Many Northeast Ohioans recognize the Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA) as a preeminent art school. But on occasion, they lose sight of the fact that CIA is a college of art and design. Remember, world-renowned designer Viktor Schreckengost ’29 pioneered the nation’s very first Industrial Design department at CIA in 1933. Rest assured that design—from product design to animation to […]
Read more
This fall, Cleveland Print Room (CPR) begins a year-long project partially funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. Property Inventory, a photography and data-visualization effort centered on Cleveland’s built environment, is inspired by the City of Cleveland Building & Housing Department’s partnership with Western Reserve Land Conservancy’s initiative to inventory 160,000 Cleveland properties to assess conditions and raise awareness […]
Read more
“Photographs look like the truth, but they feel like a memory.” This quote, by photography scholar Alison Nordstrom, well articulates the evocative realism depicted by more than four dozen photographs featured in Picturing the Border. The exhibition aims to spark vital conversations of what constitutes citizenship, as well as complex negotiations of personal identity as it relates to the border. […]
Read more
As technology becomes ever inseparable from our everyday lives, the boundaries between digital and analog are increasingly blurred. Digitalism explores works by abstract artists that bridge the two realms, whether the digital aspects are apparent or not. Andrew Reach creates fully digital images that harken back to his interest in architecture. Through the computer, Reach is able to render his […]
Read more
Ready or not, here comes change! Akron’s East Ave Gallery has become widely known in the Northeast Ohio area for their Second Saturday art events. This family-owned gallery has hosted, on the second Saturday of every month, free community events that set the stage for the opening of each artist’s exhibition. However, a new name was suggested and agreed upon […]
Read more
Art Program Our Family Affair intergenerational art program went well. Ages ranged between four and 76 years. Our youngest student was Destiny, whose favorite medium is paint. Our oldest student, Barbara Jean, who doubted her artistic ability, now has pride in her work. All the students were excited with the results of their projects. Their completed work was exhibited to […]
Read more
Eileen Dorsey is on a mission. For someone who has spent the last ten years painting trees, it is perhaps not surprising that she is also planting, caring for, and advocating for them. When the Cleveland Botanical Garden reached out to ask the artist to show some of her work, Dorsey decided to use this platform to bring notice to […]
Read more
Ali Black: You’re three months into your new role as the new executive director of Spaces. How has Cleveland been treating you? Fanna Gebreyesus: Cleveland’s been wonderful. It’s been really good. Busy, but rewarding. I’ve been humbled to see how nice and welcoming folks have been, and, there’s been more events than I can attend. AB: I love to hear […]
Read more
BAYarts Executive Director Nancy Walters Heaton will step down after twenty years, and it’s not exaggerating to say she and a team of women who were not soccer moms saved the organization. BAYarts Board President Mary Conway Sullivan says she and Executive Director Nancy Heaton met before either of them was actively involved at the gallery and community art center. […]
Read more
Questions of control, the fragile reality of dreamscapes, and a longing for protection infuse Summoning the Wind, a multimedia exhibition by Qian Li at the Erie Art Museum, on view September 5, 2024 through January 2025. Two video installations and a selection of paintings, most on rice paper or silk, fill the museum’s main gallery space. Li was born in […]
Read more