Heights Arts Programs

LITERARY ARTS

In 2005, Heights Arts and the City of Cleveland Heights named its first Poet Laureate to create programs that infuse poetry into community life. Collaborations include the lively Haiku Death Match, Twitter poetry project, and our ongoing Ekphrastacy series that pairs poets with artists in bi-monthly exhibition talks.

MUSIC

Heights Arts’ Close Encounters chamber music series presents concerts performed by world-class musicians who live right here in Northeast Ohio. Artistic director Dane Johansen collaborates with Cleveland Orchestra colleagues to create and perform five original programs in private homes and unique venues in the area. We also present four ARTbar concerts each year in which our gallery space is transformed into a lounge setting, mixing creative cocktails and local jazz performances. Our Gallery Concert series features an eclectic mix of various concerts and genres using a “pay what you can” model so all can enjoy.

For a complete list of upcoming concerts, visit our EVENTS page or see our current program booklet and learn more about our music programming HERE

VISUAL ARTS

Heights Arts invites Northeast Ohio artists and curators to submit curatorial proposals or artwork submissions to exhibit in our main or spotlight gallery. Submissions are reviewed on a bi-monthly basis by our volunteer-led Exhibition Community Team, comprised of regional artists, museum personnel, and arts educators. Curatorial ideas and exhibition themes frequently arise from submissions received.

See a list of our current and upcoming exhibitions HERE, or apply to exhibit or curate an exhibition on our Artist Call Page.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

With the goal of engaging and enriching local residents and organizations, Heights Arts provides arts outreach at community events, outdoor festivals, and organizes collaborative community projects such as the ongoing Pet Project and  Make Your Mark for the Arts, completed in 2014.

Our  Random Acts of Art and Random Acts of Art, LIVE! showcase the work of artists, musicians and poets in Cuyahoga County. Using social media and our website, we are presenting both recorded work on our website and social media, and live work in the community.

PUBLIC ART

Heights Arts facilitates both temporary and permanent public art projects that often spark new ways of looking at our urban landscapes. Past projects include murals (Cedar Fairmount and Cedar Lee business districts, Cleveland Heights), artist-designed fences, benches and sculpture (Coventry business district, Cleveland Heights) and most recently, a 90 square foot glass mosaic mural at neighboring Heights Youth Club. Temporary public art projects include Play Me, I’m Yours (2013), Fencepiration (2011) and Knitscapes (2009) .