CLEVELAND, Ohio - When it comes to free speech and public art murals, the City Club of Cleveland wants more of both.
The first mural in the "Freedom of Speech Mural Project," designed by Cleveland artist April Bleakney, was installed Thursday on the west facade of the Bonfoey Gallery at East 17th Street and Euclid...
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In the last decade, Cleveland has done something of an about-face on its view toward its rivers and Lake Erie waterfronts. Historically, the city—like many others in the Midwest—had made industrial facilities, railroads, and freeways its primary use of waterfronts, rather than as open space and human-scale developments. Just as...
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Murals are having a moment.
From Mike Sobeck’s whimsical pepperoni pizza slice smeared across a cinder block building on West 28th Street to Damien Ware’s vibrantly poetic Love Lunes Over Buckeye on Buckeye Road, the public art form seems to be brightening all corners — and brick surfaces — of the city.
Heck, our...
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CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Cleveland Public Library’s board of trustees voted Friday to rank the design team of New York-based SO-IL with rising star Jonathan Kurtz of Cleveland as top among three contenders to design the new $10 million Martin Luther King Jr. Branch in University Circle.
The vote...
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The view for those dining on Whoppers and Mac & Cheetos inside the Burger King on Detroit and 75th street is about to get a whole lot more ... playful.
As part of a collaborative effort between local artists, Cleveland Councilman Matt Zone and various arts and development groups, two...
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