As Heights Arts celebrates its 25th year as a multidisciplinary arts organization championing the creative spirit of our community, the organization’s exhibition community team decided to create an exhibition that would offer a 2025 snapshot of this region’s identity as a…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Heights Arts Announces Michelle R. Smith as the New Heights Poet Laureate CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH – Heights Arts is excited to announce Michelle R. Smith as the 12th Heights Poet Laureate. Smith, a poet and literary advocate, was selected…
The Series “Angels and Deities” explores the complexities of identity and spirituality through abstract figuration. I combine personal experiences, Eastern philosophy, and subconscious emotions to create layered compositions. By manipulating gestural drawings and using flat colors, I represent multiple states of…
As Heights Arts celebrates its 25th year as a multidisciplinary arts organization championing the creative spirit of our community, the organization’s exhibition community team decided to create an exhibition that would offer a 2025 snapshot of this region’s identity as a center…
The Series “Angels and Deities” explores the complexities of identity and spirituality through abstract figuration. I combine personal experiences, Eastern philosophy, and subconscious emotions to create layered compositions. By manipulating gestural drawings and using flat colors, I represent multiple states of self…
The world’s gone mad, and now cartoons are made physically manifest! My work features illustrated, anthropomorphic characters working in the fictional setting of Limulid Laboratories. These characters consist of the scientist Mr. Labs, the curious doglets, and a troublemaking fish. From bricks…
My artistic practice is an exploration of the human experience, manifested through sculptures that intricately unravel the complexities of observed lives. Whether through welding, bronze casting or the manipulation of clay, each piece serves as a visual narrative, capturing the nuanced essence…
From the top of Goodyear Middle School to the front of Derby Downs. Tire tread, a reused geode sample, and varying size color halftones. Washed out all the power lines in the gradient maps and made my own with the breaks in…
Debra Bream is a life-long resident of greater Cleveland. A graduate of Washington University in St. Louis with a BFA in fine arts, she also attended John Carroll and has a CPA (inactive). A former financial analyst, she has written travel articles…
Monique is a Cleveland-based abstract visual artist whose work explores intuition through the use of acrylics and unconventional materials and available resources. She draws inspiration from the intersection of personal identity, nature, and community. Monique has showcased her work in exhibitions, including…