5.17 + 18

5.17

Heights Art Gallery, 2175 Lee Road  Cleveland Hts., 216.371.3457 www.heightsarts.org  “anatomica.”  Opening 6-9pm.  Featuring the Work of NOC’s own Stephanie Craig (Image Above), Michelle Murphy, Mariana Ortega, Russ Revock and Dante Rodriguez.

“Third Fridays.”  West 78^th Street Studios, 1301 W. 78^th Street, Cleveland

Kokoon Arts Gallery 1305 W. 80^th St. 2^nd Floor, Cleveland 216.832.8212, www.kokoonarts.com  “Spirit & Matter.”  Opening 5-9pm.  Featuring the work of NOC’s Andrea Leblond!  (Image Above)

Kenneth Paul Lesko Gallery 1305 West 80^th St., Cleveland, 216.870.6719 www.kennethpaullesko.com  “Troy Gua.”  Opening 5-9pm.

Cleveland State University Art Gallery, 1307 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, 216.687.2103, www.csuohio.edu/artgallery  “Hold the Wall and Art for Hope:  Helping Veterans through the Healing Power of Art.”  Opening 5-8pm. Artists include Timothy Callaghan, Matthew Childers, Seth Chwast, Harris Johnson, Julie Langsam, Adam Markanovik, Mike Meier, Erik Neff, Dana Oldfather, George Shroeder, CM Sikon, Sarah Sutton, Molly Walker, Royden Watson, Tommy White and Nikki Woods.

Lakeland Community College 7700 Clocktower Drive, Kirtland, OH 44094, 440.525.7029  “May Show.”  Opening 7-9pm.  

Zygote Press, 1410 East 30^th St., Cleveland 216.621.2900  www.zygotepress.com  “Housebroken.”  Opening 6-9pm.  Curated by Sarah Kabot.

Spaces, 2220 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland 216.621.2314 www.spacesgallery.org  “Game On.”  Opening 6-9pm. 

5.18

William Busta Gallery, 2731 Prospect Ave., Cleveland 216.298.9071  www.williambustagallery.com  “Matthew Kolodziej Artists Talk 2-4pm.

West 78^th Street Studios, 1300 W. 78^th Street, Cleveland “Art Fur Animals.”  7-10pm. friendsofclevelandkennel.com/events.html

5.10 +11

5.10

Loren Naji Studio Gallery 2138 W. 25^th Street, Cleveland www.lorennaji.com  “Drawn N Quartered.”

Transformer Station 1460 W.29^th Street, Cleveland, www.transformerstation.org  “NOADA Gala Preview.”  5-9pm. $50 Gala $10 other times. Exhibit Hours 11am-5pm Saturday May 11^th and Noon-5pm Sunday May 12^th.  

Doubting Thomas Gallery, 856 Jefferson St., Tremont  “Celebrating the Life & Art of Atsuo (Mark) Iguchi.”  Open 7-11pm Friday and Saturday. 

Proximity Gallery, 1667 East 40^th, Cleveland 216.262.8903 www.proximitycleveland.com  “I Am a Monster.”  Opening 6-9pm.  New Works by Nathan Margoni.

5.11

Hectic Studio, 3619 Walton Ave. Cleveland,  2^nd Floor, 440.590.0672, www.hecticstudio.com “Hectic Studio Spring and Garden Show!” 12-5pm.    Featuring NOC’s Own Stephanie Craig and Todd Leech. (Image Above) Also open will be Bette Drake’s Studio!  12-5pm.  

Art House 3119 Denison Ave., Cleveland 216.398.8556, www.arthouseinc.org  “Ceramic Open House.’  Open 1-4pm.  Guest Artists Junji Miyazawa, Billy Ritter, Brinsley Tyrell and John Klassen.  

5.3

Congratulations to Sandy Miller for winning the artist to artist award at the Boston Show last weekend!  Also, Congratulations to Jenny Mendes for her article in this months Ceramics Monthly!

5.3

Loren Naji Studio Gallery 2138 W. 25^th Street, Cleveland www.lorennaji.com  “Search, Destroy Then Create.”  6 pm.  The next show at Loren Naji Studios promises to be a great one. Search and Destroy and Create Collage and Assemblage will feature live art music by EXO 4, with incredible surround video graphics. Plus, enjoy an outdoor patio with wine, beer and food. It’s gonna be one big art party.

Bonfoey Gallery, 1710 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, 216.621.0178, www.bonfoey.com  “Gary Bukovnik…Forever Spring.”  Opening 5-8pm.

William Busta Gallery, 2731 Prospect Ave., Cleveland 216.298.9071  www.williambustagallery.com  "  Drew Harty:  The Retail Landscape."  Opening 5:30-8:30.  One Night Only!!!

5.4

Screw Factory 13000 Athens Ave., Lakewood www.screwfactory artists.com  “Spring Open Studio.”  Featuring the Work of NOC’s Kristen Cliffel!  (Image Above)

Spaces, 2220 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland 216.621.2314 www.spacesgallery.org  “Monster Drawing Gallery.”  6-9pm. SPACES’ Monster Drawing Rally is a unique opportunity to see over 100 local and regional artists perform live in a communal, creative environment. Each year, ten curators are selected to each invite ten artists to draw live inside of SPACES gallery. The night is divided into three hour-long shifts of about 30 artists at a time sitting at tables set up around the gallery. Upon completion, pieces are hung on the gallery walls and sold for $65 a pop (a flat rate).  All proceeds go directly to benefit SPACES’ public programming. 

5.6

Lakeland Community College 7700 Clocktower Drive, Kirtland, OH 44094, 440.525.7029.  4:30-8pm.  Drop off work for the upcoming 4^th annual May show at Lakeland.  

Upcoming

5.11

“Hectic Studio Spring and Garden Show!” Featuring NOC’s Own Stephanie Craig and Todd Leech.  Also open will be Bette Drake’s Studio!  12-5pm.  3619 Walton Ave. 2^nd Floor, Cleveland, OH 44113 

4.26+27

4.26

William Busta Gallery, 2731 Prospect Ave., Cleveland 216.298.9071  www.williambustagallery.com  “Elizabeth Emery: “Invisible Summer  Sculpture, Matthew Kolodzeij:  Paintings, and Virgie Ezelle-Patton:  Drawing Retrospective.”  Opening   5-9pm.  (Featuring the work of NOC”s own Elizabeth Emery  (Image Above)!

Sculpture Center, 1834 East 123^rd St., Cleveland, 216.229.6527  sculpturecenter.org  “.”  Mark Schatz:  Universe and Gary Blowers:  New Work also Ali Momeni and Robin Meir’s “The Tragedy of the Commons.”  Opening 5-9pm.  Talks at 6:15 and 8pm.

4.27

River Gallery,19046 Old Detroit Road, Rocky River 44116 440 331-8406, www.rivergalleryarts.com  “7^th Annual Ceramics Invitational.”  Opening 3-7pm.  Featuring many NOC members.  

Upcoming

5.11

“Hectic Studio Spring and Garden Show!” Featuring NOC’s Own Stephanie Craig and Todd Leech.  Also open will be Bette Drake’s Studio!  12-5pm.  3619 Walton Ave. 2^nd Floor, Cleveland, OH 44113 

4.18-20

4.18-20

Wayne Center for the Arts, 237 S. Walnut St., Wooster, OH 44691functionalworkshop.com “Functional Ceramics Workshop 2013.”  April 18-20^th.  Opening Reception 7-9pm.  Featuring NOC"s own Bill Brouillard, also Linda Christianson and Michael Hunt.

4.19

1point618 Gallery 6421 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, 216.281.1618 www.1point618gallery.com   “Audra Skuodas, Connectophanies-Connectopathies:  Invisible Phenomena Making Itself Visible and Antonia Reiner- Ghosts.”  Opening 7-10 pm. 

Fawick Gallery, Baldwin-Wallace College 94 E. Bagley Rd., Berea, OH 440.826.2152.  “BW Student Exhibition.” 
Opening 5-8pm.  

Gallery 0022 1900 Superior Ave. E. #1111, Cleveland, OH  “Anthony VanRooy/Dan Morgan.”  Opening 5-9pm.  

West 78^th Street Studios, 1301 W. 78^th Street, Cleveland.   “Third Fridays.”  

Beck Center, 17801 Detroit Ave. Lakewood, 216.521.2540  “Focus Photography Show.”  

Sculpture Center, 1834 East 123^rd St., Cleveland, 216.229.6527  sculpturecenter.org  “Rebecca Cross:  Grief Like a River and The Tragedy of the Commons:  A Collaboration Between Ali Momeni and Robin Meier.”  Free Performance at 8pm.  

4.11-20

4.11

On Thursday, April 11, Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson will install a major work at WBg.     During the past year, She has been working on a series of large paintings in partial preparation for a one-person exhibition at the Tang Museum at Skidmore College this Fall and a one-person show at the Reykjavik Art Museum in Iceland next year.  Two of these paintings were exhibited in the artist's exhibition at WBg last fall.  The painting that will be shown on April 11th is the 5th of 6 paintings.   It is similar in size to the other pieces in the series, about 10 x 14 feet.  There's a practical reason for the installation  -  the walls in the artist's studio are not large enough to hang the piece.  As each piece has been finished, she has been installing it at WBg for a day to see it and to take reference pictures.  We decided to invite patrons and friends of the gallery to see the piece as well.  On Thursday, April 11, the gallery will be open from 11 to 6.  The piece will be taken down first thing Friday morning.

4.12

Transformer Station 1460 W.29^th Street, Cleveland, www.transformerstation.org  “Kontinuum work by Adam Magyar.” Opening 6pm.  An internationally-recognized photographic innovator, takes large-scale images of subway cars photographed while hurtling down subway tunnel. Despite the obvious speed, these images appear frozen in a quite timeless space, thus revealing the complexities of modern life.  Magyar will talk about his work as a photographer and filmmaker “who uses high-tech digital tools and cameras adapted from industrial applications to examine the human ‘factory’” in a free discussion. Beer, wine and refreshments will be served.

Zygote Press, 1410 East 30^th St., Cleveland 216.621.2900  www.zygotepress.com “Obsessive Intricacies.”  Opening 6-9pm. Work by Amy Casey, Carla Fontecchio, Margaret Kimura, Qian Li, Pam McKee, Glenn Ratusnik, Adrienne Slane and Achala Wali.

Morgan Conservatory, 1754 E. 47^th Street, Cleveland, 216.361.9255, www.morganconservatory.org  “Woodcuts & Drawings: works on paper and their process.”  Opening 7pm. Technology may come and go, but printmaking is forever. Like analog film, printmaking is completely old school… but never out of style. The Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory presents an exhibition of works by Cle artist Andrij Maday, titled Woodcuts & Drawings: works on paper and their process. See gorgeous woodcuts full of intricate designs. On view through Tue 6/4.

Brandt Gallery, 1028 Kenilworth, Cleveland, 216.621.1610, www.brandtgallery.org  “Kari Solomon:  Live Installations.”  

4.18-20

Wayne Center for the Arts, 237 S. Walnut St., Wooster, OH 44691functionalworkshop.com “Functional Ceramics Workshop 2013.”  April 18-20^th.  Opening Reception 7-9pm.

4.5

4.5

Zygote Press, 1410 East 30^th St., Cleveland 216.621.2900  www.zygotepress.com  “100x100 Annual Benefit.”  7-10pm. Bring in Spring at Zygote Press at our 3rd Annual 100 X 100 Benefit! Featuring 100 works by 100 artists at $100 each to benefit Zygote Press. Tickets are only $35/person and include two drink tickets, munchies and hot dogs with a toppings bar sponsored by the Happy Dog.

Waterloo Arts, 15605 Waterloo Rd., Cleveland, 216.692.9500 artscollinwood.org  “Das Wird Sich Alles Finden (Everything Will Turn Out All Right).”  Opening 6-9pm. This blockbuster show is a traveling exhibition of work by 16 artists from about half a dozen countries.

Loren Naji Studio Gallery 2138 W. 25^th Street, Cleveland www.lorennaji.com  “Dreams of the Past, Delusions of the Present, Visions of the Future (Closing Night.)”  Videos Curated by Cindy Pinter and Loren Naji.

Orange Art Center, 31500 Chagrin Boulevard, Pepper Pike, 216.831.5130, www.orangeartcenter.org  “Animals in Art.”  Opening 10am-4pm and Saturday10am-3pm.