CAN Triennial 2022: You Are Here (July 9 – August 31) exhibited works of 126 artists in 16 venues, in 6 Cleveland neighborhoods to explore issues of this time and place, and to highlight the diverse excellence of art-making in Northeast Ohio. The CAN Triennial Exhibition Prizes–created in partnership with nine regional museums–extend its impact into the coming years and […]
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Dr. Lady J—credentialed with a PhD in musicology, and a dissertation on how drag went mainstream—is a co-host of the FRONT Triennial podcast APodofDustandRainbows. She collaborates with textile artist Loraine Lynn on an installation/performance opening at the Cleveland Institute of Art on September 30. Dr. Lady J (she/they) is the world’s first drag queen with a PhD dissertation on drag […]
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With the pledge of a remarkable gift, the long-awanted, much-anticipated Reverend Albert Wagner Museum is set to become reality in September, 2023. At age fifty in the mid-1970s, the Reverend Albert Wagner experienced an epiphany during which an old board splattered with house paint spoke to him and delivered what would become his lifelong mantra: “God is going to plant […]
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Jacques P. Jackson’s art opens up conversation and explores sensuality, the human form, and the inner soul with his mosaics and paintings. It demands a space of its own. His work was a part of CAN Triennial 2022, on view at the Hildebrandt Artist Collective and at the Pivot Center. We met at his home studio to talk about infertility, […]
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Fall 2022 Events: 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 […]
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Amber Kempthorn stirs meticulously-rendered everyday objects and revelatory encounters into the sweeping stardust of her dream-like works on paper. Since earning an MFA at Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2008, the Northeast Ohio native (born in Cuyahoga Falls, she also attended Ohio’s College of Wooster and Hiram College) has developed a tantalizing style, glimmering with mystique and memory as it […]
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“How do you interpret the title, Photo Poet?” – Aja “To be a photo poet, is to be someone who can capture a moment with the intention of telling a story in the final product.” – Braxton From the hood to the woods and everywhere in between, Braxton Taylor’s photography reflects on his personal exposure to an array of everchanging […]
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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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