2.28-3.5 Tile Exhibition!!!

2.28

Shaker Historical Society.  16740 South Park Blvd.  Shaker Heights.   “Lori Kella-Artificial Worlds.”  Opening 6-8pm. Lori Kella’s photographs depict both grand landscapes and detailed narratives. The works often intersect, as they are both metaphors for uncertainty. They present increasingly unreal elements that create a tension for the viewer. Her images offer an enticing – or sometimes bleak – reality and an obvious incongruence leaving you wondering just how real, or unreal, these worlds may be. Through photographing room-sized dioramas and models based on maps, photographs, and satellite images, Lori investigates the changing landscape and its photographic representation. Her work explores the beauty and seduction of remote environments while acknowledging that these near mythical views are both fragile and transitory, and often unobtainable. 

Trinity Cathedral 2230 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44115 “Gadi Zamir- Grain, Stain & Imagination”  Opening 6-9pm. Reflections, held at the gallery at Trinity Cathedral, is an exhibition of his unique, personal artwork.  His work is unlike anything else you’ll see in town.  Zamir uses traditional and nontraditional techniques to create his distinctive works on found wood.  Zamir’s compositions are influenced by each piece of wood’s unique characteristics. He uses woodburning techniques, dyes, oils and more to manipulate the surface into complex, layered imagery. Reflections includes a number of large works selected around the theme of Lent – specifically repentance.

3.1

Allen Kradlak Studios.  “Empty Bowls Throwing Event.”  Open 12-5pm.  604 North Rocky River Drive, Berea, OH (Behind Berea Printing.) The Empty Bowls Project is a nationwide effort by potters to end hunger. The Berea Kiwanis is proud to host this 4th annual event to benefit our local hunger-fighting organizations.  

Good Goat Gallery, 17012 Madison Ave. Lakewood.   “From Woman.”  Opening 4-9:30.   In celebration of woman's month, the good goat is teaming up with the gallery of Lakeland College, to spread this event from the east side to the west side.  It will run for the full month of March.

3.2

Sandusky Cultural Center, 2130 Hayes Avenue at Perkins Sandusky, OH 44870 419.625.1188  www.sanduskyculturalcenter.org  “Coming to you in 3D.”  Opening opens 1 to 4 p.m.   A group show featuring their work viewed through 3D Glasses. (Provided!) The group features artist George Kocar, Justin Delli Bovi, Sean Carroll, Dan Corrigan, Matt Gallegher, Rich Cihlar, Jeff Hulligan, Paul Jacklitch, Patricia Krebs, Charles Mayer, Billy Naniger, James Ward Peake, Christina Sadowski, Andrew Shannon, and Josh Usmani. 

Lakeland Community College 7700 Clocktower Drive, Kirtland, OH 44094, 440.525.7029 “By Women, Of Women, About Women.” Awards Ceremony Sun 3/23 @ 2pm (Artist Reception @ 3:30pm)  In honor of Women’s History Month, the gallery at Lakeland Community College once again presents their seventh annual From WOMAN show – “created by women, of women and about women.”  This year’s exhibition features nearly 40 local and regional female artists working with an eclectic array of media – including acrylic, oil, watercolor, encaustic wax paintings, drawings, textiles, jewelry, sculpture (bronze, enamel and ceramic), mixed media, assemblage and digital art.  Later in the month the gallery will host both an artist reception and the Annual Woman of Achievement Awards Ceremony.  The awards ceremony begin in the Performing Arts Center at 2pm, and the reception will follow at 5pm.  Come early to see all the wonderful artwork (it’s a lot to take in at once), and then come back later in the month to meet these amazing women!

3.5

Tri-C Gallery West, 2^nd Floor Campus Library, 11000 Pleasant Valley Road, Parma, 216.987.5322, www.tri-c.edu  “Handmade Ceramic Tile Exhibition.”  Opening 5-7pm.  Featuring 25 Local and Regional Ceramic Artists!  Including many NOC members.  (Image Above.)

Clay Classes with Theresa Yondo. Clay Class begins soon; 6 weeks long on Wednesday evening.  March 12, 19, 26 April 2, 9, 16 from 6:30-9:00. Pay the full $150.00 payable on the first day of class or before for the session begins.  OR/NEW pay as you go… For $35.00 (per class) payable at the beginning of each class with firing limitations dependent on the 6 week class firing schedule.  You will need to sign up as a participating student in this offering.  Call or email for further information.  Handbuilding or Wheelwork is offered.  Cone 10 electric firing.  White stoneware clay, glazes and tools are provided for use.  Depending on one’s ability to “crank out work” an additional fee may be charged.  The classes are mostly set up for a social night out for those who love to work with clay. tel:440-338-6219

2.21-22

2.21

78^th Street Studios. 1300 West 78^th Street, Cleveland “Third Fridays @78thStStudios.”  Open 5pm.  It’s another busy Third Friday at 78^th Street Studios.  For the Love of Art is the latest exhibition of E11even 2’s founders – Rich Cihlar, Billy Naininger and Christina Sadowski.  Instead of a typical Valentine’s-themed show, the artists explore the various meanings of the word “love.”  Tregoning & Company presents the opening of Moe Brooker’s first Cleveland exhibition in 19 years.  Brooker is a former professor at Cleveland Institute of Art, as well as a recipient of the Cleveland Arts Prize.  HEDGE Gallery opens Lines+Folds – featuring the work of David Masters, Christine Mauersberger, Grace Summanen and Zach Whitehurst.  Friday is also your last chance to check out a number of shows – including SYZYGY at Cleveland West Art League, Behind the Curtain at Forum Art Space, Mixed Geometry at Survival Kit (featuring live music by Jenna Fournier and Joey Beltram) and Director’s Choice at Kenneth Paul Lesko Gallery.  There are also a number of other open studios and events going on all evening.   Don’t miss February’s Third Friday!

Harris-Stanton Gallery 2301 West Market Street, Akron, 330.867.7600, www.harrisstantongallery.com  “New Terrain-  A Solo Exhibit of New Work.by Susan Danko”  Opening 5:30-8pm. 

2.22

Negative Space.  3820 Superior Ave., 2nd Floor, Cleveland.  “Scott Alan Evans-Photography.”  Opening 6pm. 6pm.  Local artist Scott Alan Evans’ latest collection of photographs are meant to evoke a meditative experience.  Milksang Visions is a collection of “contemplative photography” opening this weekend at Negative Space gallery in Asian Town Center.  This exhibition will feature new work, as well as photos from his previous series – Natural Timbre and Earth Under Sky.  These photos document the rich, natural landscape of Northeast Ohio.  The beauty in these photos is the beauty all around us.  If that’s not worth celebrating, we don’t know what is.

2.14

2.14

William Busta Gallery, 2731 Prospect Ave., Cleveland 216.298.9071  www.williambustagallery.com “Cecelia Phillips-Elemental.  G. M. Donley-Place/Time. Paul O'Keeffe-a distant silence.”  Opening  5-9.

Cleveland Institute of Art, 11141 East Blvd, Cleveland, 216.421.7407, www.cia.edu “CIA Student Independent Exhibition.”  Opening 6pm.  For 68 years, Cleveland Institute of Art’s annual Student Independent Exhibition has showcased the finest work by its students.  The show offers viewers a glimpse at the future of Contemporary Art, as students explore the “Who, What, Where, When, Why and How” of themselves, their society and their time.  “CIA’s Student Independent Exhibition is always a great show because it’s a celebration of student art that is organized by students,” says CIA President Grafton Nunes.  “So it’s unpredictable, never stale, often quirky, and some of the work asks very challenging questions about our culture and our priorities.”

“Tremont Artwalk.”  Opening 6pm.  Love is in the air in Tremont for February’s Art Walk.  Doubting Thomas presents their annual Stupid Cupid group show – featuring over 30 local artists creating new, original Valentine’s and anti-Valentine’s Day greeting cards.  A limited edition set of their reproduced cards will be available at Friday’s opening reception, but be sure to stop by early — they’re sure to sell out early.  Brandt gallery hosts TWO YODYS – a special father/daughter exhibition by Rebecca and Thomas Yody.  DJ Librarian will be playing in the gallery as well.  The Gallery of Dick Russell will host an art party featuring a DJ and celebrity Valentine bartenders.  LOOP showcases the art of Kyle McCarty, and the Beck Center for the Arts’ Tremont satellite location presents the photography of Darrelle Anne Centuori.  Please see the Art Walk website for a complete list of special events.  Don’t miss this special Valentine’s Day Art Walk!

2.7

2.7

Loren Naji Studio Gallery 2138 W. 25^th Street, Cleveland www.lorennaji.com  and Gallery One Sixty, 16008 Waterloo Road, Cleveland.  “East Meets West.”  Opening 6pm. East Meets West is a unique, collaborative exhibition between Loren Naji’s Studio Gallery in Ohio City and Bryon Miller’s Gallery One Sixty in Collinwood’s Waterloo Arts District.  Nine of Cleveland’s own artists will have work at both spaces for this unusual event.  East Meets West is an effort to help unite Northeast Ohio and dissolve the artificial barriers between East, West and South in our region. By coming together for important common goals, we become more influential politically, socially and economically on a national level.  While the art in this exhibition is not specifically Cleveland-themed, this event is a celebration of our mutual home.

Happy New Year! 1.31-2.1

1.31

Spaces, 2220 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland 216.621.2314 www.spacesgallery.org  “Lauren Herzak-Bauman:  Field and Migiwa Orimo:  Visit/Revisit.”  Opening 6 pm.  Lauren Herzak-Bauman’s Field (Image ABove) includes thousands of similar porcelain pieces.  Her use of the material’s characteristics examines the media and medium themselves, while her repetition of form raises questions of individuality, modern-day consumerism and the production of contemporary ceramics.  Field is also an introspective, personal examination of the artist’s own relationship with life and death.  These works are placed directly on the gallery floor – not on a pedestal, stage or platform.  This puts the work directly in your space, dissipating the subconscious line between viewer and object.  The work’s neutral, raw finish creates a timeless style that focuses the viewer’s attention on the individual and collective forms and each piece’s unique characteristics.  Field is a meditative experience that forces you to look closer at your environment. Migiwa Orimo’s Visit/Revisit is more of a reflection on the artist’s recent experiences in local homes.  During a recent residency as one of SPACES World Artists Program (SWAP) artists, Orimo completely embedded and immersed herself in the homes and lives of Cleveland families.  Her work explores how our objects, environment and possessions reflect our memories. At SPACES, Orimo’s Visit/Revisit is an installation incorporating relics from her experiences.  The work is successful in collapsing the boundaries between public and private spaces, as well as the parts of ourselves which we share openly and keep intimately private.   The psychological questions raised by this work create a fertile environment for an active, transcendental viewing experience.

2.1

Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Blvd, Cleveland, 216.421.7350, www.clevelandart.org  “lecture by Hank Willis Thomas:  Artist in Person.”  2pm. One of the most provocative and thoughtful artists of our time, Hank Willis Thomas sees his work in photography, video, and installation as an opportunity to address issues of race and identity as approached in advertising and popular culture. The artist first spoke in Cleveland in 2012 and returns to discuss his latest work and collaborative projects on the occasion of his solo show Hank Willis Thomas, on view through March 9 in the museum’s photography gallery and through March 8 at Transformer Station.

Tickets $15. Thanks in part to support from Nesnadny + Schwartz, admission is free for CMA members and students (with ID at ticket center). Additional support provided by University Circle United Methodist Church. Reservations required.

12.20-21

12.20

West 78^th Street Studios, 1300 W. 78^th Street  “Third Friday!” Featuring Josh Usmani’s “Funny Money.”  

12.21

Screw Factory 13000 Athens Ave., Lakewood www.screwfactory artists.com  “Last Minute Market and Screw Factory Open Studio.”  Open 10am-6pm.

12.12-14

12.12

Rose Iron Works Studio and Forge, 1536 E. 43^rd. St., Cleveland,  www.roseironworks.com  “Holiday Boutique.”  Open 1-7pm.

12.13

Brandt Gallery, 1028 Kenilworth, Cleveland, 216.621.1610, www.brandtgallery.org  “Dana Depew-Small Works.”  Open 6-10 pm.  

Art House 3119 Denison Ave., Cleveland 216.398.8556, www.arthouseinc.org  “Short and Sweet Holiday Shop.”  12.13 4pm-8pm.  12.14 and 15 11am-4pm.

Doubting Thomas Gallery, 856 Jefferson St., Tremont.  “ Dayglo2 :  Show Your Colors.”  Open 6pm.  The best things happen in this town when our creative, industrious citizens and our community-conscious, local businesses come together to collaborate on something special for each other and the city as a whole.  For the second time in a year, Cleveland’s own DayGlo Color Corporation has provided local artists with a full spectrum of their fluorescent paints – completely free of charge.  This year’s event features approximately 50 local artists. 

12.13 & 14

Breakneck Gallery, 17020 Madison Ave, Lakewood, 216.767.5610 “50 Dolla Holla-Day Show.”Open 5pm and Sat 12/14 @ 10am.  Breakneck Gallery will fill with local vendors, artists and artisans for A Weird and Wonderful Holiday Wonderland Pop-Up Shop on Fri 12/13 and Sat 12/14.  A variety of handmade items by local, independent creators will be available. The gallery will also host their annual 50 Dolla Holla-Day Show – an exhibition featuring original local art, all priced at just $50.  Get there early!  First come, first served.

12.14

River Gallery,19046 Old Detroit Road, Rocky River 44116 440 331-8406, www.rivergalleryarts.com  “2013 Winter Holidays Collection.”  12-5pm.  

12.14 & 15

West 78^th Street Studios, 1300 W. 78^th Street, Cleveland “Cleveland Bazaar.”  Sat 12/14 @ 10am – 9pm.  Sun 12/15 @ 10am – 6pm.  78th Street Studios hosts two exciting, pop-up holiday markets Sat 12/14 – Sun 12/15.  The Cleveland Bazaar (formerly known as Bazaar Bizarre) is Northeast Ohio’s longest running indie craft show.  Just a few flights of stairs above this weekend’s Cleveland Bazaar at 78^th Street Studios, Survival Kit presents a special Holiday Edition of the 4^th Coast POP UP Market.  This weekend-long event is devoted to local, independent artisans.  The eclectic show will offer jewelry, handmade clothing, vintage items and more!  In addition, most of the building’s art galleries and studios will be open.  Spend the day/evening shopping throughout the whole building.