The Cleveland Foundation Presents CREATIVE FUSION: Revealing Our City to Us

When Juan Capistran visited Cleveland for a week in January, we took a driving tour, starting in University Circle. There’s nothing like showing Cleveland to a visitor to reveal the city to yourself anew. Los Angeles-based, Mexican-born Capistran is one of the Madison Residents, a cohort of national, international, and Cleveland-based artists whose residencies are supported by the Cleveland Foundation […]

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Spring 2018 Events

Your easy, chronological guide to what Northeast Ohio galleries and museums have coming up in the next few months. More information about many of these exhibits can be found elsewhere in the pages of CAN. Enjoy the shows!     CONTINUING   Through March 10 New Directions: Avin Hannah Smith, Shelby Solomon, and Kate Snow HARRIS STANTON GALLERY CLEVELAND   […]

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Zygote Press: My New Home

“You’re so brave,” people have been saying. “I can’t believe you are moving away.” Part of me laughed at the notion that relocating from Dayton to Cleveland constituted a bold action—after all, I don’t even have to get a new driver’s license. And there are a lot of similarities between Zygote and the Dayton Visual Arts Center, where I was […]

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Breaking Point

Breaking Point is one artist’s visual response to the first year of the Trump presidency. In this body of work Steve Cup explores what he—and perhaps others—see as a rapidly deteriorating sense of community as the country reaches all-time levels of divisiveness. Spanning personal works, private commissions and commercial work, each piece represents an immediate, often emotional reaction to the […]

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The Rewards of Teaching at Valley Art Center

While students and parents often thank VAC instructors for changing their lives and making the world a better place, their teachers say they receive as much as they give. “I give my students everything I would want to receive from a teacher,” says Kim Mettee, “while I also encourage them to cultivate their own authentic identity and aesthetic.” Ms. Mettee […]

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Art in Tremont Reaches New Heights

Part performance art, part display art, part work of art, Climb Cleveland in Tremont has created a unique art venue and an alternative showcase for emerging and more established local artists. At its core, Climb Cleveland is a rock climbing and bouldering gym, but creator Chick Holtkamp’s vision was to create a comfortable, welcoming space for the community—a “big house […]

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Shaker Community Gallery Presents ARMOR: A Female Perspective on Strength and Protection

Shaker Community Gallery is committed to presenting universal themes of social concern and critical thought. Its next exhibit, ARMOR, opens Wednesday, April 4 and runs through Wednesday, May 16. The opening reception on April 4 is from 6 to 9pm. Curator and artist Margaret Stamm brings together seven female artists whose works in varying media explore artistic expression as both […]

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