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1 month ago | 
autism.einnews.com | Dave DeOreo
Individuals with autism sometimes need arts and cultural programming to be quieter or more flexible, and many organizations in Northeast Ohio are responding. Research shows adapted art programs can improve social interaction skills for people with autism spectrum disorder. Below is a sampling of venues and organizations in the region with sensory-friendly accommodations or programs.
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1 month ago | 
ideastream.org | Dave DeOreo |Jean-Marie Papoi
Cleveland City Hall’s neoclassical hallways are currently dotted with artwork for a special exhibition celebrating six local Black artists. “City hall has such beautiful architecture,” participating artist Christa Childs who goes by Christa Freehands said. “It's a space where when you're in it, it feels like a museum itself.” The exhibit is supported by Cleveland’s Transformative Arts Fund, administered by Rhonda K.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
wvxu.org | Dave DeOreo
Raised on a family farm in Grafton in the ‘80s and ‘90s, Ashley Sullivan enjoyed taking trips to nearby Cleveland for baseball games or visits to the museum. She soon fell in love with the city skyline. “Growing up far from a city you think of the romance and the drama of big city living,” she said.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
ideastream.org | Dave DeOreo
Following Sunday night’s sold-out Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Concert (broadcasting live on WCLV 90.3 FM Ideastream Public Media at 7), Severance hosts the free, annual MLK Community Open House and Day of Music. Performances take place Monday from 11:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Both the Mandel Concert Hall and the Reinberger Chamber Hall host a diverse lineup of acts from Northeast Ohio, including Blakk Jakk Dance Collective, Tiamoyo Chorale and the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
ideastream.org | Dave DeOreo
Talise Campbell, passionate about sharing her West African culture, founded the Djapo Cultural Arts Institute in 2009 in Cleveland. The institute’s mission, reflected in the word "Djapo" (meaning "together"), is to unite people through arts, music, dance, and history. In this week’s Sketchbook, Campbell and her team showcase a new piece, Sandia: Of the Blood, which focuses on family, culture, and the traditions of Mali.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
wvxu.org | Dave DeOreo
Talise Campbell is dedicated to spreading the knowledge and culture of West Africa in her hometown of Cleveland. “If you want to learn about a people, if you want to learn about a culture, dive into the art,” Campbell said. Campbell founded the Djapo Cultural Arts Institute in 2009, which is based now at the Pivot Center for Art, Dance and Expression on West 25th Street in Cleveland. “The word Djapo itself means together.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
ideastream.org | Dave DeOreo |Ygal Kaufman
Ever since winning her first art prize as a pre-teen, Meryl Engler knew she wanted to be an artist. Born in Southern California, Engler grew up along the coast inspired by the beach and the flowing waves of the Pacific Ocean. She’s spent her adult life riding an artistic wave from one experience to another always discovering inspiration. From art school at Syracuse University, to grad school in Nebraska, to coaching rowing teams in Oregon, her artistic life has more recently led her to Akron.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
ideastream.org | Dave DeOreo
The Cleveland School emerged in the 1910s from what is today the Cleveland Institute of Art. Renowned Cleveland School artists like William Sommer, Charles E. Burchfield and Viktor Schreckengost are among more than one hundred historic pieces on view in “Celebrating the Cleveland School” at Wolfs Gallery in Beachwood through Nov. 30. The works on view are from the collection of the late Northeast Ohio clothier Albert Wasserman. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-5p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
ideastream.org | Dave DeOreo
The annual Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival gets going Thursday night, centering on the contemporary Black experience with shorts, documentaries and feature films by independent directors and producers. Most screenings are at Atlas Cinemas in Cleveland’s Shaker Square district. However, the closing night film, “Luther: Never Too Much,” a documentary about the late R&B legend Luther Vandross, screens Friday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. at Atlas Cinemas Lakeshore in Euclid.
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May 10, 2024 | 
wvxu.org | Dave DeOreo
Ernest “Mooney” Warther was an esteemed son of Dover, Ohio, and a master wood carver. The work of this turn-of-the-century artist is the foundation for the Tuscarawas County museum in his name. The Ernest Warther Museum and Gardens includes an array of Warther creations, from his wooden steam engines to his celebrated plier tree to his steel mill miniatures to his wife Frieda’s Button House.
