On view through September 22, 2019 Cleveland Museum of Art Mark Schwartz and Bettina Katz Photography Gallery
As part of Cuyahoga50, a citywide commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the last Cuyahoga River fire and celebration of the progress made since toward clean water for all, the Cleveland Museum of Art will present two exhibitions that highlight the impact of human behavior on the environment. Featuring the work of renowned contemporary artist Edward Burtynsky (Canadian, b. 1955), Water: Edward Burtynsky draws attention to current threats to clean, sustainable water and encourages visitors to reflect on individual actions that can impact the future of our planet.
Burtynsky’s global portrait explores humanity’s increasingly stressed relationship with water, the world’s most vital natural resource. Thirteen monumental color photographs survey locales from the Gulf of Mexico to the shore of the Ganges. Offering both aesthetic abstraction and concrete data, these hauntingly beautiful images encourage us to ponder whether current water-management strategies are among humankind’s great achievements or its most dangerous failures.
Danny Lyon and Barbara Tannenbaum in Conversation Cleveland Museum of Art Wed, Sep 5, 6:30pm
FREE, reservations recommended
Join famed artist and filmmaker Danny Lyon and curator of photography Barbara Tannenbaum as they discuss what motivated him to create the visual eulogy The Destruction of Lower Manhattan, on view through October 7 in the CMA’s Mark Schwartz and Bettina Katz Photography Gallery.
Cleveland State University has entered into a partnership with the Cleveland Museum of Art. As a perk, current CSU Art and Design majors are eligible to free one-year memberships to CMA.
Benefits include:
Free, unlimited admission to select CMA ticketed exhibitions
50% off admission to ticketed events for members’ guests
Discounts to events and programs
Priority registration and discounts for art classes
15% discount at the museum store
10% discount at the museum restaurant and cafe
Flat rate parking ($6)
Invitations to members-only special exhibition Preview Days
February 26 – July 30, 2017
Cleveland Museum of Art
Mark Schwartz and Bettina Katz Photography Gallery | Gallery 230
Louis Draper and Leonard Freed: Two photographers – one black, one white – look at life during the civil rights era. Both artists were incredibly talented formalists who put that skill at the service of expression. They also shared a goal: to create dignified depictions of African Americans that portrayed them not as victims or heroes but as individuals.
The Cleveland Museum of Art’s Department of Photography seeks an intern to research works in the collection, particularly recent acquisitions of work by Magnum photographers as well as proposed acquisitions. The intern will also assist in the preparation of temporary exhibitions. For 2017/18, the department’s upcoming exhibitions include one about images of African American life in the 1960s by Louis Draper and Leonard Freed and another about American photography in the 1930s. The intern may assist with the organization of lectures and artists’ visits, work on art and artist research, and help prepare other exhibition or publication related material. The ideal candidate will already have some knowledge of the history of photography and excellent computer research skills. Foreign language skills a plus.
Application Materials: a 500-word essay detailing what you hope to gain from this internship, a résumé that includes employment and education; a writing sample not longer than 3 pages in length, and at least one letter of recommendation.
Contemporary Artists Lecture Series: Zanele Muholi Saturday, February 6, 2016, 2:00 p.m. Cleveland Museum of Art Recital Hall
Artist and visual activist Zanele Muholi records the lives of black lesbian women in South Africa through photography, installation, and video, seeking to illuminate the contradictions of life in a country that recognizes the legality of same-sex marriages but is plagued by hate crimes and intolerance for LGBTI individuals. In photographic series such as Faces and Phases and Weddings, and the video Being Scene, Muholi brings into focus the love, intimacy, and daily life within these close-knit yet vulnerable communities. Join the artist in her first Cleveland appearance for a discussion of her work and career. The lecture will be followed by a reception and book signing in the Recital Hall lobby.
Free; registration recommended.
Reserve tickets at tickets.clevelandart.org, or call the ticket desk at 216-421-7350.
CALL FOR ART 2015 Cleveland Print Room Juried Exhibition: THE PEER SHOW.
DEADLINE: MAY 16, 2015
The Cleveland Print Room is seeking photographic submissions for our first juried exhibition, June 12 – July 11
to be judged by Barbara Tannenbaum
Curator of Photography, Cleveland Museum of Art
AWARDS: Best of Show: $300 Best B&W: $150 Best Color: $150
Best Alt Process: $150 Director’s Award: $100
The Cleveland Print Room invites members and non-members to submit artwork for our 2015 juried exhibition, The Peer Show. This is a unique opportunity for photographic artists to exhibit their work and receive substantial exposure in Cleveland’s only dedicated photographic art gallery, community darkroom, educational center, and studio workspace. Over 30 selected works will be exhibited in our gallery, with a top prize of $300 to be awarded. All selections and cash awards will be made at the discretion of the jurors and will be final.
ELIGIBILITY:
Artists must be at least 18 years of age and reside in the US or Canada.
An entry fee of $25 for CPR members or $30 for non-members is payable upon submission of works. Artists may submit up to two (2) pieces of original art in any photographic medium, analog or digital. Entry fees are non-refundable.
All work must be READY TO HANG from typical gallery picture hooks without needing special equipment. We prefer framed pieces to be strung with picture wire.
Artists must complete a two-part entry form, one part to be attached to the work, and one part given to CPR at drop-off time.
Work exceeding 36 inches in any dimension may be excluded due to space restrictions. Work may not exceed seventy pounds in weight.
All work must be original, executed within the last 5 years, and not been shown previously at the Cleveland Print Room.
All work must be hand-delivered to the Cleveland Print Room during normal business hours: Noon to 6pm, Tuesday and Thursday through Saturday; 3pm to 6pm, Wednesday.
All subject matter must be appropriate for public viewing.
Entries must remain in the gallery for the duration of the exhibition.
Artists must grant permission for Cleveland Print Room to use their images and information in promotional materials.
Cleveland Print Room will retain a 40% commission from works sold. In the event of a sale, the artist will be notified at the closing of the exhibition and mailed a check for 60% of the sale within 30 days.
TIMELINE:
April 28, 2015: Works may begin to be dropped off at Cleveland Print Room.
May 16, 2015: Deadline for Entry Dropoff
June 4, 2015: Notification of juror’s selections
June 6, 2015: Deadline for pick-up of non-selected artwork
June 12, 2015: Exhibition Opening Reception
July 11, 2015: Exhibition Closing
All unsold work from the exhibition MUST BE PICKED UP by Saturday, July 25, 2011. Any artwork left at Cleveland Print Room beyond that date will be disposed of at the discretion of CPR.
Work not selected for the exhibition MUST BE PICKED UP by Saturday, June 6, 2015.
For further information, please contact Shari at info@clevelandprintroom.com.
Cleveland International Film Festival Neighborhood Screening of EADWEARD Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art Friday, March 27, 2015 at 6:00 p.m.
Click here to visit the CIFF website.
How do you capture a moment? Kyle Rideout’s biopic EADWEARD (2014) shows how this question becomes an obsession of one of the forefathers of motion pictures, Eadweard Muybridge. In 1872, Muybridge reveals hisfirst study of animal locomotion: a series of photos depicting the movements of a running horse that no human eye had ever seen. “This is life,” he explains to his admiring audience. But Muybridge wants to know more. His passion compels Flora, a sultry 21-year-old divorcée, to move with Muybridge from California to Pennsylvania, where he has secured $50,000 to take more pictures. Although Muybridge considers his work to be science, not art, the resulting photographic sequences—of a woman jumping over a stool, a man walking a goat, two men boxing, and so on—are undeniably beautiful. Still, as Muybridge amasses thousands of images depicting life, his own life with Flora begins to unravel. In this impressive first film, Rideout uses time-lapse photography, jump cuts, and slow motion to recreate the magic of Muybridge’s photography.
Film Festival members can purchase tickets beginning Friday, February 27, and the general public can purchase tickets beginning Friday, March 6. Use the code “CMA” to save two dollars on the price of admission.
EADWEARD will also be screened on Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 4:25 p.m. and Sunday, March 29, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. at Tower City Cinemas.
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