10.19-20

10.17-21

“Watermarks 2012 International Papermaking Conference.”  Go old school. With Octavofest also happening this month, now is the time to step away from the e-book and appreciate the art of books and papermaking.  The Morgan Conservatory of Papermaking hosts Watermarks 2012 — an international papermaking conference storming the region. Cle area non-profit galleries and art centers will host 21 exhibitions at 14 different venues. Get ready for papermaking workshops, demos, lectures, exhibitions and gallery & museum tours. http://FriendsOfDardHunter.org/conference.html

10.19

“No Exit.”  8pm. A can’t-miss concert event. Cleveland’s new music ensemble No Exit will be returning to SPACES on Fri 10/19. The performance will feature pieces by Béla Bartók and Kaija Saariaho. It will be an exciting and extravagant night for music and should not be passed up. So, go.  Free event. Spaces, 2220 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland 216.621.2314 www.spacesgallery.org

"ONTARIO GOLD."  Closing Reception: 6-11.  William Rupnik Gallery 1117 Euclid Ave. Cleveland, Ohio 44115

10.20 

“Paintings by Hilary Aurand, Mosaics by (NOC's) Mark Yasenchack.” Opening Reception: 3-7pm.  This is the debut of Hilary Aurand's urban landscape paintings at River Gallery. These bold, sometimes surreal , sometimes gritty, landscapes capture our city's industrial beauty and the desolate nature of its forgotten urban wastelands.  Aurand's details are innately familiar; from the industrial cast-offs and machinery to the quality of light that feels like our bright northern Ohio summers or the long shadowed midwestern winters.  She renders these details with intimate brushstrokes and sophisticated composition that reveal a grace to the landscape of our city.  While (NOC”S own) Mark Yasenchack has exhibited his ceramic work at River Gallery before this is his first time exhibiting large format mosaics. This work features found stone, glass and metal fragments and bits that become mosaic tesserae.  These are combined with tiles made with his textured clay technique.  The often gothic imagery in his work hints at ancient necropoli, tribal ritual sites, and obscured religious iconography found in ruined architecture. River Gallery,19046 Old Detroit Road, Rocky River 44116 440 331-8406, www.rivergalleryarts.com

10.21

“Gold.”  Opening Reception 1-4pm. Sandusky Cultural Center, 2130 Hayes Avenue at Perkins Sandusky, OH 44870 419.625.1188  www.sanduskyculturalcenter.org