Heights Arts blog

Heights Arts blog

1-2-3-4-5 From Solo to Quintet

Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. Private Downtown Penthouse SOLD OUT Works by Bach, Ravel, Beethoven, and Brahms are the inspiration for  “1-2-3-4-5 From Solo to Quintet,” performed by the Omni Quartet and guest artist Isabel Trautwein on Sunday, February 28. Cleveland…

Heights Arts Pet Project

APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 15, 2016 NOTIFICATION: June 30, 2016 Heights Arts is launching Pet Project, a program supporting Northeast Ohio artists and animal welfare organizations, in September, 2016. Visual artists who create in all media are invited to participate in this commission-based…

Master Class in Violin

Sunday, February 21 at 3:00 p.m. Cara Tweed, violin faculty at The Music Settlement, Cleveland State University, and Laurel School Music Academy, will lead a master class performance on Sunday, February 21 in the Heights Arts gallery. Master classes are free and…

Pamela Pastoric – Artist of the Month

Pamela Pastoric’s work has emphasized ancient, classical, oriental, architectural and antique elements, as well as natural, geological, sea, and everyday life around her. The pieces incorporate such things as gemstones, beads, shells, feathers, fossils, enamels, silver, and gold, along with specific techniques…

SPOTLIGHT: Rafael Valdivieso Troya

January 29 – March 12, 2016 Born in Ecuador and now a Cleveland Heights resident, Rafael Valdivieso creates intricate compositions using pen and ink, wash, acrylic, and collage techniques. A single work might contain hundreds of figures or faces layered into imaginary…

2015: A very literary year

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 Poet’s Log: January 10, 2016 Since becoming the Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate in April 2015, I’ve found literature thriving in a wide variety of places – some of them surprising. Here’s a look back at my year of living in poetry            –…

Remade in Cleveland

January 15 – February 27, 2016 Just like our Rust Belt city that is creating vibrant communities from traditional neighborhoods mixed with edgy independent businesses and updated urban design, the first Heights Arts exhibition of 2016, Remade in Cleveland, focuses on the…

Rafael Valdivieso Troya Opening Reception

Friday, January 29 from 6:00 to 9:00 pm Born in Ecuador and now a Cleveland Heights resident, Rafael Valdivieso creates intricate compositions using pen and ink, wash, acrylic, and collage techniques. A single work might contain hundreds of figures or faces layered…

Classical Revolution Cleveland

Thursday, January 21 at 7:00 p.m. Enjoy our first 2016 community concert in the gallery on Thursday, January 21, when Classical Revolution Cleveland performs a selection of “American” classics. PROGRAM Copland “Hoe Down” from “Rodeo” Dvorak Excerpts from “The American” quartet Gershwin…

Carol Thombs – Artist of the Month

Regional fiber artist and former teacher Carol Thombs brings the woolly growth of her farm’s alpacas from raw fleece to high fashion, with handmade nuno felted scarves and shawls that incorporate silk and other repurposed fibers. Stop in the gallery shop any…