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Education Program - Exhibition 2013

Featuring artwork in various media including drawing, mosaic,

and photography by students from:

Brooklyn High School

John Marshall High School

St. Thomas Aquinas School

Positive Education Program, Phoenix

Friday, May 17, 2013    6pm-10pm

This exhibition represents a portion of the work created at Cleveland West Art League by children from visiting school groups through the "Kids' Afternoons at CWAL" educational program.

The program, which brought 272 children to 78th Street Studios over the past year to experience and create art, was made possible through the generous support of the Muna and Basem Hishmeh Foundation.

Cleveland West Art League cordially invites you to a CWAL Spring ArtMixer!

When: April 12, 2013

From 7pm-10pm

Where: Old Angel Tavern

1848 W. 25th St. Cleveland, Ohio 44113

(Private Party room downstairs)

Guest speakers include:

Mary Urbas, Lakeland Community College 7:30pm

Loren Naji, Loren Naji Studios 8:00pm

Melinda Placko, President of the Art League  

announcing information on our 2013 Members Series!

Cost: Members $5.00

Non-members: $20.00 which includes entry and one year membership

Light appetizers,music, dessert and raffle prizes!

Come mingle with other CWAL members andlearn some tips from our speakers!

Please Support Cleveland Artists!

The project is called "Six in Studio;" this is a juried opportunity for 6 artists to spend a month inside the CWAL studio together, creating work in close quarters.  The artists start working on the Third Friday in March (3/15) and finish the Third Friday in April (4/19).  At the end of their creative time together, the finished work is displayed in a DIY exhibition which they hang or install themselves.  

Artists this year are: Stephanie Maniaci, Thom Rossino, Mallorie Freeman, Eileen Matias, Debra Purcell, and Stephanie Streeter.

It all starts with an Open Studio Day on Friday March 15, from 6-10pm,  when gallery-goers can watch the work begin.

Then, each Sunday afternoon (starting March 17), artists will have access to the studio from 12-5pm to create a work or body of works.

The final exhibiton will be Friday March 19 from 6-10. See what the artists have accomplished with their studio time!

Our project juror this year was Robert Thurmer, director of the CSU Art Galleries.

Opening Reception January 18, 6-10pm      

Closing Reception February 15, 6-10pm

A collaboration between CWAL and Cleveland State University, and CSU's first ever off-campus interaction with the arts community,  this exhibition features 30 past and present students of CSU in a multi-media display of wide-ranging talent.  Participating alumni/Cleveland West Art League members include: Stephanie Martin Lipscomb, Josh Chrosniak,  Linda Ayala, Dan Corrigan, Omid Tavakoli, Dante Rodriguez.

Our annual all-member exhibition right here at CWAL's 78th Street studio.

All CWAL's artist members are invited to show work that is small-scale, inexpensive and great to showcase during the holiday season. The show will be cash and carry, so if you see something you like, you may buy it and take it home immediately!

Members: You can bring 1-2 artworks in on Saturday November 3 from 2-6 or Sunday November 4 from 4-7pm. If you need to sign up as a member, you can do so at drop-off.

Artwork must be: 20" or less in height, width, depth.

                                 Priced at $100 or less

                                 Exhibition-ready (framed or wired in an appropriate manner for a formal gallery setting).

THE OPENING: Friday, November 16, 6-10

THE CLOSING: Friday, December 21, 6-10

With extra gallery hours during the Bazaar Bizarre holiday shopping event (check Facebook for updates!)

Thank you to artist member Jane Reynolds for the artwork image on our card this year! Please visit Janeland at https://www.facebook.com/Janesstuff?ref=ts&fref=ts" target="_blank">on Facebook to follow Jane's work.

CWAL is proud to present an amazing exhibition of two artists, both working with conglomerations of figures and objects; colorful and organic with various elements of pop culture, religion, folklore, history and everything in between.

Prior to this exhibit, Arlo Moon and Rafael Valdivieso have never met nor known of each other's works. Yet the similar styles they create execute a chaotic harmony of imagination that will meet for the first time here.  Like water and earth, their works will collide and compliment each other to develop a new world only to be seen in Populous Landscapes.

With over 20 paintings and sculptures, this is an artistic experience not to miss!

Arlo Moon is a Columbus artist from Portland, Oregon and

Rafael Valdivieso is a Cleveland Heights artist from Quito, Ecuador.

Opening night and artist reception:   Friday, September 21st 6-10pm

Closing reception: Friday, October 19, 6-10pm

Don't miss our two major CWAL events this month:

1) TALL WALLS Opening Aug 3rd at LOREN NAJI STUDIO GALLERY on West 25th Street

2) ALONG 71 Closing Reception Aug 17 at 78th Street Studios

Read on:

TALL WALLS unjuried, uncensored

A proletariat art show open to all artists - encouraging your freedom of expression, and especially art that is edgy, controversial, maybe even politically incorrect!  Over 100 works of art are expected to be on view.

Arts advocate Loren Naji is collaborating with CWAL on this event, lending his beautiful 2000 s.f. plus gallery space.    Refreshments, live music, and lots of conversation-starting art.  We're giving everyone here something to talk about!

Reception: Friday August 3rd, 5:30pm-midnight  (other days by appointment)

Loren Naji Studio Gallery 2138 W. 25th Street       phone:  (216)621-6644

FREE PARKING after 6pm and on weekends in the Voss Industries parking lot directly across the street.

And closing this month at 78th Street Studios:

Along 71: a Traveling Exhibition

Closing reception for the Cleveland leg of this two-city exhibition will be

Friday August 17, from 6-10pm

From here, it will move on to its next venue at the Ohio Art League, 1552 N. High Street, Columbus.

More information on this show in the previous post below.

Along 71 is a traveling, collaborative exhibition between                              Cleveland West Art League and the Ohio Art League in Columbus.

The exhibition will run from July 20th through August 17th at Cleveland West Art League’s gallery at 78th Street Studios in Cleveland, then run from September 6th through September 28 at Ohio Art League’s gallery in Columbus.

A number of artist submissions were sent in from members of both organizations, and selections were made by jurors Adam Brouillette (executive director of Wonderland Columbus) and Mary Urbas (director of the Lakeland Community College Art Gallery).

Please join us at CWAL for the first leg of this two-city exhibition.

Friday, July  20, 6 - 10pm Opening reception in Cleveland        

Friday, August 17, 6-10pm  Closing reception in Cleveland

The work will then be shipped to Columbus, for an opening on Thursday, September 6, 5-9pm. More on OAL here.

Saturday June 9th, from 1-6pm

As part of the Discover Gordon Square Arts District Day festivities.

Please click here for more on the festival.

CWAL will have a FREE drop-in art workshop throughout the afternoon for children in grades K-12.  We will be creating sun prints using photo-sensitive paper and a variety of plants, toys, and household objects.

This workshop is a great introduction to the science of darkroom photography, and is being held in conjunction with our current photography and video exhibition, “The Light and the Shadow.”

Drop in anytime during the afternoon to view the exhibition and participate in the workshop. Use the items we provide for your sun print design, or bring your own!

Pizza and beverages will be served.

Kids Afternoons at CWAL are made possible by a generous grant from the Muna and Basem Hishmeh Foundation. If you would like to schedule a field trip to CWAL for your class, please email cwartleague@gmail.com for more information.

The Light and the Shadow is a video and photography exhibition, featuring Steve Syd and Diane Hlywiak (large-scale pinhole negatives), Jeon Francis (video installation), and work by the photography students of Brooklyn High School.

Opening reception Friday, May 18 from 6-10pm

Closing reception Friday, June 15 from 6-10pm