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Arts and CulturePoet of the Day: Hart CraneSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Thu, 08/31/2006 - 23:33.
Art of the Day: Gene Kangas tribute to Hart CraneSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Thu, 08/31/2006 - 19:18.
There is an amazing sculpture on the edge of the Cuyahoga River by former CSU professor and renowned NEO artist Gene Kangas, created in tribute to near-Cleveland born poet Hart Crane, situated in far less than a park, but a beautiful site, marked by a wordless sign. You'd only know the sculpture if you know the Flats, or Cleveland sculpture, and I only knew of poet Crane for knowing of the sculpture, and I'm glad for both. This 1992 master work by Kangas is the Art of the Day, and Crane is the poet of the day, today. See and learn more below... ( categories: )
Drumming Workshop at the Fulton Branch of the Cleveland Public LibrarySubmitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Wed, 08/30/2006 - 21:26.
09/21/2006 - 18:30 09/21/2006 - 19:30 Etc/GMT-4 The one and only Chaco presents a drumming workshop. Learn about the different drums and drumming styles used in Afro-Cuban music. A family-oriented program. Location
Fulton Branch of the Cleveland Public Library
Fulton just north of Lorain Rd. before Bridge Ave,
Cleveland, OH United States
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Art of the Day: Emily Acita in collaboration with the Children of Lakeview Terrace Community CenterSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Wed, 08/30/2006 - 10:10.
There's an interesting, very colorful new installation of public art right at the W. 28th on-and-off ramps for Highway 2, by Detroit Avenue. While you can get a fair glimpse of the overall work from the road, that does not do it justice at all, as the greatest importance is in the details. For this work, Cleveland Institute of Art graduate Emily Acita collaborated with the Children of Lakeview Terrace Community Center, which is located right down the road from the mural location, explaining the unusual site selection, being where these children and their families pass-by daily on the way to work, school and play. What's up with the Beck Center?Submitted by Norm Roulet on Mon, 08/28/2006 - 23:32.
I went to the Beck Center for the first time for the Masumi Hayashi memorial. I was interested to see the place, as it has sufaced in controversy as the Beck Chairman of the Board wants to move it to Crocker Park, and the media and arts powers that be agree. What I found was a very expensive, expansive, high quality arts facility, as ugly as sin, on the skin, and poorly managed in obvious ways, but far from beyond redemption. That the regional arts leadership is ready to demolish this solid facility is beyond belief and shows how disposable our leadership finds our core and inner-ring community.
Aerosol artists, DJs, MCs and BBoys show the arts of our core, on the streetsSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Sun, 08/27/2006 - 00:00.
As a largely grey and blue crowd of arts and peace lovers assembled in Lakewood to think and talk about renowned contemporary artists John Jackson and Masumi Hayashi, now living only in spirit and retrospect, a young and multi-colorful crowd gathered in the "Market Square" pocket park at W.25th and Lorain (across from the West Side Market) to give props to scores of nameless contemporary artists that live on in the streets of Cleveland's urban core, through their art of aerosol paint, rap, scratch and break... otherwise known to the establishment as counter-culture, noise and pollution.
NEO Shows proper last respects for John Jackson and Masumi HayashiSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Sat, 08/26/2006 - 20:42.
Today the bleak Beck Center for the Arts had a heart pounding inside, to the beat of a Masumi Hayashi retrospective... that is the power of art, even when the artist is dead. 100s of friends of slain artists Masumi Hayashi and John Jackson consoled themselves and those who joined them, with staged remembrances to the memorial gathering, which were broadcast throughout the center and had great impact. There were places to read some of the articles that have been written about Masumi over the years... mostly since her death... and a project of having attendees write messages to the artists on tissue paper and tying them to cords strung in front of the center, in what was described as a Japanese tradition.
Clevelanders come together to celebrate peace and lives of John Jackson and Masumi HayashiSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Fri, 08/25/2006 - 00:04.
During a gathering tonight of 100s of Clevelanders, promoting peace and honoring the lives of artists John Jackson and Masumi Hayashi, at the West Clifton Park and labyrinth at W. 65th Street and W. Clinton Avenue, now dedicated in the artists' honor, the heavens shed tears in a light, cleansing rain... followed by scores of uplifting tributes to the artists and other lost lives, numerous musical selections, the play of dozens of innocent children, in a coming together of good souls with love in their hearts.
Thanks to Douglas Max Utter for remembering John Jackson and Masumi Hayashi wellSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Thu, 08/24/2006 - 16:06.
Leave it to a great artist to know great artists, and to a great publication to get the right words out. In this week's Free Times, one of my favorite artists from Northeast Ohio, and our finest arts journalist, Douglas Max Utter paid tribute to John Jackson and Masumi Hayashi, and finally shared true insight about these great artists and their work, characters and visions with the world.
Carlos Jones at A.J. Rocco'sSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Wed, 08/23/2006 - 12:14.
08/24/2006 - 21:00 08/25/2006 - 01:00 Etc/GMT-4 CARLOS JONES w/ Los Amigos
Location
A. J. Rocco's
812 Huron Road 216-861-8358
Cleveland, OH United States
See map: Google Maps A. J. Rocco's Sunsplash PartySubmitted by Norm Roulet on Wed, 08/23/2006 - 12:10.
08/23/2006 - 17:00 08/23/2006 - 19:00 Etc/GMT-4 Reggae Sunsplash Pre Party on the patio.
Going to the show at Tower City? Location
A. J. Roccos
816 Huron Road 216-861-8358
Cleveland, OH United States
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Art of the Day: Masumi Hayashi on the edgeSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Wed, 08/23/2006 - 02:14.
Edgewater Park no.2, Cleveland, Ohio. Panoramic Photo Collage with Kodak type C prints, 1992. Size: 36” x 77”. Artist: Masumi Hayashi A Good Time for An Anti-War Film: "The Big Parade"Submitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Tue, 08/22/2006 - 23:12.
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John Jackson and Masumi Hayashi Peace Garden DedicationSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Mon, 08/21/2006 - 19:21.
08/24/2006 - 19:00 08/24/2006 - 21:00 Etc/GMT-4 From a blog posting by Laura McShane: We have all seen a rise in brutal, subhuman behavior. Children deprived of artistic, natural, and cultural literacy and rich human interaction are fed by a world of drugs and video game inspired violence. John Jackson and Masumi Hayashi faced brutal death at the hands of a "29 year-old kid," because we have allowed this disease to destroy our communities.Councilperson Matt Zone will hold a ceremony to dedicate a Peace Garden in their memory this Thursday, August 24th at 7 p.m. at the intersection of West 65th and West Clifton in the Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood (one block south of Detroit Ave). I do not have a lot of information at this point, please contact Matt Zone or the Detroit Shoreway Development Corporation for more details.Please tell anyone you know to reflect on the life of these artists. There should be more media information in the following days.I know that there are preliminary plans to establish scholarship funds at CSU and CIA for both artists. Please remember these quiet, peaceful souls who both revered art and life Location
John Jackson and Masumi Hayashi Peace Garden
West 65th and West Clinton Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood (one block south of Detroit Ave)
Cleveland, OH United States
See map: Google Maps John Jackson Masumi HayashiSubmitted by lmcshane on Mon, 08/21/2006 - 17:33.
I am reposting this because we are going to start having great weather again and that means NOISE in the City. (I also did not know what I was doing here at first so the title thing eluded me). I know that City Council retooled the city ordinances so the police can fine our residents who destroy the peace. Then, I was told by a 2nd district police officer that our judges throw out a lot of these cases as prejudicial. If this is the case, then I want to know the names of these judges. We have a long way to go in terms of civility whether we live in the city or in the suburbs. We are being mechanized and sitting here in front of my computer doesn't help. I don't mind hearing kids laugh and skate board and play in my neighborhood. I just don't want to hear their machines....Rest in peace John and Masumi.
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Art of the day: Masumi Hayashi well memorialized in LA TimesSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Mon, 08/21/2006 - 15:13.
The best recognition of Masumi Hayashi to appear online or in print is not in the Plain Dealer or on Cleveland.com but the LA Times, where they actually went to some effort in celebration of her success. Read great insight and true caring about Masumi in LA and worldwide, below...
The Flats in the Fog. Cleveland, Ohio. Panoramic Photo Collage with Kodak type C prints, 1987. Size: 34” x 64”. Artist: Masumi Hayashi
Art of the day: Masumi HayashiSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Sun, 08/20/2006 - 22:09.
Cuyahoga County Courthouse no.2, Cleveland, Ohio Panoramic photo collage with Kodak type C prints, 1986. Size: 18" x 46. Commission: CSU Law School. Artist: Masumi Hayashi Art of the day: Masumi HayashiSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Sun, 08/20/2006 - 01:55.
Granada Relocation Camp, Foundation, 1997,panoramic photo collage, 23"x 31
Art for all time: John Jackson, rest in peaceSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Fri, 08/18/2006 - 15:46.
John Jackson, "Green Goddess", 2005: Graphite, charcoal, and paint on paper
Art for all time: Masumi Hayashi, rest in peaceSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Fri, 08/18/2006 - 14:34.
Manzanar Relocation Camp, Monument, 1995, panoramic photo collage, 48"x 80"
I am saddened and horrified to now recognize Masumi Hayashi as the finest photographer and one of the greatest artists Northeast Ohio has ever know, as she was murdered last night in her studio. All local arts lovers and artists certainly knew Masumi and her remarkable work, and of the great value she brought to CSU as a professor there. Her loss to Northeast Ohio as an arts community cannot be overstated.
7GEN Canada showing Material Matters to the worldSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Mon, 08/14/2006 - 23:01.
An especially exciting project 7GEN Canada is undertaking is the transformation of the premier gallery of the glass art of Canada, Material Matters, into a virtual community. In doing this, we are taking a physical gallery at 215 Spadina Avenue, in Toronto (which 7GEN also calls home), and transforming that into a community of all Canada's glass artists, and a global marketplace for their art.
7GEN May Show in NEO, but most exciting developments are now in CanadaSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Mon, 08/14/2006 - 10:04.
Lisa Wuohela in front of Material Matters, the premier gallery of Canadian glass art in the world.
The August 14, 2006 REALNEO header (included below) has great meaning, as it introduces a new initiative of 7GEN, LLC, the organization formed by Phillip Williams, Evelyn Kiefer and myself following the attempted theft of REALinks, LLC, property by my former partner, Peter Holmes. This header is of a great NEO art collection, of my parents, Doctors Ann and Norman Roulet, which Phillip, Evelyn and I are documenting on-line as a first service of May Show for the NEO community... in the future, my parents and other NEO art collectors and art dealers and artists may show the world the art they create, sell, collect and exhibit here in Northeast Ohio. The May Show portal being developed by 7GEN, LLC, will be the only interface in NEO to so well document art and make it available to the public, far eclipsing capabilities of even our beloved Cleveland Museum of Art. But that is not the most exciting development for 7GEN I have to share with NEO today, as we are basing future operations at the location shown above, on Spadina Avenue in Toronto, Canada. Read a brief introduction of what, how and why 7GEN will operate in Canada below. Welcome to the home of Material Matters, and now 7GEN Canada, at 215 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Canada
"Myth America" at Spaces Gallery ClosesSubmitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Tue, 08/01/2006 - 22:13.
08/04/2006 - 11:00 08/04/2006 - 19:00 Etc/GMT-4 ![]() If you have not been to Spaces Gallery to see it yet, your last chance is this Friday August 4th. Nine works that represent the implied theme of the failure of the American Dream in the 21st-century by artists from Ohio, New York and Colorado. This exhibition received a bad review from Dan Tranberg, but see what you think. Location
Space Gallery
2220 Superior Viaduct
Cleveland, OH United States
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Visualizing the optimal East Cleveland Community for seven generationsSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Tue, 08/01/2006 - 03:52.
When picturing the 7GEN Community of East Cleveland, anchored at the Star Center, picture a green, safe, dense, technologically innovative, NEO-urban, walkable, healthy, prosperous, active, intergenerational lifelong learning village - a hub and spoke community redevelopment that forms a vibrant village that integrates East Cleveland, University Circle, Glenville and Cleveland Heights. ( categories: )
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