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Walk All Over Waterloo and Classic Car Cruise July 24

Arts Collinwood — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:30:55 +0000

ALL THIS IS HAPPENING SATURDAY, JULY 24! In the Waterloo Arts District, in Cleveland’s North Collinwood neighborhood! Conveniently located just off of I-90, only ten minutes from downtown Cleveland. (Events listed East to West, from the corner of E.161^st to the corner of E.156^th)

SS&W BOARDWALK

1^st ever Classic Car Cruise, 4-10pm, The Blues DeVille perform at 10pm, Free! Up to 50 Classic Cars (register your car for $10), Vendors, Barmaid Dunk The Dolly Booth, Cleveland Burlesque’s Beauties posing for pictures with the cars 4-5pm. Full bar and food! 16011 Waterloo, 216-481-0077

THE SCULPTURE GARDEN

The Madison Crawl perform at 5-7pm, Free! 16006 Waterloo Rd, 216-481-0077.

BLUE ARROW RECORDS AND BOOKS

Scoliosis Jones perform at 8:00pm, Free! Vintage Flea Market in the Blue Arrow Annex
16001 Waterloo, 216.486.2415, http://www.bluearrowrecords.com/

STAR POP vintage + modern

Christmas in July Party & Sale 20% off!, snacks 7-10pm. Picklefight Puppets kid & adult friendly show at 7:30, Free!
15813 Waterloo, 216.965.2368, http://starpopcleveland.com

MUSIC SAVES

Stop by Music Saves for fun and surprises! 15801 Waterloo, 216.481.1875, http://www.MUSICSAVES.com/

BEACHLAND BALLROOM & TAVERN

Schwartz Brothers at the Beachland Tavern 9:00 pm $6. Black Mountain and Quest for Fire at the Beachland Ballroom 9:00 pm $12. Door times are one hour prior
15711 Waterloo, 216.383.1124, http://beachlandballroom.com/

THIS WAY OUT VINTAGE

Vintage clothing, accessories, albums and other one-of-a-kind things. In the basement of the Beachland Ballroom.
15711 Waterloo, 216.383.1124, http://www.beachlandballroom.com/two3.htm

REBEL CITY TATTOO STUDIO

20% OFF on all tattoos and gift certificates!
15701 Waterloo, 216.481.1635, http://www.rebelcitytattoo .com/

THE HEAD SHOP

The Head Shop’s merchandise will be set up inside of the 1976 VW Bus at the Car Cruise
15615 Waterloo, 216.403.0328, http://theHeadShop.org

SALTY NOT SWEET

Handmade Boutique & Letterpress Studio. 15613 Waterloo, 216.481.3925, http://saltynotsweetcraft.wordpress.com/details/

ARTS COLLINWOOD GALLERY

Katy Richards – Primal Cuts, 15605 Waterloo, 216.692.9500, http://artscollinwood.org/gallery/

ARTS COLLINWOOD CAFÉ

Open ‘til 11pm or later! Full bar, coffee, tapas, art, music and more!
15601 Waterloo, 216.692.9500, http://artscollinwood.org/cafe/

Arts Collinwood Summer Sculpture Residency

Arts Collinwood — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:48:23 +0000

Arts Collinwood Summer Sculpture Residency pairs renowned Sculptors, Laila Voss and John Ranally.

The Waterloo Arts District continues an amazing summer of programming with a unique exhibit of sculpture by Internationally re-nown artists, Laila Voss, and John Ranally. The Exhibit will be installed in the Waterloo Sculpture Garden, and will open as part of The Waterloo Sculpture Garden’s Sunday Concert Series Sunday July 11.

Laila Voss’s work has been included in such nationally recognized exhibitions as Urban Evidence: Contemporary Artists Reveal Cleveland and internationally, through exhibitions such as The Ninth International Shoebox Exhibition. She created A Chaotic Symphony: The Catch-All Net for Urban Evidence, which consisted of three multi-media installations that were exhibited at each of the participating institutions: MOCA, Cleveland, the Cleveland Museum of Art and SPACES. Other multi-media installations include Everywhere is Here for NEO + ONE, and Fire and Embers, commissioned by the Akron Art Museum for the On-Site Ohio series. Voss has received artist-in-residence awards FCCA Prague, the Czech Republic and the Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA. Recent exhibitions include Connections: Ohio Artists Abroad, Columbus, OH and the Massillon Museum’s Outdoor Sculpture. In addition, this past September, Voss completed a public art project in the Hyacinth neighborhood in Slavic Village, Cleveland. This project involved community participation during design and implementation to create sculptural mounds, gardens and benches.

John Ranally’s work as a sculptor has been a source of amazement for over 3 decades. Ranally was a founding artist of the Studio Foundry and has participated in over 40 exhibitions. Ranally has collaborated with several artists to create performance installations for dance and theatre, including the celebrated movement company, SAFMOD. His work over the years as an artist/lecture has led to a whole new generation being exposed the multifaceted genius of Ranally.

Gallery show: Primal Cuts, paintings by Katy Richards

Arts Collinwood — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:37:55 +0000

Opens Friday July 16

Opening Reception: 6-9pm wine and tapas reception.

Following: Karen Novak Benefit at the Beachland Ballroom: featuring Keelhaul/Cobra Verde / Jukebox Value / Flat Can Co. / DJ Mr. Fishtruck / Art Auction 7 – 9 PM . $7.00

ARTIST STATEMENT

My attraction to the flesh (the physicality of the human body as contrasted with the mind or soul) comes from my interest in the primordial urges that drive us to consume. The sensations that surround these primitive drives are what I aim to evoke. I want to arouse a sensual response: the feel, smell, and taste. I choose to paint meat because of its associations with the corporeal, and I connect the sensual experience of painting to that of the image I am depicting. I paint form photographs of still lifesI construct. I arrange and place the meat to allow it t be cropped and enlarged so the viewer can see its subtleties and focus on the tactility and physicality of both both the paint and the object.

Annual Members Show On View in the Gallery

program curator — Tue, 25 May 2010 17:14:33 +0000

Supposing you’re a big fan of artists, or art, or music, or Arts Collinwood volunteers; and supposing you’d like to meet/look at/listen to or clap for: you’ll want to come to the opening of the Annual Arts Collinwood Members’ Show on Friday, May 28; reception 6 – 9 pm. Besides a ton of art works (which seem to get better every year), there’ll be food, drink, music, door prizes, volunteer awards and general jollity.

The show will be up in the gallery through June 26. Our Guest Juror is none other than Ann Hanrahan, a wonderful painter in her own right, and blessed with an uncommon wit! Guitarist/songwriter Jeff Powers will provide the musical backdrop.

Heavenly Bodies Exhibit Closing Party this Saturday!!!

program curator — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:52:00 +0000

Northeast Ohio based painter, Zinsmeister Parker’s amazing exhibit “Heavenly Bodies” closes this weekend with a party you do not want to miss. This is your last chance to see this wonderful exhibit, and while you are at it enjoy our wonderful cafe. The closing starts at 6pm, with an evening of new music by NO EXIT New Music Ensemble. You don’t want to miss this wonderful evening. Music starts at 8pm.

Below is Ms. Parker’s artist statement,

You think it horrible that lust and rage should dance attention upon my old age: William Butler Yeats.

In essence my paintings of the human figure over recent years have become an autobiographical odyssey of aging and change, both physical and psychological. The body of work which I have selected to exhibit at the Arts Collinwood gallery was executed in 1999, 2005 and 2010. I feel that the earlier pieces have aged rather well like good wine and deserve another exposure. The Venus de Milo suite was last shown in a solo show at the Massillon Museum, Massillon, Ohio in 1999 and in 2001 the same body of work was exhibited at the Firelands Association for the Visual Arts gallery in Oberlin, Ohio. When the University of Akron hosted a one person exhibition in 2005, several of the figure paintings in this installation were included. In addition, there are five new paintings on raw canvas and unframed. Because the works on paper serve as a chronicle for the evolution of my figure studies, I thought they would be of interest to the viewers therefore I have included a selection of drawings.

Over the last two decades, I have abandoned the male form completely as subject matter and concentrated on drawing the female body in all its decrepitude and corpulence on full display. The act of drawing is intrinsic to all visual art disciplines and to express oneself through the basic mediums of paper and pencil or paint and canvas is to penetrate an interior, subconscious existence–one that is uncharted yet rich in creative discovery. For this artist, drawing the most challenging of subject matters, the human figure, has become a life long passion and one that continues to engage me in new and innovative ways. An early influence and someone who taught me how to look for the outline of a pose and then to develop the anatomical parts within that space was Paul Travis, teacher extraordinaire who taught life drawing at the Cleveland Institute of Art for decades. I‘m sure that I was only one of an army of students studying at the Institute back in the 50’s who felt the pull of his personality and the philosophical approach to the study of the human form which he projected.

Another gifted teacher who influenced my love of life drawing was Dwight Mutchler who taught at Ohio University. As the recipient of the ‘’Outstanding Freshman Artist’’ award at O.U., Mutchler inspired me to master the physical components of anatomy which I did and having accomplished that task I then experimented with a more expressionistic and personal connection to the human figure.

I would be remiss not to mention the overtones of feminism which are manifest not only in the work but in the titles which reflect my position on the subject. As a woman, as a painter and educator, my perspective is colored by my experiences in the world of academia and in the art world at large. Some of the figures have dismembered or missing various body parts, which symbolize a sense of alienation or an awareness of gender bias, an intransigent status quo which has existed in the art world historically and even today —certainly in terms of the number of exhibitions for women artists versus male artists in the major museums in the United States. The good news is that women artists will always pursue their commitment to making art and eventually with the passage of time and a little luck, we’ll have achieved an even playing field.

Zinsmeister Parker

Painter

“A Little R &R”

Arts Collinwood — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:36:34 +0000

“A LITTLE R & R” featuring the work of George Roby,and GR Hamilton, opens Friday February 12, 2010 from 6-9pm.

This exhibit is FREE and open to the public. Opening Reception:: Friday February 12, 2010 / 6-9pm. Closing Reception:: Saturday March 13, 2010 / 6-9pm

George Roby
A juxtaposition of degrees informs the work of the artists curated for this exciting show. For George Roby it is problem, and its natural solution. The way in which a piece of new sculpture can inform, or as the artist says, “solve” a question being asked in an earlier work. Roby is a respected Ohio potter, sculptor, and teacher. He was a student at Cranbrook and worked with Claude Conover. His works can be found in the collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Butler Institute of American Art, the Columbus Museum of Art, and numerous private collections.

GR Hamilton

For the last five years GR Hamilton has been consumed with the art-making materials, and the material’s history. In his artist statement he elaborates on his latest process, “I began to put to use objects which I’d found and collected through the years: unusual flora, scraps of metal, bits of plastic, paint and paper, small figures, memorabilia, magazine clippings, autographs and a variety of secondhand finds and curbside cast-offs. This impulse was propelled by my interest in the work of Joseph Cornell, Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp and the films of the Quay brothers. “

Art for Haiti Benefit

Arts Collinwood — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:17:45 +0000

Join us Wednesday February 10 from 6pm – 10pm at Arts Collinwood for the Art for Haiti Benefit, including a live art auction from top local and national artists, food, cocktails and live jazz music. Proceeds will go directly to the Haiti Emergency Village Project. Arts Collinwood is honored to be hosting this event.

6 – 7pm: Mingle/cocktails/food/browse silent auction items and live auction items in the Arts Collinwood Gallery and Cafe

7- 8:30pm: Live art auction, our auctioneer for the evening Lawrence Daniel Caswell

8:30 – Live Jazz by the Will Mason Trio in the Cafe

Arts Collinwood Cleveland + The Haiti Emergency Village Project
Inconjunction w/ NEONAC+ Cleveland Tapes
$10 suggested donation

International, and regional artists have gathered together for this unique event. It’s a rare thing when over twenty-five organizations can move in one direction, and make such a tangible gesture of support.

THE HAITI EMERGENCY VILLAGE PROJECT (HEVP) is a consortium of organizations working towards the building of emerging villages in Haiti that will provide housing, infrastructure and other aspects of what constitutes a community. This group brings to Haiti transferrable lessons learned from Katrina. HEVP has been conceived, organized and put into action by New Orleans residents, supporters and rebuilders, and Haitians on the ground, most with longstanding ties to New Orleans, to create a model for recovery.

You will have a chance to bid on art from some amazing regional, and international artists including – Keith Marlowe, Amy Casey, Dan Tranberg, Julius Lyle, Dana Depew, Bridget Caswell, Sunia Boneham, Paul Sydorenko, Jacob Wesley Lang, David Wilder, Tary Yu, Petroucha Moise to name a few!

The Auctioneer for the evening will be Voice Legend and Art Provocateur Lawrence Daniel Caswell.

PLUS a SILENT AUCTION of AN AMAZING ARRAY OF Donated items from local Merchants +venues including Macback’s Bookstore, Beachland Ballroom, Visible Voice Books, House of Blues, Playhouse Square, Grog Shop!

The Cafe at Arts Collinwood will be open for a wonderful list of fresh hot/cold Tapas, and a Cash Bar!

LIVE MUSIC WILL be Provided by WILL MASON TRIO

PLEASE SHOW YOUR SUPPORT, and Help SPREAD THE WORD!

Gallery Exhibit: The Carter Excavations

Arts Collinwood — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:56:30 +0000

Maybelle, 2009

Terry Durst’s exhibit opens at Arts Collinwood Gallery Friday January 8, reception from 6:00-9:00p.m.. The show runs until Saturday February 8 with a closing reception featuring a performance by Mystery of Two at 8:00 p.m.

Terry Durst is a sculptor and installation artist who has been making and exhibiting art in Cleveland and surrounding areas since graduating from Kent State University in 1987.

Recently he taught art for five years at The Cuyahoga Community College Eastern Campus, and for two years at the Cleveland Institute of Art.

The title of this show, The Carter Excavations, refers to several things – mostly, the artist’s exploration of sculpture as an excavation of emotional states. The name Carter was chosen as it is a common American name, suggesting that these finds could be from a viewer’s own personal excavations.

Secondly, the songs of the original three members of the band The Carter Family, Maybelle, Alvin and Sara, were inspirations for these pieces – the influence of these early recordings resulting in wall sculpture made mostly from old wood and found material.

Also, the name Carter suggests the major excavation of Howard Carter, English archaeologist and Egyptologist, who discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun on November 4, 1922.

The Arts Collinwood Gallery is open for viewing during all of the hours of the adjoining Café: Tuesday-Saturday 11 am – 11 pm and Sunday 9 am – 5 pm.

ARTIST STATEMENT:

I’ve made and observed art since my early teenage years, my biggest influence and obsession has been and continues to be Neil Young, and rock and roll in general. My favorite film in the entire world is David Lynch’s INLAND EMPIRE. (Yes, this title is in all caps.) This film has taught me how to work in my studio. I think it is Lynch’s masterwork. Dan Tranberg and I have been partners for 14 years. We have one dog, a young Basset Hound named Duke (after Ellington). My degree is from Kent State – split major, sculpture and film. I taught several subjects in the Art Department at Tri-C East for 5 years. At CIA, for 2 years, along with classes in the Painting Foundations program, I taught a class in David Lynch’s Twin Peaks TV series. I love students but find most Administrations crazy and evil, evil like the cult in Rosemary’s Baby. Currently I work at The Beachland Ballroom as a doorperson/bouncer, but will be bartending there very soon.

STATEMENT ABOUT THE WORK:

I cast myself as a fictional character, Zeke Carter, and dug up my family’s site in Alaska – this is where I found these pieces. The Carter Family – the original 3, Maybelle, Sara and Alvin – were excavated as well, in that the pieces are about how I feel when I hear them sing and play. Howard Carter discovered King Tut’s remains, and hopefully that piece of history exists throughout the work in a subliminal sense. I was thinking about Euclid Beach Park, my first experience at an amusement park when I was 5. truTV’s Forensic Files has been a major influence on this work.

Weekends on Waterloo!

Arts Collinwood — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:50:48 +0000

The annual holiday sale at Arts Collinwood is only the beginning! Check out the entire listing of all the great events happening in the Waterloo Arts District from now until the New Year!

The Holiday Sale at Arts Collinwood Gallery

Holiday Sale Hours : Dec. 11: 5-11pm, Dec. 12: 11am-11pm, Dec. 13: 11am-5pm

The Holiday Sale at Arts Collinwood Gallery has already become a popular Cleveland institution and a draw for visitors from around the city, featuring unique and affordable artwork from more than 30 top regional artists. This year’s sale will be held from December 11 through December 13, and will feature a wide array of wearable art, jewelry, prints, paintings and glass, in a festive holiday ambience.

Look for work by some of Cleveland’s best-known glass artists – one-of-a-kind vases, bowls, glasses, even fixtures, including museum quality art – along with award-winning silver designs, hand-made vintage clothing and accessories, unique knits and hats, collectible prints and much more. (For a list of artists participating, see below.) And enjoy it in an inviting gallery setting, with an adjoining café serving a full range of lunch and dinner options, specialty coffee drinks and a fully licensed bar.

And as a special feature for families, this year’s sale offers a free supervised children’s art area: let the kids play and make art of their own in our community arts center, while you browse for special gifts. And treat everyone to cookies and cocoa to top it all off.

It’s a chance to eat well while doing good. ”Every purchase shoppers make, in our gallery or our café, helps to support community arts,” says Executive Director Sarah Gyorki. “The fabulous vintage clutch you grab for your best friend helps make a children’s art class possible. That Randall Tiedman painting helps buy a budding painter supplies. It’s hard not to feel good about taking home great art, benefiting artists and children, and having a really great day out in one of Cleveland’s hippest neighborhoods.”

For more information about the Holiday Sale at Arts Collinwood Gallery, or any of the Weekends on Waterloo events taking place in the Waterloo Arts District between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, visit HYPERLINK “http://www.artscollinwood.org” www.artscollinwood.org, or call 216-692-9500.

Arts Collinwood Gallery Holiday Sale 2009 Featured Artists

Michelle Biondo
Sunia Boneham
Amy Casey
Jon Cotterman
Designs by Arielle and Pamela
Joan of Art (Deveney)
Chris Dixon
Gretchen Goss
Scott Goss
Ann Grecar
John Gulyas and Maryann Posch
Mark Hartung
Jon Hicks
Jeanetta Ho
Mariamne Ingalls
Megan Kelly
Chris Kolcsar
Chadd Lacy
Nathan Longnecker
Michael Mikula
Michael Romanik
Steve and Michelle Romanik
Susan Skoczen
Mark Sudduth
Randall Tiedman
Tutu’s Designs
Beth Whalley
Karin Wishner
Brent Kee Young
Sandra Zodnik
Linda Zolten Wood

Weekends on Waterloo Holiday Sale!

Arts Collinwood — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:24:49 +0000

Weekends on Waterloo Holiday Sale @ Arts Collinwood Gallery – December 11-13: Friday, 5-11pm Saturday, 11am-11pm Sunday, 11am-5pm

Come for shopping, music & other goodies! While you’re in the neighborhood, check out the rock’n’roll flea market at the Beachland, gallery openings, holiday parties, sales, concerts, and more! Get festive with us on Waterloo!

All purchases support local artists and community arts programs!
FREE supervised arts area where the kids can play while you shop!
Fully licensed cafe with lunch, dinner, drinks and yummy holiday treats! Save $1 off your purchase at the Arts Collinwood Cafe when you bring in a receipt from a purchase made with any of these merchants on any weekend during this time!

ARTISTS: Michelle Biondo * Sunia Boneham * Amy Casey * Jon Cotterman * Designs by Arielle and Pamela * Joan of Art (Deveney) * Chris Dixon * Gretchen Goss * Scott Goss * Ann Grecar * John Gulyas and Maryann Posch * Mark Hartung * Jon Hicks * Jeanetta Ho * Mariamne Ingalls * Megan Kelly * Chris Kulcsar * Chadd Lacy * Nathan Longnecker * Michael Mikula * Michael Romanik * Steve and Michelle Romanik * Susan Skoczen * Mark Sudduth * Randall Tiedman * Tutu’s Designs * Beth Whalley * Karin Wishner * Brent Kee Young * Sandra Zodnik * Linda Zolten Wood * and MORE!

Enjoy a series of events from Thanksgiving to New Year’s at independent businesses all along Waterloo!

Participating merchants:

Arts Collinwood Gallery & Cafe
Azure Stained Glass
Beachland Ballroom & Tavern
Blue Arrow Records
The Boardwalk
Cakes By Sweetwater
Fotina’s
Low Life
Mac’s Lock Shop
Music Saves
Neighbor’s Choice
R&D Sausage
Raddell’s Sausage
Star Pop
Shoparooni & The Annex
Slovenian Workman’s Home
This Way Out
Waterloo 7 Gallery
Wunderkind Gallery