Canvas Magazine

29/07/2024

At the corner of St. Clair Avenue and Addison Road in the St. Clair Superior neighborhood of Cleveland, drivers and pedestrians alike can now find a mural showcasing different birds, including a cardinal and blue jay, sitting on branches and contrasting with various colorful shades in the background.

Created in November 2023, the mural was painted by local artist Dayz Whun. It was curated and managed by Joe Lanzilotta, director of design and strategy at LAND studio, which manages public art installations throughout the city.

Whun’s mural is one of several to be added to the St. Clair Superior area, according to LAND studio’s website, adding a level of “vibrancy” to the neighborhood, Lanzilotta tells Canvas in this interview.

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23/07/2024

18/07/2024

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18/07/2024

One goal of an actor is to put on a convincing performance to make the audience believe they truly are their character. This task becomes even more challenging when a play with a dozen characters has about half as many actors who then take on multiple roles.

Nevertheless, those in the theater world – like the cast and crew at Great Lakes Theater in downtown Cleveland – have shown time and time again they are up for the challenge. In fact, they often revel in it.

“It’s a creative endeavor that a lot of creative folks – which I am lucky enough to be surrounded by all the time – will lean into,” Sara Bruner, producing artistic director designate at Great Lakes Theater, tells Canvas. “And it just becomes a really fun puzzle for us all to solve.”

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16/07/2024

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11/07/2024

This summer, The Cleveland Museum of Art will present “Picturing the Border,” a photography exhibit depicting the people and stories along the U.S.-Mexico borderlands from the 1970s to the present.

The project has been on the mind of Nadiah Rivera Fellah, associate curator of contemporary art at the museum, since she wrote her doctoral dissertation around 2014-15 on borderlands photography.

“There’s a lot of communities in Northeast and Northwest Ohio, throughout Ohio, that have lineages of migration from Mexico,” Fellah says. “Not only that, but lineages of migration in general.”

The exhibition runs from July 21, 2024 to Jan. 5, 2025 in the Mark Schwartz and Bettina Katz Photography Galleries at the museum. It also features two videos as to include time-based media.

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10/07/2024

For 47 years, the Cain Park Arts Festival has remained relatively the same – and that’s a good thing, says festival director George Kozmon. The festival is finding its way back to pre-COVID-19 numbers with close to 150 artists gathering from July 12 through July 14 at Cain Park in Cleveland Heights.

“(It’s) one of those situations where if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” he says. “We keep adding things around the edges, but fundamentally, we don’t want to change the flavor of what it is, which is a community-based art event.”

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03/07/2024

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01/07/2024

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26/06/2024

🚨 Due to the weather forecast, tonight’s Wade Oval Wednesday event with The Cleveland Orchestra will now be held indoors at Severance Music Center. Entry is free with first come, first served. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to see our Cleveland Orchestra perform at Severance for free!

The opening act, Stix, will perform in the Reinberger Chamber Hall at 5:45pm, and The Cleveland Orchestra will perform in the Mandel Concert Hall at 7:00pm.

Please note there will be no food or beverage for sale at Severance, and we kindly ask that you do not bring in outside food or beverages.

The Severance Garage located at 11172 East Blvd., will be available for event parking at $11. There will be overflow parking at nearby surface lots, including the lot at 2035 Adelbert Road. On-street parking will be available on surrounding streets at no cost beginning at 6 p.m. Watch the parking video for more information. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slkvhgHdEbo

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26/06/2024

Scott Goss is organized. He has to be. As a full-time faculty member at the Cleveland Institute of Art and a practicing artist specializing in public installation, time is the coin of his realm – the way he makes the two sides of his professional life keep on turning.

Teaching first-year students at Cleveland Institute of Art pleases him and provides stability. But public installations are Goss’ bread and butter, the soul of his work for the last 10 years or so.

“I tell my students, I apply for 60 or 80 projects a year,” Goss says. “I’m lucky if I get one or two of those. And if I get one or two of those, my project’s full, my deck is full.”

A Cleveland Heights native, Goss likes to experiment and is eager to develop unusual art, like “Wind Farm,” an installation featuring five stainless steel pinwheels 64 inches in diameter to be installed in Peekskill, N.Y., this spring. “Wind Farm” is one of three commissions Goss is working on.

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20/06/2024

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19/06/2024

Though it shares part of its name with a common feature of many backyards, SHED Projects is anything but a typical art space.

The gallery, located at 3731 Pearl Road in Cleveland, wears many hats – some uncommon for an art space. In addition to indoor and outdoor viewing spaces, the building is both a historic landmark and the home of SHED Projects co-founders Gabrielle Banzhaf, executive director and curator, and Jon Gott, her partner and SHED Projects co-founder.

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18/06/2024

FREE Shakespeare in the Park is coming to your neighborhood!

18/06/2024

🎷 The 45th annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland at Playhouse Square presents nearly 500 musical artists over three days with a gamut of legendary performers and newcomers.

JazzFest features eight ticketed concerts inside Playhouse Square theaters from June 20 through June 22, along with free outdoor concerts on the plaza from 3 p.m. to midnight on June 21 and June 22.

“It’s great fun, and it’s just a really beautiful backdrop of all the theaters and all the marquees and all the flashing lights that are Playhouse Square,” says JazzFest director Terri Pontremoli.

She says she is excited for people to witness artists they have never seen before. The lineup includes jazz legend Charles Lloyd, Cuban pianist and composer Harold López-Nussa and Grammy winner and 12-time nominee Ledisi.

“It has very much to do with what people think jazz is or isn’t,” Pontremoli says. “Herbie Hancock always says that jazz is the spirit of openness and if you come with curiosity, you will definitely find something you love, you will get excited by what you hear.”

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17/06/2024

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14/06/2024

Local artists and advocates who have been meeting over the last few months to develop a Northeast Ohio arts/creative event don’t know exactly what their eventual festival looks like yet, but they know it will reclaim arts programming to be envisioned and led by creatives themselves.

While details like the event’s theme, expected timeline and locations are still to be determined, the leaders of the Quest for the Fest group – as they refer to the planning initiative – are clear that they want it to be inclusive, fun and interesting to diverse generations of artists. The group has had three meetings starting in February to discuss the potential fest, with the most recent meeting on May 5 at Artful Cleveland in Cleveland Heights.

The Quest for the Fest began after the recent cancellations of other major arts events in Cleveland and surrounding areas, including the FRONT Triennial, the Collective Arts Network CAN Triennial and The Robert Thürmer People’s Art Show at Cleveland State University.

Frustrated by the loss of these major exhibitions and opportunities for local artists, those working toward creating the new festival are looking beyond typical funding and gallery show opportunities. They are focused on a mission that puts the economic and creative needs of artists at the forefront. It’s also about making sure younger generations of artists have models for what an arts career looks like in Cleveland post-COVID-19 pandemic, says Liz Maugans, an artist, advocate and one of the leaders of Quest for the Fest.

“For me, it’s a beautiful thing to get more people involved in the arts and the creativity of what we do, and break down barriers and to get our young creatives involved and to build mentorships and all different kinds of connections,” she says at the second planning meeting on April 7, which she led with David King, another artist and group leader. “This is going to be sloppy work. It’s going to be messy. It’s going to be, I think hopefully, fun and joyful.”

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07/06/2024

After 40 years at Riverside Park in Chagrin Falls, Art by the Falls, presented by Valley Art Center, will have a new venue June 8 and June 9.

As Cuyahoga County repairs the Chagrin Falls bridge by the park, the fine arts and contemporary craft festival will move to the Cleveland Metroparks Polo Field in Moreland Hills to relieve some of the congestion caused by construction, says Erinn Grube, Valley Art Center events manager.

“I think it’s going to offer a little bit of a different feel and let us bring in some artists we would not have been able to bring in otherwise because we can add 10 booths,” she says.

Being one of the festival’s most competitive seasons ever, the added spaces will bring in over 140 artists from 19 states across many mediums including painting, pottery, jewelry, sculpture and photography, she says.

“There’s just some really neat art out there,” Grube says. “It feels like some stuff we haven’t seen before.”

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06/06/2024

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03/06/2024

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31/05/2024

Art in the Village with Craft Marketplace, presented by Howard Alan Events, gives patrons a high-end art buying experience June 1 and June 2 at Legacy Village in Lyndhurst.

“After 33 years of coming here, we’re always excited to return,” says Elaine Laurent, director of business development for Howard Alan Events. “It kicks off our full summer tour.”

The strictly juried festival will showcase over 100 artists – including 18 local artists – across various mediums including painting, jewelry, photography, sculpture and ceramics, and a separate craft market.

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23/05/2024

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20/05/2024

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17/05/2024

The Spring/Summer 2024 issue of Canvas is now available! Read it at http://canvascle.com/current-issue/.

17/05/2024

Here’s a glance at what’s coming up in Northeast Ohio in summer and fall 2024 – starting with this weekend's Cleveland Asian Festival!

The Canvas events calendar is presented by Cuyahoga Community College.

Here’s a glance at what’s coming up in Northeast Ohio in summer and fall 2024. The Canvas events calendar is presented by Cuyahoga Community College. May 18-19 Cleveland Asian Festival 24-25 Micro Theater CLE 31- June 2 Little Italy Summer Art Walk June 1 Kent Art & Wine Festival 1-2 Art in the ...

14/05/2024

Summers at Severance is back! This three-concert series offers the perfect evening of music paired with good company and happy hour cocktails on our picturesque front terrace.
📸: Roger Mastroianni Photography
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09/05/2024

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07/05/2024

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06/05/2024