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Yards Project Space Reimagines the Portrait as a Living Archive, in Past Present Portraitsfrom the LAND

Past Present Portraits from the LAND reimagines the portrait as a living archive—a space where identity, place, and memory intersect. The exhibition considers how Cleveland’s artists chronicle both individual lives and collective histories, shaping a visual record of resilience, creativity, and transformation. The featured works traverse time and medium: black-and-white film, digital photography, hand-tinted images, and experimental processes converge to […]

14(4) Winter 2025/2026

All Who Wander Are Not Lost, And Even If They Are, Wonders May Never Cease

Jo Steigerwald

Being lost is an unfinished business, feeling unmoored despite being somewhere specific. Lost is destruction and grief, escape and adventure, terrifying freedom. Lost inspires awe in equal parts breathless amazement and fear in the gut, yet it provides respite from daily life and ordinary identity. Explore all aspects of lost in The YARDS Project’s current show, Let’s Get Lost: an […]

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Street Sense and Sensibility, at YARDS Projects

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Street Sense and Sensibility | June 6–July 27 The photographer Garry Winogrand disliked being called a street photographer. He maintained that photography is finding a way to transform something from the real world into a distinctive image. He said: “Great photography is always on the edge of failure.” Street photography was pioneered by maverick photographers who built bodies of work […]

13(2) Summer 2024

Sage Wisdom at Worthington Yards

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Sage Wisdom We are pleased to celebrate the work of some of the most vibrant artists in this region as they show the expanse of their commitment to making. Sage Wisdom is a moment where we celebrate the life-course of creativity–the impact of age, and how it can, will, and does shift the practice of artists working in Northeast Ohio. […]

13(1) Spring 2024

Yards Project: Drawing Reality, Stranger Things

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ON LINE: drawing our reality September 7th-October 14 Opening reception Sept. 7 5:30-8pm More and more visceral mark making with a digital technology is being introduced into drawing that blurs the line between authorship and originality. Digital mediation tools like tablets, projectors, Artificial Intelligence, and other software technologies distract us, while providing sophisticated imaging tools to enrich our experiences. We […]

12(3) Fall 2023

Celebrating Love and Intimacy in Two Summer Shows at Yards Projects

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Love Being Black, June 1–July 1 In Love Being Black, writer Ali Black and photographer Donald Black Jr, pair works that look into the world of the Black funeral and capture the residue of violence and racism. These works show an effortless collaboration between two artists. And while this is admirable, it also indicates an alarming reality—trauma sits too comfortably […]

12(2) Summer 2023

YARDS Projects presents The Infinite Mix

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The artists in The Infinite Mix filter and play with the absurd in a time and space that seems so damn upside-down and surreal. It is very much like the moment in which Man Ray developed his early artistic approaches during the Dada movement. Shaped by the trauma of World War I and the emergence of a modern media culture, […]

The Series and the Multiple, at YARDS

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In his sketchbooks, Pablo Picasso often made drawings where, by pressing hard, he would create an imprint transferred to the following page. He would be greeted with a trace on the subsequent page that presented a template for changing the image later, gradually or radically. The opportunity to create multiples and develop work through a series is best celebrated with […]

11(4)Winter 2022-2023

Messin With You, at YARDS Projects

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“I can’t stand art actually. I’ve never, ever liked art,” said internationally-renowned artist David Hammons. And when asked “why do you make it?” His response: “…Because art is about symbols, and outrageously magical things happen when you mess around with a symbol.” The lineup of artists in Messin’ with You at YARDS Projects play to the spirit of Hammons, where […]

11(2) Summer 2022

Threshold/Drawn to Paint at Yards Projects at Worthington Yards

Liz Maugans

Painting and drawing always have been primary modes of expression. Painters often make an initial drawing on a surface, using graphite or charcoal, as a starting point to begin to envision their works. Since drawing produces lines, it is important to keep the mindset of a painter and allow other things to emerge. Painters traditionally rely on shapes, value and […]

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