Michael Gill

1 month ago | canjournal.org | Michael Gill

Buffalo artist Gary Wolfe met Cleveland artist John Sargent in 2012, when Sargent briefly lived in the Queen City. Both were involved with the Buffalo Society of Artists—an organization founded in 1891 to help advance the cause of artists in that part of the world. They got to know each other over the space of about six months, and kept in touch after Sargent returned to Cleveland.

Nov 30, 2024 | canjournal.org | Michael Gill

On view as part of Curlee Raven Holton’s solo exhibition Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Spirit at William Busta Projects in Waterloo this fall, the modest size serigraph relief, A Dance of Joy and Pain (2024), summons the unusually spectacular autumn gracing Cleveland this year. Orange-crimson burns like a flame against a shrinking azure expanse, glow emitting a boundless, jubilant, and incredible sensation—precisely such because it shall end all too soon.

Nov 19, 2024 | canjournal.org | Michael Gill

The Biennial Alumni Exhibition at Kent State University is set to debut on January 17, 2025, bringing together a diverse array of talent from the School of Art’s eighty-plus years of history. The inaugural exhibition will feature works from accomplished alumni, highlighting their contributions to the art world. Curated by Wendy Earle, a noted curator from the Akron Art Museum, the show will run from January 17 through February 21, 2025, in the CVA Gallery located in the Center for the Visual Arts.

Nov 19, 2024 | canjournal.org | Michael Gill

The Cleveland poet d.a. levy (Darryl Alfred Levey, 1942-1968) was among the most prolific publishing poets of the mimeo revolution of the 1960s, which evolved into what is now called underground or outlaw poetry: small presses independent of the Academy. Of less renown yet as fascinating as his publications are levy’s prints and the methods he used to make them. Zygote Press explores the poet’s prints and production methods in d.a. levy: Subversive Printmaking in 1960s Cleveland.

Nov 19, 2024 | canjournal.org | Michael Gill |Kristen Hampshire

Jean Sylak never dabbled in art—until she got involved in the studio at Judson Park and unlocked a brand-new world of creativity. The rich artistic programming was not what drew Jean Sylak to Judson Park—but it’s what connects her to the community, inspires creativity with a sense of freedom she never experienced before moving four years ago. Jean was an elementary school administrator in Shaker Heights Schools, but she never touched art.