The Gordon Square Experience

A collaborative effort involving the best of the Gordon Square Arts District Including Art Galleries, Artist & Design Studios, Art Auctions, Performance Theatres, Music & Entertainment Businesses, Retail Stores, Restaurants, Bars, and Coffee Houses…

Friday Night, April 11th from 5:30-9 pm

Saturday Afternoon, April 12th from 1-6 pm

Kokoon Arts Gallery opens a new exhibition

Kokoon Arts Gallery opens a new exhibition - In Search of the Miraculous

Art Inspired by Meditations on the Mysteries of the Natural World and the Life of Saint Francis of Assisi

The Flowering (The Fourfold Sense)

A Portfolio of Prints & Broadsides

by Darren Waterston & Tyrus Miller (San Francisco)

The Canticle of the Sun

Watercolors

by William E. Scheele (Cleveland)

Nature Meditations

Woodcut Prints

by Karen Kunc (Nebraska)

Magical Figures

Sculpture

by Gary Spinosa

AMAM/Frank Lloyd Wright House “Moving-In Day” Celebration

The Allen Memorial Art Museum has announced the second “Moving–In Day” event at Oberlin College’s Weltzheimer/Johnson House on Saturday, April 5, from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. The event marks the 59th Anniversary of the day the Weltzheimer family moved into their new, but still unfinished, house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. 

Call to artists, Portrait Showcase at PAA – May 10 thru June 22, 2008. Meet the Artists Reception, Saturday May 10, 2008 from 5-8pm.  Open to all area portrait artists, any media, including two and three-dimensional works.  There will be one popular choice award of $100.  call to artists   registration form  

www.peninsulaartacademy.com

 Portrait Sculpting Seminar with Philippe Faraut at PAA:

Special Portrait classes and workshops will be offered during this event: check our website for more.  As our guest instructor,

Philippe Faraut will be teaching his clay portrait-sculpting seminar at PAA on May 16-18, 2008. This workshop includes lectures on anatomy, emphasizing bone structure and discussions on expression and ethnic differences. Three days of intensive work are spent sculpting a head in water-based clay with step-by-step instruction. Cost for the three-day seminar is $475 or $425 for PAA Members.  register here 

Visit his site: http://philippefaraut.com 

 

The Artists Reality – ep. 26 Hector Vega Show in Beachwood

BluesNite at PAA

Jam and Open Mike at PAA –every fourth Saturday from 7-11pm (or later!)  Walk-ins welcome, no charge.  An informal open mike jam for all levels of musicians interested in playing and learning the blues.  Bring your equipment (electric and/or acoustic instruments: guitars, harps, bass, etc) and join in, or sit back, bring your own food and drink, or something to share it you like, browse the gallery exhibits and enjoy the music.  In collaboration with local musician Matt Lerner and their friends from www.openmicmusic.org

FolkNite at PAA

It’s time once again for our monthly Folk and Folk-Rock Jam.  We’ll sing and play covers AND originals–whatever participants want. Do you play, sing or just love to listen?  We’ve been lucky enough to have a sound system available so far–and we’re likely to have it available again. Bring an instrument, your voice, your ears…come early, come late, stay short or long–whatever makes you happy! Amps, mics, cables, stands, etc., are optional but always appreciated. If you e-mail some simplified sheet music (chords & lyrics) by Monday, we’ll try to make copies available at the jam. info@peninsulaartacademy.com  Third Wednesdays, every month, from 6:00 to 10:00 pm.  Bring your own beverages and snacks, or something to share if you like, browse the galleries and enjoy the music.  Barry Be  email 

Monday Morning painting group at PAA

Monday Morning painting group, lets get together and paint!  Meets the second & last Monday of each month at 11:00.  Informal, any medium, no instructor.  Bring your supplies and your project, easel, etc and your lunch.  $5.00 per person, pay at the door.  The next meetings are on April 14 and 28^th, 2008. info@peninsulaartacademy.com

PAA – Glass Fusing One-day Primer with Marianne Hite (10 am – 2:30 pm)

Sat April 26, 2008

Learn the basics of glass fusing in a short one-day course to get your feet wet. We’ll have a half hour break at noon, bring your lunch or go to places nearby to pick something up. $75 or $70 for PAA Members, plus cost of materials.

 

Peninsula Art Academy Call PAA at 330-657-2248 or email  

The Downtown Gallery presents the work of Melissa Vogley Woods and Linda Gall

The Kent State University, School of Art’s Downtown Gallery located 141 East Main Street in downtown Kent, Ohio presents the work of Melissa Vogley Woods and Linda Gall, March 26 – April 12, 2008. A reception will be held on Thursday, March 27 from 5-8 PM and Melissa Vogley Woods will give a gallery talk on April 11th at noon.