Theadis Reagins Jr., a 17 year-old senior at the Cleveland School of the Arts, is a graphic artist with an eye towards portraiture. Using pencils, he explores his subjects from the inside out under the tutelage of artists like painter Antwoine Washington and the esteemed Edward Parker. Reagins Jr. talked with CAN about experimenting with paint, selling his art […]
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My love for photography began at the age of fifteen when my high school art teacher at John Hay suggested that I take photos so that I would have content to draw in class. I began at that point walking my neighborhood, creating images of everything that caught my eye. I was most drawn to creating images of people, either […]
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The thirty works currently on view in the James and Hanna Bartlett Prints and Drawings Gallery are all by women, which is surprisingly a first for the Cleveland Museum of Art. Not that they haven’t shown the work of women printmakers before—there was a 2002-2003 exhibition of Elizabeth Catlett’s prints and sculpture, although of course that’s an entirely different kind […]
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You don’t have to be around the Northeast Ohio art scene long to hear people bandy about the term Cleveland School. And in one sense, it’s a pretty easily defined group: The Cleveland School artists are those who studied or were on the faculty at the Cleveland School of Art—which of course became the Cleveland Institute of Art—in the first […]
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If forced to name one defining theme of Eva Kwong’s career, an apt choice would be “education.” Since the 1970s, Kwong has exhibited art in traditional media, mostly ceramic sculpture. Her academic career is equally long. Kwong has taught at Kent State University, The Ohio State University, Cleveland Institute of Art, and The University of Akron. She has presided over […]
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Moe Brooker (1940 – 2022), the first African American professor at the Cleveland Institute of Art, winner of first prize in the Cleveland Museum of Art’s May Show in 1978 and 1981, winner of the Cleveland Arts Prize in 1985, whose work is held in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and several other important […]
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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. At press time, many in-person indoor […]
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Get out of the house and flex your creative muscles at Zygote Press. Maybe you’ve never tried printmaking before, or perhaps you’re a printmaker looking to complete a large project. At Zygote, we have an extensive selection of group classes, open studios, and individual instruction options ready for you to explore printmaking and to get making. If you are […]
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Valley Art Center is very excited to announce a new annual exhibition series showcasing the works of standout student artists emerging from our local high schools and colleges! Through a collaborative effort between VAC and local teachers, this exhibition will showcase over eighteen area school student artists, who are considering a career in the arts, by presenting a body […]
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The guitarist Eric Clapton was known for his pioneering electric guitar work, acoustic and slide guitar and Dobro skills. Equally impressive was his interest in personally restringing his own guitar, to his liking, between song breaks, rather than having a roadie do it. This often meant long pauses between songs, which in turn would prompt audience members to break […]
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