Heights Arts blog

Heights Arts blog

Debra Bream

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 Biggers

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…

Ross Karre

Ross Karre (he/him b. 1983 in Michigan) is a percussionist, filmmaker, and producer based in Oberlin, OH and New York City. He is the associate professor of percussion at Oberlin Conservatory. After completing his Doctorate in Music at UCSD with Steven Schick,…

Barbara Marie Minney

Barbara Marie Minney, a native of West Virginia and a seventh generation Appalachian, is a Christian transgender woman, award winning poet, speaker, teaching artist, guest reader/editor, and quiet activist. Her poetry and essays have been widely published and translated into Spanish. Barbara…

Heights Arts is Spared by the Fire

As you probably know, a fire broke out on Friday night just behind Heights Arts and the Cedar Lee Theater in the main new apartment building we have all been anticipating for many years. We, with the other merchants along Lee Road,…

Spotlight Frank Hadzima

  Historically oil paint has been a tool for documenting important dead people. I’m doing the same thing with a contemporary twist.   As a painter in the age of the internet, I spend an insane amount of time looking at pictures online.…

Emerged

The mission of Heights Arts is especially well represented by its biennial Emergent exhibition. In five editions starting in 2015, the Emergent show has featured exactly 50 artists for whom this exhibition was their first opportunity to reach a broad audience. Some…