As Heights Arts welcomes Ray McNiece as Cleveland Heights’ 10th Poet Laureate, we say “well done” to our most recent wordsmith extraordinaire, Damien McClendon. A modern-day griot, Damien is known across the city – and nation – for his ability to illustrate…
Please enjoy this video about local artist Stephen Greenberg’s drawing, When the Circus Came to Town and his artistic process. Would you like to contribute to Heights Arts’ Random Acts of Art, initiative? Click Here for more information. To learn more…
Please enjoy this video about local artist Brett Pott’s painting, Lost Elephant; Battle in the Sanctuary and his artistic process. Would you like to contribute to Heights Arts’ Random Acts of Art, initiative? Click Here for more information. To learn more…
Please enjoy this poetry reading of Adam’s Alzheimer’s by the 2020-2022 Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate, Ray McNiece. Would you like to contribute to Heights Arts’ Random Acts of Art, initiative? Click Here for more information. To View all contributions to Random…
The color of our joy by Damien McClendon after Havana, Cuba, Old Quarter by Jeneen Hobby I pick up my son Spin him, turn Around, upside down Hold him By his ankles His laugh floats from his smile like bubbles He…
Natsumi Shibagaki, a native of Japan, serves as staff pianist at the Cleveland Institute of Music. An avid chamber musician and collaborator, Ms. Shibagaki has performed with numerous artists in the greater Cleveland area, including members of the Canton Symphony, the Akron Symphony,…
I have a Bachelors of Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art. After over 25 years making wood furniture and sculpture, I went back to school at the Cleveland Institute of Art for post graduate work in Ceramics. I am…
John Burroughs was recently honored as the 2019-2021 Beat Poet Laureate for the State of Ohio. He serves as the founding editor for Crisis Chronicles Press and is the author of over a dozen books including, most recently, Rattle and Numb: Selected…
Invisible Storm by Amanda Stovicek D’Alessandro after Black Horse by Jean Hoffman The muscles knot in anticipation. One cheek pressed against another a thin layer of fire blend together. The shape of the body is monstrous kept afloat on spindles and…
Train of Thought, Three a.m. by Marion Starling Boyer after Train of Thought by Mona Kolesar I should have bought that special foam pillow I’ve got to get to sleep pillow is a weird word, maybe I could quick google that…