Openings, shows, Workshops, job postings, equipment, & anything else that might involve the northern
Ohio clay community.

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

10.29-30


Attention!!
The Next NOC event will be Wednesday November 18th , 7 pm at Brick Ceramic + Design Studio, 420 East 161st. Street Cleveland.  www.brickceramics.com!  It will be a presentation by the new CIA ceramics faculty,  Seth Nagelberg and the new KSU faculty Peter Christian Johnson.  Pizza will be provided.  Please bring beverages and anything else you may want!  Tell your friends! 
10.29
Tri-C Gallery East, 4250 Richmond Rd., Highland Hills, OH  “Judy Takacs, Chicks With Balls.”  Opening Reception 6-8:30 pm.  
Lakeland Community College 7700 Clocktower Drive, Kirtland, OH 44094, 440.525.7029  “Skull and Skeleton Exhibit.”  Opening 6-9pm. The 4th Skull and Skeleton in Art … Folk Art to Pop Culture exhibit at the gallery at Lakeland Community College has gotten to be a huge undertaking. Curated by gallery coordinator Mary Urbas, it’s exploded in size from 18 artists to more than 80 from across the country as well as England and Mexico, with more than 300 works in virtually every media you can name.
10.30
2731 Prospect, 2731 Prospect Ave., Cleveland 216.298.9071 “Joseph Minek and Amber Stucke.”  Opening 6-9pm.   The second pair of shows at 2731 Prospect demonstrates the direction new gallery director Lauren Davis said they were interested in going. They’ve got another show of photography, something Busta didn’t do much of, and they’re casting a wider regional net. Clevelander Joseph Minek does abstract works created in the darkroom without a camera, while Cincinnati-based artist Amber Stucke will be showing graphite drawings of lichen, fungi, algae and moss in her show Symbiosis State, which “investigate the complex visual relationships between survival, both parasitic and mutualistic, that take place under symbiosis.”

Thursday, October 22, 2015

10.23


First of All!!!!!!!!!
The Next NOC event will be Wednesday November 18th , 7 pm at Brick Studio !  It will be a presentation by the new CIA ceramics faculty,  Seth Nagelberg.  Pizza will be provided.  Please bring beverages and anything else you may want!  Tell your friends!  There may be a second presentation (it’s still in the works, more info next week.)
10.23
“Workshop: Engaging Space: Creative Potential in Contemporary Ceramics.”  Otterbein University, Westerville, OH  Friday, October 23: 3:00 - 6:00 pm: Exhibition tours - Continuous shuttle between featured exhibitions • Things Love: Kirk Mangus; Miller Gallery, Art & Communications Building • The Space Between: curated by Sherman Hall, Fisher Gallery, Roush Hall • Love Between the Atoms: Eva Kwong; Frank Museum, 39 S. Vine St., Westerville 7:00 - 8:30 pm: Keynote Speaker • Garth Johnson, Curator of Ceramics, Arizona State University, Museum of Art Ceramics Research Center Roush Hall, Otterbein Campus 8:30 - 10:00 pm: Meet the artists reception for The Space Between exhibition Saturday, October 24: 8:00 - 10:00 am: Continuous shuttle between exhibitions 10:00 am - 12:30 pm: Speakers Roush Hall, Otterbein Campus • Sherman Hall, Managing Director, Ceramic Publications Company • Rose Bouthillier, Assistant Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, organizer of Things Love exhibition • Meg Roberts, Artist, Activist, Executive Director of Plants for Patients • Jim Bowling, Assoc. Professor of Art, Otterbein University 12:30 - 2:00 pm: lunch (on own) 2:15 - 3:30 pm: Open Space round table discussions 3:30 - 4:00 pm: Closing remarks 4:30 - 8:00 pm: Reception for Eva Kwong's exhibition, Love Between the Atoms Frank Museum of Art The symposium is open to all who have interest; registration includes admittance to all events, and it is FREE. We very excited about the programming, and expect it to fill quickly, so please let people know to register soon!
Juma Gallery, 20100 Chagrin Blvd., Shaker Heights, 44122, 216.295.1717  “Joey Thate:  New Work.”  Opening 6-8pm. (Image Above)  Joey Thate was born in LaCrosse, Wisconsin in 1983 and now lives and works in Cleveland, Ohio. In his lakeside studio Joey concentrates on painting large scale oil and acrylic pieces and smaller scale multi-media drawings.  Joey studied studio painting at Daytona State College in Daytona, Florida. He has been featured to millions of viewers through Fox's Network Television show Hell's Kitchen in Seasons 9 and 10. (2011) and other feature films while living and working in Los Angeles

Thursday, October 15, 2015

10.15-20


10.15
Morgan Conservatory, 1754 E. 47th Street, Cleveland, 216.361.9255, www.morganconservatory.org   “Buoyancy.”  Opening 6-9PM.  Buoyancy, the Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory’s last gallery show of the year, addresses the theme of water and swimming in the work of two artists, Aimee Lee and Kristen Martincic.  Both grew up around water — Martincic in Cleveland, Lee along New York’s Hudson River — and it has played an influential role in their work. Both ground their work in different forms of Asian papermaking (Lee led the launch of Morgan’s eastern Paper studio last year), which they use to create prints, mixed-media work and three-dimensional objects.  The show opens with a reception Thu 10/15 from 6-9pm, with an artist talk by both artists at 6pm. It runs through Sat 12/5. It’s free. 
10.16
Third Fridays at 78th Street Studios!
Survival Kit Gallery, 1305 W. 80th Street Suite 303, Cleveland 216.533.4855www.survivalkitgallery.com  “Assholes and Elbows:  Recent work by Dana Depew.”  Opening 5-9pm. exhibition of recent sculptural works produced from reclaimed and found objects 'assholes and elbows' refers to working hard at a task. It originated in farm work. If a group of field hands is busy and bent over picking crops, then a supervisor looking out over the group would see nothing but "assholes and elbows".  I grew up on a farm in Medina, Ohio with eight siblings. There were always daily chores and tasks we each had to do. My father would always say "Get out there and do your chores and all I want to see is assholes and elbows."
Tregoning & Company, 1300 West 78th Street, Cleveland, 216.281.8626, www.tregoningandco.com  “A Pocket Full of Change:  Michael Gill.”  Opening 5-9pm.  Michael Gill is well known around town as an arts and news writer who worked for years for the Free Times and Scene. He co-founded the Collective Arts Network and is publisher/editor of the quarterly CAN Journal.  But he’s also an accomplished printmaker and creator of artist books. He’s got a new show opening and it will feature a selection of prints from his brand-new artist book of woodcuts, A Pocket Full of Change, which shows and tells the story of a boy who goes out on his bicycle  to put coins on tracks to be run over by trains. 
Derek Hess Gallery at &8th Street Studios.  “Gojira: An Artistic Celebration of Godzilla.”  Opening 5-9PM.  More than two dozen mostly local artists are contributing their talents to Gojira: An Artistic Celebration of Godzilla, including Hess himself, as well as others known for their pop culture sensibility such as Rich Cihlar, John Greiner, Jake Kelly, Aaron Sechrist and Clay Parker. Those contributions include drawing, painting, sculpture and even handmade books.
10.17
River Gallery,19046 Old Detroit Road, Rocky River 44116 440 331-8406, www.rivergalleryarts.com  “Partners in Art.”  Opening 3-7pm.   Featuring work by NOC’s Own Stephanie Craig, Todd Leech, Mark Yasenchack and John Miyazawa!  Also including work by Kristen Sutcliffe, Jim Fish, Patti Fiels, Ray Juaire, Justin Rothshank, Brooke Rothshank, Dianne and Pat Barker, Drbra Kay & Mike Steciw, and Linda Zmina and Earl James.
10.18
Sandusky Cultural Center, 2130 Hayes Avenue at Perkins Sandusky, OH 44870 419.625.1188  www.sanduskyculturalcenter.org  “Rituals and Meditations.”  Opening 1-4pm.  Featuring work by Gary Spinosa and NOC’s Own Ikuko Miklowski, John Miyazawa and Yumiko Goto.

10.20

Cleveland Institute of Art, 11610 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 800.223.4700, www.cia.edu “Ceramic designer, cia grad Nancy Yusko.”  to speak Oct. 20
Nancy Yusko ’03, lead industrial designer at Kohler, will give a talk about her creative career and her “intense research fortitude” at 10:30am on Tuesday, Oct. 20 in the  Peter B.Lewis Aud.

Upcoming Workshop: Engaging Space: Creative Potential in Contemporary Ceramics.  Otterbein University, Westerville, OH
Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/engaging-space-creative-potential-in-contemporary-ceramics-registration-18416026832 Host hotel link: (Homewood Suites on Polaris) http://homewoodsuites.hilton.com/en/hw/groups/personalized/C/CMHPPHW-CER-20151023/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG Schedule of events: Friday, October 23: 3:00 - 6:00 pm: Exhibition tours - Continuous shuttle between featured exhibitions • Things Love: Kirk Mangus; Miller Gallery, Art & Communications Building • The Space Between: curated by Sherman Hall, Fisher Gallery, Roush Hall • Love Between the Atoms: Eva Kwong; Frank Museum, 39 S. Vine St., Westerville 7:00 - 8:30 pm: Keynote Speaker • Garth Johnson, Curator of Ceramics, Arizona State University, Museum of Art Ceramics Research Center Roush Hall, Otterbein Campus 8:30 - 10:00 pm: Meet the artists reception for The Space Between exhibition Saturday, October 24: 8:00 - 10:00 am: Continuous shuttle between exhibitions 10:00 am - 12:30 pm: Speakers Roush Hall, Otterbein Campus • Sherman Hall, Managing Director, Ceramic Publications Company • Rose Bouthillier, Assistant Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, organizer of Things Love exhibition • Meg Roberts, Artist, Activist, Executive Director of Plants for Patients • Jim Bowling, Assoc. Professor of Art, Otterbein University 12:30 - 2:00 pm: lunch (on own) 2:15 - 3:30 pm: Open Space round table discussions 3:30 - 4:00 pm: Closing remarks 4:30 - 8:00 pm: Reception for Eva Kwong's exhibition, Love Between the Atoms Frank Museum of Art The symposium is open to all who have interest; registration includes admittance to all events, and it is FREE. We very excited about the programming, and expect it to fill quickly, so please let people know to register soon!

Thursday, October 8, 2015

10.9-10


10.9
Tremont Artwalk.

Bay Arts, 28795 Lake Road, Bay Village, OH  “Triple Lindy:  Jim Giar, Randy Crider, Ryan Finley.”  Opening 7-9pm.  

Beck Center, 17801 Detroit Ave. Lakewood, 216.521.2540  “I love GREATer Cleveland!  New Works by Raymond P. Neubert.”  Opening 6-8PM.  Florida-based artist Raymond P. Neubert works in many media including drawing, acrylic, digital photography and ceramics, often in combination. He’s been travelling across the country looking for new opportunities to exhibit, and he’s found one at the Beck Center in Lakewood, where his exhibit of “NeuArt” — colored drawings on paper and acrylic paintings on canvas — opens with a reception tonight.

10.10

Zygote Press, 1410 East 30th St., Cleveland 216.621.2900  www.zygotepress.com  “Works of Dresden Exchange Artists Tony Franz and Svenja Wichmann.”  



Fall Classes at BRICK!  Sign up now to reserve your spot at http://www.brickceramics.com/classes.html 
Date Night Make your own Mugs!  Evening Workshop  Thursday October 15th from 7-9pm!  BYOB  $50 per two people. 
Potters Wheel II Connecting of Parts  6 week course Tuesdays October 27th-December 1st from 6:30-8:30pm  $200
 Handbuilding Basics and surface decoration  6 week course  Wednesdays October 28th-December 2nd from 10am-12pm  $200  Kid's Holiday Ornament and Decoration Class  2 week course  Sundays November 1st and 8th from 11am-1pm
$50  All prices for classes include materials and firing. Students are welcome to continue work on their projects during open studio hours!  NEW Open Studio Hours!  Mondays 5-9pm  Wednesdays and Saturdays 12-4pm


Upcoming Workshop: Engaging Space: Creative Potential in Contemporary Ceramics.  Otterbein University, Westerville, OH
Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/engaging-space-creative-potential-in-contemporary-ceramics-registration-18416026832 Host hotel link: (Homewood Suites on Polaris) http://homewoodsuites.hilton.com/en/hw/groups/personalized/C/CMHPPHW-CER-20151023/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG Schedule of events: Friday, October 23: 3:00 - 6:00 pm: Exhibition tours - Continuous shuttle between featured exhibitions • Things Love: Kirk Mangus; Miller Gallery, Art & Communications Building • The Space Between: curated by Sherman Hall, Fisher Gallery, Roush Hall • Love Between the Atoms: Eva Kwong; Frank Museum, 39 S. Vine St., Westerville 7:00 - 8:30 pm: Keynote Speaker • Garth Johnson, Curator of Ceramics, Arizona State University, Museum of Art Ceramics Research Center Roush Hall, Otterbein Campus 8:30 - 10:00 pm: Meet the artists reception for The Space Between exhibition Saturday, October 24: 8:00 - 10:00 am: Continuous shuttle between exhibitions 10:00 am - 12:30 pm: Speakers Roush Hall, Otterbein Campus • Sherman Hall, Managing Director, Ceramic Publications Company • Rose Bouthillier, Assistant Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, organizer of Things Love exhibition • Meg Roberts, Artist, Activist, Executive Director of Plants for Patients • Jim Bowling, Assoc. Professor of Art, Otterbein University 12:30 - 2:00 pm: lunch (on own) 2:15 - 3:30 pm: Open Space round table discussions 3:30 - 4:00 pm: Closing remarks 4:30 - 8:00 pm: Reception for Eva Kwong's exhibition, Love Between the Atoms Frank Museum of Art The symposium is open to all who have interest; registration includes admittance to all events, and it is FREE. We very excited about the programming, and expect it to fill quickly, so please let people know to register soon!

Thursday, October 1, 2015

10.2-4



10.2
VOINOVICH PARK AND NORTHCOAST HARBOR, Downtown next to the Rock Hall.   Ingenuity Fest 2015:  Transitions.”  Friday 5 pm – 1 am.  Saturday 12– 1 am.  Sunday 12-5pm. 

Bonfoey Gallery, 1710 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, 216.621.0178, www.bonfoey.com  “Dana Oldfather-Soft Armor.”  Opening reception 5-8pm. Cleveland artist Dana Oldfather is only 37. And she is a self-taught painter without the cache, credentials and connections of an art school education. But she’s already winning awards, snagging prestigious show slots and being written about in The New York Times for her colorful, motion-filled abstractions created from oil, acrylics, spray paint and ink.  Showing that she managed to pick up some art jargon without going to art school, Oldfather says, “As a way of defying the void and defining the ‘home,’ I create systems of eroded, kneaded, knotted, laced up, scaffolded space in a state of simultaneous deterioration, support, and rebuild.”  If you want to know more, she’ll be doing an artist conversation at the gallery on Thu 10/22 from 5:30-7:30pm, moderated by former gallerist Bill Busta. (Top Image Above)

Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd, Cleveland, 216.421.7350, www.clevelandart.org “MIX: Cultura.”   Party from 5-9PM.
The Cleveland Museum of Art’s monthly first Friday over-18 meet-and-mingle event MIX has an Italian flavor this month. Dubbed Cultura, it will shine the spotlight on the Italian works in its collection, from ancient Rome through the Renaissance classics to Italy’s lively contemporary art scene. Italian-style food will be available at the museum’s Provenance restaurant and cafĂ©, and to make it even more accessible, there’ll be a pop-up Provenance restaurant in the atrium. There’ll be a cash bar there too.  Tickets are $8 in advance, $1o at the door. CMA members are free.


Maria Neil Art Project, 15813 Waterloo Rd. Cleveland, www.marianeilartproject.org, 216.481.7722  “Christopher Richards:  Chromatic Consumption.”  Opening 5-10 pm. Chromatic Consumption addresses current front-burner issues of sustainability, the environment and waste pollution. The show opens during the monthly Walk All Over Waterloo art walk and runs through 10/25. It’s also an opportunity to check out the Scott Goss exhibit Incoherent Spaces at the main gallery if you haven’t done so already, on view through 10/18.

Satellite Gallery 422 East 156th Street, Cleveland.  “Monsters from Space!  Haunted Alien Invasion at Satellite Gallery.”  Opening 6-9pm.

10.3
Solon Center for the Arts, 6315 SOM Center Rd., Solon, OH 440.337.1400  “Lissa Bockrath:  Gaia’s Echo.”  Opening Reception 6-8:30 pm. (Image Above)  I am SUPER excited to present my new body of work which is inspired by our changing environment. Along with my oil on canvas paintings I will  be debuting my new ink on glass work!  It is with a heavy heart that I announce this will be my last solo show in Cleveland before we move to Toronto!  Although we will be moving I will continue to have a Cleveland presence through my exclusive representation by the prestigious Kenneth Paul Lesko Gallery.  We have booked a solo show for November 2016.   I hope you can stop by the opening to see my new paintings, have a bite to eat, a glass of wine and reminisce before I have to say Bon Voyage! : (

Kent State University Art Gallery, 325 Terrace Drive, Kent.  330.672.2760  “Arts Preview of the Center for the Visual Arts.”  Opening 12-3pm.  
Morgan Conservatory, 1754 E. 47th Street, Cleveland, 216.361.9255, www.morganconservatory.org  “Rock, Paper, Scissors Benefit and Silent Auction.”  
Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, 1834 E. 123rd St. Cleveland, 216.721.9020  “Collecting Art, Talk by Barbara Tannenbaum.”  1 pm. Barbara Tannenbaum presents a primer for beginning collectors. Her talk will explore the reasons why individuals collect and she will present opportunities and strategies for collecting photography locally and nationally.   There will be an opportunity for questions and discussion after Ms. Tannenbaum’s powerpoint presentation. This event is free and open to the public thanks to a grant from the George Gund Foundation and the Northern Ohio Art Dealers Association.  Please RSVP!

Upcoming:
Theresa Yondo Class Schedule. The next class session will begin soon.  The next 6 week class session begins Wednesday October 28 and ends December 2.   The dates are;  October 28, November 4, 11, 18, 25 and December 2.  Please share this information with anyone you think may be interested.   Contact Theresa for more information at tyondo@windstream.net or 440_338_6219 to reserve your space or with any questions.