Drawing, painting and sculpting animals has always been a subject for artists throughout history, from the earliest cave paintings, Egyptian artists’ depictions of gods with animal heads, medieval manuscripts with mystical beasts, and nineteenth century Victorian artists creating paintings of their domestic pets. During what scientists are calling the Anthropause, the unprecedented global slowdown of human activity during the […]
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Internationally-renowned sculptor David Deming and son Michael’s eight-piece sculpture depicts continuum of care during pandemic Southwest General Health Center was founded in 1920 by local community residents in response to the Spanish Flu epidemic, which saw more than one in four people worldwide stricken with the disease. Sound familiar? Fast forward one century. At the height of the COVID-19 […]
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Item: Water-logged pages, from the personal journals of Lapine resident Ida Song 14 July 1929 The walls of this room are aglow with all the colors of the rainbow. These colors are, to me, the most nourishing morsels within the content of consciousness. This morning, a hare stopped in the swaying clover and said a prayer to the rainbow: […]
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Artwork by Cleveland Institute of Art faculty members fills galleries, museums and institutions across the country. Just in the past year, their creations have been on view from New York to New Mexico and from Florida up to Michigan, allowing audiences near and far to catch glimpses of their exceptional artistry. Greater Clevelanders are fortunate, of course. For more […]
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Summer is a time for swimming holes: the chaotic community pool, the cool still pond, the turbulent, but mesmerizing surf of our own Lake Erie. Currently, life at Deep Dive Art Projects is feeling like one of those endless pools with a strong jet that one swims against to develop more body strength. Starting a new business and trying […]
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Béatrice Lebreton September 3 Inspired by the African Diaspora, Béatrice Lebreton sources both her multicultural heritage and current events as she creates work that encourages the viewer’s engagement and interpretation. Working primarily in mixed media, Lebreton combines textiles, stitched and beaded surfaces with painted sections on the canvas as a means of commemoration and interaction. The patterns, fabrics, and […]
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While 2020 ushered in so many unexpected changes followed by new beginnings, Cleveland artist Mark Howard had already begun shifting his practice, instilling incremental new ideas. Much of Howard’s past work maintained a Black sensibility and an urban theme, using life in the streets as his primary influence. He recently began questioning the relevance of figurative subject matter which has […]
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When we think of art, it’s easy to think of a painting hanging in a museum, or a large sculpture in a park. But art comes in many forms, and to close out 2021, a year in which art has meant so much more, Heights Arts is celebrating many art forms in its fall exhibitions, poetry reading, and Holiday […]
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Greetings My CAN Family and Friends! This year Kings & Queens of Art moved into a new studio space both physically and spiritually. I am loving our new studio space at 1385 East 34th Street. I met a woodworker at Home Depot, Louis Lyons, who has joined Kings & Queens of Art, and he is helping as he grows his […]
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Vivien Abrams Collens, a Hudson Valley-based artist, returns to her native Cleveland with new work at Maria Neil Art Project. The exhibition explores dualities found in both her work and her life. Collens finds that she faces what has until recently been a distinctly female predicament. In the 1970s, she established her artistic career in Cleveland as Vivien Abrams. […]
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