This Week at CMA: 6.24.19–6.30.19

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June 24, 2019
Print divided horizontally, the lower half a teal blue with a rising swirl in the center that meets the rocky grey upper half webbed with stream-like lines.

Cerro Prieto Geothermal Power Station, Baja, Mexico, 2012. Edward Burtynsky (Canadian, b. 1955). Digital chromogenic print on paper; 121.9 x 162.6 cm. New Orleans Museum of Art, Gift of the artist, 2016.46.22. © Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Weinstein-Hammons Gallery, Minneapolis / Metivier Gallery, Toronto

Check out these must-attend events this week at the CMA.

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Video courtesy Cleveland Museum of Art.

Shinto: Discovery of the Divine in Japanese Art
FINAL WEEK
Members: See it FREE | Member Guests: Half Off
Tickets
It’s the FINAL WEEK to see Shinto: Discovery of the Divine in Japanese Art. Tix purchased during the first rotation (4/9–5/19) can be redeemed to view the second rotation for free.

Creation of the gunpowder work Cuyahoga River Lightning, 2018. Photo: Wen-You Cai, courtesy Cai Studio.

Cai Guo-Qiang: Cuyahoga River Lightning
OPEN NOW| FREE
Related Event: Wed, 6/26, In Conversation: Cai Guo-Qiang & David Stradling, FREE
Showcasing three monumental gunpowder works — including one inspired by the Cuyahoga River — by contemporary Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang, this exhibition is part of Cuyahoga50. Cai Guo-Qiang joins David Stradling, co-author of Where the River Burned: Carl Stokes and the Struggle to Save Cleveland, for a lively discussion of Cai’s art and social and environmental matters on Wed, 6/26, free. More info/register. Learn more #ontheblog.

Cerro Prieto Geothermal Power Station, Baja, Mexico, 2012. Edward Burtynsky (Canadian, b. 1955). Digital chromogenic print on paper; 121.9 x 162.6 cm. New Orleans Museum of Art, Gift of the artist, 2016.46.22. © Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Weinstein-Hammons Gallery, Minneapolis / Metivier Gallery, Toronto

Water: Edward Burtynsky
OPEN NOW| FREE
These photographic images explore humanity’s increasingly stressed relationship with water, the world’s most vital natural resource. This exhibition is part of Cuyahoga50.

Right: Image courtesy Scott Shaw Photography for Cleveland Museum of Art.

Studio Go Summer Series
Fridays, 6/28–7/26| FREE
Studio Go, the museum’s mobile art studio, brings hands-on art experiences to summer events and community celebrations across northeast Ohio. In this summer event series, Studio Go partners with Recess Cleveland every Friday for an outdoor experience featuring art-making, recess games, and ample outdoor activities on the CMA’s outdoor campus.

Image courtesy Cleveland Museum of Art.

Must CMA Summer
Summer at the CMA is the time to discover fun events and activities the whole family will enjoy. Must see, must do, must CMA. Read the brochure. See what makes the CMA one of the top art museums in the nation with these iconic works of art.