A recent beautification trend in Northeast Ohio neighborhoods is the creation of public art projects to decorate otherwise drab utility boxes with vibrant art. Six local artists have transformed seven utility boxes in the Fairfax neighborhood, providing long-lasting, additional bursts of color to the area. The utility box project was initially started in […]
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O P E N C A L L The Sustainable Art of Plastics An international art exhibition project exploring the sustainable art of plastics – 10dence platform – High Art Fridays Submission deadline Open Call: December 31, 2024 Exhibition venue will take place in 2026 at Campo Santo in Ghent, Belgium The Sustainable Art of
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Art in Veere, is an artist collective in the Netherlands by and for artists that organizes art exhibitions and interacts with cultural partners and entrepreneurs in Veere. Every year, members organize an art route for guest exhibitors. A beautiful range of authenticity, imagination, and craftsmanship awaits you from Friday, May 30, to Sunday, June 1, 2025.
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The HAF article: “Art Now… as Historical Commentary on HAF: Greco-Roman” is a revelation, a Rosetta Stone deciphering the hidden African presence in Greco-Roman art. As an environmentalist who champions JEDI principles, I see a chilling parallel in the erasure of African contributions to art and ecology. “History is written by the victors,” Ron Shelton
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For Ron Shelton, 2023 has been a year of opening minds – both at home and abroad – to sustainable art’s creativity and importance. On Thursday, November 16, from 5-7 pm, a sustainable art exhibition comprised of pieces created in a series of workshops held in Cleveland at the Cuyahoga County Youth Justice Center, Bolton
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HAF expands its sustainability reach by conducting art workshops in Ghana Plastics artist Ron Shelton has taken his show on the road – to West Africa! While he continues to educate and inspire local school children throughout Greater Cleveland, he recently had the opportunity to conduct plastic weaving workshops abroad during a three-week visit to
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It was a delightful experience to be in the company of the world-renowned Ghanaian artist Kofi Setordji. His secluded self-designed four-structure compound is nestled comfortably in the hills of Akuapim-Mampong, a town in the north district of the eastern region of Ghana. The winding maze-like red soil road makes it nearly impossible to find Kofi’s
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Artist Ange Arthur Koua, born in Ivory Coast (Abidjan) in 1989, has created a striking body of work using various symbolic materials, specifically emphasizing worn garments and fabric. His work is both personal and political, without a specific agenda. He gives us the freedom to understand what is often unspoken. Ange’s first solo exhibition in
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There are those who wait for things to happen and those who make things happen. The latter applies to a local plastics artist/teacher/hat maker with international ties – Ron Shelton. Shelton’s latest work, created from a multitude of kitty litter containers – he refers to it as “Wasp Nests” – will be on view at
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Art History 750: African Greco-Roman “Representations of Negro peoples appear in every major period of classical art. Yet very few illustrations of blacks are included in handbooks and histories of Greek and Roman art; and when they are, the same small group of examples is chosen. Such a practice creates the impression that the Negro
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The world is in a plastic crisis; Kim Tae-youn presents one answer. In 2008, our global plastic consumption worldwide was estimated to be about 260 million tons. What Kim Tae-youn, Korea, has done as her answer to this huge problem is implement a recycling process by producing her own type of textile materials. She spins yarn,
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People have created “installation art” since they discovered they could make marks. Denmark artist Susanne Schmidt-Nielsen’s unique installation was an impressive and complimentary display in the Richard Winthers’ house. “This something, this in between” opened on April 30th in Denmark. How the physical reality of our environment affects the inner reality of our mind and
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