TBA
Opening Reception: Thursday, December 3, 6-8pm
TBA
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 5, 6-8pm
Barb Bonchek -- Geo
Motion Designs [pending]
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 1, 6-8pm
Susan Vincent --
printmaking
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 3, 6-8pm
John Motian --
Post-Modern Painting
Opening Reception: Thursday, August 6, 6-8pm
John Motian is a Cleveland Heights resident who used to teach
at the Cleveland Institute of Art. In his spare time at home, he
painted from the heart and explored a post-modern perspective on his
world. An article in the Cleveland
Plain Dealer last summer highlighted his life and great body of
work. Two local artists, Maurice Perkins, and Minako
Wreen set out to meet him and bring his work to public view.
Thus, this exhibition at Loganberry Books Annex Gallery! His work
will stun you, and the vast quantity will amaze you. Come meet
this living legend.
Joan Lederer -- Portraiture
Opening Reception: Thursday, July 2, 6-8pm
Joan Lederer has been taking portraits with her camera for
years now, and she promises to engulf the Gallery with a sea of
faces. Old, young, happy, sad; white, black, funny, mad.
Lots of faces! Just when you think you've seen them all, there's
more. And the funny thing about faces is, the more they look
alike, the more they look different. Come celebrate the human
experience and try to read the eyes of people you've never met.
Flea
Market Specials
Festival Day:
Saturday, June 27, 10am - 6pm
Larchmere Boulevard puts on a huge Flea Market & Festival
on the last Saturday of June (this year, that's June 27). As our
part of the celebration, Loganberry Books hosts a big Local Author Book
Fair with dozens of authors. But we also bring out some
interesting non-literary tidbits: vintage clothes, old school
maps, Ronson table lighters, prints, dolls, and old toys. This
year, we'll also have a collection of Royal Doulton figurines from the
characters of Charles Dickens. In preparation for the big day,
we'll use the Annex Gallery to start assembling our goodies. Keep
your fingers crossed for good weather, and visit anytime in June for a
sneak peak at our own Loganberry Flea Market.
Richard
Howell: Paintings and Objects
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 7, 6-8pm
Richard Howell paints anything that isn't nailed down. He makes
drums, screens, furniture and paintings. He makes big
reproductions of African-American icon William H. Johnson's
paintings. And his sense of color is rivalled only by his sense
of humor. He fills every nook and cranny for this Annex Gallery
show, including large paintings, decorative pieces, partitions and
screens, shelves, drums, and other painted objects. Come feast
your eyes.
Altered
Book Group: Cookbooks
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 2, 6-8pm
The Altered Book Group joins us for their third annual show at
the Annex Gallery, this year featuring cookbooks. Come see the
wild imaginations at work on these three-dimensional wonders.
What would a cookbook be if it wasn't . . . a cookbook?
Artists include Myrna
London
Aidlin, Sarah Clague, Gene Epstein, Margaret Yuko Kimura, Terre Maher,
Lynn O'Brien, Jackie Parsons, Myrna Tatar and Anne Weissman.
Amy Lewandowski: Watercolors
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 5, 6-8pm
Amy Lewandowski is a watercolorist with soul. In
addition to commercial pieces [she created the watercolor used on the
postcard for our neighbor Wool & Willow Needlepoint], she also
creates a travelogue both real and imagined. Come enjoy a taste
of spring, as only watercolor can attest.
Gloria K. Ritter: Finding
the Words
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 5, 6-8pm
With
her unique combination of color, patterns, and calligraphy, Gloria
Ritter takes viewers on a journey of imagination. Her art, which she
calls "word inspired design," is the result of her life-long
fascination with words, language, and art. These elements come together
to create a vivid synthesis of literary and visual arts. Gloria
has always possessed a special sensitivity and passion for words. In
her mind, words and passages assume a life and vitality of their own,
which she communicates to viewers with her art. Described by the artist
as "Where's Waldo" for grown-ups, her art expresses feelings both
verbally and visually, conveying the written word along with all of the
connotations, thoughts, and images that it evokes. Gloria
was born into a family of gifted writers and artists of myriad ethnic
backgrounds, which has inspired her style. These influences are
expressed in her work and can be seen as Hispanic, Asian, Celtic,
African, Middle Eastern, or even some combination thereof, depending
upon the perspective of the viewer.
Ann Caywood Brown & Hugh Brown: Pastels,
Polaroid Transfers
& Poetry Broadsides
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 8, 6-8pm
Ann Caywood Brown and Hugh Brown are a local couple with varied and
intriguing artistic interests. Ann is a painter and photographer
who
has had many local shows, and who will be bringing a variety of her
work to this Annex Gallery show. Her polaroid transfers are
particularly fascinating, with a blend of the familiar and
fantasy.
Hugh has a most excellent collection of poetic broadsides, fine press
pages of poetry rendered in a visual display that makes the work sing
both in word and display. Some are by famous authors such as John
Updike, and are signed. The Opening Reception is usually held on
the
first Thursday of the month, but we'll take a break on New Year's Day
and celebrate on January 8th instead, with Gene's Jazz Hot playing next
door in the LitArts room.