Works in Process
Working drawings, documents, models, and sculpture by the artists of
Sculpture in the Heights*:

Tim Cassell, Micheal Costello, Barry Gunderson, Matthew Hollern, Robert Huff, Carol Hummel, Paul O'Keeffe, Brinsley Tyrrell, and Laila Voss

Through Sunday, June 12, 2005

2173 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights
Sundays 1-5, Wednesday-Saturday noon to 10 pm

*Sculpture in the Heights is an exhibition of 9 outdoor sculptures by the above artists to be installed this summer at Severance Town Center for two years. HeightsArts appreciates the support for Sculpture in the Heights from the following:

The Ohio Arts Council
The Coral Company
Pine Tree Realty
Studi o Techne Architects
Canyon Johnson Urban Fund
T he City of Cleveland Heights

Please call 216.371.3344 for more information

More than 60 volunteers have logged more than 800 hours in HeightsArts gallery this year, and we thanked them at a Volunteer Appreciation party hosted by Board President Sharon Grossman and her husband Pat Crago last month. The Volunteer of the Year award went to regular Friday afternoon volunteers Marilyn and Dick Meadows, who have collectively logged more than 100 hours. As with most Heights residents, if you scratch the surface there are even deeper arts connections: Dick directed plays at Cain Park, Jewish Community Center, Theatre in the Valley, Church of the Saviour and Tri-C over a span of 40-some years. Marilyn, a pianist, is President of Arts in the Cathedral at Church of the Saviour.

The event featured a reading by Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate Meredith Holmes, which included the following:

How Fortunate I Am

To sit between you
on this fallen tree, all three of us
in an early September trance,
you on my right, speaking so slowly
and in such wide, rumbling
circles, that i set out
on several voyages, return,
and leave again before
you finish one sentence.
And you on my left, dart,
quick-eyed as an antelope,
through the tall, undulating
grasses of our talk.
I am content to sit
and listen: beginning,
middle, and end;
all one conversation
and we're all in it.

Meredith Holmes / June 2004

Two opportunities Summerfest 05
Cuyahoga Fairgrounds, Berea
July 2 - 3
Sponsored by Channel 19 and Harley Davidson
Attendance estimated at 25,000+
Booth Fee:$100 for 10x10 space indoors
Contact Deborah Donaldson at donaldson11@aol.com or 440.333.9393

4th Annual Discover Cedar Fairmount Festival and Arts & Craft Show
Saturday, August 20
Contact Kaye Lowe at kkclowe@aol.com or 216. 791.3172

Cleveland Heights author Ellen Klages won the Nebula Award for her story, "Basement Magic" in a ceremony at Chicago's Allegro Hotel on April 30. The Nebula Awards are presented annually by the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) to acknowledge excellence in science fiction writing.

The story (published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in May 2003) is a modern fairy tale, set against a backdrop of the early Space Age. Klages has been writing short fiction for ten years. Her first novel, The Green Glass Sea, will be published by Viking in 2006.

Contact Ellen Klages at klages@spacebabe.org or 216-381-1346

Loganberry Books
13015 Larchmere Boulevard, Shaker Heights
216.795.9800

Mark Barnes
The League
Saturday, June 11 1-3 pm

Tino Adognravi
Coming to America: The Real Story
Saturday, June 25 1-3 pm

More booksignings

1846 Coventry, Cleveland Heights
216.932.3396

27th Marilyn Bianchi Kids' Playwriting Festival
June 9-12

Own a Piece of Dobama Theatre Sale
June 23-25
Props, costumes, set pieces, lights, memories

Movin' On Celebration
July 23
Food, games, performances, proceeds go to Dobama moving expenses
Adults $10, Children $5

More info

In 2002, HeightsArts and curator/gallery director William Busta came upon a wonderful opportunity to create a community contemporary art gallery in the heart of the Lee Road commercial district. Beginning with an improvised holiday store in 2002, we have spent these last three years building something special in the Heights Arts gallery. Now, with the gallery well established and other projects beckoning, Busta has decided to step back from the day-to-day operation of the gallery in September in order to devote more time to independent curatorial projects. He looks forward to organizing shows at HeightsArts in that capacity for years to come. "For me, for the organization, and for the community, it was clearly the right time for Heights Arts. This has been an immensely rewarding experience and I feel very proud of what we have accomplished. I know the gallery will continue to bring exciting contemporary art to Cleveland Heights, and I know the community will continue to support the gallery. I thank everyone who has supported this endeavor."

HeightsArts seeks a gallery director and exhibition coordinator to begin work September 1. Duties include administering and programming the HeightsArts gallery at 2173 Lee Road and planning for an additional 2000-square foot space at the Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library (opening summer/ fall, 2006).

The gallery director is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the gallery and serves as its contact person. Responsibilities include:

Setting goals with Exhibition Committee
Coordinating exhibition schedule
Managing contact with artists, lenders, curators
Preparing contracts and agreements
Maintaining gallery and installing exhibits
Organizing public programs and gallery talks relating to exhibitions

With HeightsArts staff:
Scheduling and training gallery volunteers
Coordinating promotional materials
Maintaining records and managing bookkeeping

This is a 30-hour per week position. Flexible but regular hours are required.

Please send resume, letter of interest, and list of 3-5 references to:

Gallery Director Search
HeightsArts
2163 Lee Road #104
Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44118

Or via email: heightsarts@sbcglobal.net

Personal interview required.

This wonderful season begins June 15

The FREE 16th Annual Parade the Circle Celebration is Saturday, June 11th from 11am to 4pm, with The Cleveland Museum of Art's dazzling Parade stepping off at noon. The free community arts event also features live music and dance entertainment, food vendors and dozens of interactive activities, which showcase the riches of University Circle organizations. Last year, nearly 40,000 visitors were attracted to University Circle for this truly unique and extraordinary mixture of the arts and culture.

Feel free to come to Parade the Circle Celebration on your bike! Thanks to Ohio City Bicycle Co-op, your bicycle will be secure for FREE at the bicycle corral.

How to get there and where to park

Read about Cleveland Heights resident Robin van Lear, Parade Queen

Complete PARTY in the Heights schedule
(PARTY is a free summer series of entertainment featuring local performers supported by local businesses on Thursday nights at 4 neighborhood venues in Cleveland Heights-beginning Thursday, June 16 on the green next to Nightto wn at Cedar Fairmount)

Save the date ! Bebop Burrito, with hot food and cool jazz at Lopez, to benefit HeightsArts Sunday, July 17. Tickets $75 - More info coming !

coming to Cedar Lee pictured: Cedar Lee Mural by Robert A. Muller

Cool Cleveland Night Out in the Heights @ Cedar Lee
Thursday June 16 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Studio You
2180 Lee Road

open bar with beer & wine, complimentary delicacies from Lee Road's flavorsome and diverse restaurants. Sink your teeth into savory Jambalaya and Braised Short Ribs from Brennan's Colony (see Friday! review); European Hungarian Peppers stuffed with Sausage from the Pub on Lee; and exotic Golden Veggie Siam Rolls from Lemon Grass Restaurant. Nosh on Jimmy O'Neil's signature Mini Beet Cakes (really!) and Goat Cheese Spinach with Sundried Tomato Tarts.

DJ Thomas Mulready will step aside for music by Clevel and Institute of Music students, and Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate Meredith Holmes will read @ 7 pm

Cool Cleveland party-goers admission includes a ticket to The Secret Garden at Cain Park at 8 pm, a Tony Award-winning story about the restorative power of love.

Order tickets online

Brennan's Colony - 2299 Lee
Pub on Lee-2189 Lee
Lemon Grass-2179 Lee
Jimmy O'Neill's-2195 Lee

Movies at the Cedar Lee