Valley Art Center (VAC) is thrilled to announce a collaborative, public art mural project aiming to turn the Main Street bridge reconstruction site in downtown Chagrin Falls into a canvas of beauty and inspiration. At the project’s core lies a celebration of community: artists within a fifty-mile radius of Chagrin Falls were invited to submit design proposals, and the community […]
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For over a decade, Summit Artspace’s visitors have been welcomed to the building by Kings and Queens, a 225-feet-wide by 9-feet-high mural depicting faces representing diverse ethnic groups living in Akron. Internationally-renowned artist and Kent State University (KSU) faculty member Kirk Mangus (1952–2013) and 25 Summit County teens painted the mural in 2006, with funding from Summit County, the National […]
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Augmented Reality might be the perfect medium to apply to the current socio-political climate. It is a mind-bending way of making juxtapositions that can comment on a place or situation—like the Cuyahoga County Courthouse, for example. The app-based technology plays a role in the Artists Against Injustice Rally from 5 to 8 pm Friday June 19th –Juneteenth–at the courthouse (1 […]
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This is an outstanding opportunity for a Cleveland-based mural artist: The city of Rouen, France–Cleveland’s sister city–will pay for your travel, accommodations, and supplies to go to Rouen and work with two local artists there to create a mural. It’s a big mural: 80 feet long, 32 feet high. Click here: RFP for application details. The deal is reciprocity, […]
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Fall 2016 Cleveland Foundation Creative Fusion Artist Ananda Nahu is just a few weeks away from completing the largest mural in the state of Ohio. Located in the Lakeview Terrace Estates at the West 28th Street on ramp, the vibrant mural draws inspiration from youth who live in the community and participate in Cleveland Public Theatre‘s Brick City Theatre program. […]
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