DIGITAL GARDEN: Group Exhibition of Digital Weavings December 4 - January 8, 2021 DIGITAL GARDEN was an exhibition of seven US-based artists working with digital weaving, curated by Gallery Director Connie Fu [...]
Threads of Time: Solo Exhibition of Hand Embroideries by Eugenia Vainberg Cleveland-based artist Eugenia Vainberg uses thread as a brush connecting moments in history, culture, and private life. Decades of thought and practice are present in the delicate and decisive lines in her work. When the lines depict dancers, drummers, or other energetic scenes, [...]
February 7-March 25 Opening reception: February 7, 6-9pm 2nd reception: March 6, 6-9pm Artist Talk: March 6, 7pm Statement Like our river, the womb is water—we are water and carry its memory, the salt and its rhythms. In the Great Lakes Region, an emerging, yet longstanding concern regarding infant mortality and race, specifically [...]
Wild and Bloomin’: Deb Berkebile, Joyce Jentoft and Sandy Shelenberger Berkebile, Jentoft, and Shelenberger share an abundance of surface design experiments. “We are friends connected by a desire to share our creativity. Our inspiration for this joint exhibition was the quote “to bloom where you are planted.” We have used a [...]
Impact of Blue: Cuyahoga50 Creative Fusion Exhibition was an alternate viewing of three monumental indigo-dyed banners designed by Creative Fusion Fellows Tony Williams (Cleveland, OH), Rowland Ricketts (Bloomington, IN), and Eduardo Portillo & Mariá Eugenia Dávila (Mérida, Venezuela) with support from Praxis staff and community members in Cleveland. The first showing of [...]
April 5-May 26th, 2019 Eleanor Anderson, Playing Up Downstairs Praxis Artist-in-Residence I approach my work across mediums with as much room as possible for continuous recalibration. When I sit down to weave, I compose on the loom without a preconceived drawing in mind. I strive to honor a tradition with nimble improvisation [...]
February 1-March 20th Opening reception: February 1st, 6-9pm Closing reception: March 1st, 6-9pm Curated by Annmarie Suglio, Gallery Director I am very proud to show these extremely talented women at Praxis. I met Melina Bishop on the road at a portfolio event as we are both counselors for art [...]
September 7th - October 24th, 2018 By Way of the Matrix includes 8 artists from across the country all working with various approaches to digital weaving. Curated by Cathryn Amidei, this exhibition paves the way for the grand opening of the Praxis Digital Weaving Lab. Artists included are: Cathryn Amidei, Trey Gehring, [...]
Praxis Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition, 2018 About the artist: Laura Yurko is a Cleveland-based artist whose work primarily consists of highly saturated textiles and figural paintings. She graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2017 and has [...]
April 6 - May 26, 2018 Opening reception April 6, 6-9pm Friday April 6th from 6-9pm, Praxis will open our gallery to “Torn” an exhibition with Yuko Kimura and Pamela McKee. Showing fiber in a new light, “Torn” is a sensitive and intimate investigation of paper and silk carrier rods as medium. [...]