Thursday, July 11, 2013

Loren Naji Studio Gallery Call 4 Artists and New Exhibition Space

Knock Knock. “Who’s There?” Opportunities. “Opportunities Who?” Opportunities Knock! Loren Naji Studio Gallery makes a Call to Artists and Announces New Exhibition Space!

Member Loren Naji Studio Gallery | Neighborhood Ohio City 
Issue Summer 2013 | Author Loren Naji

Loren Naji Studio Gallery offers a shotgun blast of news for the summer, including exhibition space expanding into another room, a planned expansion into another neighborhood, and plenty of opportunity for artists.
 First, my familiar main gallery space has expanded into the adjacent, furniture-filled room, which has become “The Lounge Gallery.” Meanwhile, that original gallery will henceforth be called “The Parlor,” unless someone comes up with a better name!
 But I have even bigger news. I have been awarded a property, along with two grants in order to create a new one -of -a -kind art venue in Collinwood. I have wild ideas and shows planned, and I even need a live- in curator—not to mention other curators and artists–to help bring these shows and adventures to fruition! Each of the twelve rooms in the new Collinwood venue will feature installations by individual artists. Indeed, every room and surface of the house will be used for exhibition, including the exterior.
 In fact, the exterior of this house will literally become a gallery turned inside-out. Using weather resistant paint on panels and repurposed frames, artists will create work to be attached to the facade. This spectacle will allow onlookers to view art from the sidewalk and street! As paintings are sold, they will be replaced by new ones, creating an ever changing, mosaic-like exterior. This striking marvel will create intrigue and draw viewers to enter the space to discover the artist installations.
I need local artists to create works for the exterior, installation artists for the interior and one more special person to live rent free in one room of this gallery and act as gallerist, curator and co-director. Please call me at the gallery, 216.621.6644 for information.
Following are more opportunities associated with upcoming shows:
“Tall Walls, Unjuried, Uncensored” show, a co-production of CWAL and Loren Naji Studio Gallery, opening July 19, 2013. Anyone with art and a $25 dollar entrance fee can participate. Start creating controversial and even offensive art for this extravaganza!
My sister Jamilla Naji, a painter from Albuquerque, will curate a show depicting “the human condition,” with narrative vignettes, opening October 4. Contact my gallery for details.
Skulls, curated by Mary Urbas, opening November 1, 2013. Contact her or myself for inclusion possibilities.
Cleveland Kids Create, curated by my 10 year-old daughter, Brielle Naji, opening December 6, 2013. Featuring work by children between the ages of 5 and 13. Have your kids start creating a piece for this show! All work will be sold for $20.00, providing great holiday gifts and help to a charity for children!
Loren Naji Studio Gallery
2138 West 25th Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
lorennaji.com
216.621.6644

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Jason Schupbach Presentation - 2013.07.26

Jason Schupbach Presentation
Friday, July 26th, 2013
8.30-10am
        
National expert to speak with Cleveland’s arts and culture sector on placemaking
Community Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC)’s Arts and Culture Roundtable

CLEVELAND – Jason Schupbach, Director of Design Programs, National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) will present at CPAC’s Arts and Culture Roundtable on Friday, July 26, 2013. Schupbach will share his insights on national trends in creative placemaking, and placemaking projects that have been funded by the NEA, including those in Cleveland.

As Director of Design Programs for the National Endowment for the Arts, Schupbach manages a $10 million annual portfolio of design and creative placemaking grants and initiatives. He also serves as national liaison to and steward for the design and creative placemaking fields for the Federal government and manages a number of design leadership initiatives including the Mayors’ Institute on City Design, Governors’ Institute on Community Design and Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design.

The event will take place Friday, July 26, 2013, from 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Mixon Hall. Registration and information is available at http://artsandcultureroundtable4.eventbrite.com/.

The National Endowment for the Arts was established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. To date, the NEA has awarded more than $4 billion to support artistic excellence, creativity, and innovation for the benefit of individuals and communities. The NEA extends its work through partnerships with state arts agencies, local leaders, other federal agencies, and the philanthropic sector. For more information on the NEA please visit http://www.nea.gov.

CPAC’s Arts and Culture Roundtable is a forum to connect members of the arts and culture sector with one another, and those outside of arts and culture, around issues of civic and common cause. The first three Roundtables in the 2013 series featured Hunter Morrison, Executive Director of Northeast Ohio Sustainable Communities Consortium Initiative,  Terrance C.Z. Egger, President and Publisher of The Plain Dealer, and  Kelly J. Barsdate, Chief Program and Planning officer for the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA).  Future Roundtables will take place at locations throughout greater Cleveland, at 8:30 a.m. on September 27 and November 22.

CPAC is a nonprofit service organization dedicated to strengthening, unifying and connecting greater Cleveland’s arts and culture sector. CPAC provides counsel and research to foster a more informed dialogue between representatives of the arts and culture sector and public leaders concerning arts and culture’s role in the region’s development. It also supports the advancement of artists, arts and culture professionals and other civic leaders through an array of programs and services. For more information, please visit www.CultureForward.org.

CPAC is generously supported by The Cleveland Foundation, The George Gund Foundation, The Kresge Foundation, The Kulas Foundation and The John P. Murphy Foundation. CPAC is funded in part by the generous support of Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. The Ohio Arts Council helps fund CPAC with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.

Monday, July 08, 2013

Wildwood Wetland and Stream Restoration Celebration - 2013.07.10

If you are like me at all you live in Northeast Ohio and completely take the Cleveland Metroparks continuously for granted, even when you spend a couple hours there (as I did yesterday with the little lady, walking around the Nature Center which is a fantastic place to spot turtles and frogs).

Anyway, stop taking it for granted and get off your butt and do more hiking. Its good for you.
Also, celebrate some milestones:

Wildwood Wetland and Stream Restoration Celebration
via: Cleveland Metroparks webbernet site

When & Where

July 10 @ 5 - 7 p.m.
Wildwood Park Picnic Pavilion, E. 174th Street and Lakeshore Blvd., Cleveland, OH 44110

About

Categories: Citizen Science, Exploring Nature, Green Living, Hiking/Walking, Presentations/Lectures
Price: Free
Phone: 216-524-6580, ext. 16

Please join the Euclid Creek Watershed Program Project Partners as we celebrate the wetland and stream restoration at Wildwood Park!
  • Project partners are hosting a public meeting and tour to celebrate the wetland and stream restoration project, the culmination of four years of work. 
  • Several speakers will briefly discuss the wetland and stream restoration project, followed by either a short hike or a ~1 mile walk around the site.  
  • Meet the project partners pivotal in making this project happen.
For more event details click here to view the flyer, and to RSVP, please email me back or call me at 216-524-6580, ext. 16.
Please pass along this email anyone you know who may be interested in this exciting celebration.
For a listing of all Euclid Creek Watershed events coming up this summer and fall, including a Green Cleaning Workshop for Inside and Out in Richmond Heights and our annual SWCD Conservation Day in September at Wildwood, click here.

I would also highly suggest keep checking the Metroparks Calendar for a full listing of fun events, paddleboarding, kayaking, foraging, hiking, tobogganing (in winter), etc.  If they had an RSS feed I think they would really be on to something HINT HINT HINT COUGH COUGH HINT.

Sunday, July 07, 2013

Larchmere Streetscape Call for Artists - due 2013.07.15


Date: July 15 from 5:00PM - 5:00PM

The City of Cleveland, in partnership with the City of Shaker Heights, is seeking proposals from artists and designers for the design of benches and bike racks or other street furniture to be incorporated into planned streetscape improvements along Larchmere Boulevard, between East 121st Street and North Moreland Boulevard.

The participation of artists on this project is funded in part by the City of Cleveland’s Public Art Program, which requires that certain capital projects undertaken by the city, including streetscape improvements, set aside funding for public art.

Submission deadline is Monday, July 15, 2013, at 5 p.m. For details, please go to our resources page and click on "competitions."

DEADLINE: Call for Artists, Larchmere Streetscape