The Heights Arts Ekphrastacy literary program is a series of artist talks + poetry readings held regularly in the Heights Arts gallery, in conjunction with our special exhibitions. Cleveland-area writers are invited by the current Poet Laureate and Heights Writes…
Fight for Life by Damien McClendon after F(I)ight for Life by Denise Ziganti All the big and little creatures in cages Thinking out loud This must be how it feels to be human Denise Ziganti, Artist: My creation is representative…
Decorative Philosophy by Amanda Stovicek D’Alessandro after Gotham Deluge by Tammy Green There’s something about a myth born in water the carapace of calcium you call your body, open under the wet sky and breathing bubbles. When you washed ashore…
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED Join us for a night of poetry on Thursday, April 2nd at 7 pm. Artists from our Members Show exhibition will speak about their pieces and the creative processes behind their work. Then, Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate…
Doc Janning, Inaugural Poet Laureate of South Euclid, Ohio, is a poet, author, educator, longtime Scout Leader, and retired Podiatrist. He has created Ekphrastic Poetry for Heights Arts in Cleveland Heights, OH, and for Cleveland Photo Fest. He has been a Writer-in-the-Window…
Originally from Boise, Idaho, mezzo-soprano Gwendolyn DeLaney moved to Cleveland to study voice with Dr. Mary Schiller at the Cleveland Institute of Music. She’s since fallen in love with the city and intends to stay. Interested primarily in the art song repertoire, her most recent…
Gina DeSantis Ceramics strives to create well crafted dinnerware for your home and restaurant. She has created one of a kind products for Rising Star Coffee and Fresh Fork Market. Her dinnerware can be found at Cork Tree Restaurant and Ushabu in…
SPOTLIGHT: Stephen Calhoun is a self-trained experimental photographer and digital artist. Previously he was an avocational painter. From the moment of his one man exhibit The Grasp of Order in 2016 at the Gallery at Gray’s, his distinctive experiments using set-up photographs, algorithms, Hubble images, fractals and combinations of these approaches have gained his visionary visual art much attention. Exhibition Dates: July 10 – August 23, Appointments Available To View Artwork In Person
Chris Neiner (b. 1994) is a Cleveland-based composer of contemporary classical music with colorful harmony, diverse influences, and engaging energy. Neiner’s style derives from his passion to foster collaborative works with instrumentalists. His recent collaborations include Playtime, a new work for horn,…
Christine Howey is currently executive director of Literary Cleveland, a nonprofit organization supporting writers and readers in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio. in the past, she has been a performance poet, playwright, actor, director, and theater critic. Her one-person stage play of poetry…
