With the Fall 2022 issue of CAN Journal, Northeast Ohio’s magazine of the visual arts debuts a new design, created by JoAnn Dickey. Readers may wonder why we would tinker at all with design that has won recognition from AIGA. And they will immediately notice several features, beginning with a new treatment of the logo on our cover. That, specifically, […]
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Art and activism collide in Ahmet Öğüt’s Bakunin’s Barricade at the Allen Memorial Art Museum in Oberlin, Ohio. Part of the 2022 FRONT Triennial, this massive installation remains on view until December 23, 2022 in its North American premiere. Öğüt, a Kurdish-born artist working across media, collaborated with Oberlin College students and museum staff to create an assemblage that questions […]
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In the Rock and Roll Capital of the World, the phrase Music Has Charms to Soothe the Savage Beast has some truth to it, even if we might re-write the second half for the 216: Music has charms to provoke the savage beast, or rally the struggling sports ball team, or energize the working man. But the English poet William […]
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Frozen motion and cross pollination across genres glow at the Firelands Association for the Visual Arts (FAVA) as part of the FRONT International 2022. Works by painter Alexandria Couch, media artist and composer Joe Namy, and video artist Tony Cokes are on view through October 2, 2022, at FAVA’s galleries in the splendid 1873 New Union Center for the Arts […]
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Jada Renee Hobson brings positive messaging and plenty of energy to all she does. Her messaging includes phrases like “Be Happy,” and “Inspire the Uninspired.” That positivity extends to her vision of INDI Art House, a studio-in-the-works for local artists and youth looking to enhance their skills. It will offer activities for youth through her non-profit Destination Dream Foundation. She’s […]
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It’s a bit surreal to park in Cleveland’s bustling Gordon Square Arts district and walk the short block to the Maelstrom Collaborative Arts’ storefront space, where Jasmine Golphin’s newest VR installation, Above|Below is being presented. During a time of immeasurable fatigue, uncertainty, and political turmoil, the work invites us into another world. It’s a bit unnerving to see VR headsets, […]
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Laurence Channing had his first one-person show in 1991 at the William Busta Gallery on Murray Hill Road, Cleveland. His charcoal drawings, at once romantic and elegant and disquieting, found an audience in exhibitions that followed in 1992, 1994, and 1995. In 1997 he also presented prints—three drypoints and a lithograph. In the next few years he created five additional […]
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A Day No One Will Remember: Donald Black Jr. “A Day No One Will Remember is a collection of images assembled over the course of several years. I decided to take a detour on my creative journey and return home to Cleveland, Ohio. I started creating images that only an insider could see and began to make images that reflected […]
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CAN Fall Issue Despite the honored position that the name Cleaveland holds in the city’s history, it is the incorrect spelling, Cleveland, without the extra “a,” that is our city’s name. One legend has it that in 1830 the city’s newspaper could not fit the “a” in its headline, so the city became Cleveland. Using 21st century technology, the shorthand of […]
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John W. Carlson’s art and life are being celebrated by an exhibition at HEDGE gallery and the ARTneo Museum. Primarily known for his paintings, Carlson also created a remarkable body of works on paper, which will be showcased in ARTneo’s intimate gallery. It will include many prints and drawings on view for the first time and serve as a complement […]
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