By Dorothy Shinn Beacon Journal art and architecture critic Take a dash of audacity and a soupcon of sex, then pair that up with an incredible eye for color, texture and the uncanny ability to get it right, and you’ll have Marilyn Minter’s lush, provocative, wild and sexy paintings and photographs. Through Aug. 15 MOCA…
When my mother was a little girl, a woman came to her house several times a year to take measurements of all members of the family, and would return weeks later with clothes for each of them, from suits and shirts to dresses and coats, even their underwear.
By Dorothy Shinn Beacon Journal art critic Through Aug. 22, the Butler Institute of American Art is exhibiting the 74th National Midyear, a national juried exhibit in Youngstown famous for carrying the torch for representational painting. This year’s show doesn’t disappoint in that regard, containing 59 works, 30 of which are paintings and the balance…
The Cuyahoga Valley Art Center has a new teacher, one who promises to be a valued addition to its staff as it seeks to expand its role as an outreach agent in the community.
For the third year in a row, the Wayne Center for the Arts at 237 S. Walnut St., Wooster, in conjunction with the Northcoast Woodturners and Buckeye Woodworkers & Wood Turners, will hold the Woodturning Competition and Exhibit Thursday through Aug. 28 in the Roberta Looney and Stanley & Florence Gault Galleries.
The Cleveland Museum of Art has many fine prints. In fact, its print collection boasts some of the best impressions owned by any museum anywhere.
ART BEST BETS July 8 Wheel turner — Art House Inc., 3119 Denison Ave., Cleveland, will offer two summer sessions of Clay on the Wheel from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Mondays with Gina DeSantis. First session begins Monday and runs through Aug. 9. Deadline to register for these classes is today. The second session is…
Three years ago we took a trip that involved a lot of walking on our first day out. Big mistake. After returning to our hotel, I was rudely wakened from a nap by the most painful charley horse I’d ever experienced.
It’s taken the Akron Art Museum five years to show this installation, and they had to knock out a wall to do it, but it’s been worth the wait.
