Summer 2026 Events

CAN’s Summer 2026 Events Listing is 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.

These listings are based on announcements from each presenting organization, at press time. Check the CAN Weekly e-newsletter for the most up-to-date information. To subscribe to the free CAN Weekly, visit CANjournal.org and look for the
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Continuing Events

THROUGH MAY 16
Gallery–Zoe Brester-Pennings: Buck Soft
Café—Meryl Engler: When I Become a Tree
WATERLOO ARTS

THROUGH MAY 22
54th Annual CSU Student Art Show and Haddad Merit
Scholar Exhibitions
BOSTWICK DESIGN ART INITIATIVE GALLERY

THROUGH MAY 22
The Bike Show
PINWHEEL GALLERY

THROUGH MAY 22
Photography by students from the Cleveland School of the
Arts, hosted by Photo Cleveland
THE BROWNHOIST

THROUGH MAY 23
Leslye Discont Arian: New Works
TINNERMAN LOFTS

THROUGH MAY 24
June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart
ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

THROUGH MAY 30
OMBRÉ: Works By Massinissa Selmani
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY DOWNTOWN GALLERY

THROUGH MAY 30
Annual Advanced Student Pottery Show
BAYARTS SULLIVAN FAMILY GALLERY

THROUGH MAY 30
2026 Annual Members’ Exhibition
ARTISTS ARCHIVES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE

THROUGH MAY 30
Susan Danko & Mary Fischer
Danko is a painter and Fischer is a sculptor, but in this show, the two Cleveland artists focus on a similar subject: their relationship to the built and natural environments. Fischer’s ceramic sculptures suggest small buildings worn by
the effects of time, some based on ones she’s seen in real life and others found in books. Danko’s paintings are based on observation of the local landscape and how it changes with seasons, the weather and the light.
RIVER GALLERY

THROUGH MAY 31
Marilyn Farinacci – Remembered
This show is a tribute to the noted Cleveland abstract painter who passed away
in 2024 at the age of 91.
BONFOEY GALLERY

THROUGH MAY 31
Flutter
9 am-5 pm Monday–Friday
HEALING ARTS GALLERY @ STEWART’S CARING PLACE/ART X LOVE

THROUGH MAY 31
The May Show
MANSFIELD ART CENTER

THROUGH JUNE 4
Membership Exhibition
CUYAHOGA VALLEY ART CENTER

THROUGH JUNE 5
Greg Donley: 8 x Two
FOOTHILL GALLERIES OF THE PHOTO SUCCESSION

THROUGH JUNE 6

Gary Sczerbaniewicz: Cloud of Unknowing
Ling-lin Ku: Morning After
THE SCULPTURE CENTER

Janet Dodrill
BAYARTS SALLY OTTO GALLERY

THROUGH JUNE 7

still/emerging; Native American Works on Paper
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

THROUGH JUNE 7
Threads of Mastery: The American Kumihimo Society
PRAXIS FIBER ARTS GALLERY

THROUGH JUNE 13
Director’s Choice 2026
Periodically, this gallery at 78th Street Studios, which represents artists from around the world as well as Cleveland, offers a group show featuring work by some of its stable of artists as well as others. It includes paintings, prints, drawings, photos and sculpture by artists such as Clarence Van Duzer, Troy Gua, Paul Muller, Antonio Mendoza, and Jane Millican, among others, plus Chinese jade sculptures.
KENNETH PAUL LESKO GALLERY

THROUGH JUNE 14
Visions From the Main Artery: The Art of David F. Heatwole
CHRYSALIS ARTIST STUDIOS

THROUGH JUNE 19
Layered Light: Cara Romano
Closing reception 5-9 pm
EXTRAORDINAIRE PHOTOS

THROUGH JUNE 19
Emergence: Painting by Tessa LeBaron; photography by Johnny Joo
GALLERY 215 @ 78TH STREET STUDIOS

THROUGH JUNE 20
Corrie Slawson: Working Systems
DEEP DIVE ART PROJECTS

THROUGH JUNE 21
Ariella Har-Even: Across the Ashen River
MASSILLON MUSEUM

THROUGH JUNE 21
Fibers of Becoming: Contemporary Paper Works by Sarah
Brayer, Aimee Lee, and Lin Yan
ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

THROUGH JULY 1
Call for entries for the 2026 New Now show September 3– October 22 at Tri-C Gallery East
Open to all Ohio residents
ARTISTS ARCHIVES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE

THROUGH JULY 5
Transfiguration: Rachel Libeskind and the Tiffany Window A Tiffany glass window depicting the Transfiguration of Christ is displayed with new work by contemporary multimedia artist Libeskind, created specifically to respond to it. It’s informed by Libeskind’s youth visiting churches across Europe and acquiring knowledge and understanding of their traditional imagery. She relates the transfiguration to the chrysalis in which a caterpillar is transformed into a butterfly, using it as a metaphor for spiritual transformation.
AKRON ART MUSEUM

THROUGH JULY 5
Manet & Morisot
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

THROUGH JULY 11
Quilting the Commons: Northeast Ohio Modern Quilt Guild
WORTHINGTON YARDS

THROUGH JULY 11
Spring Exhibitions
SUMMIT ARTSPACE

THROUGH JULY 12
I want you to know my story: photographs by Jess T. Dugan
AKRON ART MUSEUM

THROUGH JULY 12
Femme ’n isms, Part III: Feminine Faces and Intimate Spaces
From Page to Stage: Kabuki’s Heroic History Plays in Japanese Woodblock Prints
Shining Prints: The Tale of Genji Reimagined in Japan
ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

THROUGH JULY 12
Abstract Infrastructure: solo show by Debbie Clapper
BECK CENTER FOR THE ARTS

THROUGH JULY 26
Net Worth: Ben Lambert Ceramics
Reclaimed: The Art of Recology
On the Threshold of the Great Lakes: Geo Rutherford
Earth, Fire, Water: The Elements of Watercolor & Ceramics
CANTON MUSEUM OF ART

THROUGH AUGUST 2
Ohio Now: State of Nature
KING COBRA: When You Are Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Homing Instinct: Letting Go of the Shore
Sky Hopinka: The Myth Is Now
MOCA CLEVELAND

THROUGH AUGUST 9
Martin Puryear: Nexus
Sculptor Martin Puryear, who is now 84, has had a long and influential career as an abstract sculptor, creating evocation forms, largely from wood, which he considers the most “alive” of materials. He’s lived all over the world, imbibing
influences and has achieved extraordinary success, especially for an African American artist, with public art commissions in New York, Los Angeles and now, the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. This exhibit, co-organized by CMA and
the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is the most comprehensive showing of his work in a couple of decades.
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

THROUGH AUGUST 15
William Sommer: Visionary Modernist
WOLFS GALLERY

THROUGH AUGUST 16
Kent Monkman: History is Painted by the Victors
AKRON ART MUSEUM

THROUGH AUGUST 16
Epic of the Northwest Himalayas: Pahari Paintings from the “Shangri’ Ramayana”
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

THROUGH AUGUST 19
Baroque Maximalism in Art and Music
ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

THROUGH AUGUST 23
Pintoricchio Magnified: An Immersive Conservation Experience
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

THROUGH AUGUST 23
France in the Time of Manet and Morisot
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

THROUGH NOVEMBER 8
American Printed Silks: 1927-1947
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

May

15

CAN Journal Summer Issue Launch and Networking
Party
6-8 pm
V&A GALLERY, 78TH STREET STUDIOS

15

Third Friday
5-9 pm
78TH STREET STUDIOS

15

UnGallery and Spotlight: Jeneen Hobby
Last Look: Closing reception
5 pm
HEIGHTS ARTS

15

meditations on be(IN) thr(u): omololú Refilwe Bàbátúndé (shx/they)
Patterned
Opening reception 6-9 pm
Through June 27
SPACES

15 Feel the Pressure
A group show featuring six printmakers—Jeanne DeBonis, Maggie Denk-Leigh, Amanda Delisi, Paul Jacklitch, Jennifer Leach and Lisa Schonberg—who use a variety of both traditional and progressive techniques. There will be a small printing press at the gallery so visitors can create their own prints.
Opening reception 5-9 pm
Through June 19
E11EVEN 2 GALLERY

15

TONIC: 2025 PROOF Fellowship Exhibition
Zygote’s PROOF Fellowship gives BIPOC artists who work in various mediums the opportunity to learn printmaking techniques and access print studio equipment to expand the range of their artistic practice. The latest class of
PROOF artists includes Arfil Pajarillago, Erykah Townsend, Briana Robinson, Kalia Horner, Jazzee Freedman and Monique Biggers; the exhibition of their fellowship work will be the first show in Zygote Press’s new space at 3907 Perkins Avenue.
Opening reception 5:30 pm
Through July 11
ZYGOTE PRESS

16

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

16

25 Years of Impact
Eighty-Six Reasons for Asylum Admission, at the Baldwin-Buss-Merino House in Hudson
Through September 5
PEG’S GALLERY

17

Artists of Tower Press Spring Open Studios
Noon-5 pm
TOWER PRESS BUILDING

21

Colorburst
Opening reception 3pm Sunday, May 24
Through June 14
HEIGHTS ARTS

22

Akron Black Artist Guild
9 am-3 pm
2026 Creative Exchange Summit
BOUNCE INNOVATION HUB

22

Debbie Clapper: Abstract Infrastructure
Artist reception 6-7:30 pm
Through July 12
BECK CENTER FOR THE ARTS

23

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

26

Video Space: Lucy Raven
Through August 21
ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

28

John Saile: New prints and paintings—See Me…See Yourself
Through September 5
TINNERMAN LOFTS

29

Brian Asquith: Watercolors and Prints
Through September 29
CLEVELAND BOTANICAL GARDEN

29

All About Abaca Exhibition
Opening reception 5-8 pm
Through June 30
MORGAN CONSERVATORY

29

Summer Artists: Laura Garvin, Sharon Dundee, Crystal Beiersdorfer, Random Acts of Artists, America 250: Stitches in Time
Reception 5-7 pm
Through July 18
MCDONOUGH MUSEUM OF ART

30

2026 Members Exhibition
Closing reception and awards ceremony 2-4 pm
ARTISTS ARCHIVES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE

30

Driving Forces: The Lincoln Highway Journey
Through October 18
MASSILLON MUSEUM

June

1

Tikkanen Painting Prize
First round submissions open, digital only
Through July 15
ASHTABULA ARTS CENTER

3

Intermediate/Advanced Pottery
6:30 pm
ART HOUSE, INC.

5

Walk All Over Waterloo
5-9 pm
WATERLOO ARTS DISTRICT

5

Blooming Tides
6-9 pm
Through July 18
WATERLOO ARTS

5

For the Love of the Land Group Exhibit
Through July 17
PINWHEEL GALLERY

5

Little Italy Summer Art Walk
5-9 pm Friday, June 5
Noon-9 pm Saturday, June 6
Noon-5 pm Sunday, June 7
LITTLE ITALY NEIGHBORHOOD

6

We Collab
Organized by Lacy Talley, features 60 artists in a variety of disciplines, working together in teams. She says “we created this show to bring creatives of different artistic backgrounds together to work collaboratively, learn from one another and be in community with each another.” Opening reception 7-11 pm
Through August 1
LOUNGES CLE

6

Art by the Falls hosted by the Valley Art Center
10 am-7 pm Saturday, June 6
10 am-4 pm Sunday, June 7
CLEVELAND METROPARKS POLO FIELDS

6

Pride in the CLE 2026
11 am-6 pm
MALLS B & C, DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND

7

Beginning Pottery on the Wheel
3-5 pm, Sundays through July 26
ART HOUSE, INC.

7

The Night Before: A Summer Evening Affair
5:30-10 pm
THE SCULPTURE CENTER

8

Plein Air Watercolor
6 pm
ART HOUSE, INC.

9

Acrylic Painting-Beginning/Intermediate
6 pm
ART HOUSE, INC.

11

Dobbserwocky: Road to Perdition
Plastics, An Acquired Taste
RESPECT
ARTISTS ARCHIVES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE

11

Thursday Market
4-7 pm, every Thursday through August 13
BAYARTS

12

Karen Jewell-Kett, Moment:Momentum
Opening reception 5-8 pm
Panel discussion Sunday, June 28
BAYARTS

12

Santana Yves Debut Solo Exhibition
Opening reception 6-8 pm
Through July 24
FUTURE INK GRAPHICS

12

Walkabout Tremont
6-10 pm
TREMONT NEIGHBORHOOD

13

Parade the Circle
Noon-4 pm
WADE OVAL

14

Anthesis: The Precise Moment of Blooming
Through August 9
MANSFIELD ART CENTER

17

250
Opening reception 5-9 pm
Through August 30
SLTWTR GALLERY

17

Hilary Gent and Ed Raffel: Managing the Darkness
Through July 25
HEDGE GALLERY

18

Beyond Perception and Spotlight: Amelia Casiano
Opening reception 5 pm
Closing reception 5 pm Friday, August 14
Through August 16
HEIGHTS ART

19

Third Friday
5-9 pm
78TH STREET STUDIOS

19

Layered Light: Cara Romano
Closing reception 5-9 pm
EXTRAORDINAIRE PHOTOS

19

Jacklyn Brickman and Noelle Choy Exhibitions
Brickman is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work incorporates installation, video, performance and social engagement to address how science and fiction can interact to explore social and environmental issues. Natalie Choy’s work engages performative sculpture, objects and video “to seek counter-narratives in cultural mythmaking and the phenomenon
of getting big inside our bodies.” Works of Malena Grigoli are also on view.
Opening reception 5:30-8 pm
Through August 22
THE SCULPTURE CENTER

20

BAYarts Art and Music Festival
10 am-4 pm
BAYARTS

20

Summer Solstice Party
7 pm-midnight
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

20 Friends & Family Art Workshop
1 pm
ART HOUSE, INC.

22

ARTventures in the Garden Camp
10-11:30 am, through June 25
ART HOUSE, INC.

22

Kinetic Play Camp
1-2:30 pm, through June 25
ART HOUSE, INC.

25 Art House Artist Virtual Dialogue
7:30 pm
ART HOUSE, INC.

25

Inkling of Summer 2026
5:30 pm-sunset
ZYGOTE PRESS

25

We the People…All the People:
Paintings by Judy Takács
Opening reception 5-8 pm
Through Election Day, November 3
ARTS FOR JUSTICE CLEVELAND AT MIDTOWN COLLABORATION CENTER

27

Unity Powell curator’s talk for RESPECT
ARTISTS ARCHIVES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE

28

Karen Jewell-Kett, Moment:Momentum
Panel discussion
BAYARTS

29

Jelly Prints Adventures Camp
10-11:30 am, through July 2
ART HOUSE, INC.

29

Design by Accident Camp
1-2:30 pm, through July 2
ART HOUSE, INC.

July

3

Walk All Over Waterloo
5-9 pm
WATERLOO ARTS DISTRICT

3

Taryn McMahon & Aoife Mooney: Voices of Spring
Opening reception 5 pm
Through August 15
DEEP DIVE ART PROJECTS

9

Lake Effect: Artists from Cleveland Now
Hosted by the Cleveland Museum of Art to celebrate 110th anniversary, is NOT a resurrection of the old May Show, they assure us, although it did solicit art from the same seven Northeast Ohio counties the May Show did. It features work in a range of mediums produced within the last five years to showcase the vibrant and diverse artistic community in this region and honor the museum’s role as an inspiration to generations of artists.
Through December 6
TRANSFORMER STATION

9

Manipulations Intensive Session 1
Photograph/Photogram, Printing with Textures, Image Layering
5 pm
CLEVELAND PRINT ROOM

10

Walkabout Tremont
6-10 pm
TREMONT NEIGHBORHOOD

10

Dale Goode: Contemplation
Opening reception 5-8 pm
Through August 8
BAYARTS SULLIVAN FAMILY GALLERY

10

Cain Park Arts Festival
This three-day juried festival takes place along the tree-lined walks in Cleveland Heights’ Cain Park, with artists coming from across the country and down the street. It also features entertainment in its Evans Amphitheater, including kids’ entertainment, and food concessions onsite.
3-8 pm Friday, July 10
10 am-8 pm Saturday, July 11
11 am-5 pm Sunday, July 12
CAIN PARK

13

Drawing Tools Exploration Camp
10-11:30 am, through July 16
ART HOUSE, INC.

13

Glo Camp: Exploring Art Through Light
1-2:30 pm, through July 16
ART HOUSE, INC.

15

Darkness
A group exhibition celebrating darkness as a site of revelation and repair
Opening reception 5-8 pm
Through August 22
UNDERSTORY @ 78TH STREET STUDIOS

16 Manipulations Intensive Session 2: Solarization
5 pm
CLEVELAND PRINT ROOM

17

Third Friday
5-9 pm
78TH STREET STUDIOS

17 Into The Calm: Lauren Scacchi
Opening reception 5 pm
Mid-show reception 5 pm Friday, August 21
Closing reception 5 pm Friday, September 18
Through September 18
EXTRAORDINAIRE PHOTOS

17

Perception Check: A Dungeons and Dragons Art Show
The show features work by eight artists who use DND’s medieval fantasy environment and its cast of monsters, heroes and other role-playing characters as fuel for their work. Artists include Tim Switalski, Quill Kolat, Chris Sopko, Billy the Robot, Chad Kimes, Angela Oster, Ryan Kacsandy and Josh Meraz.
Opening reception 5-9 pm
Though August 21
E11EVEN 2 GALLERY

18

Art Bites: Plastics Panel Discussion
ARTISTS ARCHIVES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE

18

Friends & Family Art Workshop
1 pm
ART HOUSE, INC.

18

Nick Lee: Eternal Flames
Through August 30
MASSILLON MUSEUM

20

Garden PARTy Camp
10 am
ART HOUSE, INC.

20

Masters of the Arts
1 pm
ART HOUSE, INC.

23

Manipulations Intensive Session 3: Chromoskedasik Printing
5 pm
CLEVELAND PRINT ROOM

23

Pieces of Knowing
Through September 12
WORTHINGTON YARDS

24

Ekphrastacy: Artists Talk & Poets Respond to Beyond Perception & Amelia Cassiano
7 pm
HEIGHTS ARTS

24

Genius Loci and the Pathos of Places Exhibition
Opening reception 5-8 pm
Through August 28
MORGAN CONSERVATORY

24

Swamp Water: Book release, reading, and exhibition of work inspired by Ohio wetlands, swamps, bogs, and fens
Through August 29
ZYGOTE PRESS

25

To whom it may concern: Tyler Woody
Opening reception 5-7 pm
Through September 23
CHRYSALIS ANNEX GALLERY

25

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

30

Manipulations Intensive Session 4: Toning & Hand Coloring
5 pm
CLEVELAND PRINT ROOM

31

Summer Exhibitions
Through September 26
SUMMIT ARTSPACE

August

1

Lakewood Arts Festival
10 am-6 pm
DOWNTOWN LAKEWOOD

1

Art Bites—Artist Talk & Tour: Ron Shelton Studio Visit
ARTISTS ARCHIVES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE

3

Eco Photo: An Alternative Process Camp
9 am, through August 7
CLEVELAND PRINT ROOM

7

Walk All Over Waterloo
5-9 pm
WATERLOO ARTS DISTRICT

7

Violet Maimbourg, Your Love is My Favorite Carnival
Jamie Brinker, Favorite Child
Opening reception 6-9 pm
Through September 19
WATERLOO ARTS

7

Helena Richardson: Chasing Carrots
Through September 18
PINWHEEL GALLERY

8

Art In Context: movie & brunch in the gallery: Plastic People
ARTISTS ARCHIVES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE

14

Walkabout Tremont
6-10 pm
TREMONT NEIGHBORHOOD

14

Josh Chefitz: What Survives
Opening reception 5-8 pm
Through October 3
BAYARTS SULLIVAN FAMILY GALLERY

14

Cynthia Penter: In Motion and (re)Pose: A Retrospective
Opening 5-8 pm
Through August 12
BAYARTS SALLY J. OTTO GALLERY

15

Orange Community Art Fest
The second annual Orange Community Art Fest is a free, family-friendly event that offers a range of interactive art experiences suitable for all ages and skill levels. In addition to hands-on art activities, visitors can tour the Orange Art Center’s classrooms and studios and meet its artists and instructors. There’ll also be artist and maker vendor tents,
live demonstrations and interactive stations for both kids and adults. Registration is required: go to orangerec.com/page/art-fest-oac-2026
10 am-2 pm
ORANGE ART CENTER

15

Friends & Family Art Workshop
1 pm
ART HOUSE, INC.

18

Good Times: The Artistic Journey of Ernie Barnes
The Art of Movement
Through November 1
CANTON MUSEUM OF ART

19

Liz Maugans: I Am an Old Lady Playlist
Rebecca Cross: A Library of Selves
Through September 26
HEDGE GALLERY

20 Archived Artists Exhibition: Mona Kolesar, Paula Blackman, and Joyce Morrow Jones
ARTISTS ARCHIVES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE

20

Community Culture Night
7 pm
ART HOUSE, INC.

21

Third Friday
5-9 pm
78TH STREET STUDIOS

21

Into The Calm: Lauren Scacchi
Mid-show reception 5 pm
Closing reception 5 pm Friday, September 18
EXTRAORDINAIRE PHOTOS

22

Shared Art
Video Space: Nancy Buchanan & Lyn Blumenthal
ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM

28

CAN Journal Fall Issue Launch
6-8 pm
LARCHMERE ARTS

28

New Exhibitions
Opening night celebration
MOCA CLEVELAND

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