5.1

5.1

Brick Ceramic + Design, 420 East 161^st. Street Cleve. “Grand Opening!”  6-10pm.  Featuring NOC’s own Val Grossman! Join us on May 1st as we celebrate the opening of BRICK Ceramic + Design Studio in the Waterloo Arts District of Collinwood in Cleveland, Ohio! 

This event is free and open to the public! Refreshments will be served. Music will be provided René Schiffer of Apollo's Fire on cello, and a DJ set by Twizz later in the evening.

William Busta Gallery, 2731 Prospect Ave., Cleveland 216.298.9071  www.williambustagallery.com  “Stephen Yusko(Image Above), sculpture, Andrea Joki, Paintings, Enid Williams, Paintings, Pop-Up Gallery.”  Opening 5-9pm.  

Maria Neil Art Project, 15813 Waterloo Rd. Cleveland, www.marianeilartproject.org, 216.481.7722  “Barbara Stanford:  Imperceptible Paradigm.”  Opening 5-10pm.  

Harris-Stanton Gallery 2301 West Market Street, Akron, 330.867.7600, www.harrisstantongallery.com  “28^th International Exhibition.”  Opening 5:30-8:30.

Orange Art Center, 31500 Chagrin Boulevard, Pepper Pike, 216.831.5130, www.orangeartcenter.org  “Mini Print Fair.”  

Upcoming Workshop May 2^nd!

4.24 +25

4. 24 

Theresa Yondo Studio 13796 Chillicothe Rd.  Novelty, Ohio 44072 “Theresa Yondo Open Studio this Friday.”  6pm- Whenever…   Please let Theresa know if you are coming so she knows how much pizza to get.     From Theresa….A few ideas we can engage in are;   Bring clay and glaze materials to swap. You may have an abundance of something you inherited but do not use much.  This would be a good time to share the material.  Maybe we/you can donate anything you don't want to BRICK to help the studio get started if they can use the material.   I will talk about the new work I made for the CWAL 6 in the studio show.   Bring any new ideas you are working on and want to share.   Bring anyone interested in ceramics.    Pizza and green salad provided.   Some drink provided...  Brink drink or other nibbles in inclined.    440-338-6219 LL (I am still a BIG LL user)  440-773-0135 Mobile  tyondo@windstream.net  NOC dues will be collected for the year.  The last dues collected lasted more than a year so let’s see how long this one will stretch (maybe even three).  Please come even if your funds are spoken for this month.  In Geauga County close to Fairmount Blvd.  The Fairmount Art Center is behind our property.   I hope you can stop by……

Heights Art Gallery, 2175 Lee Road  Cleveland Hts., 216.371.3457 www.heightsarts.org “Syncope.” Opening reception from 6 to 9 p.m.  In medicine, the noun syncope (SINGkuhpee) refers to a fleeting loss of consciousness; in phonetics, it's when sounds or letters are not pronounced aloud. Heights Arts' new exhibition, titled Syncope, pairs photographs by Rachel Beamer with drawings by Achala Wali that suggest the moments between loss and what remains.  Rachel Beamer's color imagery explores themes of space, surface and memory through compositions that hint at elements not present. Achala Wali's abstract drawings in pencil, pen-and-ink, brush, and sometimes pastel and acrylics, bring forth buried thoughts and memories of landscapes from her Indian childhood. Be sure to mark your calendar for this lush exhibition of two Cleveland artists! 

4.25

River Gallery,19046 Old Detroit Road, Rocky River 44116 440 331-8406, www.rivergalleryarts.com “PHOTO2015.” Opening 3-7pm.   New photography by:  Chad Gordon, Denise Gosciejew, Christopher Rolinson.  (Image Above)

Upcoming Workshop May 2^nd!

4.16 + 17

4.16 

Wayne Center for the Arts, 237 S. Walnut Street, Wooster, Oh

 “Wooster Functional Ceramics Workshop.”  Opening Reception Free and Open to the public.  Thursday 7-9pm.  Presentations Friday and Saturday. For more info go to www.functionalworkshop.com.

Morgan Conservatory, 1754 E. 47^th Street, Cleveland, 216.361.9255, www.morganconservatory.org  “Third Annual Juried Show.”

4.17

78^th Street Studios. 1300 West 78^th Street, Cleveland  “Third Fridays.”

Check out e11even 2 gallery opening!  Also Check out 6 in Studio at CWAL, featuring work by Theresa Yondo!   6- 10 pm.

Harris-Stanton Gallery 1370 W. 9^th Street, Cleveland  “Art-tini Auction.”  6-8:30 pm.  

Upcoming Workshop May 2^nd!

4.10-12

4.10 

Cleveland Institute of Art, 11141 East Blvd, Cleveland, 216.421.7407, www.cia.edu  Gund Building.  “Women to Watch-Ohio.”  Panel Discussion April 10^th 12:15 pm.  

4.11

William Busta Gallery, 2731 Prospect Ave., Cleveland 216.298.9071  www.williambustagallery.com  “Elizabeth Emery (NOC's Own, Image Above.)and Doug Utter in the Gallery.”  2-4pm.  

Spaces, 2220 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland 216.621.2314 www.spacesgallery.org.  “Monster Drawing Rally.” 6 – 10pm.  For the 5th year in a row, over 100 of Cle’s freshest artists will create drawings before your eyes. When completed they’ll hang them up and sell ‘em for $75 a pop.  

Zygote Press, 1410 East 30^th St., Cleveland 216.621.2900  www.zygotepress.com  “4U Exhibit.”  1-3pm.  

4.12

Sandusky Cultural Center, 2130 Hayes Avenue at Perkins Sandusky, OH 44870 419.625.1188  www.sanduskyculturalcenter.org  “Vexing Vegetation.”  Opening 1-4pm.  Featuring NOC's own Bonnie Gordon and Yumiko Goto.

Upcoming Workshop May 2^nd!

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2.2-4

4.2

Cleveland Institute of Art, 11141 East Blvd, Cleveland, 216.421.7407, www.cia.edu  Gund Building.  “Women to Watch-Ohio.”  Opening Reception 6-8pm.  Panel Discussion April 10^th 12:15 pm.  

Heights Art Gallery, 2175 Lee Road  Cleveland Hts., 216.371.3457 www.heightsarts.org.  “Join us for conversation + poetry on Impermanence.” 7:00 p.m.   Come hear guest curator Daniel Levin and exhibition photographers talk about the concept of "rephotographic survey," and their experiences in recreating contemporary views of historical Cleveland for Impermanence. Meet Meredith Holmes, Cleveland Heights 2015-16 Poet Laureate, plus hear original poems written in response to selected works on view by invited regional poets Bunny Breslin, Diane Kendig, Robert McDonough, Jill Sell and Catherine Wing.  Come a bit early to get a seat and enjoy refreshments; it's always an entertaining and enlightening event!  About the exhibition:  Impermanence examines change and memory in the urban landscape of Cleveland and the Heights area through pairs of photographs showing the same view of a location at different historical times. 

4.3

Gallery One Sixty, 16008 Waterloo Road, Cleveland  “Creatures of Flight.”  Open 5pm- Midnight. Kerry Lange’s collection of works, Creatures of Flight, explores the sense of freedom and the sequential life stages of winged beings.

Waterloo Arts, 15605 Waterloo Rd., Cleveland, 216.692.9500 artscollinwood.org  “I Am.”  Opening reception 6:30pm.  Transgender Art Exhibit. The opening is part of this month’s “Walk All Over Waterloo,” which encourages attendees to walk the streets of Waterloo and pop in on multiple community wide exhibitions. In addition to the exhibit, there will also be trans themed performance art, live music, burlesque dancing and a sweet after party!

Sculpture Center, 1834 East 123^rd St., Cleveland, 216.229.6527 sculpturecenter.org   “Military Art.”  Opening 6:30 Talk 7 pm. Meet Mkrtich Tonoyan, The Sculpture Center's Creative Fusion artist-in-residence from Armenia, here through May. Mkrtich will give an illustrated cultural excursion through the millennia-old history of Ararat, the impact of the Armenian Genocide on 20th century culture, and the new concept in Armenian contemporary art of "Military Art."

4.3 + 4

Kent State University Art Gallery, Terrace Drive, Kent.  330.672.7853.  Visiting Artist Rimas Vis Girda.  Demos Friday and Saturday 10am-6pm.  Lecture Friday 11 am.  Lecture on Wood Firings and Kilns Saturday 11 am.  Lecture on Decals Sat 5 pm.