Across the Student Body: The 51st Student Art Show and Merit Scholarship Exhibition at CSU

Leave a comment

The 51st Student Art Show and Merit Scholarship Exhibition at the Galleries at Cleveland State University was a show filled with fresh, experimental works where students–many for the first time–submitted and exhibited art, and some received awards. Eighty four students are exhibiting 166 works, and attracting significant audiences: nearly 1200 attendees since the show opened. The judges were George Mauersberger, […]

Read more

Ray Caspio: THE WALL, at 1300 Gallery

Leave a comment

Ray Caspio creates site-specific multimedia installations that are simultaneously immersive and ephemeral. In his most recent work, THE WALL at 1300 Gallery at 78th Street Studios, curated by Kelly Pontoni, he combines the ambient sounds and storytelling in this dynamic exhibition of pandemic-era performance, installation, painting, and other media. His immersive work interweaves sensory and mental information to open new […]

Read more

Former CMA Curator Key Jo Lee Has a New Book, and a New Role at the Museum of the African Diaspora

Leave a comment

I had the pleasure of sitting with Key Jo Lee, newly-appointed chief curator at the Museum of the African Diaspora (MOAD) in San Francisco, to discuss her time at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA); her upcoming book Perceptual Drift, Black Art, and an Ethics of Looking; and the way museum curation might evolve. In her transition to MOAD, Cleveland’s […]

Read more

No Time to Waste: Parade the Circle Lead Artist Hector Castellanos Lara Speaks of Dragon Flies

Parade the Circle—the Cleveland Museum of Art celebration of community and creativity, with its iconic floats created by community groups and international artists, its stilt walkers, its festival village, and crowds in the tens of thousands—returns from its pandemic hiatus in 2023, for the first time since 2019. In this comeback year, the museum has named Hector Castellanos Lara as […]

Read more

Sin tiempo que perder: Héctor Castellanos Lara, principal artista de Parade de Circle, nos habla de las libélulas.

Entrevista Traducido por Damaris Puñales-Alpízar Parade the Circle – la celebración comunitaria de la creatividad que tradicionalmente organiza el Museo de Arte de Cleveland, regresa por primera vez desde 2019 –luego de una pausa causada por la pandemia-, con sus icónicas carrozas diseñadas por artistas locales e internacionales, personas en zancos, fiesta y miles de participantes. Para este regreso, el […]

Read more

Joe and Elaine Kisvardi Collect Cleveland School Artists as Friends, Too

Leave a comment

Joe Kisvardi’s collection of Cleveland School artworks comes with a distinctive provenance: He and his wife, Elaine, shared as much or more time enjoying their close friendships with the artists as they did admiring their art in galleries. After serving in the US Marines from 1964 to 1968 during the Vietnam War, Kisvardi returned to Cleveland. His family lived in […]

Read more

Photo Poets: Kenyatta Crisp

Leave a comment

Kenyatta Crisp began his studies in art & photography back in 2012. Over the years, he has developed a keen eye for portrait photography and is deemed a fine artist with all curations under 28KaratBlack. His work reflects Black/African American art culture and the representation of Black joy and happiness in the likeness of darkness and despair. His photobook, Divine, […]

Read more

Interdependence & Emergence: Eva Kwong at ARTneo

Eva Kwong has been captivated by the invisible proliferation of microbes since she was five years old. About once a month, her mother would disinfect Eva and her four siblings by popping them into a bathtub full of Dettol (a disinfectant with international popularity) where they would play all afternoon. “My mother thought this was a miracle product—the kitchen, the […]

Read more

Summer 2023 Events

Leave a comment

Your easy, chronological guide to exhibits and opportunities at Northeast Ohio galleries, studios, and museums coming in the next few months. More information about many of these exhibits can be found elsewhere in the pages of CAN Journal. Due to the COVID-19 crisis, we encourage you to check with galleries for current protocols. Some in-person indoor events require proof of […]

Read more

Pans on the Fire, at Art House

Leave a comment

When has anyone only had one thing going at a time? Like all the other organizations with which I am familiar, Art House (AH) has multiple projects cooking all at once. Along with a very full slate of programming in the schools, collaborations with other organizations for free workshops, more Art House studio FFS classes, and preparations for sixteen summer […]

Read more
1 … 45 46 47 48 49 … 280