Tibetan Monks from Gaden Shartse Monastery, India

The Tibetan cleansing ritual of "Chedrol" will be offered at Asterisk *Gallery in Tremont

on Saturday, October 11th at 5 PM
By visiting Tibetan Monks from Gaden Shartse Monastery, India
Asterisk * Gallery is located at 2393 Professor Avenue in Tremont, Cleveland, Oh 44113
http://www.asteriskgallery.com/index.html
(For more information about the Monks and Gaden Shartse Monastery visit: http://www.gadenshartsetour.org/)


Dear Friends
It looks like we are set for the Monks visiting us from Gaden Shartse Monastery, India, to offer the Tibetan ritual of Chedrol at Asterisk gallery in Tremont on Saturday, October 11th at 5 PM. They suggest a donation of $20.00 per person, though if this is beyond someone's means, whatever contribution you can offer them will be welcome. The ritual will last about an hour and 15 minutes. I hope that you will be able to come, and to spread the invitation to our community and to anyone who may be interested in this unusual healing experience.

Here is a very vivid description of the "Chedrol" purifiication/cleansing ritual (It means "the lama in the form of Green Tara") given by Lobsang, one of the visiting monks from the Gaden Shartse Monastery in India:

"The participants are bound with 5 colors of yarn. Their obstacles and negativities are fused through ritual into the yarn and then cut free with Tara's diamond knife. Then radiant nectars and multicolored rays of blissful light to remove negativities are poured into the participants. The lama sweeps them with laser-like rays of light from his peacock feather to remove subtle negative imprints.

"Many offerings are made to the interfering forces. All negativities are collected and fed to the interfering forces who are then evicted from the site.

"Diamond-like rays of light are generated under the skin and around/enveloping the participants to give them protection against these negativities and interfering forces in the future."

The intent of Chedrol, as Lobsang explained, is fairly straightforward. All of our sufferings, both individually and as a society, are the result, not of external forces beyond our control; they come from our own internal negativities and delusions. In this ritual, the lama, generating himself in the form of Green Tara - the female Buddha of Enlightened Activity - cleanses the participants of those negativities, purifies them and then gives them protection to help them resist those negativities in the future. The rest is up to us!

Namaste -
Beth

This offering is part of the art Exhibition "Counting Days" Seventeen artists respond to Eight years of destruction opening on Friday, October 10th during the Tremont Art Walk.

Assemblage/Assemblage @ Arts Collinwood Sept 27

The Waterloo Arts District in Cleveland’s North Collinwood neighborhood will come alive for the night of September 27, 2008 as artists, art lovers, members of the Collinwood community and community-minded residents from all over Greater Cleveland will gather for a one-of-a-kind party and fund raiser to officially launch the neighborhood’s new arts center.

The theme of the party, Assemblage/Assemblage, appropriately plays off two meanings of the word. An assemblage is an art work created from, usually, found objects. An assemblage is a gathering – of people, things or ideas. Arts Collinwood, and particularly its new art center, embody both meanings.

The event’s proceeds go to equip and operate the Arts Collinwood Community Art Center, which will provide a home for children’s and grownups’ art classes, after-school programs, arts-related clubs and activities, music and dance performances, continuing artist education, community events … and more!

The party will occupy the Arts Collinwood gallery and art center, and the adjoining Café Marika, at the corner of East 156th and Waterloo Roads, easily accessible from Routes 2 and 90, a few steps west of the Beachland Tavern and Ballroom and an emerging gallery and shopping district.

Guests will be invited to work with Arts Collinwood artists to complete a massive mural assemblage to decorate the new community art center. Distinguished local artists are being invited to submit assemblage works for exhibit during and after the party; all works will be for sale. Kits of similar materials will be sold for guests to create individual assemblages, or to take home. Invited artists will also exhibit eminently buyable art for guests’ browsing pleasure.

Music will be provided by Moko Bovo, finger food by Kimberly’s Supper Club, Grovewood Tavern and Wine Bar, Muldoon’s Tavern,Scotti's, The Chocolate Garden, Chili Peppers and Polaris Vocational School’s pastry chef and his students. A generous donation of wine is being given by Bratenahl’s Chuck Bauernschmidt. Dress is urban chic (if in doubt, wear black).

ickets are $75 and $125. VIP ticket holders will be invited to come an hour early for a champagne reception, performance by Ruth Pangrace of Women in History as Louise Nevelson, and a guided tour of the space.

More information from 216-692-9500.

Pledge of Allegiance - hand-pressed text on wood

"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands: one Nation under God, indivisible, With Liberty and Justice for all."

Star Spangled Banner - hand-pressed text on wood

Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore dimly seen thro' the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?

Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream:
'T is the star-spangled banner: O, long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

Join River Gallery on Saturday September 27 from 12- 8pm
for the opening of our latest exhibit: New Works by Mindy Tousley, Bill Mahon, Susan Gallagher and Susan Squires.

About each artist:
Mindy Tousley's paintings are dynamic combinations of patterned color and texture
Susan Gallagher's ceramic vessels, platters and cups are beautifully carved and made with function in mind.
Susan Squires' encaustic paintings are made with deep layers of translucent color, creating luminescent images.
Bill Mahon's constructions are made of collections of found items and literary texts that become extremely moving as deeper meanings are revealed.

The patio is still open at Tartine, our neighborhood wine bar, and Mitchell Sotka's Antiques, Devout Home, Amy's Shoes all have new fall collections.

Come and enjoy the unique charm of our Old Detroit Road neighborhood.

River Gallery
Ara Hamamjian owner
Mark Yasenchack gallery manager
19046 Old Detroit Rd., Rocky River OH 44116
440 331 8406
rivergalleryarts@yahoo.com

Around Noon with Dee Perry Sept 22 - 90.3 WCPN

Around Noon with Dee Perry

Labor and Industry, Harry Benson & CMA Fine Print Fair

Monday, September 22, 2008 at noon 90.3 WCPN
Topics: Arts

Dee explores the Labor and Industry of Cleveland with local photographers Roger Mastroianni and Dan Morgan, whose work is on view at the Asterisk Gallery in Tremont. Plus, ideastream's Bobby Jackson speaks with acclaimed national photographer Harry Benson about his upcoming appearance at Kent State University. And, we preview the annual Cleveland Museum of Art Fine Print Fair.

JOHN GAST'S "AMERICAN PROGRESS" (1872)

JOHN GAST'S "AMERICAN PROGRESS" (1872)

IN JOHN GAST'S "AMERICAN PROGRESS," (1872) A DIAPHANOUSLY AND

PRECARIOUS CLAD AMERICA FLOATS WESTWARD THRU THE AIR WITH THE

"STAR OF EMPIRE" ON HER FOREHEAD. SHE HAS LEFT THE CITIES OF THE

EAST BEHIND, AND THE WIDE MISSISSIPPI, AND STILL HER COURSE IS

WESTWARD. IN HER RIGHT HAND SHE CARRIES A SCHOOL BOOK--

TESTIMONIAL OF THE NATIONAL ENLIGHTENMENT, WHILE WITH HER LEFT

SHE TRAILS THE SLENDER WIRES OF THE TELEGRAPH THAT WILL BIND THE

NATION. FLEEING HER APPROACH ARE INDIANS, BUFFALO, WILD HORSES,

BEARS, AND OTHER GAME, DISAPPEARING INTO THE STORM AND WAVES OF

THE PACIFIC COAST. THEY FLEE THE WONDEROUS VISION--THE STAR "IS

TOO MUCH FOR THEM."--PRECIS OF A CONTEMPORARY DESCRIPTION OF THIS

PAINTING BY GEORGE CROFUTT WHO DISTRIBUTRED HIS ENGRAVING OF IT

WIDELY.

Manifest Destiny was the belief that the United States was destined to expand from the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific Ocean; it has also been used to advocate for or justify other territorial acquisitions. Advocates of Manifest Destiny believed that expansion was not only good, but that it was obvious ("manifest") and certain ("destiny"). Originally a political catch phrase of the 19th century, "Manifest Destiny" eventually became a standard historical term, often used as a synonym for the expansion of the United States across the North American continent.

The term was first used primarily by Jacksonian Democrats in the 1840s to promote the annexation of much of what is now the Western United States (the Oregon Territory, the Texas Annexation, and the Mexican Cession). It was revived in the 1890s, this time with Republican supporters, as a theoretical justification for U.S. expansion outside of North America. The term fell out of usage by U.S. policy makers early in the 20th century, but some commentators believe that aspects of Manifest Destiny, particularly the belief in an American "mission" to promote and defend democracy throughout the world, continues to have an influence on American political ideology.[1]

This article is not a history of the territorial expansion of the United States, nor is it the story of the westward migration of settlers to the American frontier. Manifest Destiny was an explanation or justification for that expansion and westward movement, or, in some interpretations, an ideology or doctrine which helped to promote the process. This article is a history of Manifest Destiny as an idea, and the influence of that idea upon American expansion.

American's Creed - motor oil and text on board

The American's Creed

by William Tyler Page

I believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed, a democracy in a republic, a sovereign Nation of many sovereign States; a perfect union, one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice, and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes.

I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its Constitution, to obey its laws, to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies.

–Written 1917, accepted by the United States House of Representatives on April 3, 1918.

COUNTING DAYS PRESS RELEASE

Asterisk Gallery Announces Counting Days: 17 Artists Respond to 8 Years of Destruction

Tremont ArtWalk, Friday October 10, 2008, 17 artists create work in response to 8 years of the Bush administration.

Counting Days features art as political dissent, largely absent from our current times of historical turmoil. 17 artists counter the apathy and engage in “anti-American activity” to show their true colors as real American Patriots – loyal to the notion of freedom and human rights - concepts our founding fathers died for. Exercising the freedom of speech is patriotic.

The artists respond to a Bush legacy of death, debt and deceit... the erosion of U.S. reputation in international opinion, the environmental destruction and the dismantling of environmental protections, corporate control of government, unprecedented fiscal deficits, collapse of the finance industry and home foreclosures, the disempowerment of the working class and the rejection of minimum wage and living wage, largest discrepancy in private wealth – surpassing that of the Great Depression, shifting of the tax burden and the free-for-all environment granted corporate elites, sanctioning of torture, Guantanamo, the evisceration of the 1st Amendment and American’s personal privacy, granting immunity to communications corporations ordered by the government to disregard federal law, the indoctrination of religion into government, blatant disregard for international law, U.N., World Court and domestic law meant to curtail abuse of the administrative office, education system failure, absent federal response to Katrina and the “cleansing” of New Orleans, the multitude of Americans without healthcare, the demise of competitive bidding in the granting of federal contracts, Blackwater, and an unprecedented effort to privatize Social Security. Did we miss anything?

Artists include:
Scott Bailes, Craig Bungo, Jason Byers, Melissa Daubert, Joe Filak, George Kocar, Julius Lyles, D. Anthony Mahone, Sally Matia, Loren Naji, Ed Raffel, Thaddeus Root, Debra Shepherd, Sign Guy, Steven B. Smith, Daiv Wailey, Beth Wolfe
Asterisk Gallery Opening Friday, October 10th
2393 Professor Ave. Show runs through Nov. 1st
Cleveland, Ohio. 44113 Saturdays or by appointment

Assemblage/Assemblage

other works polished off for the show

Dana L. Depew - Spinning Wheel

works in progress for the Assemblage exhibition at Arts Collinwood opening next Sat

Marcel Duchamp - Bicycle Wheel

Bicycle Wheel
Original Version:
1913, Paris
lost
bicycle fork and wheel screwed
upside down onto stool painted white
assisted readymade
no dimensions recorded

"In 1913 I had the happy idea to fasten a bicycle wheel to a kitchen stool and watch it turn." - Duchamp, Apropos of Readymades, 1951

Actually made prior to the artist's coining the term, this Readymade is commonly termed the first of Duchamp's Readymades. Duchamp himself has confirmed this claim, but also glories in the inherent contradiction of such a designation. The piece was made when the idea of the Readymade had not been fully developed and yet, as a result of being called "No.1" in the long line of Readymades, it has received as much (if not more) attention than later, more clearly established Readymades. Duchamp explained his personal feelings and the motivations behind Bicycle Wheel in an interview with Arturo Schwarz in the 1960s:
"The Bicycle Wheel is my first Readymade, so much so that at first it wasn't even called a Readymade. It still had little to do with the idea of the Readymade. Rather it had more to do with the idea of chance. In a way, it was simply letting things go by themselves and having a sort of created atmosphere in a studio, an apartment where you live. Probably, to help your ideas come out of your head. To set the wheel turning was very soothing, very comforting, a sort of opening of avenues on other things than material life of every day. I liked the idea of having a bicycle wheel in my studio. I enjoyed looking at it, just as I enjoyed looking at the flames dancing in a fireplace. It was like having a fireplace in my studio, the movement of the wheel reminded me of the movement of flames" (588).

At other points Duchamp has offered further explanations including the following: "Obviously, the wheel must have had a great influence on my mind, because I used it almost all the time from then [1913] on" (Moffitt 230). He has also added,

"Please note that I didn't want to make a work of art out of [Bicycle Wheel]. The word 'Readymade' did not appear until 1915, when I went to the United States. It was an interesting word, but when I put a bicycle wheel on a stool, the fork down, there was no idea of a 'readymade,' or anything else. It was just a distraction. I didn't have any special reason to do it, or any intention of showing it, or describing anything. No nothing like that..." (Cabanne 47).

And so the Bicycle Wheel was not intended to be a remarkable piece of art, but rather a personal experiment. However, just because the initial idea behind it wasn't art-oriented doesn't mean that Duchamp didn't whole-heartedly embrace the wonderful uproar and contradictions it later acquired when becoming designated as art.

Most attest that the stool in Bicycle Wheel is a kitchen stool, but Ramirez argues that it is in fact a draughtsman's stool, forming quite a developed argument. He also reminds the viewer that this Readymade may be closer to a construction than a Readymade object, stating that "it is almost impossible" to see the front wheel of a bicycle with its fork separated off from the rest of the frame (32). The fact that the artwork incorporates neither a signature nor an inscription further supports this claim.

This Readymade embodies Duchamp's interest in kinetic energy. It incorporates two simultaneous actions: the wheel on its own axis and the fork spinning in the stool. It begs to be spun (Ades 161). This pointless rotary movement of the wheel has been compared to sexual action, specifically that of masturbation (Ramirez 33). Duchamp's enjoyment of the Bicycle Wheel, the game of chess, and the flames in the hearth are all related to his interest in pointless motion; they all move constantly, but essentially remain rooted in the same place. This concept of inconsequentiality links directly to the sexual ideas in the Large Glass and many of the other Readymades.

Duchamp always maintained that the Bicycle Wheel and the rest of the Readymades were a very "personal experiment," which he never initially intended to show to the public (Girst 4). In fact, Bicycle Wheel wasn't formally shown in a gallery space until 1951, and by then the original had been lost. Duchamp's sister Suzanne allegedly threw out the original along with several other early Readymades when cleaning out the artist's studio on the rue Saint-Hippolyte in Paris after his move to the United States in 1915 (Tomkins 158). The fact that Moffitt goes as far to say that this piece is a "mandala-like artifact," stands as clear evidence of the over-attention that this glorified "first Readymade" has received over the past decades (229).

MadLab Gallery is seeking artists for Video Film Fest

If you are not a video artist but know someone who is please share!

MadLab Gallery is seeking artists for Video Film Fest

Opening: November 8th, Time TBD
Submission Deadline: October 1st

We are now accepting submissions for our first Video Film Fest to be held Saturday, November 8, 2008 at MadLab. This is an event to showcase your clips for one night only with your work presented in our theater space.
That means a large screen, great sound, comfy seating and the ability to mingle with festival goers either before or after the screenings!

Please submit your video via DVD with an attached artist statement. You can also use the regular Jury Form from our website in a pinch! The non-returnable DVD must be sent to ATTN: MadLab VIDEO FILM FEST c/o MadLab Gallery, 105 N Grant Ave., Columbus, OH 43215 by October 1, 2008. Videos should be no longer than 20 minutes. If you have questions, please contact us at madlabgallery@madlab.net.

Standing Rock Cultural Arts presents - “The Pianist”

WHO: Standing Rock Cultural Arts presents

WHAT: Movies on Main Street
-“The Pianist”

WHEN: Saturday, September 20, 8pm

WHERE: The Kent Stage, 175 E. Main St. Kent, Ohio

FEE: $5 General. $3 Students/Seniors

CONTACT: 330-677-5005 or 330-673-4970

Movies on Main Street is a series of Art Films, Classic Films, and
Foreign Films that take place on the third Saturday of every month at
The Kent Stage. The purpose is to celebrate the motion picture medium
and offer a cultural experience to the moviegoers in our area.

Sponsored in part by City Bank Antiques

Director: Roman Polanski
Writers: Wladyslaw Szpilman (book) Ronald Harwood (screenplay)

Release Date: 3 January 2003 (USA)

Plot:

A brilliant pianist, a Polish Jew, witnesses the restrictions Nazis
place on Jews in the Polish capital, from restricted access to the
building of the Warsaw ghetto. As his family is rounded up to be shipped
off to the Nazi labor camps, he escapes deportation and eludes capture
by living in the ruins of Warsaw. Written by Anonymous

The true story of Wladyslaw Szpilman who, in the 1930s, was known as the
most accomplished piano player in all of Poland, if not Europe. At the
outbreak of the Second World War, however, Szpilman becomes subject to
the anti-Jewish laws imposed by the conquering Germans. By the start of
the 1940s, Szpilman has seen his world go from piano concert halls to
the Jewish Ghetto of Warsaw and then must suffer the tragedy of his
family deported to a German concentration camps, while Szpilman is
conscripted into a forced German Labor Compound. At last deciding to
escape, Szpilman goes into hiding as a Jewish refugee where he is
witness to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (April 19, 1943 - May 16, 1943)
and the Warsaw Uprising (1 August to 2 October 1944)

Oscar Awards (2003):
-Best Actor in a Leading Role: Adrien Brody
-Best Director: Roman Polanski
-Best Writing Adapted Screenplay: Ronald Harwood

Cannes Film Festival (2002):
-Golden Palm (Best Film)

Rated R for violence and brief strong language.

Runtime 150 min

The Kent Stage offers a variety of domestic and imported beers and other
refreshments. It is the City of Kent’s premiere cultural and historic
venue for live music and theatre events as well as cinema. Constructed
as the Flannigan and Steele Theater in 1927, the Kent Stage is the only
remaining downtown theater of its kind in Portage County. The building
opened as a movie theater and has entertained audiences in Kent for 80
years.

Thank you for supporting the Arts and Downtown Kent,

Standing Rock Cultural Arts
257 N. Water St.
Kent, OH 44240
330-673-4970
info@standingrock.net
www.standingrock.net

Artchitecture Gallery - Shiner No. 2

Artchitecture Gallery is located at the corner of East 40th Street and Payne Avenue, in Cleveland's Midtown arts district.


1667 East 40th Street, Unit 1A
Cleveland, Ohio 44103

Shiner No.
2
An art exhibition & release event

Opening reception 7-10 pm Friday, 19 September
Exhibition on view 19-21 September 2008

Featuring original artworks by:

John G.

Kevin Fagan
George McDougall
Para Celsus
Andy MacDonald
M.L.
Wagner
Paul Sydorenko
Paul Rogers
Ryan Jaenke

Tremont Arts and Cultural Festival September 20th & 21st

Tremont Arts and Cultural Festival September 20th & 21st

Lincoln Park – 1208 Starkweather Avenue, in Cleveland’s historic Tremont neighborhood, (216) 575-0920. Multiracial and multicultural Festival features fine art, sculpture, and original jewelry, children’s activities and programs, food booths, musicians and performers. Saturday 11 am – 6 pm, Sunday 12 pm – 5 pm. Free admission.

The Tenth Annual Tremont Arts and Cultural Festival returns to Lincoln Park-Starkweather and West 14th Street- on Saturday, September 20th-11 am-6 pm and Sunday, September 21st-Noon-5 pm. The mission of the Festival is to celebrate the
cultural and artistic diversity of Tremont and Greater Cleveland by encouraging the artistic and cultural endeavors of its visual and performing artists.

The weekend Festival is comprised of four categories or program areas which include: Children's-hands-on arts and educational projects; Community-area non-profit organizations presenting material about their mission and services; Cultural-food sales by Tremont churches and other non-profit organizations reflecting the ethnic diversity of the neighborhood; and Artist-sales of paintings, sculpture, jewelry, ceramics, and photographs by Tremont and Northeast Ohio artists. Sixty-five juried artists are eligible for consideration by the jurors for the Festival's top three prizes. The Jurors (all Tremont-based artists) include:
Christina Cassara (Professor and Co-Head of the Dept. of Fiber & Material
Studies, Cleveland Institute of Art - her work has shown all over Ohio as well as in Michigan and Poland), Dana Depew (owner of Tremont's Asterisk Gallery, painter, sculptor, jewelry/metalsmith, and curator of a variety of art exhibits in many northeast Ohio galleries), and Chris Pekoc (Professor of creative drawing at Case Western Reserve University since 1988, participant in more than 110 solo and group exhibitions around the world, known for his experimental mixed-media work, and recent Mid-Career Artist Winner in Visual Arts selected by the Board of Cleveland Arts Prize along with jury chairs).

The Festival will also have music and dance performances both Saturday and Sunday on one main stage located near Kenilworth Avenue between West 14th Street and West 11th Street.

Admission to the Festival is free. The Festival's title sponsor is Target - and support is generously funded by Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. Additional co-sponsors include Councilman Joe Cimperman, Merrick House, Tremont West, Neighborhood Connections - a small grant program of the Cleveland Foundation, WKSU - 89.7, Tremont ArtWalk, Cleveland Scene, The John P. Murphy Foundation, McCormack, Baron, Salazar (the nation's largest for-profit developer of mixed income urban neighborhoods, including Tremont Pointe), MetroHealth Medical Center, and Tremont Scoops Ice Cream and Treats. Graphic design of ads is by Tremont resident and illustrator, Sue Scialabba. Our thanks to Sue, our jurors, and all our sponsors! For questions and information contact Festival Manager, Scott Rosenstein, at (216) 575-0920 or tremont701@yahoo.com.

A trolley stop on the Sparx Gallery Hop on Saturday & Sunday, September 20th & 21st.


Community & Cultural Group Application

Artist booths are full for the 2008 festival, please call Scott to receive a 2009 application in early 2009, 216-575-0920.


Artists:

70 Artists (including several emerging artists debuting at this Festival)

Community:

30-35 community-based non-profits, issue committees, and political campaigns

Children's Programming:

Cleveland Museum of Art including 2 bilingual chalk artists/storytellers
Merrick House
Western Reserve Historical Society
Young Audiences of Greater Cleveland
Cleveland Public Library (Jefferson Branch)
Cleveland Police and Fire Dept representatives
And more….

Food provided by:

Chance 4 U - Cyber (Puerto Rican - Yellow Rice, Pork, Chicken, Half Moon Sandwiches including Veggie, Chicken, Pork, Beef, steak Sandwich, Rice & Beans)
Crepes De Luxe - (Crepes, Waffles, Coffee)
Dish Deli - (Beef Brisket Sandwich, Chicken Skewers, Greek Cucumber Salad, Slaw, Corn on the Cob)
Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation - Philoptohos - 2 booths: Gyros, Lemonade & Greek Pastry
Immanuel Lutheran Church/Hooper Farm - Bratwurst, Veggie Stir Fry, Corn, Ribs, Salads, Chicken Wings, Sweet Potato Fries, Lemonade, Water, Coffee)
Knights of Columbus Trinity Council, St, John Cantius (Kanty) Roman Catholic Church (Stuffed Cabbage, Cabbage & Noodles, Pop, Water)
Lago Restaurant - (Roasted Tomato & Basil Soup with Gorgonzola & Prosciuto)
Lions Club of Tremont - (Soda, Bottled Water, Candy Bars, Chips)
Merrick House/CPAAHC - (kids meals: hot dogs, chips, pop)
Quest Ministries (Vegetarian, Packaged Health Drinks & Snacks)
St. Andrew Kim Korean Catholic Church - tentative
St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church - (2 booths - BBQ Ribs, BBQ Pulled Pork, Italian Sausages, Hamburgers, Pierogies, Potato Pancakes, Chili, Baked Beans, Pasta Salad)
The South Side - (Steak and Chorizo Kabobs)
Zion United Church of Christ of Tremont (German - Bratwurst, Cabbage & Noodles, Cookies, Popcorn)

Schedule of Performers:

Time Sat. Sept.20th

11:00 am Orion Express (Greek)
11:45 am Poetry Steven Goldberg
12:05 pm Ethnic Jazz (Chicago Style Polka Band)
1:05 pm Poetry Rachelle Gallant
1:25 pm 7 Mile Isle (Caribbean/Steel Drum)
1:55 pm Barnez Nu-bossa nova (Brazilan influence)
2:15 pm Troupe Shabaana Cabaret Bellydancing
3:15 pm The Roberto Ocasio Latin Jazz Project (a musical mixture of salsa, funk, fusion, mambo and rhythm & blues)
4:35 pm Hiram Rapids Stumblers (a mixture of bluegrass, old time music, jug band and classic country)

1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Antaeus Dance (Tremont-based contemporary dance troupe)

Time Sunday, Sept. 21st.

12:00 pm St. Augustine' s Signing Choir
12:50 pm Corisa Bragg (Tremont folk singer and flute)
1:40 pm Cleveland Irish Session (traditional Irish session - fiddle, tin, whistle, bodhran, flute, concertina, bagpipe)
2:40 pm The Ancestors (Ukrainian folk musicians)
4:00 pm Jah Messengers (Reggae)

2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Morrison Dance (Ohio City/Tremont-based contemporary dance troupe)

The Festival is co-sponsored by Merrick House, Tremont West, and Councilman Joe Cimperman, Cleveland Ward 13.

"ALL THINGS CLEVELAND" curated by Dana L. Depew

"ALL THINGS CLEVELAND"

curated by Dana L. Depew
A visual celebration of this glorious city by Cleveland artists

opening reception Friday Nov 14, 2008 from 6-11pm
show runs through Dec 6, 2008
hrs by appt
330-304-8528
www.asteriskgallery.com

Joe Ayala
Zachary Hart Baker
Josh Banaszak
Matt Bartel
Amy Casey
Bruno Casiano
Jeffry Chiplis
Cleveland SGS
Munroe Copper
Pedro Dell
Eileen Dorsey
Stephe DK
Bridget Ginley
John Howitt
James Hurley
Beth Kappa
Ryan Jaenke
Noel Maitand
Jerry Mann
Sam Mazzola
Doug Meyer
James Miles
Lou Muenz
Frank Oblak
Scott Pickering
Arabella Proffer
Donald Rogers
Thom Rossino
John Ryan
Anna Tararova
Jess Samuelson
Dott Schneider
Paul Sydorenko
RA Washington
Chris Zahner

Call to Artists!

Call to Artists!

It’s time to celebrate another year with a crazy party, and it won’t work without you! We’re excited to invite you to participate in our annual benefit party and silent auction. This year’s theme is ¡Mambo Muerto! – a spicy Latino celebration of the soul. Shake out those skeletons in your closet and display them for all to see.

Your donation of artwork for our silent auction helps raise crucial funds for SPACES to continue our mission of presenting provacative new work and creating a vital dialogue about contemporary art. All mediums are appreciated and work does not need to fit within the theme of the party.

Here’s how you can participate in the ¡Mambo Muerto! Silent Auction:

1. Confirm your intent to participate: Call or email Bridget by Oct 16 at (216)621-2314 or info@spacesgallery.org.
2. Select work to donate:

* We can accept up to three pieces of art (artists with jewelry or small three-dimensional work may donate more).
* Physical dimensions of the total donation should be no larger than 5 feet by 5 feet
* The market value (selling price) you determine for each donation should not exceed $1,500.

3. Bring in your work: See the schedule below for drop-off dates and times. Work must delivered no later than Oct 21 so that we can get the Public Preview of the Auction up and rolling (Oct 28–Nov 1)
4. Determine pricing: Bidding starts at 35% of the market value. Example: bidding for a $100 piece will start at $35.
5. Determine your contribution: You may choose to receive 0% (donating all proceeds to SPACES) or 20% (donating 80% of the proceeds to SPACES) of the actual selling price.

* If you opt for 0%, you will receive two 9 pm tickets to the Benefit as our thanks.
* If you opt for 20%, you will receive one 9 pm ticket to the Benefit as our thanks.

If your work sells, you will receive written notification with the selling price, buyer information and a check (if you requested a 20% commission) within 30 days. SPACES will notify you during the week of Nov 3 if your work did not sell, and you may pick up your work during this week. If you do not pick up your work within 30 days of the benefit it will become the property of SPACES, so pick your work up early!

Need an extra ticket? Volunteer for 4 hours before the benefit and receive one 9 pm ticket. If you have further questions or are interested in volunteering, please contact us at info@spacesgallery.org. Thank you in advance for your generosity and support of SPACES and our programs!

Drop off dates and times:
Sat, Oct 18 11–5:30pm
Sun, Oct 19 1–5:00pm
Mon & Tue, Oct 20 & Oct 21 11–5:30pm.
Please call if you need to make other arrangements.

LABOR AND INDUSTRY HOURS

HOURS AND DAYS ASTERISK WILL BE OPEN FOR LABOR AND INDUSTRY EXHIBITION

Friday, 9-12 Show Opening: 6 pm – 11 pm
Saturday, 9-13 5 pm – 10 pm
Friday, 9 – 19 5 pm – 10 pm
Saturday, 9-20 Tremont/Sparx 11 am – 11 pm
Sunday, 9-21 Tremont/Sparx 1 pm – 5pm
Friday, 9-26 5 pm – 10 pm
Saturday, 9-27 closed
Friday, October 3 6pm – 10 pm
Saturday, October 4 Show Ends 5 pm – 10 pm

Asterisk Gallery Announces Counting Days: 17 Artists Respond to 8 Years of Destruction

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

CONTACT:
Dana Depew Debra Shepherd
Asterisk Gallery 216.640.3900
330.304.8528 counting.days@yahoo.com
contact@asteriskgallery.com myspace.com/counting_days
www.asteriskgallery.com

Asterisk Gallery Announces Counting Days: 17 Artists Respond to 8 Years of Destruction

opening reception - Friday October 10, 2008, 17 artists create work in response to 8 years of the Bush administration.

Counting Days features art as political dissent, largely absent from our current times of historical turmoil. 17 artists counter the apathy and engage in “anti-American activity” to show their true colors as real American Patriots – loyal to the notion of freedom and human rights - concepts our founding fathers died for. Exercising the freedom of speech is patriotic.

The artists respond to a Bush legacy of death, debt and deceit... the erosion of U.S. reputation in international opinion, the environmental destruction and the dismantling of environmental protections, corporate control of government, unprecedented fiscal deficits, collapse of the finance industry and home foreclosures, the disempowerment of the working class and the rejection of minimum wage and living wage, largest discrepancy in private wealth – surpassing that of the Great Depression, shifting of the tax burden and the free-for-all environment granted corporate elites, sanctioning of torture, Guantanamo, the evisceration of the 1st Amendment and American’s personal privacy, granting immunity to communications corporations ordered by the government to disregard federal law, the indoctrination of religion into government, blatant disregard for international law, U.N., World Court and domestic law meant to curtail abuse of the administrative office, education system failure, absent federal response to Katrina and the “cleansing” of New Orleans, the multitude of Americans without healthcare, the demise of competitive bidding in the granting of federal contracts, Blackwater, and an unprecedented effort to privatize Social Security. Did we miss anything?

Artists include:
Scott Bailes, Craig Bungo, Jason Byers, Melissa Daubert, Joe Filak, George Kocar, Julius Lyles, D. Anthony Mahone, Sally Matia, Loren Naji, Ed Raffel, Thaddeus Root, Debra Shepherd, Sign Guy, Steven B. Smith, Daiv Wailey, Beth Wolfe
Asterisk Gallery Opening Friday, October 10th
2393 Professor Ave. Show runs through Nov. 1st
Cleveland, Ohio. 44113 Saturdays or by appointment

Utrecht - Mini Your Work 08

DETAILS: After having 2 very successful “Your Work” shows, we have decided to host “Mini Your Work ’08.” Join us for the opening reception where you can help promote your small works to the public. Prizes will be awarded during the opening reception on November 13, 2008. Great discounts will be given to all submitting artists. Sales of the mini works will be in cash or check only with the total amount of the purchase price going directly to you.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists of any level. Submissions must have been created in the last 5 years. Artwork cannot exceed 7 inches in either height or width (including matting and framing). Largest accepted work will be 7”x7”. Artwork must be appropriate for all ages. Artwork must be hand delivered, no shipped entries. Artwork must be easy to hang.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Artist may submit up to four entries with a non-refundable entry fee of $2 per piece (cash, check, or credit cards, no money orders). Actual art can be submitted to Utrecht Art Supplies during normal store hours from October 26 to November 8, 2008. You will be supplied with an entry form when you drop off your artwork. Each piece needs to have a sale price or be marked “NFS” (not for sale).

PRIZES: There will be four prizes: First Place $35 gift card, Second Place $25 gift card, Third Place $15 gift card, and Community Pick $30 gift card.

IMPORTANT DATES:
October 25 thru November 8, 2008 - Hand deliver artwork during normal business hours
November 9, 2008 - Notification of acceptance/rejection (decisions are non-negotiable)
November 8-13, 2008 - Judging for Community Pick Winner
November 9-13, 2008 - Pick up for non-selected submissions
November 13, 2008 - Opening reception and awards presentation
December 5-9, 2008 - Hand retrieval of artwork during normal store hours

VISIT OUR BLOG FOR MORE INFORMATION AS THE DATES APPROACH www.cleveland.utrechtblog.com

Tom Bartel likes to play with clay

Exhibit sherrie gallerie
His heads rise above the rest
Sunday, September 14, 2008 3:49 AM
By Kaizaad Kotwal
For The Columbus Dispatch

Tom Bartel at work

Tom Bartel at work
Black comedy and the macabre permeate Tom Bartel's ceramic creatures.

His fragmented human-based forms are meticulously crafted and ooze creativity. A new selection on view in Sherrie Gallerie leads viewers into a strange yet irresistible world.

Bartel leads the Ceramics Department at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. He attended Kent State University and Indiana University.

In his most recent work, Bartel focuses on heads -- some human, some doll-like, others resembling mummified remains. The exhibit presents a dizzying array of characters and emotions.

Green With Love places a pudgy, bald head against a floral-patterned heart backdrop. The head's creepy gaze combined with the cute, romantic motif is both alarming and humorous.

Pink Fuzzy Head features a scarred, blemished face -- old and decrepit -- circled by a contradictory warp of pink fur.

Red Demon Head is downright scary. The eyes in this piece, as in most Bartel works, are the key to understanding it.

Even his simplest forms are layered with narratives and emotions.

Bartel said he chose ceramics as his medium because "I cannot do what I do with any other material or process -- it chose me."

He begins with a rough idea and considers his role as "a conduit between materials and ideas."

"More often than not, I am following the lead of the material and/or creative process rather than directing it."

Bartel's surface treatments are critical. He likes to "confront the viewer's attention with the outermost skin of the work."

His carefully chosen patinas and textures are sometimes painterly; other times, they are selected to create weathered and corrosive looks "that reveal the history of an object." For evidence, look at Gnashing Teeth Head.

Because his work is far removed from traditionally "pretty" art, Bartel said he is often surprised that it sells.

"I was informed, long ago, by an old wise man, over a game of badminton, to 'never make work for a gallery.' This taught me that to make lots of good work for myself must always come first, no matter the audience, and everything else will take care of itself."

He said he thinks that viewers bring their own "baggage and stories" to his work.

"I find this framework to be more engaging and participatory for the viewer," he said.

"A smile is often easily understood; however, a more ambiguous expression is more difficult to digest. It's unsettling, not easy."

• "Heads: Works by Tom Bartel" continues through Sept. 30 in Sherrie Gallerie, 694 N. High St. Hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. Call 614-221-8580 or visit .

New Works by Mindy Tousley, Bill Mahon, Susan Gallagher and Susan Squires.

Join River Gallery on Saturday September 27 from 12- 8pm
for the opening of our latest exhibit: New Works by Mindy Tousley, Bill Mahon, Susan Gallagher and Susan Squires.

About each artist:
Mindy Tousley's paintings are dynamic combinations of patterned color and texture
Susan Gallagher's ceramic vessels, platters and cups are beautifully carved and made with function in mind.
Susan Squires' encaustic paintings are made with deep layers of translucent color, creating luminescent images.
Bill Mahon's constructions are made of collections of found items and literary texts that become extremely moving as deeper meanings are revealed.

The patio is still open at Tartine, our neighborhood wine bar, and Mitchell Sotka's Antiques, Devout Home, Amy's Shoes all have new fall collections.

Come and enjoy the unique charm of our Old Detroit Road neighborhood.

River Gallery
Ara Hamamjian owner
Mark Yasenchack gallery manager
19046 Old Detroit Rd., Rocky River OH 44116
440 331 8406
rivergalleryarts@yahoo.com

POLITAOKE @ SPACES

POLITAOKE - Who needs American Idol when you can be a presidential candidate?

This Thursday, September 18, 7:30pm at SPACES
Free and open to the public
Cash bar
Free parking

SPACES and The Lit: Cleveland's Literary Center invite you to deliver the great rhetoric filled speeches of today's most important politicians. Politaoke, a political karaoke bar created by artist Diana Arce, changes the face of politics and karaoke by allowing audience members to take on the role of political leaders. Join us at SPACES, in the gallery (2220 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland, OH 44113), and claim your platform to perform, mock, hear and see clearly what your politicians are saying.

Completely nonpartisan, Politaoke allows participants and audience members to read speeches from a monitor, karaoke style, and decide how to project and interpret each politician's words from past speeches, interviews, and other appearances by American politicians running for office. Over 60 speeches and interviews are available, word for word, only edited into sections (songs) of 1–8 minutes. A series of debates, interviews and television appearances are also provided as duets.

Same night!
OhioVotes joins us to register voters and provide information on all of our current political candidates.

Guests of this event will receive exclusive discounts on memberships to SPACES and The LIT: Cleveland's Literary Center. Guests will also be eligible for discounts on subscriptions to MUSE, The LIT’s quarterly visual and literary arts journal.

This program is presented by:

AIGA @ Asterisk during Counting Days show

Get Out the Vote 2008

AIGA invites designers from across the United States to create nonpartisan posters—and YouTube submissions—that inspire the American public to participate in the electoral process and vote for a presidential candidate in the 2008 general election.

You can participate by browsing the Get Out the Vote online gallery below and then downloading, printing and hanging your favorites in your hometown. To download a poster, click on any of the thumbnail images on the left. When you've found one you like, just click on the larger version on the right to download a PDF of the poster.

If you are an AIGA member, you can still contribute your own designs. Not a member? Find out what you’re missing! To see where the Get Out the Vote posters have been, and where they will be in the future:

* View the video of 50 selected posters on view in Denver and Minneapolis during the national conventions.
* See the set of 24 posters chosen for professional printing and national distribution.
* Visit the Get Out the Vote exhibition at the AIGA National Design Center.
* View AIGA’s Get Out the Vote YouTube page.

Get Out and Vote Use your right to chose and vote VOTE 2008! A straight forward question, eluding to the relationship between the love of your country and participation in the voting process. Please vote. Please vote. Please vote. [ inspiration: Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss ] Today as always it's not just who you vote for but who want to keep out or eject. Enough talking and enough campaign, just go Vote your elected figure! Vote for the real American Great Eagle! Vote for the True American Hero! Red, blue, purple- vote for the issues that matter most to you. There are those who depend on you to not vote, so they can have their way. Is this what you want? Vote! Vote! Everyone has to work together and participate in the process if this country is going to survive. Make the transformation from slacker to citizen. VOTE! Vote If you can use one of these, you can vote! If you can use one of these, you can vote! If you can use one of these, you can vote! This poster is geared towards the youngest generation of voters who have turned 18 and can now be drafted but also hold the power of a vote. Be Alive. Vote. www.tomorrowpartners.com Designed to look like the 2004 Palm Beach County, FL presidential ballot – don't give up your vote! www.tomorrowpartners.com Fish Gotta Swim, Birds Gotta Fly, Folks Gotta Vote, www.tomorrowpartners.com VOTE! It's extremely easy to make a change, there's no need to go out of your way VOTE!! It's extremely easy to make a change, there's no need to go out of your way VOTE!! Make the difference: Vote. Get out and vote people! Many times we just need a little kick in the rear to get motivated. Listen to your mother. Red pill, blue pill Don't let your Country down, Vote! Voix, Vote, Voto If you got it (the right to make your voice heard), flaunt it! If you got it (the right to make your voice heard), flaunt it! If you got it (the right to make your voice heard), flaunt it! Vote check Vote Get your vote in and say you voted. Office, www.visitoffice.com Using the red and blue vernacular to interpret democratic vs. republican states, we use the combo of colors to implore people to join forces and vote. Using the letters V, O, T, & E, a face is created to communicate the same message.

Get Out the Vote, an AIGA Design for Democracy initiative since the 2000 election, enables designers to engage in the public arena by contributing to a coordinated voter mobilization campaign. The 2008 poster campaign builds on the efforts made in 2004, when participants created more than 50,000 AIGA posters that were displayed in public places in communities across the nation and made available as online PDFs for anyone to download, print and post independently.

By motivating eligible citizens to register and turn out on election day, Get Out the Vote fulfills an ongoing AIGA objective of demonstrating the value of design to the public, public officials and business by providing a clear call to action for an activity that is important to everyone.

If you have questions related to Get Out the Vote, please contact us.

NEW WORKS BY GABRIEL GONZALEZ

Sparx this weekend

As you all know, this weekend is the Sparx Gallery Hop! I have already gotten email blasts and promotional information from some of you promoting your exhibit so thank you for that!

Just a few reminders…

--Mark your space creatively so they see your front door!

--Forward the below email to your mailing lists to remind them to come to your space – and Hop around the city to see many others! (Let me know if you prefer this image as an attachment and I can forward it to you.)

--Forward the attached trolley pass to your lists… and your friends and family! Everyone rides FREE this year… just print out the pass and/or download it at www.cleveland.com/sparx

--And SPREAD THE WORD any other way… our posters, postcards, etc. This is a great chance to show Clevelanders how thriving our Arts Community is!

Reminder… 200,000 households will receive an 8 page Sparx special section in their Plain Dealer this Friday. The section includes a map, gallery/studio/artist listings, restaurant listings, Sparx concert performances and a lot of great information about the 5 arts districts featured in the Gallery Hop. Please go to the above website to download the map!
Thanks again!

PINKY'S DAILY PLANNER will have extended hours

This weekend only, for the SPARX GALLERY HOP

PINKY'S DAILY PLANNER

Will have extended hours


FRIDAY, September 19th: 5pm - 10pm
SATURDAY, September 20th: 11am - 11pm (Gallery Hop)
SUNDAY, September 21st: 12pm - 5pm (Gallery Hop)


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Learn more about the Sparx Gallery Hop:

www.cleveland.com/sparx


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Can't make it this weekend, or want to learn more about Pinky's?
Visit our site:

www.pinkysdailyplanner.com

(and you can shop our store - including sale items - online, 24/7)


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Pinky's Daily Planner * 2403 Professor Avenue, Tremont * Cleveland, O.

want to be sure to receive our emails? add this address (stereopink@msn.com) to your "safe" list.

LABOR AND INDUSTRY

pics of the labor and industry exhibition

MICHAEL GREENWALD OPEN STUDIO

Hello Everyone,
I wanted to send out a brief announcement that I am participating in the Sparx Gallery Hop and hosting an open studio.
Please see the info below. Hope you can make it!
Best,
Mike

Cleveland, OH: Cleveland artist Michael Greenwald will open his studio to the public on Saturday September 20th, 11am-11pm and Sunday September 21st, 11am-5pm. On view will be many of the artist's landscape paintings, including several new works.

Greenwald's paintings depict a semi-abstract distillation of the natural world into its basic elements of land, water and atmosphere.

Greenwald's work is represented in collections nationwide. Along with numerous gallery shows, his paintings have been exhibited at: The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, The Cleveland State University Art Gallery, The College of Wooster Art Museum, The Wayne Center for the Arts, Ursuline College and The Massillon Museum of Art.

This event is held in conjunction with The Sparx Gallery Hop (www.cleveland.com/sparx), and City Artists at Work (www.cityartistsatwork.org).

Free parking behind the Tower Press Building (off E.21st Street).

Michael Greenwald
www.greenwaldstudio.com

Studio:
1900 Superior Ave. #113
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
ph: 216-374-6855
fax: 888-908-6008

STUDENT SLIDESHOW @MOCA

Submission Guidelines

• Submissions due September 22 •

• Email your submission to slideshowatMOCA@gmail.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it •


1. Digital Images

• Please submit 8-10 images

• All images should be in JPEG format at 100 dpi.

• Please assign each image a file name in this format:

Your initials and the order in which they should be presented:

Example for Jane Doe's first image's file name: jd1.jpeg



2. Image List

• Please list the images in the order in which you would like to present them.

* The text document that accompanies your submission must contain the following information for each image:
-Your Name
-Image title (jd1.jpeg)
-Title of work
-Media
-Year created
-Dimensions

Example:

1. Jane Doe, jd1, Umbrellas, Mixed media, 2007, Dimensions variable

2. Jane Doe, jd2, Portrait, Color Photograph, 2008, 8x10 in.

3. Jane Doe, jd3, Untitled, Color Photograph, 2008, 11x14 in.



3. Artist Statement

The 150-200 word artist statement is meant to briefly introduce your art to the jurors.

This statement will be used as the basis for your slideshow presentation.


4. Questionnaire

Please include the following information in both the body of the email as well in your text file attachment:

1. Name

2. Address

3. Phone Number(s)

4. Email Address (the one your check most often)

5. Website URL (if applicable)

6. University, year, degree and area of focus, graduation date

7. Title of project, if applicable

*Checklist for Submissions

All submissions must contain this information in whole to be considered for the slideshow.

Please e-mail slideshowatmoca@gmail.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it :

1. 8-10 digital images, with the appropriate file name (Example: jd1.jpeg, jd2.jpeg, jd3.jpeg...)

2. A text document containing:

* An Image list containing: your name, image title (ex: jd2), title of work, media, year and dimensions FOR EACH IMAGE.
* 150-200 word artist statement.
* Questionnaire that includes your contact information and school information.

*Note: Please do not send PowerPoints or PowerPoint slides as your submission!
Attach your 8-10 jpegs and a text document containing
1) your slide list, 2) your artist statement and 3) your questionnaire answers to your submission e-mail.

Email your submission to slideshowatMOCA@gmail.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by September 22, 2008.

All selected participants must present the submitted work unless specific arrangements are made otherwise.

Selected participants must provide a current schedule as proof of enrollment.

LABOR AND INDUSTRY

Labor and Industry

CRYING POLYESTER PECKERS

Crying Polyester Peckers” is the first gallery show in a series of shows in the Cleveland area that will include multiple artists attacking a common theme from their own idiosyncratic perspective.

Kerry Lange and Hannah Verbeuren have started a different approach to independent art shows by setting up multiple shows a year and keeping their work and subject matter fresh and contemporary. Friends both creatively and personally for many years, this will be Kerry and Hannah’s first artistic excursion as a team. “We want to keep ourselves and our audience interested or inspired” says Hannah, “by choosing one topic for each show then creating the art around that theme, we initiate a challenge for ourselves and the artists we chose to work with. For us, this formula is more stimulating than simply compiling a regurgitation of our past work.”

“Crying Polyester Peckers” will include photography by Hannah Verbeuren, multimedia illustration by Kerry Lange and paintings by Jim Lang. Each artist will portray their own interpretation of John Waters’ films and atmosphere as the subject. “Expect to have something to talk about when you see these pieces!” say the girls.

Opening night and reception for “Crying Polyester Peckers” is Friday, October 3rd, 2008 at B-Side between 8pm and 12am.

2785 Euclid Hts Blvd
Cleveland Hts, OH 44106
216.932.1966










Die Crawling Media
www.diecrawlingmedia.com
www.myspace.com/diecrawling

Hannah Verbeuren Photography
http://web.mac.com/hannah138
http://hannahverbeurenphotography.blogspot.com/

Kerry Lange
http://kerrylangeoffbeatart.blogspot.com/

SPACES ANNUAL BENEFIT

Call to Artists!

It’s time to celebrate another year with a crazy party, and it won’t work without you! We’re excited to invite you to participate in our annual benefit party and silent auction. This year’s theme is ¡Mambo Muerto! – a spicy Latino celebration of the soul. Shake out those skeletons in your closet and display them for all to see.

Your donation of artwork for our silent auction helps raise crucial funds for SPACES to continue our mission of presenting provacative new work and creating a vital dialogue about contemporary art. All mediums are appreciated and work does not need to fit within the theme of the party.

Here’s how you can participate in the ¡Mambo Muerto! Silent Auction:

1. Confirm your intent to participate: Call or email Bridget by Oct 16 at (216)621-2314 or info@spacesgallery.org.
2. Select work to donate:

* We can accept up to three pieces of art (artists with jewelry or small three-dimensional work may donate more).
* Physical dimensions of the total donation should be no larger than 5 feet by 5 feet
* The market value (selling price) you determine for each donation should not exceed $1,500.

3. Bring in your work: See the schedule below for drop-off dates and times. Work must delivered no later than Oct 21 so that we can get the Public Preview of the Auction up and rolling (Oct 28–Nov 1)
4. Determine pricing: Bidding starts at 35% of the market value. Example: bidding for a $100 piece will start at $35.
5. Determine your contribution: You may choose to receive 0% (donating all proceeds to SPACES) or 20% (donating 80% of the proceeds to SPACES) of the actual selling price.

* If you opt for 0%, you will receive two 9 pm tickets to the Benefit as our thanks.
* If you opt for 20%, you will receive one 9 pm ticket to the Benefit as our thanks.

If your work sells, you will receive written notification with the selling price, buyer information and a check (if you requested a 20% commission) within 30 days. SPACES will notify you during the week of Nov 3 if your work did not sell, and you may pick up your work during this week. If you do not pick up your work within 30 days of the benefit it will become the property of SPACES, so pick your work up early!

Need an extra ticket? Volunteer for 4 hours before the benefit and receive one 9 pm ticket. If you have further questions or are interested in volunteering, please contact us at info@spacesgallery.org. Thank you in advance for your generosity and support of SPACES and our programs!

Drop off dates and times:
Sat, Oct 18 11–5:30pm
Sun, Oct 19 1–5:00pm
Mon & Tue, Oct 20 & Oct 21 11–5:30pm.
Please call if you need to make other arrangements.

MOCA CLEVELAND COLLEGE NIGHT

Student artists may do it for love, but of course they need money and feedback too. They can get both at the CWRU Graduate Art History Association's juried slide show, which takes place during MOCA Cleveland's annual college night, October 22. Selected participants will give PowerPoint presentations featuring slides of their work, and the jury will award cash prizes. More important, curators, gallerists and other artists will be there to give feedback. The jury includes MOCA Associate Curator Megan Lykins Reich, Dana Depew of Asterisk Gallery and the Front Room Gallery's Paul Sobota. The deadline for e-mailed submissions is September 22. For details, go to www.slideshowatmoca.com.

Readers of this paper and the lat

SPACES - BENEFIT MEETING

Benefit Meeting
September 10, 2008 6:00pm at SPACES

Once again, SPACES invites you to join us for a Benefit meeting!
We need thinkers, organizers, creative and energetic people to help us at this meeting!

At this meeting we will --

* finalize list:

* work on decorations-(we need orange and yellow tissue, crepe paper and green pipe cleansers. Please bring what you can.)

* plan the VIP party

* work on publicity and corporate sponsors

* art auction and VIP auction details

* volunteers

* make phone calls

* work on letters

This meeting is open to all who want to help!

We will have food, friends, ideas and FUN! So bring a friend, a date, roomies, cousin, sister, brother, mother, father, aunt, uncle (you get the idea).




Many thanks and we hope to see you there

Counting Days in Oct

"ALL THINGS CLEVELAND"

“ALL THINGS CLEVELAND”

curated by Dana L. Depew
A visual celebration of this glorious city by Cleveland artists

opening reception Friday Nov 14, 2008 from 6-11pm
show runs through Dec 6, 2008
hrs by appt
330-304-8528
www.asteriskgallery.com

Joe Ayala
Zachary Hart Baker
Josh Banaszak
Matt Bartel
Amy Casey
Bruno Casiano
Jeffry Chiplis
Cleveland SGS
Munroe Copper
Pedro Dell
Eileen Dorsey
Stephe DK
Bridget Ginley
John Howitt
James Hurley
Beth Kappa
Ryan Jaenke
Noel Maitand
Jerry Mann
Sam Mazzola
Doug Meyer
James Miles
Lou Muenz
Frank Oblak
Scott Pickering
Arabella Proffer
Donald Rogers
Thom Rossino
John Ryan
Anna Tararova
Jess Samuelson
Dott Schneider
Paul Sydorenko
RA Washington
Chris Zahner

"ALL THINGS CLEVELAND"

coming in NOV

The Cleveland Spiders were a Major League Baseball team which played between 1887 and 1899 in Cleveland, Ohio. The team played at National League Park from 1889 to 1890 and at League Park from 1891 to 1899.

The Spiders began their history in the old American Association (then a major league) in 1887. They were a weak team in their early years, but started to improve in 1891, two years after moving to the National League thanks in large part to their signing future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Cy Young.

The Spiders had their best season in 1892, when they finished 93-56, good for second in the league. Other than standout second baseman Cupid Childs, the Spiders had an unremarkable offense. Their success in 1892 was built on pitching strength; Young was the NL's most dominant hurler, and 22-year-old Nig Cuppy had an outstanding rookie year. Following the season, a "World's Championship Series" exhibition was played between Cleveland and the first-place Boston Beaneaters, but the Spiders could only muster one tie in six games.

In 1895, the Spiders again finished second, this time to the equally rough-and-tumble Baltimore Orioles. Young again led the league in wins, and speedy left fielder Jesse Burkett won the batting title with a .409 average. The Spiders then won the Temple Cup, an 1890s postseason series between the first- and second-place teams in the NL. Amid fan rowdyism and garbage throwing, the Spiders won four of five games, against Baltimore, including two wins for Cy Young.

The 1895 championship was the high water mark for the franchise. The following season, Baltimore and Cleveland again finished first and second in the NL. But in the battle for the 1896 Temple Cup, the second-place Spiders were swept in four games.

The Cleveland Spiders finished fifth in each of the next two seasons, albeit with a winning record both times. Young threw the first of his three no-hitters for the Spiders on September 18, 1897. Then came 1899.

A city in Northeast Ohio, home of the Indians, the Cavs, the Browns, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, University Circle, and many other interesting places, teams, and people.
The city is also home to Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland State University, as well as the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) and the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra.

Cleveland itself is a medium city as cities go, definitely not as huge as, say, New York.
Cleveland proper is the actual city. But Cleveland is surrounded by many inner and outter-ring suburbs, which together comprise the Greater Cleveland Area.
Though poverty, race relations, and corruption are all big problems for the city, it does have a lot of average, normal people, just like anywhere else, and therein lies it's salvation.
It also has a pretty good arts scene and really weird weather.
You know you're from Cleveland, OH if:
-You know the lake isn't on fire anymore.
-You ever skipped school, work, or whatever to go celebrate St. Patrick's Day.
-You like pierogies, kielbasa, or bratwurst.
-You can spell "Cuyahoga", and do so on a regular basis.
-You're used to weird weather.
-You're an Indians fan.
-You were torn over whether to support the Steelers or Seahawks in Super Bowl XL ('06)
-You've heard of "the Drive", "The Fumble", and all those other great tragic moments in Cleveland Sports History.
-You know about the Cleveland Spiders.
-You're still mad at Baltimore.
-Art Modell is synonymous with "traitor".
-You know the words to "Cleveland Rocks." (last one optional)

Edmund Fitzgerald Life Ring Looks Like A Fake

Edmund Fitzgerald Life Ring Looks Like A Fake
DETROIT (AP) ― The Edmund Fitzgerald, already the stuff of Great Lakes legend, has spawned another tale.

A vacationing family hunting for rocks along a remote patch of Lake Superior shoreline earlier this month believed they had found a life ring from the famed ship that sank roughly 200 miles away 32 years ago. It reads "Edmund Fitzgerald" in faded but mostly legible white letters, and matched in many ways a ring recovered from the ship now on display at a shipwreck museum.

But the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum received a visitor recently who refutes the ring's authenticity.

Cynthia Edwards, of Oakland County's West Bloomfield Township, says her father acquired the orange preserver more than 20 years ago and stenciled "Edmund Fitzgerald" on it.

The ring was kept at the family's cabin along Lake Superior and the Eagle River -- not far from where it ultimately was found in the Upper Peninsula's Keweenaw Peninsula -- until it was lost about two years ago.

Her father painted the ship's name on the ring as kind of a remembrance of the ship, Edwards told The Associated Press on Monday.

"It was never to trick anybody or make anybody think it was real," she said.

Edwards told a museum employee last week the truth behind the orange preserver.

"With the information coming in now, it looks more and more like it's not from the Edmund Fitzgerald," said Tom Farnquist, executive director of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, which owns the museum.

Farnquist believed it could be the real deal but made no promises when Joe Rasch and his family brought the ring to the museum in Whitefish Point in early August. It matches in size and configuration to the ring on display, but has some key differences: The one Rasch found has no "S.S." before "Edmund Fitzgerald" and reads "Duluth" on its back side.

Farnquist said the differences were puzzling but at least the latter came with a plausible explanation: The Milwaukee-based ship spent its winters in Duluth, Minn.

Rasch, an apple farmer from Conklin, near Grand Rapids, said he plans to hang it in his shed, but wouldn't be opposed to returning it if Edwards' family wants it back. He added he's disappointed by the news but accepts it.

"You can't change the facts," he said Monday. "What appears isn't always so."

That also could sum up many of the stories that swirl around the ship that sank in a vicious storm Nov. 10, 1975, killing 29 men, Farnquist said.

"There have been three different theories about (why it sank)," Farnquist said. "Three expeditions have been done by the ... society, but there's no evidence to prove those theories.

"It's still a mystery why the Edmund Fitzgerald went down."