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Shaker
Historical Society, 16740 South park Boulevard, Shaker Heights, 216.921.1201, www.shakerhistory.org “Christopher
Pekoc: Recent Works.” Opening 6-8pm. Artist Talk at 7 pm.
Museum
of Contemporary Art, 11400 Euclid Ave., Cleveland 216.421.8671, www.mocacleveland.org “Xavier Cha: Abduct, Stranger-Group Show.” Opening 7-10 pm. 7pm Xavier Cha Artist
Talk.
Spaces,
2220 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland 216.621.2314 www.spacesgallery.org “I Am Goat Stains on the Doors,
Underneath is Before, Google Earth.”
Opening 6-9pm.
Heights Art Gallery, 2175 Lee Road Cleveland Hts., 216.371.3457 www.heightsarts.org “Spotlight: Rafael Valdivieso
Troya.” Opening Reception 6-9
p.m. An exhibition of recent works by Rafael Valdivieso Troya, ranging
from small drawings to a very large muralistic painting. Born in Ecuador and now a Cleveland Heights
resident, Rafael Valdivieso creates intricate compositions using pen and ink,
wash, acrylic, and collage techniques. A single work might contain hundreds of
figures or faces layered into imaginary spaces that evoke a sense of teeming
wildness and intertwine themes of human joy and struggle. (Image Above)
Zygote
Press, 1410 East 30th St., Cleveland 216.621.2900 www.zygotepress.com “Fandom 216.” Opening 6-8pm.
1.30
Spaces,
2220 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland 216.621.2314 www.spacesgallery.org “Interlocutors.” Opening 8 pm. Immerse yourself in sound and visuals at Interlocutors: A Live Video
& Music Experience, taking place at SPACES Gallery. Andrew Auten and Lisa Miralia
have curated an evening that brings together some of northeast Ohio’s most
intriguing and adventurous artists.
The evening will open with the experimental trio Celluloid
Liberation Orchestra doing a partly improvised/partly composed accompaniment to
two silent films: Georges Méliès’ 1904 “The Impossible Voyage (Voyage à
travers l’impossible)” and Germaine Dulac’s 1928 “The Seashell and the Clergyman (La Coquille
et le clergyman).” The second half of
the program features a
live video performance in which internationally noted, Cleveland-based
avant-garde filmmaker/video artist Kasumi will interact with improvised
performances by a new group called Silence Quartet and the Kent-based Mike
Crooker/Ron Pyrosonic Slabe duo for a spontaneous and unpredictable outcome. Admission is $10 which
all goes to the artists.
Upcoming
Workshop of NOC Artist Bill Brouillard:
The Walter
Gropius Master Artist Series brings nationally and internationally recognized
artists to the Huntington Museum of Art to inspire artists, educators and
students through lectures, exhibitions, and workshops. Upcoming
Gropius Master Artist: William Brouillard
Exhibition: November 7, 2015-February 14, 2016 Public Presentation: February 11, 2016 at 7 p.m. Workshop: February 12-14, 2016 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Workshop title and description: The Eclectic Table
Standard dinnerware is designed and made as a
“service.” Conventional services are made up of multiple place settings. There
can be numerous parts to a place setting. The minimum number of parts is
usually three, with as many as thirty parts in some formal settings.
Participants will explore non-traditional compositions of tableware that
encompass variety in their design, fabrication and surface. The workshop will
begin with a collaborative design session, then each student will present
designs and prototypes for their “Eclectic Table.” Images of
table-related works from historical and contemporary models will be shown as a
reference. Using basic wheel
techniques and slab construction, participants will originate and fabricate
place settings of dinnerware and table-related vessels, using earthenware clay
with majolica decoration as the basis for fabrication and surface. We will
finish with greenware prototypes. Students are encouraged to come to the
workshop with a statement of what
you want your tableware to embody, referencing historical or contemporary
source materials in clay and any other research materials, such as books,
websites, music, or food recipes that are related to your project
research. Drawings to scale of at least two approaches to your project
will be a starting point for discussion in the design session at the beginning
of the workshop.
To register for
this workshop or for fee information, call (304)
529-2701, Ext. 311, or email
For more
information on the Walter Gropius Master Artist Series workshops and William
Brouillard, please visit our
website: www.hmoa.org
Upcoming
Summer Workshop of NOC Artist Judith Salomon:
AndersonRanch arts center CERAMICS STUDIO SUMMER 2016 WORKSHOP June 20 – July 1 The Tabletop Judith Salomon
SKILL LEVEL: Open to All CONCEPT: Fill your family’s dining
table with a variety of handcrafted treasures you make yourself in
this engaging, introductory workshop. Abandon the digital touchpoints of daily
life and reconnect with the palpable and concrete experience of working with
clay to produce a variety of useful wares. We explore many facets of the craft,
including porcelain, slips and glazes. Learn through a mix of demonstrations,
slide shows, discussions and hand building approaches to ceramics.
MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: We work with cone 6 mid-range porcelain,
slips and glazes. Students hand build pieces before exploring glazing with
stencils, underglaze pencils, wax- resist and more.
ACTIVITIES: We begin with daily demonstrations in the morning and
work time during the day and evening. Students also learn via numerous slide
shows, reviews and group discussions. The instructor works with you,
one-on-one, to best formulate your ideas and bring them to fruition. Anderson Ranch arts center provides
transformative experiences that celebrate artists, art making, creative
dialogue & community.
FACULTY: Judith Salomon received her M.F.A. from Alfred University
in Alfred, N.Y. She taught at the Cleveland Institute of Art until 2015 and is
currently a full-time studio artist whose work is represented in many books and
publications. Collections include LACMA, Racine Art Museum, Cleveland Museum of
Art and Taipei National Museum. www.judithsalomonceramics.com
Tuition: $1175 OR
Tuition + Studio Support Donation: $1575 Registration Fee: $45 Studio Fee: $175 Code: C0304 Enrollment Limit:1122
Registration opens January 4, 2016,
9:00 AM MST : online at
andersonranch.org phone (970) 923-3181
fax (970) 923- 3871
Kiln for sale: nice small kiln, never been fired, probably 9+yrs old,asking
$200.( negotiable?) In Cleve. Hts . If you are interested, call Curtis at 216-534-9949.