Jerome White, featured artist in the 2026 revival of Sankofa’s Black Art Expo September 18–20, remembers his own introduction to the Black Art Expo scene in late 1990s Baltimore: “I met Larry Poncho Brown, and he became a mentor to me,” remembers White. “I was trying to fit in as an artist at that time, to be accepted.” The two […]
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You may have seen the term RISO or Risograph lately and thought to yourself, “what on Earth is that?” What was once a very niche form of printing has become the darling of the zine-making and small press publishing world, and is so mainstream that graphic designers can even purchase RISO-effect filters for Photoshop. Put simply, a RISO or Risograph […]
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Sixty years ago, Don Drumm found himself wearing a hard hat and clambering around precariously ten stories above the Bowling Green State University (BGSU) campus. As the university’s first artist-in-residence from 1965 to 1971, Don had been tasked with creating an eight-story and a ten-story sandblasted concrete mural on the east and west sides, respectively, of the university library–which would […]
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This article is about Michael Loderstedt, the artist. It omits—perhaps unfairly—the considerable body of poetry and biographical work that he has completed in the past ten years. As an artist, his work is mostly about his present and our present. As a writer, he often reflects and reports on his Huckleberry Finnesque childhood and adolescence on the Outer Banks of […]
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Almost thirty years ago, Mary K. Thomas was in the fight of her life. She suffered a massive stroke followed by a ruptured brain aneurysm. It bled for two days. When she woke up three weeks later, she could no longer read or speak very well, and she had memory damage. That, in her words, left her with two things: […]
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Curator’s note: Cline’s photography takes us into the fearlessness, and determination to make communal space, building community around experimentation and exploration. These students are getting to know their city in a magical way, exploring remnants of the city’s former architecture, and documenting their perspective full of wonder and curiosity. Artist Bio: My name is Garvey Cline. I am majoring in […]
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Fall 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 […]
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In her new show at Midtown Collaboration Center, and as the United States celebrates its semiquincentennial, Arts for Justice Cleveland presents works of figurative painter Judy Takács through Election Day, inspiring hope and action through portraiture. Using art as her ammunition by depicting our country’s most vulnerable citizens, Takács issues a call-to-action that presents democracy as a work in progress. […]
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It’s a gloomy Third Friday in early spring, and although crowds of people pass by, only a few have ventured through the door of Brian Asquith’s studio. Inside, a lone couple stands before an image of a giant lobster. Its neon colors seem to glow against the stark white gallery walls. Over three feet tall, the turquoise body is covered […]
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If you find yourself lost or alone, in need of a quick phone call, a smart phone may be the only option. According to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), there are no functioning public pay phones in Cleveland. The only telecommunication companies that provide active services to Ohio focus on pay phones that are located within prison systems for contacting […]
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