November Exhibitions and Event Listings for the Cleveland Museum of Art
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Events
MIX: K-Pop Inferno
Friday, November 6, 2026, 6:00–10:00 p.m.
Ames Family Atrium
MIX is a 21+ event. Photo ID required for all MIX attendees.
Join us for MIX: K-Pop Inferno, an evening of music, dancing, and mingling inspired by the CMA’s newest special exhibition, Ten Kings of Hell: The Afterlife in Medieval Korea, an exhibit that explores how medieval Koreans envisioned the afterlife. Timely scheduled during the Halloween season, this party invites you to dress up as your favorite spooky or supernatural character, such as an angel, demon, ghost, supernatural spirit, or mythical creature and dance the night away as DJ Moobek and DJ Hwarang blend hip-hop, EDM, and K-pop hits with US chart-toppers. Themed food and drink items, including cocktails, beer, and wine, are available to purchase from Bon Appétit. From 6:00 to 8:45 p.m., MIX attendees receive free admission to Ten Kings of Hell and Spectacular Freedom. Visitors are also encouraged to visit the newly redesigned ArtLens gallery.
More About the Artists
Moobek is an award-winning DJ and producer who has appeared alongside T-Pain, Nate Dogg, A-Trak, Party Favor, Bassjackers, Luminox, and Rusko. He has played festivals around the world, including Ultra Korea, the World DJ Festival, Yeosu Expo, Paradiso Festival in Seattle, the Pentaport Rock Festival with B.o.B., and the Samsung-sponsored Summer Wave Festival, with artists such as will.i.am, Ludacris, and Taio Cruz.
Hwarang is based in Seattle and is known for his versatile and crowd-driven sets fusing K-pop with US hits. With strong energy and seamless flow, he brings an engaging and elevated atmosphere to the dance floor. Hwarang and Moobek have performed numerous sets together, including this past summer at Lincoln Center in New York City.
Disclaimer: No full-face masks, heavy face paint, glitter, weaponlike props, or excessively oversize costumes are permitted. All outfits are subject to security screening. The Cleveland Museum of Art may refuse entry to any visitor whose attire does not comply with these requirements.
Chamber Music in the Atrium: Presenting the Resonance Project
Wednesday, November 11, 2026, 6:00–7:00 p.m.
Ames Family Atrium
Free; No Ticket Required
In dialogue with the works on display in Ten Kings of Hell: The Afterlife in Medieval Korea, this recital presents a program of evocative music that confronts mortality, moral reckoning, and the possibility of transformation. This program features soprano Anna Rathbun, pianist Irwin Shung, and harpsichordist Qin Ying Tan.
Apollo’s Fire Presents “Echoes Across the Atlantic” with Jeanine De Bique
Thursday, November 12, 2026, 7:30–9:00 p.m.
Gartner Auditorium, Suzanne and Paul Westlake Performing Arts Center
Ticket Required (opens in a new tab)
Legendary Trinidadian soprano Jeanine De Bique has taken Europe by storm in recent years. In this stunning new program designed by Jeannette Sorrell, De Bique joins the Apollo’s Fire orchestra to explore the historical connections between Europe and the Caribbean colonies in the 18th century. Across the waters, tales of love, despair, and resilience emerge from the palaces of Europe and the plantations of the Caribbean. The virtuoso music of Handel, Purcell, Rameau, and Vivaldi meets the soulful voices of Caribbean poets in this celebration of our shared humanity.
Catch this program before it heads out on an international tour to New York’s Carnegie Hall, London, Paris, Brussels, Lisbon, and more.
“Jeanine De Bique is one of the most exciting sopranos to catch onstage these days. Animated, joyful, and technically flawless.”
—OperaWire
Musart Society benefits do not apply to this performance.
Chamber Music in the Atrium
Wednesday, November 18, 2026, 6:00–7:00 p.m.
Ames Family Atrium
Free; No Ticket Required
The museum’s collaboration with the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) continues with our popular Chamber Music in the Atrium concert series.
Featuring outstanding young conservatory musicians from CIM, these concerts present mixed repertoire ranging from the standards to unknown gems. Grab dinner from Provenance Café and join us at the tables in the atrium.
The Jazz Heritage Orchestra: The Music of Frank Foster
Friday, November 20, 2026, 7:30–9:00 p.m.
Gartner Auditorium, Suzanne and Paul Westlake Performing Arts Center
The Jazz Heritage Orchestra performs a musical tribute to Ohio’s quiet musical genius, saxophonist Frank Foster. Perhaps best known for his work with the Count Basie Orchestra, Foster also wrote and arranged music for Sarah Vaughan, Frank Sinatra, and Dizzy Gillespie, and he performed with jazz greats, including Elvin Jones and Snooky Young.
The Jazz Heritage Orchestra (JHO) was formed in 1998 in residence with the Cleveland State University Black Studies Department. The mission of the JHO, under the artist direction of Dennis Bradley Reynolds, is to preserve and perpetuate the heritage of the great African American jazz masters through educational programming coupled with elite performance. This mission continues today through a partnership with Open Tone Music. Based in Akron, Ohio, the JHO has performed with many acclaimed artists, including Clark Terry, Benny Golson, Nancy Wilson, John Morton, Evelyn Wright, and Vanessa Rubin.
“In a thoroughly contemporary twist on the classic jazz lore tradition of the territory band, the Jazz Heritage Orchestra reflects the contributions of an impressive range of musicians from several points on the midwestern map.” —Willard Jenkins, Journalist (JazzTimes, DownBeat, BET on Jazz, WPFW)
More information about the JHO can be found on the group’s website (opens in a new tab).
New This Month
Furnishing American Synagogues: Jewish Ceremonial Art from the Jewish Museum, New York
Sunday, November 1, 2026–Sunday, October 24, 2027
The Cleveland Foundation Gallery and Betty and Max Ratner Gallery | Galleries 208 and 224A
Free; No Ticket Required
The Cleveland Museum of Art houses an encyclopedic collection, giving visitors valuable insights and perspectives into the lives and cultures of people around the world and throughout time. To enhance its permanent collection and to more fully represent the stories and objects that are important to our communities, the museum is displaying art on loan from the Jewish Museum in New York City.
In observance of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, these loans feature Jewish ritual objects used in synagogues and daily life in the United States. The works range from an early 1900s silver Torah crown, or an adornment for a closed Torah scroll, to contemporary mixed-media works such as an alms (donation) container. The highlight is a monumental Torah ark from a synagogue in Sioux City, Iowa, carved by a Jewish immigrant in 1899. Together, the loans illustrate a wide array of styles, diverse sources of inspiration, and the evolving forms and functions of Jewish ritual objects in American life.
Organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Principal support is provided by Rebecca and David Heller and Gail and Elliott Schlang. Additional support is provided by Michael Frank and the late Pat Snyder, Richard A. Horvitz and Erica Hartman-Horvitz, Mr. and Mrs. David D. Kahan, Marjorie Moskovitz Kanfer and Joseph Kanfer, Dr. Linda M. Sandhaus and Dr. Roland S. Philip, and the Simon Family Foundation, a supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland.
Print Revolutions: Chinese Impressions, 1630s–1960s
Sunday, November 15, 2026–Sunday, April 4, 2027
James and Hanna Bartlett Prints and Drawings Galleries and Clara T. Rankin Suite of Chinese Art Galleries | Galleries 101A–B and 240A Free; No Ticket Required
China invented printmaking and papermaking as well as color printing with multiple blocks. The exhibition celebrates the CMA’s recent acquisition of Suzhou prints from the 1700s that present a high point of color printing in China. Around 80 prints, paintings, and porcelains illustrate the development of printing in China from the 1600s to the international modern woodcut movement in the early 1900s.
This exhibition is organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Major support is provided by the MCH Foundation. Additional support is provided by the Gramercy Park Foundation.
The exhibition symposium is made possible with support from Bonhams Auction House, the Gramercy Park Foundation, and the MCH Foundation.
Final Days and Weeks
American Printed Silks, 1927–1947
Through Sunday, November 8, 2026
Arlene M. and Arthur S. Holden Gallery | Gallery 234
Free; No Ticket Required
Between the late 1920s and late 1940s, the US was a leader in printed silks used in fashionable attire and interiors. This exhibition showcases printed silks in the CMA’s collection from four American companies—Stehli Silks Corporation, H. R. Mallinson and Company, Silks Beau Monde, and Onondaga Silk Company.
The Cleveland Museum of Art is funded in part by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
This exhibition was supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Plum Scenery Studio: Wu Hufan and His Circle in Modern Shanghai
Through Sunday, November 8, 2026
Clara T. Rankin Suite of Chinese Art Galleries | Gallery 240A
Free; No Ticket Required
Wu Hufan (Chinese, 1894–1968) was one of the most influential and important collectors and artists of modern Shanghai. Many paintings in the CMA’s collection bear his collector seals or inscriptions express his art expertise. This installation presents about 20 artworks from the museum and private collections, including five recent gifts to the CMA, all of which illustrate the exchanges and relationships Wu Hufan entertained with his students, painters, and poets of the time.
On-Site Activities
Lunchtime Lecture: The 10 Kings of Hell
Tuesday, November 3, 2026, 12:00–1:00 p.m.
Gartner Auditorium, Suzanne and Paul Westlake Performing Arts Center
Free; Ticket Required
Join Sooa Im McCormick, Korea Foundation Curator of Korean Art, as she discusses the new CMA exhibition, Ten Kings of Hell: The Afterlife in Medieval Korea. Learn about artwork that explores the journey of medieval souls from death through purgatory to the Buddhist paradise.
Play Day: Assembly Required
Sunday, November 8, 2026, 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Ames Family Atrium
Free; No Ticket Required
What happens when we bring pieces, ideas, and people together? Families are invited to explore how things are made while discovering the stories of new beginnings and creativity that shape the objects and traditions we share. Come curious, get hands-on, and see how a little assembly can bring something beautiful to life.
Major support is provided by Akron Children’s and the Logsdon Family Fund for Education.
The Robert P. Madison Family Distinguished Lecture in African and African American Art
Imagination as Method: Emma Amos, Art, and Creativity
Sunday, November 8, 2026, 2:00–3:00 p.m.
Gartner Auditorium, Suzanne and Paul Westlake Performing Arts Center
Free; Ticket Required
Figurative, representational art is never merely descriptive. In this lecture, Dr. Rhea L. Combs explores how imagination and the imaginary factor into the practice of art making. By exploring the work of Emma Amos and other artists, Combs examines the indelible power of creativity beyond the canvas and looks at its impact on the artist, archives, and community.
Dr. Rhea L. Combs, now senior fellow in contemporary and global art at the Baltimore Museum of Art, was previously director of curatorial affairs at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), where she served as the curator of film and photography and head of the Earl W. and Amanda Stafford Center for African American Media Arts (CAAMA).
52nd Annual Cleveland Symposium–Wear: Indexing the Human Body
Friday, November 13, 2026, 10:15 a.m.–6:30 p.m.
John C. and Sally S. Morley Family Foundation Lecture Hall
Free; RSVP requested (opens in a new tab)
Held in partnership with the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) as part of the joint program between Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) and the CMA, the Cleveland Symposium is one of the longest-running annual art history symposia in the United States organized by graduate students.
Please join us for a day of fascinating graduate presentations, gallery tours, and art-viewing sessions.
This year’s Cleveland Symposium (opens in a new tab) invokes the double meaning of the word wear—as clothing, accessories, or adornments on the body and as the physical damage an item accumulates over time. The program concludes with a keynote address by Dr. Chassica Kirchhoff, associate curator of European sculpture and decorative art at the Detroit Institute of Art, entitled “Shifting Spirals: The Horns of Henry VIII’s Helmet and the Changeable Forms of Luxury Armor.”
Event Schedule:
10:15–10:25 a.m.: Opening Remarks
10:25–11:40 a.m.: Session 1: Wear and Tear: Records of Use
11:40–11:55 a.m.: Morning Break
12:00–1:15 p.m.: Session 2: Protective Wear: Amulets and Armor
1:15–2:55 p.m.: Lunch Break
3:00–4:15 p.m.: Session 3: Wearing Identity: Communities and Recognition
4:20–5:15 p.m.: Afternoon Break
5:15 p.m.: Closing Remarks
5:30 p.m.: Keynote Lecture: Dr. Chassica Kirchhoff, “Shifting Spirals: The Horns of Henry VIII’s Helmet and the Changeable Forms of Luxury Armor”
6:30 p.m.: Public Reception
Conservator Tour: Frames and Gesso
Wednesday, November 18, 2026, 6:00–7:00 p.m.
Ames Family Atrium
Back by popular demand, senior conservation technician for paintings and frames restorer Dave Piurek leads a tour centered around gesso, focusing on gesso’s importance as the structural and aesthetic base of some of the CMA’s most ornate frames. Piurek discusses the techniques of pastiglia, burnishing, punchwork, recutting, and compo, and brings hands-on examples for guests to get a closer look.
Dave Piurek is the frames restorer and senior technician for paintings at the Cleveland Museum of Art, responsible for the conservation and restoration of the frames in the CMA’s collection. Dave earned his BFA in painting from the Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida, after which he worked at the Ringling Museum of Art in the conservation department for 14 years, developing his skills with gilded finishes. In 2012, Dave began work at the CMA, where he specializes in water gilding and frame restoration.
Art Up Close
Native North American Artists
Wednesday, November 18, 2026, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Ames Family Atrium
Free; No Ticket Required
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, explore artworks from several Indigenous groups across North America.
The Rise of the “Ten Kings of Hell” on the Silk Road Symposium
Friday, November 20, 2026, 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 21, 2026, 10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Gartner Auditorium, Suzanne and Paul Westlake Performing Arts Center
Free; Ticket Required
In conjunction with the exhibition Ten Kings of Hell: The Afterlife in Medieval Korea, the Cleveland Museum of Art is hosting a two-day international symposium, bringing together leading scholars to examine the origins, transmission, and transformation of the 10 Kings of Hell imagery along the Silk Road.
The symposium takes as its point of departure the historic reunification of the Packard Set: 10 hanging scrolls from the late 14th century depicting the 10 Kings of Hell, brought together for the first time since the 1960s. It expands outward to address the broader transregional networks of artistic exchange that carried this powerful eschatological tradition from Tang-dynasty China through the Korean peninsula and Japan.
Friday November 20, 2026, 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Keynote Speeches
Yukio Lippit, Jeffrey T. Chambers and Andrea Okamura Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Japanese Art, Harvard University, USA
Sooa Im McCormick, Korea Foundation Curator of Korean Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, USA
Panel I
“The Ten Kings of Hell Paintings from the Song, Yuan, and Goryeo Dynasties: Current Perspectives on Transmitted Buddhist Painting Research in Japan”
Seinosuke Ide, Professor Emeritus of Art Studies at Kyushu University, Japan
“Why the Ten Kings Matter: The Space-Time and Structure of Reincarnation in East Asia”
Yamamoto Satomi, Professor, Waseda University, Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Japan
“The Soul’s Journey: 4 x 7”
Eunkyung Park, Professor Emeritus, Department of History, Archaeology, and Art History, Dong-A University, Korea
Discussant: Melissa McCormick, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Japanese Art and Culture, Harvard University, USA
Saturday November 21, 2026, 10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Panel II
“The Significance of the Ten Kings Paintings from the Former Packard Set in the Evolution of Ten Kings Paintings in East Asia”
Cheeyun Kwon, Professor, Department of Arts and Cultural Management and the School of Fine Arts, Hongik University, Korea
“Encountering Hell: Visuality and Function in Niche 20, Dafowan, Mount Baoding, Dazu”
Choonghyun Jo, Lecturer, Dankook University, Korea
“The Last Train Stop Along the Silk Road: Transformations of the Ten Kings of Hell in Medieval Japan”
Takagishi Akira, Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, University of Tokyo, Japan
“Study of the Early Joseon Ten Kings of Hell Painting Newly Acquired by the National Museum of Korea”
Younghee Kim, Curator, National Museum of Korea
Discussant: Seunghye Lee, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Archaeology, and Art History, Dong-A University, Korea
This program is made possible with support from the Dunhuang Foundation and the National Museum of Korea.
The Pauline and Joseph Degenfelder Distinguished Lecture in Chinese Art
Pioneering Pursuits: The Rediscovery of 18th-Century Suzhou Prints
Saturday, November 21, 2026, 2:00–3:00 p.m.
Gartner Auditorium, Suzanne and Paul Westlake Performing Arts Center
Free; Ticket Required
Building on a lifelong engagement with Chinese printing, Christer von der Burg began collecting 18th-century Suzhou prints in the 1990s and has since assembled and studied a major corpus. This lecture presents new findings from his collecting and contends that Suzhou prints are a crucial, yet long-neglected, chapter in the global history of print and visual culture. The lecture accompanies the CMA’s exhibition Print Revolutions: Chinese Impressions, 1630s–1960s and celebrates the museum’s recent acquisition of over 100 prints from the Christer von der Burg collection.
Public Symposium: Printmaking—China’s Gift to the World
Sunday, November 22, 2026, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Gartner Auditorium, Suzanne and Paul Westlake Performing Arts Center
Free; Ticket Required
Join us for a free public symposium held in conjunction with the exhibition Print Revolutions: Chinese Impressions, 1630s–1960s.
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
10:00 a.m. Welcome (doors open 9:30 a.m.)
Andria Derstine, Virginia N. and Randall J. Barbato Deputy Director and Chief Curator, the Cleveland Museum of Art
Clarissa von Spee, exhibition curator, James and Donna Reid Curator of Chinese Art, Chair of Asian Art
Session 1: Mapping the Field: 18th-Century Suzhou Prints
Chaired by Chen Yunru
Speakers: Aoki Takayuki, Anita Xiaoming Wang, Lucie Olivova
LUNCH BREAK
Session 2: 20th-Century Woodblock Print Revival and Its Global Impact
Chaired by Fletcher Coleman
Speakers: Britany Salsbury, Claire Roberts, Anne Farrer
Session 3: The Chinese Printing Table, Printmaking Techniques, and Material
Chaired by Zheng Haiyao
Speakers: Wang Chao and Li Mingyue
Video Presentation
Closing Remarks
Open Studio
Weekly on Sunday, November 1 through November 29, 2026, 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
North Court Lobby | Parker Hannifin Corporation Donor Gallery
Free; No Ticket Required
Open Studio days provide free, drop-in art-making sessions designed for the whole family, encouraging creativity and bonding through hands-on activities.
Senior Studio
Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 2:00–3:30 p.m.
Classroom F
Calling all seniors! Looking for an opportunity to learn some new art skills or build on those you have? Come to the CMA for Senior Studio, an art class just for those over 55. Explore the fundamentals of different media with instruction from professional artist Rebekah Wilhelm. All skill levels are welcome, beginner to expert. Materials are provided.
Family Workshop: Paper Lotus Lanterns featuring Sookkyung Park
Saturday, November 14, 2026, 10:00 a.m.–12:00p.m.
Classroom F
Ticket Required
On Sale for Members: Friday, October 30, 2026
On Sale for General Public: Saturday, October 31, 2026
Discover the beauty and symbolism of the lotus in this engaging, hands-on workshop. Participants explore its rich cultural and historical significance, discovering how the lotus represents purity, enlightenment, rebirth, and renewal. Inspired by its remarkable journey from muddy waters to beautiful bloom, the lotus reminds us of our ability to grow through challenges and embrace new beginnings.
More than just a craft activity, this experience invites you to slow down, unwind, and express your creativity by making your own paper lotus lantern. Take a moment for peaceful reflection and reconnect with a sense of hope, transformation, and inner calm. Leave with a beautiful handmade lantern—a meaningful symbol of purity, enlightenment, rebirth, and the beauty of new beginnings.
About the Artist: Sookkyung Park is a South Korea–born sculptor based in Maryland, USA, whose paper-based practice explores material transformation, labor, migration, and cultural identity. Drawing on over 25 years of experience in the arts and crafts industry in South Korea, she creates meticulously folded and constructed sculptural forms that transform paper into expressions of resilience, reputation, and care. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, recognized through numerous awards and grants, and featured in The Washington Post, The Korea Times, and Bmore Art.
This workshop is designed for participants to create together across generations. Children between the ages of 10 and 15 must attend with a trusted adult. Participants ages 16 and older are welcome to attend independently.
Sensory-Friendly Saturdays
Saturday, November 21, 2026, 9:00–10:00 a.m.
Free; No Ticket Required
Sensory-Friendly Saturday events offer adaptations to meet diverse sensory-processing needs every third Saturday of each month from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m.
Guests on the autism spectrum, people experiencing dementia, and those of all ages who have intellectual or developmental disabilities are invited to participate in a calming museum experience with less stimulation in a section of the museum’s galleries before they open to the public—reducing crowds, noise, and distractions.
Guests can explore the galleries at their own pace, relax in the designated “calming corner,” and share this time and space with open-minded members of the community.
Things to Know While Planning Your Visit
- All guests must pass through metal detectors at the museum entrance.
- Attendees are encouraged to bring adaptive equipment, including wheelchairs, walkers, and noise-reducing headphones and technology. The Cleveland Museum of Art also offers a limited number of wheelchairs.
- The museum store and café open at 9:00 a.m. on these Saturdays.
- Sensory-Friendly Saturday events are free. Parking in the CMA garage is $14 for nonmembers and $7 for members.
- Once participants enter, they are welcome to stay for the day. The museum opens to the public at 10:00 a.m.
This program is made possible with support from the Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities.
Children’s Saturday Studios: Sculpting Stories
Weekly on Saturday, 10:00–11:30 a.m., through November 21, 2026
Location: Museum Classrooms
Classrooms B and C
What story can a bowl, statue, or sculpture tell? Explore the fascinating world of three-dimensional art while creating works inspired by ancient traditions and modern artists alike.
These open-ended studio classes allow young artists to engage with the museum’s collection while building idea-generation and critical-thinking skills. Each week includes an exploration of galleries, materials, and creative prompts inspired by the CMA’s collection.
Age groups: Five to seven years old and eight to ten years old
Scholarships are available. For more information, contact familyyouthinfo@clevelandart.org or call 216-707-2469.
Guided Tours
Tours meet at the information desk in the Ames Family Atrium.
Traditions of Mesoamerica: Maya and Aztec Art
Weekly on Sunday, 3:00–4:00 p.m., from Sunday, November 1 through November 29, 2026
Ames Family Atrium
Free; Ticket Required
For hundreds of years, advanced civilizations like the Aztec and Maya developed monumental architecture, complex calendars, advanced mathematics, and, of course, breathtaking artworks. Come explore the ancient world of the Aztec and Maya on a guided tour of the Mesoamerican galleries. Together, we use artworks to learn about the peoples of ancient Mesoamerica, exploring how Aztec and Maya artists expressed their ideas and made sense of the world around them.
To schedule private tours for adult groups of 10 or more, please contact grouptours@clevelandart.org or call 216-707-2752.
Art in the Afternoon Tours
Wednesday, November 4, 2026, 1:00–2:00 p.m.
Ames Family Atrium
Free; Ticket Required
On the first Wednesday of each month at 1:00 p.m., specially trained docents lead a gallery tour designed for individuals experiencing memory loss and their caregivers. The Cleveland Museum of Art offers these thoughtfully structured tours to uplift the spirit, engage the mind, and create a relaxed, enjoyable social experience. Docents are trained to be responsive to the interests and abilities of all participants, encouraging conversation, shared memories, and meaningful engagement with art.
To schedule private tours for adult groups of 10 or more, please contact grouptours@clevelandart.org or call 216-707-2752.
Art and Conversation Tours
Tuesdays, 10:15–10:45 a.m.
Ames Family Atrium
Free; Ticket Required
Join us for 30-minute close-looking sessions, from 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. on Tuesdays. This program offers a focused look at just a couple of artworks, versus the traditional 60-minute public tours of the museum’s collection.
Art for Every Body Tours
Saturday, November 21, 2026, 9:15–10:15 a.m.
Ames Family Atrium
Free; Ticket Required
In addition to the CMA’s Sensory-Friendly Saturdays, the museum is also offering Art for Every Body tours on the third Saturday of each month at 9:15 a.m. Join a guided museum tour designed for comfort, ease, and connection. One wing of the museum opens early to provide a quiet, spacious setting before public hours. Two docents lead the tour, offering support with navigation, moving at a slower pace, and ensuring everyone can see, hear, and engage comfortably. This guided experience creates a relaxed, stress-free way to enjoy art, ask questions, and spend time looking together in an environment where everyone is welcome.
To schedule private tours for adult groups of 10 or more, please contact grouptours@clevelandart.org or call 216-707-2752.
Daily Guided Tours
Tuesday through Sunday
Ames Family Atrium
Free; Ticket Required
Public tours are offered Tuesday through Sunday at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., with additional tours at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Tuesdays. Art and Conversation tours are offered at 10:15 a.m. on Tuesdays.
Date Night Tours
Fridays, 6:15–7:15 p.m.
Ames Family Atrium
Free; Ticket Required
Step into the museum for a night out that’s a little different. Join a docent for a tour of intimate works and bold showstoppers, paired with stories of love, longing, power, and desire. Perfect for couples, friends, or a first date, this tour is made for close looking, easy conversation, and discovering how art has captured human drama for centuries.
To schedule private tours for adult groups of 10 or more, please contact grouptours@clevelandart.org or call 216-707-2752.
Continuing Exhibitions
Native North American Textiles
Through Sunday, December 13, 2026
Sarah P. and William R. Robertson Gallery | Gallery 231
Free; No Ticket Required
Newly on display from the permanent collection are two Diné (Navajo) textiles from the late 1800s. Both are rugs woven for the non-Native collectors’ market, modeled on the Diné shoulder blanket.
Ancient Andean Textiles
Through Sunday, December 13, 2026
Jon A. Lindseth and Virginia M. Lindseth, PhD, Galleries of the Ancient Americas | Gallery 232
Free; No Ticket Required
Between about 3000 BCE and the early 1500s CE, ancient Andean weavers created one of the world’s most distinguished textile traditions in both artistic and technical terms. Within this time span, the most complex and well-preserved group of early textiles to survive was made by the Paracas people of Peru’s south coast.
Ten Kings of Hell: The Afterlife in Medieval Korea
Through Sunday, January 3, 2027
The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Exhibition Hall
Organized in partnership with the National Museum of Korea, this landmark international exhibition, Ten Kings of Hell: The Afterlife in Medieval Korea, explores the artistic legacy of the Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), posing daring questions: How did medieval Koreans envision the world beyond death and how did works of art and materiality shape and reflect that imagined realm?
Presenting an exceptional array of important artworks, including the CMA’s recent acquisitions—the Fourth King of Hell from the late 1300s, the Knife Sheath from the 1100s (Apollo’s Acquisition of the Year Award 2022), and the Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva from the 1300s—the exhibition unfolds across three interlocking sections, each illuminating the soul’s passage from death through purgatory to the Buddhist paradise. At its dramatic center is the historic reunification of a dispersed set of 10 hanging scrolls from the 1300s depicting the 10 Kings of Hell. Brought together for the first time since the 1960s, the scrolls offer a rare opportunity to experience the set’s panoramic sequence of judgment, atonement, and salvation.
Among its most compelling narratives, the exhibition examines how sociopolitical upheavals and environmental pressures shaped medieval Korea’s deep preoccupation with purgatorial afterlife—not only as a moral and devotional terrain but also as a response to broader natural forces, from climatic volatility during the Little Ice Age to the devastating reach of the Black Death. A select group of contemporary artworks is also included to underscore the enduring resonance of humanity’s existential concerns.
Anicka Yi’s Bending Willow Branches (2025) makes a strong opening statement: that death adds to life’s continuum—mutating, persisting, and transforming rather than ending it. Park Chan-kyong’s Belated Bosal (2019) serves as a visually and psychologically immersive centerpiece, prompting viewers to confront human-induced environmental catastrophes and their far-reaching karmic consequences. The circuit further widens with The Third King of Hell Afterimage (2025) by 2025 MacArthur Fellow Gala Porras-Kim, created specifically for this show as a critical inquiry into the afterlives of objects within Western collecting practices.
Additionally, the exhibition incorporates innovative digital experiences that deepen engagement with the artworks and themes. Visitors have the opportunity to interact with the Sutra Container in 3-D and to look closer into the artwork by exploring intricate details of select paintings on a large-scale “Zoom Wall.” Complementing these visual experiences are carefully designed audio and video installations, from the meditative resonance of a Buddhist temple bell to the evocative projection of contemporary works.
Featuring more than one hundred works drawn from leading public and private collections in Korea, Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom, Ten Kings of Hell: The Afterlife in Medieval Korea is accompanied by a substantial, richly illustrated catalogue, anchored in the contributing scholars’ shared commitment to transregional and interdisciplinary investigation.
See Ten Kings of Hell and Spectacular Freedom together as a combo package and save up to $9 off the combined ticket price.
Ten Kings of Hell: The Afterlife in Medieval Korea is organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art in partnership with the National Museum of Korea. This exhibition is made possible by this special relationship and a generous multiyear grant awarded through the museum’s Overseas Korean Galleries Support Program.
Presented by the National Museum of Korea. Principal support is provided by Dr. Conrad C. and Patricia V. Simpfendorfer. Major support is provided by the Malcolm E. Kenney Curatorial Research Fund. Additional support is provided by Gay-Young Cho and Chris Chiu, the Joseph M. and Bonnie N. S. Gardewin Endowment for Korean Art Exhibitions, Ms. Judith Gerson, and Goshen Foods.
Major support for the Ten Kings of Hell: The Afterlife in Medieval Korea exhibition catalogue is provided by the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation. Additional support is provided by the Metropolitan Center for Far Eastern Art Studies.
The exhibition symposium is made possible with support from the Dunhuang Foundation and the National Museum of Korea.
Ten Kings of Hell Tours
Weekly on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, 1:30–2:30 p.m., through December 20, 2026
Ames Family Atrium
Join us for a docent-guided tour of Ten Kings of Hell: The Afterlife in Medieval Korea, which explores the artistic legacy of the Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), posing daring questions: How did medieval Koreans envision the world beyond death and how did works of art and materiality shape and reflect that imagined realm?
To schedule private tours for adult groups of 10 or more, please contact grouptours@clevelandart.org or call 216-707-2752.
Sky Hopinka’s Visions of an Island
Through Sunday, January 10, 2027
Gallery 224B
Free; No Ticket Required
Visions of an Island is part of Sky Hopinka’s broader exploration of the ways that memory, the spoken word, and the environment form multilayered Indigenous identities. Here, he focuses on the Unangax̂, an Indigenous people who live on the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands off the west coast of Alaska. Filming on Saint Paul, one of the Pribilof Islands, Hopinka intertwines three elements: an Unangax̂ elder describing the island, students learning the Unangam Tunuu language, and scenes of a dreamlike setting. As the camera pans across rocky cliffs, rough waters, and weathered houses, we hear reflections from the Unangax̂ elder and discussion from students on incongruities between language and landscape. Through techniques of collage and superimposition, images of land, sea, and humans blur and merge.
Spectacular Freedom: Andrew Wyeth and the Modern American Watercolor
Through Monday, January 18, 2027
The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Gallery
This exhibition is the first to offer an in-depth exploration of American artist Andrew Wyeth’s watercolors—described by one critic as having a “spectacular freedom”—examining his relationship to the medium throughout the early decades of his career. Beginning in the 1930s, Wyeth built a monumental reputation for his use of watercolor, depicting the people and places that surrounded him in rural Pennsylvania and Maine in expressive and evocative compositions. His practice varied widely over the years that followed, resulting in innovative works, both sketches and finished sheets. These works ranged from vivid, painterly landscapes to precisely rendered interior scenes and preparatory studies for the tempera paintings he produced alongside his watercolors.
Wyeth began to experiment with watercolor at a time when interest in it exploded throughout the United States, leading to its promotion as a medium distinctively suited to depicting American experiences. This new climate for making and exhibiting watercolors not only encouraged Wyeth’s practice but also informed the fundamental questions engaged by his work about what it meant to be American and modern at that time.
Spectacular Freedom: Andrew Wyeth and the Modern American Watercolor presents nearly 75 works from the artist’s estate—most of which have never been on view. Featuring watercolors and a selection of the artist’s paintings, the exhibition highlights a major aspect of Wyeth’s life and art. A richly illustrated accompanying publication includes essays by historians of American art and works on paper.
Spectacular Freedom: Andrew Wyeth and the Modern American Watercolor is organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art in collaboration with the Brandywine Museum of Art.
Presented by the Wyeth Foundation for American Art. Generous support is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support is provided by an anonymous donor, the Seven Five Fund, and Karen A. Walburn.
Andrew Wyeth Tours
Daily, 10:30–11:30 a.m. and 2:30–3:30 p.m., through January 8, 2027
Ames Family Atrium
Join us for a docent-guided tour of Spectacular Freedom: Andrew Wyeth and the Modern American Watercolor, an exhibition that presents nearly 75 works from the artist’s estate—most of which have never been on view. Featuring watercolors and a selection of the artist’s paintings, Spectacular Freedom highlights a major aspect of Wyeth’s life and art.
To schedule private tours for adult groups of 10 or more, please contact grouptours@clevelandart.org or call 216-707-2752.
There are no tours on the following dates: November 24–29, 2026, December 24, 26–27, 31, 2026, and January 2–3, 2027
The Gift: Emma Amos with Friends
Through Sunday, January 24, 2027
Mark Schwartz and Bettina Katz Photography Galleries | Gallery 230
Free; No Ticket Required
Emma Amos (American, 1937–2020) was a groundbreaking artist who worked in paint, print, and textiles to celebrate the lives of women, particularly women of color. The Gift: Emma Amos with Friends centers on Amos’s monumental portrait series The Gift (1990–94), recently acquired by the Cleveland Museum of Art. This suite of 48 watercolor portraits, painted from life, depicts women artists, writers, and curators in Amos’s intergenerational community. Ranging from renowned figures—Elizabeth Catlett, Anna Deavere Smith, bell hooks, Lucy Lippard, Howardena Pindell, Faith Ringgold, Lorna Simpson, and Kay WalkingStick—to lesser-known individuals, the evocative paintings are united in a vast grid whose scale projects the force of its subjects. “The Gift is not possible to negate,” Amos stated. “Those women are too powerful to ignore.” Made as a birthday present for her daughter, India, The Gift animates the importance of creative community as a source of strength, support, and inspiration, which Amos learned from her mother.
Marking the first time The Gift has been displayed in nearly 20 years, The Gift: Emma Amos with Friends reveals the context for this work’s production and its legacies. Alongside The Gift, earlier portraits by Amos in the CMA’s collection, as well as the artist’s own notebooks, manuscripts, and film footage documenting The Gift’s production highlight how kinship—biological and elected—was an enduring motivation for her art. This exhibition also features selected works by Amos to further contextualize The Gift within the artist’s decades-long practice.
The Gift: Emma Amos with Friends is accompanied by a richly illustrated catalogue inspired by a book proposal that Amos drafted but never realized during her lifetime. This catalogue includes essays by Rhea L. Combs, Carmen Hermo, Emily Liebert, and Gabriella Shypula, as well as a reprinted interview of Amos by bell hooks. The intersection of portraiture and community is explored through a roundtable discussion with contemporary artists Jordan Casteel, Aliza Nisenbaum, and Amy Sherald, moderated by Rhea L. Combs. The catalogue also features never-before-published archives, as well as biographies for each of The Gift’s 48 sitters. In tandem, the CMA is expanding the exhibition’s reach through a complementary digital resource rooted in The Gift.
The Cleveland Museum of Art is funded in part by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
This exhibition was supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Hidden Insights: Looking at the Backs of Portrait Miniatures
Through Sunday, February 14, 2027
Ellen and Bruce Mavec Gallery | Gallery 203B
Free; No Ticket Required
Portrait miniatures were portable luxury objects treasured by their owners both for the cherished portrait and the precious materials from which they were crafted. Frequently, patrons would spend substantially more than the cost of the portrait to have it placed in a gold or silver case outfitted with pearls, enamel, diamonds, colored glass, or elaborate hair work. Thirteen miniatures spanning 230 years represent a variety of approaches to ornamenting the back of a portrait and suggest the wealth of information that can be hidden from view.
Art of Pahari India
Through Sunday, February 21, 2027
Gallery 242B
Free; No Ticket Required
In the far north of India, the Himalayan mountain ranges rise abruptly from the Punjab plains to form the setting for an alpine region known as Pahari, defined by a shared language (Pahari) and script (Takri). From the 1600s to 1800s, the Hindu nobility of the Pahari kingdoms commissioned paintings for their royal collections. Known as “Pahari paintings,” they were made by painters who were born into hereditary artist communities located in villages throughout the region.
Members of the region’s ruling elite classes commissioned and collected Pahari paintings and often gifted and regifted them to one another. The popularity of musical and poetic themes invoking heroines and their love affairs speaks to the Pahari elite’s appreciation for visual, literary, and performing arts. Paintings depicting sacred subjects, such as scenes from the life of the Hindu god Krishna, reveal their piety.
Many Pahari artists worked for multiple royal patrons, often in kingdoms other than where their family workshops were located. Before completing a painting, which involved time-consuming preparations of expensive pigments, artists created multiple preparatory sketches and careful underdrawings. Most Pahari painters appear to have been men, while women worked in textile media, such as the distinctive double-sided embroideries known as rumal.
By the mid-1800s, dramatic Pahari landscapes became favorite subjects for photographers. Photographic albums of distant places in the British Empire appealed to colonial collectors who thrilled at seeing breathtaking vistas. Some Pahari rulers also began to commission photographic portraits instead of paintings, signaling a shift to a new era.
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier: Rococo Goldsmith in Focus
Through Sunday, March 14, 2027
Julia and Larry Pollock Focus Gallery | Gallery 010
Free; No Ticket Required
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (French, born Italy, 1695–1750) was the most revolutionary forerunner of the Rococo style in the decorative arts. Multitalented with entrepreneurial skills, he worked for the French court and European nobility. Considered a genius goldsmith by his contemporaries, he was also a prolific designer and aspiring architect, seamlessly maneuvering between media and disciplines.
Born and trained in Turin, Italy, he moved to Paris around 1715 to advance his career, although the conservative guild of Parisian goldsmiths made it practically impossible for newcomers to register as masters and open their own workshops. Meissonnier’s ambition, creativity, and determination in pursuing his desired career path are apparent from his work and limited biographical information and continue to resonate today.
Few of his works survived political upheavals; the most celebrated is a silver tureen in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, made for the Duke of Kingston. A striking sculpture rather than a functional object, the tureen epitomizes the Rococo style with its movement, asymmetrical design, fluid unity of form and ornament, and elements inspired by nature. The tureen has recently undergone scientific analysis, which has provided new insights into its sophisticated creation process.
Accompanied by a lavishly illustrated publication, this exhibition offers a fresh perspective on an artist who deserves broader recognition.
Major support is provided by the Malcolm E. Kenney Curatorial Research Fund.
Children’s Armor from the Imperial Habsburg Armory in Vienna
Through Sunday, June 4, 2028
Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Armor Court | Gallery 210A
Free; No Ticket Required
Four historically significant suits of armor from the Imperial Habsburg Armory in Vienna, Austria, are being displayed in the armor court for the next three years. The selection focuses on children’s armor and weapons to illustrate how a military education played an important role in training boys to become a knight. A few objects from the CMA’s own collection of children’s armor are being shown alongside these magnificent loans.
Principal support is provided by the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Foundation.
“Bunjin” in Japanese Art
Through Sunday, June 20, 2027
Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Japanese Art Galleries | Gallery 235A
Free; No Ticket Required
This installation explores how some Japanese artists of the 1700s and 1800s interpreted what it meant to embrace a lifestyle centered on a shared appreciation of learning and literature. Bunjin is the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese word wenren (文人), literally “person of letters.” Often translated into English as “literati,” wenren originally referred to Chinese scholars of the Northern Song dynasty (960–1127) who held government positions and fostered social groups in which they could exchange their own paintings and poems. Over time, knowledge of this tradition—professional scholars creating amateur artworks inspired by values shared with friends—found its way to both Japan and Korea. In Japan, the most widespread engagement with the idea of the scholar-artist took place during the Edo period (1615–1868).
Roots of Divinity: Christ’s Family Tree in Northern European Medieval Art
Through Sunday, August 8, 2027
Gallery 115
Free; No Ticket Required
This installation examines medieval fascination with Christ’s family lineage and its visual expression through depictions of biblical figures such as Jesse, David, and the motif of the Tree of Jesse. Genealogical imagery was significant in many parts of medieval society, especially among the noble classes, who would commission visually elaborate consanguinity charts that tracked a family’s lineage from a single shared ancestor. These charts demonstrated the prestige of their bloodlines and helped noble people manage marital relationships. Christ’s ancestry gained significant cultural traction and popularity as a visual subject during the 1100s. The motivation to depict Christ’s bloodline as a tree originated in a passage from the Book of Isaiah in the Old Testament of the Bible, which foretold that a pivotal ruler would emerge from the “root of Jesse.” This passage refers to Jesse’s son, King David, from whom Christ himself descended. Consequently, medieval artists and patrons utilized imagery of Jesse, his royal descendants, and the family’s broader genealogical framework to show Christ’s position as the Messiah, or savior. Tree of Jesse imagery from Northern Europe illustrates the many ways medieval people understood and visualized Christ's genealogy. This installation delves into how Christ’s ancestry captured the medieval imagination, examining the beginnings of what became the modern practice of showing genealogy in the shape of a tree.
The objects in this installation are drawn from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. They range from the 1000s to the 1500s and come from Germany, France, the Netherlands, and England.
New Acquisition: Giambologna’s Fata Morgana
Through Sunday, September 1, 2030
Gallery 117B
Free; No Ticket Required
The Cleveland Museum of Art has acquired Fata Morgana, one of the greatest works by Giambologna (Italian, 1529–1608), the preeminent sculptor of his generation, and the last known marble sculpture by his hand in a private collection. This rare and internationally renowned figure is being shown in a gallery evoking the Tuscan grotto in which it was originally placed.
Transformer Station
1460 W 29th Street, Cleveland, OH 44113
Wasteland/Wetland, 2025. Avery Duff (b. 1992). Oil on canvas; 101.6 x 165.1 cm. Courtesy of the artist. © Avery Duff
Lake Effect: Artists from Cleveland Now
Through Sunday, December 6, 2026
Free; No Ticket Required
In celebration of the Cleveland Museum of Art’s 110th anniversary, Lake Effect: Artists from Cleveland Now brings into focus the extraordinary depth and vitality of artistic production across Northeast Ohio. Earlier this year, the CMA invited artists from the greater Cleveland area to submit their art for a group exhibition. The artworks on view here were selected by a panel of jurors. Recalling the May Show—the museum’s annual exhibition that for decades celebrated regional artists—Lake Effect once again highlights the rich artistic history of the region and the museum’s long role as a destination and inspiration in the community.
The response to this call was itself a testament to that history and its ongoing vitality: We received 1,700 submissions from 950 artists, reflecting a region alive with artistic excellence and vision. From this remarkable pool, 66 artworks were selected, forming an exhibition that honors the breadth of creative voices shaping Cleveland today.
As the Cleveland Museum of Art looks toward its next century, Lake Effect honors the artists and audiences who have shaped its past while imagining a vision for the future. The selected artworks, diverse in medium and perspective, collectively map a contemporary landscape shaped by local histories, global currents, and the unique cultural ecology of Northeast Ohio.
Participating Artists:
Marty Ackley, Keegan Adams, Elisa Albrecht, Leslye Discont Arian, Karen D. Beckwith, Eli Betchik, Melissa Bollen, Davon Brantley, Leigh Brooklyn, Timothy Callaghan, Yiyun Chen, David Kendrick Chittock, Kristen Cliffel, Donna Coleman, Doriyan Coleman, Gianna Commito, Ajha Dean-Phillips, Billy Delfs, Avery Duff, Meryl Engler, Charles Gray, Toby Griffiths, Ilynn Guldman, Melissa Harris, Bettyann Helms, Heather Higham, Matthew Holland, R Kauff, Teresa Kiplinger, Phil Kline, Stanka Kordic, Shufeng Kuang, Maria Laureno, Jennifer Leach, Jordan Lee, Janice Lessman-Moss, Hannah Levengood, Amy Lewandowski, Yu Liu, Nicole Maye Luga, Mike Meier, Anthony Mitri, Nicolette Moyer, Paul O’Keeffe, Jenniffer Omaitz, Frank Oriti, Kristina Paabus, Maxmillian Peralta, Allison Polgar, Darice Polo, Maiya Ponsky, Shawn Powell, Bellamy Printz, Ty Rex, Katy Richards, Eric Rippert, Michael Boyd Roman, Brian Sarama, Glen Schreck, Kelle Schwab, Jacob Smith, Heather N. Stout, Judy Takács, Zack White, Chi Wong, and Nikki Woods.
For more information, visit https://lakeeffect-artists-fromclevelandnow.artcall.org (opens in a new tab).
For questions, please contact cleartistsnow@clevelandart.org.
This exhibition is organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art.
The Cleveland Museum of Art is funded in part by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
This exhibition was supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.
CMA Community Arts Center On-Site Activities
2937 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 44113
Free Parking in the Lot off Castle Avenue | Estacionamiento gratis en la Avenida Castle
Family FUNday: Day of the Dead | Día de Alegria Familiar at the CAC
Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Free; No Ticket Required
Enjoy free family fun and explore art celebrating community. This monthly event features family-friendly games, movement-based activities, and art making, open to all ages and abilities!
Join us in November to learn the art and history of Day of the Dead. Learn about the holiday with art making, hear remarks from experts and those who celebrate, and see live dancers perform over our ephemeral sawdust carpet, or tapete, and print your own skull design with Future Ink Graphics.
Únase a nosotros para divertirse con familia cada mes, mientras exploramos el arte celebrando comunidad. Gratis para participar. Juegos para toda la familia, actividades basadas en movimientos, y creación de arte. ¡Abiertas a todos los edades y habilidades!
Únase a nosotros en octubre para celebrar el cambio de estación y hacer su propio huerto de calabazas. Aprenda más sobre la festividad con la creación de arte, comentarios de expertos y aquellos que celebran, y vea a los bailarines en vivo actuar sobre nuestro tapete de aserrín efímero y imprime tu propio calavera con Future Ink Graphics.
Community Arts Center November Open Studios | Estudios Abiertos de Octubre del Centro de Artes Comunitarias
Weekly on Saturday and Sunday, 1:00–4:00 p.m.
Free; All Ages; No Reservation Required | Gratis; Todas Edades; Sin Cita Previa
Join us for free, drop-in art making at the Community Arts Center! Each month features a theme that connects community, art, and exploration.
¡Únete a nosotros para crear arte gratis y sin cita en el Centro de Artes Comunitarios! Cada mes presenta un tema que conecta comunidad, arte y exploración.
Comic Club
Saturday, November 7, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Free; All Ages; No Reservation | Gratis; Todas Edades; No Es Necesario Registrarse
Be inspired and venture into the world of storytelling with artist Kobe Saunders (opens in a new tab). Work in the company of others to develop your own style and collaborate!
Explore the long history of sequential art through various genres and cultures, including newspaper comic strips, American superhero comics and graphic novels, Japanese manga, and media adaptations (film and television) of these stories. Practice techniques to improve drawing and storytelling skills with a focus in character design, visual language, and panel structure.
Inspírate y aventúrate en el mundo de la narración de historias con el artista Kobe Saunders (opens in a new tab). ¡Trabaja en compañía de otros para desarrollar tu propio estilo y colaborar!
Explora la larga historia del arte secuencial a través de varios géneros y culturas, incluidas las tiras cómicas de periódicos, los cómics y novelas gráficas de superhéroes estadounidenses, el manga japonés y las adaptaciones de medios (cine y televisión) de estas historias. Practique técnicas para mejorar las habilidades de dibujo y narración con un enfoque en el diseño de personajes, el lenguaje visual y la estructura de paneles.
The Creative Table
Friday, November 13, 5:00–7:00 p.m.
Community Arts Center | Centro de Artes Comunitarias
Free; No Ticket Required | Gratis; No Se Requiere Boleto
Join us on the second Friday of each month for a laid-back evening of conversation and creativity. Whether you’re a painter, poet, photographer, or just curious, come hang out and share what you’ve been working on!
All mediums are welcome. The event is an open-discussion forum.
Únase a nosotros el segundo viernes de cada mes para una noche relajada de conversación y creatividad. Ya sea que sea pintor, poeta, fotógrafo o simplemente curioso, venga a pasar el rato, y comparta en qué ha estado trabajando.
Todos los medios son bienvenidos. El evento tiene un formato de discusión abierta.
Genghis Con
Sunday, November 29, 2026, 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Free; No Ticket Required | Gratis; No Es Necesario Registrarse
Genghis Con (opens in a new tab), Cleveland’s much-loved small-press and independent comic convention, returns for the 17th year to bring together many prolific practitioners of independent print media! Cartoonists, “zinesters,” printmakers, authors, illustrators, small-press publishers, educators, and advocates converge to exhibit their work, converse about their processes, and celebrate the independent print community thriving throughout the greater rust belt region and beyond!
Genghis Con’s greatest strength has always been our wide spectrum of great exhibitors. From seasoned professionals that have been in the game for decades to fierce rookies exhibiting their first show, we curate our roster to bring together the best possible convention we can for everyone.
Genghis Con (opens in a new tab), la muy querida convención de cómics independientes y de prensa pequeña de Cleveland, regresa por 16º año para reunir a tantos profesionales prolíficos de los medios impresos independientes. Caricaturistas, artistas de revistas, grabadores, autores, ilustradores, pequeños editores de prensa, educadores y defensores se reúnen para exhibir su trabajo, conversar sobre sus procesos y celebrar la comunidad de impresión independiente que prospera en toda la región del cinturón industrial y más allá.
La mayor fortaleza de Genghis Con siempre ha sido nuestra amplia variedad de excelentes expositores. Desde profesionales veteranos que llevan décadas en el negocio hasta novatos apasionados que presentan su primer evento, seleccionamos nuestra lista de participantes para ofrecer la mejor convención posible para todos.
The 2026–27 Performing Arts Series is sponsored by the Musart Society. This program is made possible in part by the Ernest L. and Louise M. Gartner Fund, the P. J. McMyler Musical Endowment Fund, and the Anton and Rose Zverina Music Fund.
The views expressed by performers during this event are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Performances at Transformer Station are generously supported by the Cleveland Foundation.
All exhibitions at the Cleveland Museum of Art are underwritten by the CMA Fund for Exhibitions. Principal annual support is provided by Michael Frank and the late Pat Snyder, the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation, the John and Jeanette Walton Exhibition Fund, and Margaret and Loyal Wilson. Major annual support is provided by the late Dick Blum and Harriet Warm and the Frankino-Dodero Family Fund for Exhibitions Endowment. Generous annual support is provided by two anonymous donors, Gini and Randy Barbato, Viia R. Beechler, Cynthia and Dale Brogan, Dr. Ben and Julia Brouhard, Brenda and Marshall Brown, Gail and Bill Calfee, the Leigh H. Carter family, Dr. William A. Chilcote Jr. and Dr. Barbara S. Kaplan, Mary and Jim Conway, Joseph and Susan Corsaro, Ron and Cheryl Davis, the Jeffery Wallace Ellis Trust in memory of Lloyd H. Ellis Jr., Leigh and Andy Fabens, Florence Kahane Goodman, Martha H. and Steven M. Hale, Janice Hammond and Edward Hemmelgarn, Linda Harper, Robin Heiser, the late Marta and the late Donald M. Jack Jr., the estate of Walter and Jean Kalberer, Robert M. Kaye, Jane and Doug Kern, the late Mrs. Nancy M. Lavelle, Eva and Rudolf Linnebach, William S. Lipscomb, Bill and Joyce Litzler, the Roy Minoff Family Fund, Lu Anne and the late Carl Morrison, Mrs. Peta and the late Dr. Roland Moskowitz, Jeffrey Mostade and Eric Nilson and Varun Shetty, Sarah Nash, Courtney and Michael Novak, Mark and Paula Nylander, Tim O’Brien and Breck Platner, Dr. Nicholas and Anne Ogan, William J. and Katherine T. O’Neill, Henry Ott-Hansen, Frank and Fran Porter, Christine Fae Powell, Peter and Julie Raskind, Michael and Cindy Resch, Marguerite and James Rigby, in memory of Dee Schafer, Betty T. and David M. Schneider, Elizabeth and Tim Sheeler, Saundra K. Stemen, Paula and Eugene Stevens, the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art, and Claudia Woods and David Osage.
All education programs at the Cleveland Museum of Art are underwritten by the CMA Fund for Education. Principal support is provided by the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, Dieter and Susan M. Kaesgen, and Gail C. and Elliott L. Schlang. Major annual support is provided by Brenda and Marshall Brown, Mrs. Martine Kowal, Eva and Rudolf Linnebach, Medical Mutual of Ohio, the Edwin D. Northrup II Fund, the Reinberger Foundation, Shurtape Technologies, and the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation. Generous annual support is provided by Gini and Randy Barbato, the M. E. and F. J. Callahan Foundation, Dr. William A. Chilcote Jr. and Dr. Barbara S. Kaplan, Char and Chuck Fowler, the Giant Eagle Foundation, Linda Harper, the late Marta and the late Donald M. Jack Jr., Susan LaPine, Bill and Joyce Litzler, the Logsdon Family Fund for Education, Lu Anne and the late Carl Morrison, Sarah Nash, Courtney and Michael Novak, William J. and Katherine T. O’Neill, William Roj and Mary Lynn Durham, Suzanne Cushwa Rusnak and Jeff Rusnak, Ellen and Lowell Satre, in memory of Dee Schafer, Betty T. and David M. Schneider, the Sally and Larry Sears Fund for Education Endowment, Roy Smith, Saundra K. Stemen, Paula and Eugene Stevens, the Trilling Family Foundation, Jack and Jeanette Walton, and the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
All activities of the Eric T. and Jane Baker Nord Family Conservation Suite are underwritten by the CMA Fund for Conservation. Principal annual support is provided by an anonymous donor and the Parker Hannifin Corporation. Major annual support is provided by Cathy Lincoln, Eva and Rudolf Linnebach, the Dawn M. Neff Endowed Fund for Conservation, and Dr. Isobel Rutherford. Generous annual support is provided by an anonymous donor, Gini and Randy Barbato, Brenda and Marshall Brown, Dr. William A. Chilcote Jr. and Dr. Barbara S. Kaplan, Linda Harper, the late Marta and the late Donald M. Jack Jr., Dr. and Mrs. John T. Lai, Albert Leonetti and Ruth Anna Carlson, June and Simon K. C. Li, William and Joyce Litzler, Sarah Nash, Courtney and Michael Novak, William J. and Katherine T. O’Neill, Michael Prunty and the late M. Lee Maxwell, William Roj and Mary Lynn Durham, Anya and John Rudd, in memory of Dee Schafer, Betty T. and David M. Schneider, the Seven Five Fund, Paula and Eugene Stevens, Jack and Jeanette Walton, and the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
All digital innovation and technology initiatives at the Cleveland Museum of Art are underwritten by the CMA Fund for Digital Innovation. Principal support is provided by the Bishop Parker Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Tim Elek Jr., Walt and Kathy Fortney, Mr. William N. Hanson in loving memory of Susan H. Hanson, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the late Mrs. Nancy M. Lavelle, John and Leanne Sauerland, and the Trilling Family Foundation.
The Community Arts Center was made possible with principal support from Chuck and Char Fowler and the Eric and Jane Nord Family Fund. Major annual support for the Community Arts Center is provided by the Edwin D. Northrup II Fund and the Reinberger Foundation. Generous annual support is provided by the Giant Eagle Foundation.
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About the Cleveland Museum of Art
The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) is renowned for the quality and breadth of its collection, which includes more than 68,000 artworks and spans 6,000 years of achievement in the arts. The museum is a significant international forum for exhibitions, scholarship, and performing arts and is a leader in digital innovations. One of the foremost encyclopedic art museums in the United States, the CMA is recognized for its award-winning open access program—which provides free digital access to images and information about works in the museum’s collection—and is free of charge to all. The museum is located in the University Circle neighborhood with two satellite locations on Cleveland’s west side: the Community Arts Center and Transformer Station.
The museum is supported in part by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture and made possible in part by the Ohio Arts Council (OAC), which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts. The OAC is a state agency that funds and supports quality arts experiences to strengthen Ohio communities culturally, educationally, and economically. For more information about the museum and its holdings, programs, and events, call 888-CMA-0033 or visit cma.org.