“Breading” is not a word often associated with artistic technique. And neither are oatmeal or quinoa often cited as media for use in painting or sculpture. Nonetheless, those have been central to Jonah Jacobs’ abstract sculptural practice for 19 years. And he’s been in a lot of group shows and juried shows, and even won a lot of prizes, including […]
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The force of creativity pushes through the cracks that occur in the daily. Sometimes it looks like self-sufficiency: homegrown, repurposed, often awkward yet surprisingly stunning. Sometimes it beckons like light on water glimpsed out of the corner of the eye. Sometimes it’s the tenacity of the weed through the concrete, and doing the work on the regular. The creative force […]
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The stage was set for an epic night in Cleveland’s artistic arena as the Brownhoist Building welcomed an eager crowd of artists, well-wishers, models, and judges. Cleveland’s premiere drawing competition, Drawn & Quartered, founded by Deb Steytler and Juan Quirarte 13 years ago, returned with a full roster of challengers ready to battle it out. The stakes were high, and […]
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Assembly for the Arts recieved more than 400 applications for its $10,000 Creative Impact Fund grants. The organization announced winners Tuesday, September 17. The grants are made possible by the people of Cuyahoga County through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, the public entity that administers the cigarette tax for the arts. The individual artist grants represent a tiny fraction of CAC’s […]
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In Meat On Her Bones at Waterloo Arts, photographer Rachel Feinstein explores the complexities of modern womanhood using midcentury visual references. A New York-based artist and Kent State alumnus, Feinstein extracts elements from vintage advertisements, fashion, and classic cinema. She then reinterprets them in compositions that challenge our perceptions of traditional femininity and patriarchal systems. “Growing up, I was enchanted […]
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Even if you keep flowers in your home, even if you grow them and cut them all summer long, odds are against your taking note of the kind of detail you’ll see in Ron Kretsch’s Flora, a collection of photos on view at Bryon Miller Photography Studio and Gallery in Collinwood. In a statement, Kretsch says in the work he […]
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Is it audacious to hope now? Is it possible to figure out the daily, touch the ineffable, and make visible the swirling turmoil of the world (whether that world is rooted in the past or located with GPS coordinates)? Nine contemporary artists answer these questions in Reverberations, on view through September 28, 2024 at Understory Gallery. Reverberations also features an […]
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What did you do over the Summer? As the kids head back to school, either by standing up in front of the class or putting pen to paper, or clicking away at a keyboard—thousands of them will answer the question, “What did you do during Summer Vacation? CAN Journal visited London and Wales in June, and while this was technically […]
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A signet ring that might hold an inside joke. Tessellated mosaics comprised of stolen chips of ancient marbles. A delicate bowl with its gilt rim dappled by wear. Twenty-one artworks are presented in Beneath the Beautification: Selections from the Education of the Cleveland Museum of Art, curated by the 2023-2024 cohort of high school fellows from CMA’s Currently Under Curation […]
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Conjuring Images, the title of Nikki Woods’ show of mesmerizing works on canvas, panel, and paper at HEDGE Gallery (July 17 – August 31), demonstrates the range and force of this artist’s emerging mastery. Her perception of painting and drawing as personal ritual serves as a theater to a Maya-like play of formal resemblance and revelation. Hallucination gives rise […]
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