Category: 8(2) Summer 2019

Artists Archives of the Western Reserve Summer 2019

The world feels increasingly divided today. As people segment into online echo-chambers, we often find it difficult to understand others’ experiences. This summer, the Artists Archives is hosting an exhibition that seeks to overcome those divides, specifically between veterans and civilians. Experiencing Veterans and Artists Collaborations (EVAC) is a touring show organized by three curators from Tiffin University. EVAC brings […]

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ArtiCle/Art In Cleveland Presents The Elemental Imagination

Painters Kathy Skerritt and Rita DiCello, ceramic artists Diane Pinchot and Bob Marrone, photographer Al Fuchs, mixed-media artist Susan Ross and assemblage artist Louis Ross, explore the theme of The Elemental Imagination through intuitive and narrative-based artistic responses to the natural world and our current human presence or possible future absence in it. Concerned with the acceleration of climate and […]

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Ripple Effect: From K to 12 and Beyond

March: Art from our partner schools has started arriving. This moment in time invites the opportunity to reflect on the processes through which this work comes into being. The artists teaching in our programs make all the envisioning and scheduling come to fruition. They do so with great skill, patience, planning, and the ability to be flexible in changing circumstances. […]

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Understanding Books as Art: Art Books Cleveland Keeps Tradition and Innovation Alive

As reading material is increasingly digitized, some people wonder about the future of physical books. And yet, books and book art are thriving around the world, and Cleveland is part of that trend. Book art transforms books, emphasizing their structure and design as well as—or in place of—their content. The book becomes an art object, sometimes unrecognizable as a book […]

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Summer at the Akron Art Museum

Dread & Delight: Fairy Tales in an Anxious World Karl and Bertl Arnstein Galleries June 29–September 22 Dread & Delight: Fairy Tales in an Anxious World brings together the work of contemporary artists who use classical fairy tales to address the complexities of our world today. While some embrace the stories’ promises of transformation and happy endings, others plumb the […]

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