7.13-15

7.13

Walkabout Tremont.

South Side, 2207 W. 11^th Street, CLE  “Todd Leech – Solo Exhibition.”  Opening 6-9 pm.  NOC’s own Todd Leech will have 19 text and sculptural platters on display through August 31^st!  (Image Above)

Doubting Thomas Gallery, 856 Jefferson St., Tremont “We Can Exhibit.”  Opening 6-10 pm. In the tradition of fine art rebels & juried show rejects throughout art history, Doubting Thomas will be holding a true salon des refusés this Friday during Walkabout Tremont. Billed as: "CANNED art from other juried shows finds a welcome home at the doubting thomas art and free vers space".

LOOP Gallery, 2180 W. 11^th St., Tremont  “Emma Shepard – Illustratons.”  

Hartshorn Gallery, 2342 Professor Ave. CLE “American Classics.”  5-9pm.  

Studio 888 – 2501 Professor Ave.  “Bobbi Frohman—photography.”  Opening 6-10 pm.   

TY FUN – 815 Jefferson Ave,  “Kristopher Petrenko.”  Opening 6-10 pm.  Still life, cityscapes, nature and industrial.

TREEHOUSE – 820 College Ave.  “Jill Lemieux.”  Opening 6-10 pm.   Animal portraits with personality.  

Flying Monkey – 819 Jefferson Ave.  “Scott Kline.”  Opening 6-10 pm.   

Lava Lounge - 1307 Auburn Ave.  “James Quarles -Black & Blue.”  Opening 6-10 pm. 

7.14

Note!!! Venue Change!  Lynne Lofton’s House, Next NOC Event will be Saturday July 14^th and will be a lecture about Collecting Ceramics by Patrick Doust and Richard North. 6-9pm. The event will start with a potluck from 6-7pm, please bring a dish to share and a beverage of your choosing.  At 7 pm Patrick Doust and Richard North will be presenting “The Collectors Next Door” a lecture about collecting ceramic artwork.  They are true collectors of all things clay and more.  Their incredible home in Columbus is abundant with Art.   “Do you want to create a personal art collection? Join Columbus, Ohio-based collectors Patrick Doust and Richard North for a humorous and insightful discussion about their thirty-year journey acquiring fine sculptural and functional ceramics. Doust and North will share advice about obtaining the best works on any budget.”  (Image Above)

Cleveland Public Library, 325 Superior Ave. E, CLE  “Common Energy.”  Opening 12-3 pm. This summer brings the work of Cleveland artist and NOC’s own Lauren Herzak-Bauman to one of downtown’s most magical public spaces. Common Energy provides the Eastman Reading Garden and the downtown Cleveland community with a message of positivity, inclusivity, and love. Based on Tibetan prayer wheels, interacting with Common Energy simply requires the act of spinning the wheels in order to send positive messages out to the world. (Image Above)

Spaces, 2900 Detroit Ave, CLE 216.621.2314 www.spacesgallery.org  “A Color Removed.”  Opening 5-7 pm.  

7.14-15

78^th Street Studios, 1300 West 78^th Street, CLE  “CAN Triennial – Exhibitiors Booths and Gallery Openings.”  12-7 Saturday and 12-6 Sunday.  Featuring the work of many NOC members. 

7.7

7.7

78^th Street Studios, 1300 West 78^th Street, CLE  “CAN Triennial Opening Night!!!”  Opening 6-9pm.  Featuring work by NOC members, Bill Brouillard, Kristen Cliffel, Todd Leech and Mark Yasenchack.

Kenneth Paul Lesko Gallery, 1305 West 80^th St., CLE 216.870.6719 www.kennethpaullesko.com  “Director’s Choice – Contemporary.”  Opening Noon – 9 pm.  Featuring work by Judith Brandon and others! An Exhibition of Contemporary Art…17 Artists – 13 Cities – 6 Countries.

Next Weekend, Next NOC Event!!!

7.14

Hectic Studio, 3619 Walton Ave. 2^nd Floor, CLE  440.590.0672, www.hecticstudio.com  Next NOC Event will be Saturday July 14^th and will be a lecture about Collecting Ceramics by Patrick Doust and Richard North. 6-9pm.

6.1-6.6

6.1

Brick Ceramic + Design, 420 East 161^st St., CLE www.brickceramics.com “Matthew Pritchard-Pop Up.”  Open 6-9pm.  

Waterloo Arts, 15605 Waterloo Rd., CLE 216.692.9500 artscollinwood.org  “Walk All Over Waterloo.”  Open 6-9pm.

6.2

The Artseen, 5591 Liberty Ave., Vermilion 440.963.0611, ww.theartseengallery.com  “Water Signs-New Work by Hilary D. Gent, Sherry Bradshaw and Jennifer Whitten.”  Opening 6-9pm.  

Juma Gallery, 20100 Chagrin Blvd., Shaker Heights 216.295.1717  “In Celebration of Creative Life:  Erica Weiss.”  Open House 1-4pm. Join us for an open house to celebrate the extraordinary and creative life of Erica Weiss, Juma's late founder. Reproductions of Erica's art, including new small prints and notecards, new jewelry, and t-shirts will be available. We will share stories, laughter, memories and friendship in Erica's honor.  A portion of the proceeds from sales will support the Erica E. Weiss Memorial Scholarship Fund at the Cleveland Institute of Art.

The School House, 2026 Murray Hill Rd. “Little Italy Summer Art Walk.”  June 1^st, 5-9pm.  June 2^nd, Noon-9pm.  June 3^rd Noon-5pm.  

6.6

Museum of Contemporary Art, 11400 Euclid Ave., CLE 216.421.8671, www.mocacleveland.org  “It Occurs To Me That I Am America: New Stories and Art.”  6:30pm. The anthology, It Occurs To Me That I Am America: New Stories and Art, is a compilation of short stories and artworks by noted authors and artists such as Alice Walker, Neil Gaiman, Mary Higgins Clark, Eric Fischl and Joyce Carol Oates. Published in January, on the one-year anniversary of the Trump inaugural and the Women’s March, it’s a response to that with the contributors sharing their ideas of a “fair, free and compassionate democracy,” at odds with what Trump is projecting.  Editor Jonathan Santlofer will be at MOCA Cleveland to moderate a conversation with author Angela Flournoy and Cleveland-born artist Susan Crile, in an event presented in collaboration with the ACLU.  There’s a reception at 6:30pm, followed by the talk at 7pm and a book signing following the talk. 

Save the date!!!!

Next NOC Event will be Saturday July 14^th and will be a lecture about Collecting Ceramics by Patrick Doust and Richard North.  Time and Location TBA.

5.26-31

5.26-27

Fred Gearhart Home and Studio, 1609 Rydalmount Rd., Cleveland Hts.,  “Open Studio and Sculpture Garden.”  Both Days 1-7pm. You’ve probably seen sculptor Fred Gearhart’s work around town at places such as the Hartshorn Gallery in Tremont where his stone works adorn the back patio. That work also adorns his backyard in Cleveland Heights, where the pieces — in stone, metal and wood, both figurative and abstract — are scattered within the beautifully landscaped area.  For 11 years now, he has opened his yard and the garage that serves as his workshop to visitors for his annual open house. You’ll find more than 150 sculptures of all sizes set among the plants and walkways. They’re all for sale, and most are priced affordable. He’ll be glad show you his studio and talk with you about how he creates the pieces and the issues involved in each of the materials he works in.  (Image Above)

5.31

Hedge Gallery, 1300 W.78^th Street, CLE  “Matthew Gallagher-Artists Talk.”  Talk 6-7:30 pm.  Moderated by Don Harvey.

Save the date!!!!

Next NOC Event will be Saturday July 14^th and will be a lecture about Collecting Ceramics by Patrick Doust and Richard North.  Time and Location TBA.

5.17-19

5.17

Lakeland Community College, 7700 Clocktower Drive, Kirtland 440.525.7029  “9^th Annual May Show.”  Opening 6-9pm.  Awards at 7 pm.  

Akron Museum of Art, 1 S. High Street. Akron, 330.376.9185, “Artists Talk.”  6:15-8pm.  The Akron Art Museum is committed to displaying work by artists currently working in its own regional backyard — both established artists and promising up-and-comers. Dragana Crnjak, Andrea Joki and Matthew Kolodziej, whose work is featured in the current show Frameworks, are in the latter category, while Jerry Birchfield, whose solo show Asleep in the Dust is also on display is in the former. All four of these artists will be in the galleries to talk briefly about their work and hang out to answer questions and have conversations afterwards.

5.18

78^th Street Studios, 1300 West 78^th Street, CLE  “Third Fridays.”  5-9pm.  Openings at Derek Hess Gallery, Dawn Tekler Gallery, and E11even2.

Hedge Gallery, 1300 W.78^th Street, CLE  “Matthew Gallagher Solo Exhibition.”  Opening 5-9pm.  (Image Above)

Ramparts, 1300 W. 78^th St., CLE “Grand Opening.”  5-9pm.  New Cleveland Gallery from the minds of Randy Maxin and (NOC’s own) Mark Yasenchack.  In the former space of NOC artist Sandy Miller.

Tower Press Building, 1900 Superior Ave. , CLE “Home.”  Opening 5-9 pm.  

5.19

Grays Armory, 1234 Bolivar Rd, CLE  “14^th Annual Art Fur Animals.”  Open 6-10 pm. Tickets are $40 in advance $50 day of the event, which includes two drink tickets. VIP tickets are $12 and include early entry, a private lounge, free parking, five drinks, a special menu, an event T-shirt and a limited-edition print by a local artist.

Save the date!!!!

Next NOC Event will be Saturday, July 14^th and will be a lecture about Collecting Ceramics by Patrick Doust and Richard North.  Time and Location TBA.

5.11+12

5.11

Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, 1834 E. 123^rd St., CLE 216.721.9020 www.artistsarchives.org  “Marvin Smith Pop Up.”   Opening 6-9pm.  

Walkabout Tremont.  5-10pm.

Doubting Thomas Gallery, 856 Jefferson St., Tremont  “Conspiracies:  New Work by The Sign Guy.”  Opening 5-10pm.

5.12

River Gallery,19046 Old Detroit Road, Rocky River 440 331-8406, www.rivergalleryarts.com  “Mother’s Day Jewelry Event.”  Open 1-4pm.  

5.4-5

5.4

Brick Ceramic + Design, 420 East 161^st St., CLE www.brickceramics.com “annual Spring Sale.”  Open 6-9pm.  Featuring the work of NOC members Valerie Grossman, Susan Gallagher, Eleni Dimaio and Michelle Janosky.  

Article, 15316 Waterloo Rd. CLE  “Nocturne:  Paintings by Lisa Eastman.”  Opening 6-10pm.  

Waterloo Arts, 15605 Waterloo Rd., CLE 216.692.9500 artscollinwood.org  “Walk all over Waterloo.”  6-10pm.  

Cleveland State University Art Gallery, 1307 Euclid Ave., CLE 216.687.2103, www.csuohio.edu/artgallery  “47^th Student Show.”  Opening 5-8pm.  

Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, 1834 E. 123^rd St., CLE 216.721.9020 www.artistsarchives.org “Members Show Closing Reception.”  Open 6:30-7:30pm.  

5.4+5

Canton Museum of Art, 1001 Market Ave., N. Canton 330.453.7666.  www.cantonart.org  “27^th Annual Sale.”  Open 5.4 11am-8pm  5.5 10am-2pm.  

5.6

Spaces, 2900 Detroit Ave, CLE 216.621.2314 www.spacesgallery.org  “Open Streets.” 1-5pm.