Jenny Mendes

currently has a show at:

Heights Art in Cleveland Hts.

http://www.heightsarts.org/

Raku and Alternative firing show in September.

Mary Urbas, Gallery director at Lakeland Community College in Kirtland
has asked me to post the openings for the following show.

Anyone who is working with alternative firing techniques is asked to
submit work to for a September Show featured in the Lakeland Gallery.
If you know anyone please let them know about the show.

Please contact Mary Urbas for more information or questions on the show.
MUrbas@lakelandcc.edu

Mud Masters Symposium at Canton Museum of Art

The Canton Museum of Art is sponsoring our

first Mud Masters Symposium on Saturday, July 17.  This one day event

will feature guest speaker Don Pilcher and lectures/demos by Jack Earl,

Bill Brouillard and Gail Russell.

We are hoping your group would be interested in the symposium. 

The cost for the day is only $45

and lunch is included.

We are really ceramic lovers here at the Museum - our collections focus

is watercolors and ceramics, and hope this informaton will be of

interest to you. 

Thank you so much for your support.

Please check our our website at

www.cantonart.org

Kathy Fleeher, Assistant Curator/Registrar

Canton Museum of Art

American Watercolors & Ceramics

1001 Market Ave N, Canton OH 44702

330-453-7666 ext. 109

fax - 330-453-1034

www.cantonart.org

Mud Masters Symposium

Saturday, July 17

Featuring: Don Pilcher, Jack Earl, Bill Brouillard & Gail Russell

Form, Figure & Function: Contemporary Ohio Ceramics

thru May 16, reopens June 4 thru July 25

Manabigama Wood Kiln Workshop in Perrysburg, Ohio

The 577 Foundation is pleased to host a wood kiln building workshop on
our grounds from May 15 until May 23rd (no class on May 22nd), 2010.  We
will be building a Manabigama Wood Kiln with John Thies and Bill van
Gilder as our presenters for the workshop. The workshop participants
will help build the kiln as well as be able to put pots in the inaugural
firing at the end of the workshop week! We just recently had an opening
in the workshop, which had been filled for several months, so this is a
great opportunity to be apart of an incredible kiln building experience.
For more information or to sign up, please visit us at
www.577foundation.org or call Julie Beutler, Pottery Director, at
419-872-0305.  The cost of the workshop is $250.00.  The 577 Foundation
is located in Perrysburg, Ohio, about 10 minutes outside of Toledo, Ohio
and about 45 minutes from Detroit.

Friday April 23rd Openings

Fri 4/23 @ 3PM A Day at the Art Park is a prime example of an event that’s proactive and forward-thinking. On Fri 4/23, head to Art Park (formerly an abandoned parking lot) to learn about social service agencies offering great–and necessary–services. Also: live music and food in one of Cle’s previously neglected areas, Buckeye. 3-6:30PM @ E. 118th St. & Buckeye Rd.

William Rupnik Gallery is proud to present: An exhibition by Dana Oldfather WE ARE MOUNTAINS April 23 - May 9, 2010 Opening reception 7-10 PM, Friday, April 23, 2010
We Are Mountains, a new solo exhibit by Dana Oldfather, illustrates the weight of one’s natural emotional contradictions through a range of experiences; an accomplished existence can nonetheless be consumed with doubt and uncertainty. Her abstract wonderlands are skillful and balanced while her amoebic figures are on a transcendental journey from past to present. Each thoughtful piece gracefully embodies the revelation of contesting aspirations in an ambiguous arrangement of paths and shapes. Beginning her career as a figurative realist painter, Dana has since loosened her hand and expanded into the realm of abstraction. Contrarily organized and layered, each piece is inspired by nature, culture and resolution. With a focus on innocence, individuality, and consumption, and by employing contrasting metaphorical and magnified pointillist elements, Dana connects to the world through beauty. The Gallery is located at: 1667 East 40 St., Unit 1-A Cleveland, OH 44103

Two emerging sculptors showcase their work and chat about artsy topics at the Sculpture Center on Fri 4/23. From 5:30-7PM, explore the effects of subconscious memories of traumatic events via Andréa Key’s work in Un-Home-Like. Then, Stefan Chinov examines the intersection of sculpture and drawing in The Device Laid Bare

Friday April 16th Events

Meet Willie Cole @ MOCA Come to MOCA on Fri 4/16 at 5PM to meet Willie Cole, an artist who catapulted to int'l recognition for his unusual "scorch paintings." At 6PM, join him in a lively discussion w/ MOCA staff over his use of canvases branded w/ steam irons.

Co-ops join forces on Sat 4/17! Members of four Ohio print cooperatives will convene at Zygote Press from 1-3PM for a reception + open portfolio of recent works. They then head to Wooltex Gallery from 3:30-5PM for a panel discussion on Building Printmaking Communities.

Art Cares is a happening It's the signature annual art auction held by the AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland. Featuring a live auction of art by some of the area's most recognized artists, as well as a silent auction of exciting work by students at the Cleveland Institute of Art, Art Cares is as much a happening as it is a fundraiser: a place to see, be seen, and help fight HIV/AIDS in our community, this Sat 4/17, at the Saigon Plaza, 5400 Detroit Avenue. Art Cares draws hundreds, so reserve your ticket now: call 216-357-2223, or email rstrong@atfgc.org, or visit http://www.aidstaskforce.org

A strong work ethic, a broad knowledge of design principles and refined communication skills are what makes a good designer. View good design created by up-and-coming designers @ the CIA 2010 Spring Design Show from Sun 4/18 - Wed 4/21

Gestures Gallery has it's grand opening Saturday, April 17th, 7 - 10 P.M.  1150 Linda Street, Rocky River  440-665-3122
http://www.gesturesshop.com/gesturesshop.com/Events.html

Mark your calendars for next week too.
Mendes & Valdivieso opening at Heights Art
April 23 Opening 6-9
http://www.heightsarts.org/exhibits.html#April

Todd Leech, Drowning and Rejuvenation

From Todd's show at NCECA titled:
"Too Die For"