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Heights Arts 22nd Annual Holiday Store

November 3 – December 30, 2023 Give back when you buy gifts this Holiday season! The Heights Arts Holiday Store offers art and craft gifts from over a hundred local artists, with something for everyone – and every kind of celebration. Each…

October Musical Artist of the Month – Larry Smiley

Larry Smiley was born in Cleveland in 1951. He lived in the Harvard Lee area. In 1962 his family moved to Independence. He studied art at high school and eventually in college at Tri C metro campus. He also took guitar lessons…

October Literary Artist of the Month – Milenko Budimir

Milenko (Miles) Budimir is from Cleveland, Ohio, entering the world at St. Alexis Hospital on Broadway Avenue, just up the hill from the steel mills, a few months after the EPA came into existence. He spent his childhood in the soot-covered streets…

October Maker of the Month – Dylan Eddy

Dylan Eddy grew up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA. He majored in Jewellery and Metals at the Alberta College of Art and Design (ACAD) in Calgary, Alberta, where he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2012. He is now a practising artist working…

Call to Action – Heights Arts Responds to Ordinance 123-2023 (AS)

  To Our Heights Arts Supporters, On Monday, August 7, 2023, the Mayor Seren introduced an emergency Ordinance requesting the creation of a Cleveland Heights Arts Commission. While we are encouraged by the City’s new interest in elevating the arts in Cleveland…

September Literary Artist of the Month – Sujata Lakhe

Sujata Lakhe was born in India and grew up in steel-town Bhilai before immigrating to Cleveland in her early 20s. She has co-authored research papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals in the field of Molecular Biology. Looking beyond the surface, questioning dogma, observing, making…

September Maker of the Month – Olea Herbals

Olea Herbals was born from the belief that for every toxic substance, there’s a natural alternative. Their founder, Olivia, always trusted that Mother Nature knew what she was doing. This idea was reaffirmed through the courses and clinical experience she obtained while…

September Musical Artist of the Month – Les Délices

Les Délices delights, inspires, educates, and expands audiences for music on period instruments through innovative programming and world class performances. With deep roots in the Northeast Ohio community, Les Délices is building a national reputation as a leader in the field of…

Gallery Concert: Afi Scruggs

Thursday September 14, 7:00 pm Afi Scruggs, ensemble leader of Afi ‘n the Mix, will bring the rhythm at this free Gallery Concert! If you love to groove, no matter the music, you’ll definitely want to be in the audience when Afi…

No Exit’s Year of Surreality Performance

Friday October 13, 7:00 pm No Exit kicks off their season of the surreal with Games, a genre-bending multidisciplinary program which takes its inspiration from the parlor games and thought exercises employed by the Surrealists. Games will feature all new art, music,…