Heights Arts blog

Heights Arts blog

Destiny Moore Spotlight

Join Heights Arts at 5 p.m. Friday, June 14th for the opening reception of Destiny Moore Spotlight. In her spotlight, Destiny Moore presents a collection of black and white street photography that captures the beauty in ordinary people and city life. Moore’s…

Emergent 2024

Join Heights Arts at 5 p.m. Friday, June 14th for the opening reception of Emergent 2024 by RSVPing here. First presented in 2015, Emergent celebrates the strength of the northeast Ohio region as a training ground for the great artists of tomorrow. …

June Visual Artist of the Month – Al Fuchs

Al Fuchs is a Cleveland native and has spent most of his life here. He attended Bowling Green State University and graduated in 1983 with a degree in Photojournalism, and he then worked at newspapers around the country until 1993. Fuchs moved…

June Literary Artist of the Month – Dayshawnda Ash

Dayshawnda Ash is a multifaceted artist born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. As an actress, singer, painter, sculptor, dancer, poet, and writer; art was her escape from bullying. Within the last few years, she’s been focused on play and screenwriting. “My purpose…

Unintentional Beauty and Spotlight: Antonia Casucci and Juliet Duffy

May 17 – June 9, 2024        Curated by student interns from Cleveland Heights High School, Antonia Casucci and Juliet Duffy, Unintentional Beauty and Spotlight showcases a breadth of student work. Join us for the opening reception on Sunday, May 19…

May Musical Artist of the Month – Jamey Haddad

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Percussionist/Drummer Jamey Haddad holds a singular position in the world of jazz and contemporary music. Haddad’s musical voice transcends styles and trends, and the universal quality of his playing has attracted many international collaborations. Born of Lebanese descent,…

May Visual Artist of the Month – Marty Resnik

Marty Resnik has been a long time Cleveland Heights resident. He became interested in ceramics after attending a continuing education class on wheel throwing at the Cleveland Institute of Art. He has been “throwing bowls” for more than 10 years and attributes his skill…

May Literary Artist of the Month – Conor Bracken

Conor Bracken is a US-born poet and translator. The author of Henry Kissinger, Mon Amour (winner of the 2017 Frost Place Chapbook Competition) and The Enemy of My Enemy Is Me (winner of the 2020 Diode Editions book prize), he is also the translator of Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine’s Scorpionic Sun (CSU…

Ekphrastacy: Artists Talk and Poets Respond to Irrational Objects

Thursday, April 18 at 7:00 p.m. Join Heights Poet Laureate Siaara Freeman and guest poets Beks Freeman, Carrie George, and Philip Metres for a night of surrealism and the unconventional. For this Ekphrastacy, poets respond to the current exhibition on view in…

April Literary Artist of the Month – Carrie George

Carrie George is a poet and teacher living in Akron, OH. She received her MFA from Kent State University and the Northeast Ohio MFA program. She is the manager at Elizabeth’s Bookshop & Writing Centre. She is coeditor of “Light Enters the…