A touch of the hand, it reaches out to the world around us and shapes our life experience. To touch, to hold, to grasp… an act of meditation in motion. Making with purpose, a sense of self, we celebrate new ideas. At Flux Metal Arts, we have embarked on a chapter of exciting renewal. We invite you visit our gallery […]
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By Amy Callahan, Hilary Gent, Michael Loderstedt, and Liz Maugans We have all been recent witness to significant development in the cultural sectors of our region, with the impressive renovation of the Cleveland Museum of Art, the new construction of MOCA Cleveland, continued development of world-class health services and the downtown corridor, the rising status of our culinary industry […]
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The Galleries at Cleveland State University begin the winter exhibition season with a performance by the French Baroque Chamber Orchestra “Les Delices” on Saturday, January 16, in the North Gallery. The performance heralds a series of shows in the coming weeks, highlighting the rich artistic life in Cleveland and at the university. I Came So Far For Beauty January 21, […]
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Cleveland Print Room’s 2016 exhibition calendar starts with works of Cleveland artist, photographer, and toy designer Greg Martin. Martin, who works primarily in the 19th Century medium of wet plate collodion, has received multiple awards and recognition for his efforts with this antiquated photographic process since graduating from CIA’s Industrial Design program in 1989. While Greg has worked with the […]
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A ceramicist who is also an industrial designer, an illustrator who loves character development, a writer with a sci-fi bent, and a painter represented by a New York gallery have all been appointed to faculty positions at Cleveland Institute of Art. The new appointees promise to add additional depth to CIA’s “already strong and dedicated faculty,” said Christopher Whittey, vice […]
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Immigration. Bullying. The dangers of taking the perfect selfie. Students are faced with a number of social issues that impact their lives, tap their curiosity, or make them examine their place in a larger world. But when do we ask young people their thoughts on what happens in their world? This fall, Center for Arts-Inspired Learning asked those questions of 6th, and 7th […]
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Denise Stewart and Pat Pitingolo: T42, 24T Using stained tea fiber and remnants of deconstructed tea bags, blurring the line between textile and fine art. Sullivan Family Gallery. Eliza Wing: Memory Serves Oil paintings and 3-D box constructions based on lifelong sojourns to on Monhegan Island; a haven and inspiration for artists since the early 1900s. Dianne Boldman […]
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Abstract painting in the late 1950s and 1960s developed beyond the realm of the action painters’ exploration of expressing raw internal emotions. A number of American artists, including Helen Frankenthaler and Morris Lewis, began allowing diluted paint soak into unprimed canvases, removing the physical gestures of painting and creating the flattest paint surface possible. Art critic Clement Greenberg called these […]
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The conversation surrounding the benefits of art education has been in the forefront of public debate in recent years. It is rapidly becoming scientifically accepted that learning visual arts, music and dance can be instrumental in the formation of physical connections in the brain which have lasting effects on human development. Artists have always been in the vanguard of creative […]
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The Allen Memorial Art Museum presents a survey exhibition of the work of Judit Reigl, one of the foremost figures of European painting to emerge in the second half of the 20th century. Judit Reigl: Body of Music is the first retrospective of the artist’s work in a United States museum. Born in Hungary in 1923, Reigl escaped from behind […]
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