art advising, along with consulting, printmaking residencies and a gallery […]
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Is it too late to still be in a reflective mood and think about New Year’s resolutions? That question mirrors the current moment at East Avenue Gallery, a small art gallery rooted in Akron’s Kenmore neighborhood, southeast of downtown. After an action-packed year of collaborating with local artists, hosting exhibitions, and creating community-centered events, many within the community are beginning […]
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Greetings CAN Journal readers. We have been busy with general maintenance, building repairs, and renovations. With these efforts coming along nicely, we are looking forward to completing our yearly programming and event calendar. We have developed new ideas and would love to revive a few events we had to forego last year as well. So, what’s happening now, at EEPMOA? […]
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Sunlight slips across a floor, sketching transient geometries that stretch, fracture, and disappear with the passing hours. Shadows gather and dissolve, forming momentary constellations before vanishing altogether. It is within these fleeting gestures that Cara Romano locates her practice. Working across watercolor, ink, gouache, charcoal, collage, and oil, Romano attends to the subtle choreography of illumination, translating ephemeral encounters with […]
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Foothill Galleries of the Photo-Succession presents 8 x Two, an exhibition of cinematically horizontal photo-composites by G.M. Donley, opening Thursday, April 16. A peripatetic Clevelander, Greg hikes, climbs, rides, and strolls throughout Northeast Ohio and beyond, ingesting the culture, lore, history, landscapes, and urban rhythms into his visual documents. Prolific in his making, Greg continues to build on his decades-long […]
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The 54th Annual Student Art Show and Haddad Merit Scholar Exhibition at Cleveland State University (CSU) is more than just an exhibition: it’s an educational experience that exemplifies the university’s commitment to teaching, mentorship, and professional practice in the visual arts. This anticipated spring tradition celebrates the creative accomplishments of students across a variety of media. While we plan for […]
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This spring, HEDGE is thrilled to present Things That Ache Softly, an exhilarating three-person painting exhibition featuring Maeve Billings, Madison Mayle and Katy Richards. The artists take inspiration from the natural world, using imagery of botanical forms, landscape and animal flesh. Using this combined symbolism, and themes of intimacy, impermanence and vulnerability, their work reflects conditions from lived and corporeal […]
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