Hello again, friends: As you may know, I’ve been “on the move.” Though my studio is no longer full time in Cleveland, my CLE friends and supporters know I’m still active in Cleveland’s art scene …and want to keep it that way! Feeling So Honored: Thank you, CLE! American Greetings’ New Headquarters I feel so honored to have two large […]
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This year, the Cleveland Foundation served as the Presenting Sponsor of the 56th Annual Cleveland Arts Prize Awards Event, which included foundation support for 100 Cleveland Metropolitan School District students to attend the ceremony. Throughout the last quarter century, the Cleveland Foundation has awarded nearly $200 million in grants to maintain the vibrancy and viability of our region’s artistic and […]
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On one of the first summery Saturdays in spring, Laura Yurko draped herself in vibrant fabric and walked slowly around the gallery at Praxis Fiber Workshop in Waterloo. A crocheted shroud hid most of her face. For hours, Laura and a pair of friends created her performance piece, Ensnare/Drift. They walked and crawled in the space, peeking through eyeholes. They […]
Read more“Did you ever hear of Mickey, how he heard a racket in the night, Thump…Dump, Clump, Lump… Bump, and shouted ‘Quiet down there!’” So begins In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak. A stocky, dark haired boy stands on his bed; buckling forward with clenching fingers and eyes, shouting back at a noisy and uncertain night. The story goes that […]
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Featuring Works by Deborah Silver, Cindy I. Smith and Steven J. Simmons Three unique artists converge at Beachwood Community Center Gallery to reveal common bonds in “Surface, Strata and Substance.” Silver Deborah Silver is a fiber artist who designs and weaves pieces that combine her interest in tribal imagery with contemporary faces. Her work is inspired by the increased cross-cultural […]
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When Gary & Laura Dumm’s collaborative work “Scream of the Butterflies” won Best of Show in BAYarts Annual Juried Show 2016, it was clear they had a bigger story to tell. Inspired by A Cautionary Series of Environmental Artworks in Popular Culture that encouraged the legend that mapmakers in the Middle Ages would designate unexplored areas on their maps with […]
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From the beginning of the motion picture era, the movie poster has played a key role in the success or failure of the film industry. Long before television and the internet, theater owners recognized that their box office receipts depended primarily on the quality of their posters. Hollywood is indelibly associated with the growth and success of the motion picture […]
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Phyllis Seltzer: A Feast of Americana September 16 – November 30, 2016 Curated by Christopher L. Richards ARTneo honors Phyllis Seltzer at our Annual Benefit this fall with a corresponding exhibition looking at her career in the arts. Best known for her heat-transfer prints, Seltzer has explored a number of printmaking techniques, including intaglio, woodcuts, screen printing, lithography, and ozalids. […]
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To tell the story of the Art Therapy Studio is to share the personal successes of the tens of thousands of individuals who’ve participated in our pioneering therapeutic programs and services over the past 50 years. Our history is intertwined with stories of struggles and triumphs by individuals facing seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Art Loan, our biennial benefit, gives us the […]
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When our routine is shattered by emergency, we dial 911 and trust that someone will answer the call. That help is on the way. Whether we see those who arrive simply as heroes or as something more complicated, one fact remains: they are human. Underneath the exterior of austere authority, they are like us- spouses, siblings, friends, children, parents. Herbert […]
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