Various Small Fires borrows its name from artist Ed Ruscha’s conceptual book, Various Small Fires, self-published in 1964. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, he created a series of small photo-conceptual artist’s books which featured mundane subjects and photographs of fires with deadpan titles. The Various Small Fires exhibition is inspired by the liminal moments of the everyday that are ignited […]
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CAN Fall Issue Despite the honored position that the name Cleaveland holds in the city’s history, it is the incorrect spelling, Cleveland, without the extra “a,” that is our city’s name. One legend has it that in 1830 the city’s newspaper could not fit the “a” in its headline, so the city became Cleveland. Using 21st century technology, the shorthand of […]
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The guitarist Eric Clapton was known for his pioneering electric guitar work, acoustic and slide guitar and Dobro skills. Equally impressive was his interest in personally restringing his own guitar, to his liking, between song breaks, rather than having a roadie do it. This often meant long pauses between songs, which in turn would prompt audience members to break […]
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The West 117 Foundation, Inc. was established in 2020 with a mission to provide leadership to Cleveland’s LGBTQ+ community to raise private sector funds, steward the assets received, and make grants in support of entrepreneurship, arts, culture, health and human services, and other relevant programs. From rental subsidies to arts and cultural programming to entrepreneurship and upskilling opportunities, the foundation aims to help […]
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