A PUBLICATION OF THE COLLECTIVE ARTS NETWORK | CLEVELAND ART IN NORTHEAST OHIO | WINTER 2012/2013 Made Of Cleveland | Herding Cats| transfOrMer statiOn “Plugged n”i | MOCa and tHe Dome Of He aven| faCes Of CAAW ART IN NORTHEAST OHIO | WINTER 2012/2013 34th Scholastic Art+Writing A PUBLICATION OF THE COLLECTIVE ARTS NETWORK | CLEVELAND Exhibition Jan 15–Feb 3 CIA is proud to be hosting this regional exhibition of work from students grade 7–12 for its 34th year. cia.edu/scholastic 1 67th Student Independent Exhibition 03 | Welcome to CAN Journal 04 | CAN Members report 36 | MOCa and the dome of Heaven Feb 16–Mar 16 by Henry adams 44 See the work of the next generation of artists + designers at the Student Independent Exhibition—a juried show 38 | Made of Cleveland by erin O’Brien featuring BFA students at the Cleveland Institute of Art. 42 | Herding Cats by Michael gill cia.edu/sie2012 44 | transformer station: Plugged in by douglas Max utter 46 | randal tiedman by erin O’Brien 46 38 49 | artface: City artists at Work Reinberger Galleries Gallery Hours Photo by Herbert ascherman Jr. 11141 East Boulevard Mon–Thu 10am–5pm 50 | events Fri 10am–9pm Sat 10am–5pm 52 | Members of the Collective arts network COVER PHOTO: An iconic steel hook still hangs at Transformer Station, left over cia.edu from the building’s years as a bronze casting facility. 36 collective arts network journal tHANK YO u STEP tOGETHer, STEP Anyone reading this owes a debt of thanks to all the Experience backs up the conventional wisdom that making art is a solitary CAN members, whose storytelling, financial support, and networking efforts make it possible for Northeast activity. We know it when we find ourselves at the studio after midnight, Ohio to have a dedicated arts magazine. Without them CAN Journal would not exist, and Cleveland wouldn’t getting work done because that’s when no one is there to distract. have this important forum for its art scene. Thanks also to the writers and photographers whose work fills these pages and makes it so much finer a But beyond our work in the studio, Cleveland artists Think about what it means for the individual galleries publication than our shoestring budget gives us the right seem to be in an era of unprecedented cooperation. of 78th Street Studios to work together and create to expect. Thanks in particular to Douglas Max Utter for Not that we haven’t always fed on each other’s energy their third Friday openings, or how the individual art- having the grace and depth of knowledge to navigate and ideas. A century ago, members of the old Kokoon ists of the ArtCraft Building, Terra Vista Studios, and every level of the Cleveland art scene; to Erin O’Brien Club must have found great motivation in having an the Lake Erie Screw Factory have organized to draw not only for skill in capturing people and what they do, audience of peers to carouse with and create for. But crowds and sell art. Those collaborations build value but also for rising to the crunch-time task of honoring what we’re seeing now in Northeast Ohio is a different not only for the artists and their landlords, but also for the late Randall Tiedman; To Herbert Ascherman, Jr. kind of thing. the neighborhoods that surround them. for lending his magnificent old-school camera skills to the task of documenting the Cleveland art scene’s many A person doesn’t have to be all that old (I tell myself, still) It takes work to build those collaborations. Someone 2 faces; and finally to the acclaimed author, art historian, to remember when networking opportunities for artists has to step up. And that’s clearly what galleries have 3 and Case Western Reserve University professor of and arts administrators were quite a bit less frequent. done to create CAN Journal. I know this at 11:30 at American Art, Henry Adams, for bringing his authorita- Back in the ‘nineties we’d tive voice to our pages. see each other at galleries, Of course we thank the Ohio Arts Council for giving and maybe at Severance us a jump start one year ago, and more recently a Hall, but as far as occasions boost to keep us in forward motion. And similarly we for professional interaction, thank the George Gund Foundation, which recognized Ohio Arts Council meetings our progress and has supported our efforts to improve were about it. CLEVELAND STEPS UP CAN’s distribution and web presence. Finally, we thank all of you who are reading this. By But the last few years in all the arts, we’ve seen people night, when an e-mail comes in from one more CAN doing so you show that you are not simply a resident of and companies making plans and working together on member, burning the almost-midnight oil to tell the Northeast Ohio, but an active member of the community, a grand scale–and not just as guest curators, or by story of an upcoming show: That person has risen to engaged by our visual arts scene. sharing a stage. Consider the sustained cooperative a challenge—working to be a part of a larger effort. FEB22THROUGHMARCH3. FEB22THROUGHMARCH3. work that just a few years ago created Cuyahoga Arts Founder Editor and Culture, the countywide arts grant making agency There’s no question that the art community has stepped Liz Maugans Michael Gill funded by the cigarette tax. up in Cleveland. If you’ve been to the neighborhoods and studios mentioned above—and indeed, if you’re Designer Senior Account Executive Think about the how Gordon Square grew­­—how it reading CAN Journal—you know the result is much JoAnn Dickey Carlos E. Ramos took a team of organizations to capitalize on the head greater than the sum of its parts. And you can be a of steam James Levin and Cleveland Public Theater part of it, too: all it takes is to go out and see what you CAN Journal is a quarterly publication of the had built—and how businesses responded by opening read about here. Enjoy the shows. Collective Arts Network. The Collective Arts Network shops and investing in the neighborhood. is a membership organization of artists, galleries, Michael Gill FEB22THROUGHMARCH3. FEB22THROUGHMARCH3. and art organizations working together, launched by Editor Zygote Press Inc., 1410 East 30th Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44114. CONTACT SAVE THE DATE. Membership & editorial: [email protected] Advertising: [email protected] winter 2012 collective arts network journal three new shows at BaYarts by BAYarts Staff evolution, renaissance, transformation, Metamorphosis: January 11–31 A mom, a daughter and their inspira- childhood imagination. by Amy Callahan Luke J. Tornatzky tions taken from the sea. Doris through Opening reception March 8th 7–9 p.m. C arts Collinwood Becomes Waterloo arts Luke Tornatzky directly expresses his silent her paintings, Sue through meticulously rts in early 2013. We are excited for the new A st i oo l bAY villagE bAY stories of love, longing and solitude like this: detailed ceramics. partnership and to have the lights turned coliNwood art ater “There is no end to this exploration of color, Opening reception February 8th 7–9 p.m. the back on at the corner of 156th and Waterloo f O light, shape and texture. I create a space, d / W Rd. The Café served as a gathering place woo rtesy which the viewer may want to enter, and once March 8–April 6 u for residents and artists, as well as providing llin co O there, forget the painting and become lost Cats, Mice and Movable Type: Handmade C arts programming and extended access to rts f A in the feelings which the art has evoked.” Children’s Books by Michael Gill O our gallery, so we are as anxious as everyone Opening reception January 11th 7–9 p.m. Michael combines his skills with wood- to get it back into full swing. rtesy u block, letterpress printing and writing to co As a partner in the Collinwood Rising grant February 8–March 2 create original children’s books. These awarded to Northeast Shores Development Coastal Journey: Emerging Artists Doris “books from scratch” use old school, Corporation, our Gallery will follow the theme Minnich and Sue Peplin heavy printing machines and old fashioned of transformation, starting the year with exhibits that explore the idea of vacancy in our city and the creative conversions that bAY Arts bAYArts hoLiday Consignment ShoP can make those spaces useful again. We partner with Saving Cities to present a film 4 28795 lake road OPening November 23 5 and discussion series on post-industrial cities Bay village, Ohio 44140 OPen 7 daYs tHrOugH deCember Opening night on Waterloo. in conjunction with these exhibits. 440.871.6543 THESE WORDS all have different nu- mission to define its place in that environ- Finally, we’re happy to announce the bayarts.net Oil paintings by luke tornatzky, January 11–31. ances of meaning, but a common thread ment. As Arts Collinwood thought of its second season of the M4M free chamber or generalization is that they describe a past and its future, it was clear that much of music series. Concerts are at 4 p.m. in change in the state of a thing or idea that is our efforts have been in ‘place-making’ on the gallery on the second Sunday of each no longer apt or useful into a more current, Waterloo Rd. The founders have worked hard month, February through May.