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Greyt Big Talk
With | con Ariel Vergez, aka BlackBrain
Tags for: Greyt Big Talk
- Special Event
- Tickets Required
Friday, December 20, 2024, 8:30–10:00 a.m.
Location: Community Arts Center
Centro de Artes Comunitarias
Ticket Required | Boleto Requerido
Image courtesy of the artist
About The Event
Join us at the Community Arts Center for a special artist talk. Ariel Vergez, aka BlackBrain, is a pop-noir artist disrupting beauty and thought. His gifted art psyche develops stories that bring color to the mundane, dialogue to the mute, and personality to the dull. His work is a voice for the transitional generation.
BlackBrain’s apprenticeship commenced at the Design and Architecture Senior High in Miami, Florida, and matured at the Cleveland Institute of Art. His in-demand talents have globally guided him to award-winning design firms, including Hasbro, Takara, Eleven, and Karten Design, where he was recognized with the CES Innovation Award and the International Design Award (IDA) in Residential Sustainable Design and was named the 2009 IDA product designer of the year.
Since then, BlackBrain has joined forces with philanthropic groups and other artists/designers/dreamers to pursue his first love—art—most recently working with generosity.org, helping to end the world’s water crisis. BlackBrain also is co-owner of Vergez, Inc., an arts-centric, high-concept environments design collective, alongside his artist/designer wife, Otelia.
When not slinging ink, he plays superhero to his wife and five nuggets, Eva, Naya, Ezra, Viviana, and Nico (aka @BabyBlackBrain).
If cost is a barrier, please email commartsinfo@clevelandart.org for information on a discounted rate.
Te invitamos al Centro de Artes Comunitarias para una charla especial de artistas. Ariel Vergez, alias BlackBrain, es un artista de pop-noir que altera la belleza y el pensamiento. Su talentosa psique artística desarrolla historias que aportan color a lo mundano, diálogo a lo mudo y personalidad a lo aburrido. Su obra es una voz para la generación de transición.
El aprendizaje de BlackBrain comenzó en el Design and Architecture Senior High en Miami, Florida, y maduró en el Instituto de Arte de Cleveland. Sus talentos en demanda lo han guiado globalmente a firmas de diseño galardonadas como Hasbro, Takara, Eleven y Karten Design, donde fue reconocido con el premio a la Innovación CES, el premio IDA Residential Sustainable Design y nombrado diseñador de productos IDA del año 2009.
Desde entonces, BlackBrain ha unido fuerzas con grupos filantrópicos y otros artistas/diseñadores/soñadores para perseguir su primer amor, el arte, trabajando recientemente con Generosity.org ayudando a poner fin a la crisis mundial del agua. BlackBrain también es copropietario de Vergez, Inc., un colectivo de diseño de entornos de alto concepto centrado en las artes junto con su esposa artista y diseñadora.
Cuando no está lanzando tinta, juega a ser un superhéroe para su esposa, Otelia y 5 pepitas, Eva, Naya, Ezra, Viviana y Nico (también conocido como @BabyBlackBrain).
Si el costo es una barrera, envíe un correo electrónico a commartsinfo@clevelandart.org para obtener información sobre una tarifa con descuento.
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Sponsors
The Community Arts Center was made possible with principal support from Chuck and Char Fowler and the Eric and Jane Nord Family Fund.
All education programs at the Cleveland Museum of Art are underwritten by the CMA Fund for Education. Major annual support is provided by Brenda and Marshall Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Fortney, David and Robin Gunning, Dieter and Susan M. Kaesgen, Eva and Rudolf Linnebach, Gail C. and Elliott L. Schlang, 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, Char and Chuck Fowler, the Giant Eagle Foundation, Robin Heiser, the Lloyd D. Hunter Memorial Fund, the late Marta and the late Donald M. Jack Jr., Bill and Joyce Litzler, the Logsdon Family Fund for Education, William J. and Katherine T. O’Neill, Mandi Rickelman, Betty T. and David M. Schneider, the Sally and Larry Sears Fund for Education Endowment, Roy Smith, Paula and Eugene Stevens, the Trilling Family Foundation, and the Womens Council of 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.
Education programs are supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.
