Fall 2025 Events

Your easy, chronological guide to exhibits and opportunities at Northeast Ohio galleries, studios, and museums coming in the next few months.

More information about many of these exhibits can be found elsewhere in the pages of CAN Journal.

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Through August 25

Mindy Tousley: Counterpoise—Imbalance and Equilibrium in Abstraction
Tousley is widely known as a gallerist who had Dead Horse Gallery in the ’90s, ran Akron’s Harris Stanton Gallery and is now executive director of Artists Archives of the Western Reserve. But like many passion-drive gallerists, she’s also an artist who has worked in a variety of mediums. At Article on Waterloo, she’ll be showing her abstract print and collage work.
ARTICLE

Through August 27
4th Annual Emerging Young Artists Exhibition
VALLEY ART CENTER

Through August 29
This Creative Life: Floco Torres Solo Exhibition
EAST AVE GALLERY

Through August 29
Kayla Billings: Mythic Visions
PINWHEEL GALLERY

Through August 30
Jordan Wong: I Love the Number 8 But 10 Is Good Too
Patricia Britt: Home: I Guess This Must Be the Place
THE SCULPTURE CENTER

Through September 4
40th Annual Juried Exhibition
CUYAHOGA VALLEY ART CENTER

Through September 5
Hilary Gent: Light in Dark
YARDS PROJECT SPACE AT TINNERMAN LOFTS

Through September 7
Takashi Murakami: Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow
This special exhibition features the work of a Japanese artist which blends traditional Japanese culture, such as ikebana, geisha and Kabuki, with the new culture it’s become known for: manga, anime and more. It explores how art can address crises, disasters and tragedies including the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the 2011 earthquake that caused a nuclear meltdown and the COVID pandemic of 2020.
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

Through September 13
Shabez Jamal: The Light Shines in the Darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it
SHED PROJECTS

Through September 13
Summer Exhibitions:

Though We May Roam: Lizzi Aronhalt, Andy Curlowe, Lauren Davies, Michelle Droll, and Arnold Tunstall

Overdose Awareness Exhibition

A Bunch of Landscapes: Cassie Jeffries

ROOTS Juried Exhibition curated by Al Macdougall

Covered in Snow: Katelynn M. Rogers

Finding the Joy: photographers Don Parsisson, R. Reza Greer Sr., and Susie Lilley
SUMMIT ARTSPACE

Through September 14
Char Norman: Nature Bound
Self-dubbed “fiberart sculptor” Char Norman draws on the forest—for inspiration, ideas and the materials with which she builds her art. She views nature as a sacred space that speaks to the interconnectedness of life. Using items she’s gathered and transformed via her processes of weaving, coiling and papermaking, she creates the iconic pod shapes which comprise much of her output, representing wombs and shrouds that speak to abuse, nurture, mourning and reverence for nature.
PRAXIS FIBER WORKSHOP

Through September 18
Mark Common: Before the Fall
BAYARTS SALLY OTTO GALLERY

Through September 20
2025 Annual Members Exhibition
Closing reception & awards ceremony: 2-4 pm Saturday, September 20
ARTISTS ARCHIVES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE

Through September 20
“Don’t Touch Me”
Sydney Kay and Celeste Moore
WATERLOO ARTS

Through September 25
Transforming Narratives of Identity
This show focuses pushing back on the current challenges people face to their own identity, whatever it is, at a time when identities of race, gender, ethnicity and sexual orientation are being erased to conform to a “standard” set by those in power. The artists in the show, who work in paper, print and bookmaking, proudly announce via their work who they identity as. The group show includes three NEA grant recipient artists: Miguel Aragón, Diedrick Brackens and Zoë Charlton. Other artists in the show are Dustin Brinkman, Danqi Cai, Yangbin Park, Joseph Lappie, Nicole Malcolm, Liz Maugans, Roberto Torres Mata, and Erin Wohletz.
MORGAN CONSERVATORY

Through September 27
Terms of Engagement
This group exhibition of interactive works requires audience participation, exploring what happens when art makes a demand.
UNDERSTORY @ 78TH STREET STUDIOS

Through September 27
Dominic Palarchio: Innocence Abroad
ABATTOIR GALLERY

Through September 28
Greg Martin: Memento Mori
MASSILLION MUSEUM

Through September 30
Group show featuring work by Ed Parker, Georgio Sabino III, Gina Washington, Robin Robinson, Jacques P. Jackson, and Anna Arnold
WADE PARK COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CENTER

Through October 4
Lisa Schonberg, Inner Nature: Expressions in Monoprints
BAYARTS SULLIVAN FAMILY GALLERY

Through October 12
Arts of the Maghreb: North African Textiles and Jewelry
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART ARLENE M. AND ARTHUR S. HOLDEN GALLERY

Through October 12
Biannual Members Show

Spotlight: Felice Dalhausen
HEIGHTS ARTS

Through October 17
Echoes from the Farm: Beneath Beside and Beyond
Closing reception 5-9 pm
EXTRAORDINAIRE PHOTOS

Through October 19
Rose Iron Works and Art Deco
In the early 20th century, a Hungarian immigrant, blacksmith Martin Rose, established Rose Iron Works in Cleveland to manufacture decorative metalwork. The company rose to prominence in the 1920s and 30s at the same time as the distinctive style of design known as art deco replaced the earlier more ornate Art Nouveau. Rose Irons Works continues to operate on Cleveland’s near east side. This exhibit looks at its history and focuses on Rose’s 1930s commissions.
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

Through November 16
Refocusing Photography: China at the Millennium
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

Through December 23
Picturing Paris: Monet and the Modern City
Kitsch, Craft, Critique
ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

Through January 4, 2026
Erykah Townsend: “Happy” Holidays

Clotilde Jiménez: Shapeshift

Kelli Connell: Double Life

Maggie Menghan Chen: Body Building Exercise

Beverly Semmes: The Dresses

MOCA CLEVELAND

Through January 4, 2026
Myrlande Constant: DRAPO
AKRON ART MUSEUM

Through January 6, 2026
Echoes of Industry: Tracing Cleveland’s Industrial Legacy
CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY MAIN LIBRARY

Through January 25, 2026
Shared Art: Suzanne Benton
Video Space: Max Almy
ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

Through January 25, 2026
Ordinary Miracles: Robert Glenn Ketchum’s Photographs of Cuyahoga Valley National Park
If noted nature photographer Robert Glenn Ketchum’s photos seem at little postcard-like, it’s not an accident. Though his scenes may strike some as too pretty, there’s a reason: the 77-year-old artist/environmental activist is dedicated to making the case for protecting nature’s unparalleled beauty, something under attack now more than ever. From 1986–88, Ketchum trained his camera on what was then the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area, deliberately depicting its landscape as generic and universal, what he calls “an icon of a landscape.” This is the museum’s first solo show of his work since the late ’80s.
AKRON ART MUSEUM

Through May 24, 2026
Fibers of Becoming: Contemporary Paper Works by Sarah Brayer, Aimee Lee, and Lin Yan
ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

AUGUST

22
CAN Journal Fall Launch
5-8 pm
SANKOFA FINE ARTS PLUS

From Page to Stage: Kabuki’s Heroic History Plays in Japanese Woodblock Prints

Shining Prints: The Tale of Genji Reimagined in Japan

Femme ’n isms, Part III: Feminine Faces and Intimate Spaces
Through May 24, 2026
ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

Circa Surf
The museum’s quarterly theme party wraps up summer with a tropical theme, reflected in live entertainment, music by Pittsburgh surf trio the Yeggs, and beach-themed outdoor games and art-making activities. An 18 and over event; ticket required.
7:30-11 pm
AKRON ART MUSEUM

Problem Child: Jamie Walters Kessler
Opening reception 5-7 pm
Through September 27
KSU DOWNTOWN GALLERY

26
Stories Worth Painting: Augusto Bordelois

Estuaries: The Creative Habitats of Erin Mulligan

Impressions En Plein Air: A Juried Exhibition of the Ohio Plein Air Society

Plein Air from the CMA Collection

Through October 26
CANTON MUSEUM OF ART

The Art of Seeing: Reflections on Art Through Poetry
Opening reception 5-7 pm Friday, August 29
Through October 8
KSU CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS

27
The Gift of Art
Pop-up art show 2-7 pm
EDWARD E PARKER MUSEUM OF ART

Stable Grounds for Culture Bearers
Assembly’s quarterly get togethers provide updates on what’s going on as far as artist funding, public policy impacting the arts and what’s going on with area arts organizations. It’s also a great opportunity for people with a connection to the arts—creatives, creative businesses, arts organization administrators, project managers, and policymakers, as well as those interested in supporting the arts and artists—to meet, mingle and share ideas.
11:30 am-1 pm
ASSEMBLY FOR THE ARTS

28
The NewNow 2025
Artists Archives of the Western Reserve’s competitive art exhibition
Opening reception & awards ceremony 6-7:30 pm
Through October 9
GALLERY EAST, TRI-C EASTERN CAMPUS

2025 Studio Operations Exhibition
Opening reception 6-8 pm
Through September 18
CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART

2025 Faculty Exhibition
Opening reception 6-8 pm
Through October 5
CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART

30
Art Bites Program: Legacy Workshop, Sharing Your Story: Presented by Unity Powell. Topics covered: How do you document your life and work? Who wants to read it and where do you share it and how?
1-2:30 pm
ARTISTS ARCHIVES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE

Dress to IMPRESS Open Work Session
Drop in to check out the artists working on outfits for the Morgan’s October 4 Dress to IMPRESS fashion fundraiser and get ideas for making your own.
Noon – 2 pm
MORGAN CONSERVATORY

SEPTEMBER

5
Walk All Over Waterloo
5-9 pm
WATERLOO ARTS DISTRICT

Ajdin Kudic
Through September 19
WATERLOO ARTS CAFÉ

My Indigo Vision: Maia Arabuli
Through September 26
PINWHEEL GALLERY

6
Ghost Cities: Documenting Decay
This show, featuring scenes of urban decay in the genre colloquially known as “ruin porn,” is the first show sponsored by a new organization called Photo Cleveland, which plans to put on a variety of shows and offer education programs.
6-9 pm
THE BROWNHOIST GALLERY

9
Eleanor Antin’s Nurse and Hijackers
Through January 11, 2026
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

10
Omar Sosa Trio: Outside the Box Featuring Yosvany Terry and Julian Miltenberger
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART GARTNER AUDITORIUM

12
Walkabout Tremont
5-10 pm
TREMONT NEIGHBORHOOD

Crafted Couture
Accessibility in Fashion: Sketches for Inclusive Design
Opening 5-8 pm; 5-6 pm sensory-friendly quiet hour
Through October 22
VALLEY ART CENTER

Federico Cuatlacuatl: Migrant Nahua
Zahra Almajidi: When The Water Dries Up
Cuatlacultl, a recipient of the Sculpture Center’s Revealed Emerging Artist Series, draws on his own experience as a diasporic individual and an indigenous Mexican whose community faced “forced displacement,” to explore how indigenous people are marginalized and how they can protect and preserve their history and culture. His work comprises an ongoing series of short experimental videos and multimedia installations that funnel his community’s 500+-year history. He is currently based in Virginia.
Through November 8
THE SCULPTURE CENTER

13
Waterloo Arts Fest
This festival has a strong neighborhood slant, drawing on the large number of artists and musicians who live and work in the North Collinwood community to be the backbone of the one-day event. That slant is emphasized by the participation of the ten galleries and multiple music venues on the street. But the nearly 100 artists and more than 40 local music acts on the seven stages also come from other parts of the city and Northeast Ohio. Still, this arts fest primarily showcases talent found in our own backyard. Expect lots of demos and hands-on activities as well, and plenty of local food—both food trucks and stands.
Noon-7 pm
WATERLOO ARTS DISTRICT

11th Annual Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month Festival, Celebrando
4-7 pm
JULIA DE BURGOS CULTURAL ARTS CENTER

MENtor: male artists group exhibition opening
All I Am: Robert Greer solo exhibition opening
EAST AVE GALLERY

Moondance 2025
6:30-10:30 pm
BAYARTS

14
The Phantom of the Opera (1925) film screening
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART GARTNER AUDITORIUM

15
The Community Art Show
This non-juried show invites all community members to submit one piece that can be hung on the wall. Pieces should be dropped off September 8-10. More info here: tri-c.edu/arts-and-entertainment/art-galleries/western-campus-art-gallery.html
Opening reception 5-7 pm Wednesday, September 17
Through October 16
GALLERY WEST, TRI-C WESTERN CAMPUS

17
Mark Howard and Chuck Fischer: Get The Picture?
Preview 5 pm Wednesday, September 17
Opening reception 5-8 pm Friday, September 19
Through November 1
HEDGE GALLERY

18
Ekphrastacy
Heights Poet Laureate Michelle R. Smith will join local poets Andrea Fekete, Calil Cage, and Danielle Dixon to present work responding to the art on display in the gallery.
7 pm
HEIGHTS ARTS

19
Third Friday
5-9 pm
78th STREET STUDIOS

Illume: Collaborations by Bili Kribbs and Chris Dewald
Opening reception 5-9 pm
Through October 18
E11EVEN2 GALLERY

Wit, Scandal, and Silent-Era Elegance: Lady Windemere’s Fan film screening
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART GARTNER AUDITORIUM
Public Officials Recognition Breakfast
8-10 am
ASSEMBLY FOR THE ARTS

20
2025 Annual Members Exhibition closing reception & awards ceremony
2-4 pm
ARTISTS ARCHIVES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE

Alfred McMoore: All This Luck in My Head
McMoore (1950-2009) was an Akron resident who used his artwork to cope with his schizophrenia. He drew daily in pencil, depicting the people he encountered, on scrolls of paper that could be as long as 50 feet, limiting his opportunities to display them. According to the band, he inspired the name of Akron’s Black Keys in the voicemails he left telling people “your black key is taking too long,” meaning that something wasn’t quite right.
Through February 8, 2026
AKRON ART MUSEUM

Friends & Family Open Studio
1 pm
ART HOUSE INC.

Words into Action
Noon-3 pm in the lower level of Emmanuel Christian Academy
AKRON BLACK ARTISTS GUILD

A Cinematic Time Machine: Double Bill of Rene Clair’s Surreal Visions film screening
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART GARTNER AUDITORIUM

Chalk Festival
Noon-5 pm Saturday, September 20 & Sunday, September 21
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

4th annual CrowFest
Plus, CrowFest Fledglings student art show
Through October 31
MANSFIELD ART CENTER

21
Buster Keaton in Go West (1925) film screening
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART GARTNER AUDITORIUM

25
OPEN YARDS III
Through January 10, 2026
YARDS PROJECT SPACE AT WORTHINGTON YARDS

26
September Open Studios
6-10 pm September 26 & 10 am-3 pm September 27
LAKE ERIE SCREW FACTORY

Everlasting Plastics
It was quite a coup when former SPACES gallery director Tizziana Baldenebro and moCa curator Lauren Leving were chosen to curate the US Pavilion at 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale. Their exhibition, Everlasting Plastics, focused on “the ways [plastics] both shape and erode contemporary ecologies, economies, and the built environment,” as interpreted by five diverse artists from Massachusetts, Illinois, Michigan and Cleveland (sculptor/conceptual artist Lauren Yeager.) Obviously not many Clevelanders could make the trip to Venice to see the show although some may have made it to Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Art. If you missed even THAT showing, it’s now coming home to SPACES Gallery for a nearly four-month run.
Public opening celebration 6-9 pm
Through January 17, 2026
SPACES GALLERY

Cleveland Ballet: In Vino Veritas
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART GARTNER AUDITORIUM

27
Lauren Pearce: Wake Me Where I Lay
Opening reception 6-9 pm
FRAMED GALLERY

Friends & Family Clay Day
10 am
ART HOUSE INC.

OCTOBER

3
Walk All Over Waterloo
5-9 pm
WATERLOO ARTS DISTRICT

Hadley K. Conner: Voyager

Paige L. Morris: The Sorries

Opening reception 6-9 pm
Through November 15
WATERLOO ARTS

Megan Dardis: Stay Composed
Opening reception 6-9 pm; artist talk by Dardis at 7:30 pm
Through November 15
WATERLOO ARTS CAFÉ

A Year at Gardenview Group Exhibit: five artists interpret the seasons at Gardenview Horticultural Park in Strongsville
Through November 14
PINWHEEL GALLERY

4
Dress to IMPRESS
Last year the Morgan came up with a fun new fashion fundraiser, with paper outfits and other wearable art designed and fabricated by a group of local creators. It was a hit so they’re doing it again, with the theme “Reduce. Redact. Reuse. Recycle,” with all creators crafting their outfits from recycled materials to reflect the current zeitgeist in work, politics, the environment and personal life. The artists have been working in a series of open work sessions where interested members of the public could see the works in progress, but if you missed those, you surely won’t want to miss this evening when they hit the runway. It will also feature munchies, a cash bar, a DJ providing music for dancing, a photo booth, raffles, a silent auction and artworks for sale. There’ll be prizes for best-dressed attendees, so don’t let the artists be the only ones who shine!
6-10 pm
Through October 11
MORGAN CONSERVATORY

8
Country GongBang
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART GARTNER AUDITORIUM

9
Three concurrent exhibitions in the AAWR Galleries: Archived Artist Wendy Partridge/The Ohio Collage Society/Archived Artist PJ Rogers
Opening reception 5:30-8 pm
Through December 6
ARTISTS ARCHIVES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE

10
Walkabout Tremont
5-10 pm
TREMONT NEIGHBORHOOD

Group Show
EDWARD E PARKER MUSEUM OF ART

Margaret Collins

Anthony Eterovich: A Retrospective
Through November 8
BAYARTS SULLIVAN & OTTO GALLERIES

11
Artist Inventory Challenge
7 pm
ART HOUSE INC.

Me and my Girlfriends Group Exhibition
EAST AVE GALLERY

Eric Anthony Berdis: Bugs that Crawl, Flowers that Bloom
Through November 30
MASSILLON MUSEUM

15
And the Crowd Goes Wild
Opening reception 5-8 pm
Through November 29
UNDERSTORY @ 78th STREET STUDIOS

17
Third Friday
5-9 pm
78th STREET STUDIOS

Echoes from the Farm: Beneath Beside and Beyond
Closing reception 5 pm
EXTRAORDINAIRE PHOTOS

18
Friends & Family Open Studio
1 pm
ART HOUSE INC.

19
CityMusic Cleveland Chamber Orchestra
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART GARTNER AUDITORIUM

24
Fall Art Show and Open Studios
6-10 pm October 24 & 10 am-3 pm October 25
LAKE ERIE SCREW FACTORY

Opus 216: Music of the Cleveland Composers Guild
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART GARTNER AUDITORIUM

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Form Matters
Opening reception 5-8 pm
Through November 22
MORGAN CONSERVATORY

NOVEMBER

1
A Plastic Homecoming: Dress Up. Show Up. Support Art.
SPACES annual fall benefit returns as a celebration of its current showing of the Everlasting Plastics show, co-curated for US Pavilion at 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale by former SPACES gallery director Tizziana Baldenebro and moCa curator Lauren Leving. Attendees are invited to assemble over-the-top costumes, and if they include plastic, so much the better—channel your inner Paco Rabanne!
5-10 pm
SPACES GALLERY

Heights Arts annual holiday store opens
HEIGHTS ARTS

7
Walk All Over Waterloo
5-9 pm
WATERLOO ARTS DISTRICT

8
Kozo Harvest
The Morgan boasts the largest kozo (Japanese mulberry) grove in the US. Its bark is widely used by the Japanese in papermaking, and that’s what the Morgan uses it for too. Join the crew to help harvest it and strip the bark from the branches. All are welcome and no experience or tools are needed; they’ll show you what to do.
11 am-4 pm November 8 & 9
MORGAN CONSERVATORY

Buy Art, Buy Ohio CAN Journal Benefit
Celebrate Ohio artists, makers, and holiday markets as you commit to shop local handmade gifts in the coming season with food, drinks and Cleveland artist projections in the immersive St. James Hall
6-9 pm
THE HALL AT ST. JAMES

9
Expressively American: Printed Silks, 1927-1947
Through November 8, 2026
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

Renaissance to the Runway: The Enduring Italian Houses
Through February 1, 2026
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

11
Holiday Art/Shop opens
VALLEY ART CENTER

12
Becca Stevens
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART GARTNER AUDITORIUM

14
Walkabout Tremont
5-10 pm
TREMONT NEIGHBORHOOD

Tricia Kaman: A Closer Look
Opening reception 5-8 pm
Through January 3, 2026
BAYARTS SULLIVAN FAMILY GALLERY

Boulez 100: Celebrating Pierre Boulez Centenary
French composer conductor Pierre Boulez (1925-2019) was a major figure in 20th-century avant-garde music. He also had strong ties to Cleveland, serving as The Cleveland Orchestra’s official guest conductor and principal guest conductor from 1967-1972, and guest conducting and leading many programs at Severance Hall and Blossom Music Center outside of those years, with appearances spanning 1965-2010. The Orchestra celebrated him on his 80th, 85th and 90th birthdays, and is now celebrating his centenary with a scholarly conference at Cleveland State University and programs such as this one, featuring an evening of his music performed by an ensemble of musicians from across the country, led by CSU professor Dr. Andrew Rindfleisch.
7:30-9 pm
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART GARTNER AUDITORIUM

15
Friends & Family Open Studio
1 pm
ART HOUSE INC.

20
Community Culture Night
7 pm
ART HOUSE INC.

ABREPASO, Ni más/ni menos: contemporary flamenco piece inspired by Picasso’s Guernica
November 20 & November 21
JULIA DE BURGOS CULTURAL ARTS CENTER

21
Winter 2025 CAN Journal Launch and Networking Party
6-8 pm
JULIA DE BURGOS CULTURAL ARTS CENTER

Third Friday
5-9 pm
78th STREET STUDIOS

Aubrey Rhodes: The Birds
Opening 5-9 pm
Through February 14, 2026
KENNETH PAUL LESKO GALLERY

CLE Mixtape Live
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART GARTNER AUDITORIUM
Winter Shadow, Winter Light Group Exhibit
Instead of bemoaning the dark, cold months to come, the gallery has invited artists to submit visions of the mystery and beauty of the season for this annual group show.
Through January 2, 2026
PINWHEEL GALLERY

Timothy Manolo
Joey Quinones
Through January 17, 2026
THE SCULPTURE CENTER

22
Friends & Family Clay Day
10 am
ART HOUSE INC.

56th Annual Holiday Fair
Through December 31
MANSFIELD ART CENTER

30
Genghis Con Cleveland
11 am-5 pm
PIVOT CENTER FOR ART, DANCE AND EXPRESSION