Cleveland Art, 2022 Issue 3
- Member Magazine
In this issue of the members magazine: The Keithley Collection; Tales of the City; Exhibition Schedule; Photographs in Ink; Chinese Miniatures; Fall in Love at the CMA; Gift of a Lake Tai Stone; Artist Papers; Education Art Collection
Color, Sensation, and Memory
Nancy and Joseph Keithley’s gift and promised gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art includes more than 100 works of art. Their collection, amassed over more than two decades, focuses on Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and modern European and American paintings but also contains variety and depth be...
Tales of the City
How does one best live a moral life, be a good citizen, reconcile wealth with piety? These were pertinent questions for city burghers (citizens)—and civic artists—in the Netherlands during the 1500s, when proliferating international trade brought tremendous wealth to its cities. Moralizing images—th...
The Tree Man c. 15001510. Hieronymus Bosch (Netherlandish, 1440–1516). Pen and light- and darkbrown inks on paper; 27.7 x 21.1 cm. Albertina, Vienna, inv. 7876. © The Albertina Museum, Vienna
Photographs in Ink
In fourth grade during career day, I vividly recall looking through a magnifying lens at a photograph on the front page of the local newspaper. I saw the image dissolve into a mesmerizing abstract field of dots. I later learned that the dots of printer ink that enabled this magical experience are pa...
Chinese Miniatures
Miniatures have mesmerized people universally throughout the ages. Unlike large objects, their presence does not intimidate the beholder. The miniature, the small object, or the fragment demands attention to detail and employs the imagination. Moreover, by offering an alternative world, miniatures c...
The Art of Ikebana
On September 30, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. in Gartner Auditorium, the Womens Council in collaboration with the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Ohara School of Ikebana Northern Ohio Chapter will present a demonstration by Headmaster Hiroki Ohara, the fifth headmaster of the Ohara School of Ikebana, to benef...
Headmaster Hiroki Ohara of the Ohara School of Ikebana
PHOTO OHARA SCHOOL OF IKEBANA HEADQUARTERS
Gift of a Lake Tai Stone
A recent gift of a large garden rock from China marks an unprecedented addition to Cleveland’s acclaimed Chinese art collection, highlighting the country’s admiration for natural stones and its unique garden culture. With its dynamically upward-winding masses, perforations, weathered surface, and mu...
Artist Papers
The Ingalls Library has been creating clipping files on artists since before the museum opened in 1916. This collection, now of more than 15,000 artists’ folders, includes newspaper articles, gallery brochures, press releases, photographs, and other often rare ephemeral material. For local artists e...
Hewit in her studio. Photographed by Henry P. Boynton. Henry P. Boynton collection of Cleveland artist portraits
Meet the Staff
When walking through the galleries or strolling the grounds, have you ever wondered who installs the awe-inspiring artwork? Working almost exclusively behind the scenes, art handlers are responsible for physically overseeing all art movement and gallery installations at the museum. The six art handl...
Art handlers Barry Austin, Joe Blaser, Tony Cisneros, Jason Willis, and Andrew Robison deinstall Untitled (1961) by Richard Stankiewicz, which is traveling to the Jewish Museum as a loan this fall. Due to the sculpture’s weight, it must be rigged and placed onto a pallet to be safely moved and staged in storage.
Education Art Collection
Educational programs at the CMA are designed to spark wonder. Whether on a field trip or in a virtual lesson, we let our learners’ curiosity guide the way. Our exceptional education art collection (EAC) is a powerful resource in this effort, as it allows for a more intimate, multisensory experience...
“Calling All Gumshoes! What in the World?” is an Art to Go unit of mysteries for participants to solve. It includes objects, such as a Mexican Chocolate Beater (1900s) and an Egyptian Mortar and Pestle (BC 1900–1600s), that are not immediately recognizable. Through close looking, critical thinking, and group discussion, students can develop hypotheses about the objects’ purposes and origins and provide observational details to justify their ideas.
Alfred M. Rankin Jr
The Cleveland Museum of Art has been part of Alfred M. Rankin Jr.’s life for more than 50 years. The former president of the board can trace his involvement to his return to Cleveland in 1970 to work for McKinsey & Company. Over time, Rankin became ever more deeply engaged, serving on the board of t...
