The Collective Arts Network

Third Friday TONIGHT 5-9 pm @78ststudios Come hang for the launch of @canjournal and check out our new patio hang area! #cleveland #art #artstudios #creativestudio

This Third Friday is the Summer 2026 CAN Journal Launch Party at V&A Gallery! The new CAN Journal cover art is by artist Brian Asquith. You can visit Brian’s gallery, V&A Gallery, at the garden entrance to view more of his work! Also, look for CAN’s drink tent outside in the garden near our 78th Street parking lot entrance. Your beverage purchases benefit CAN Journal. Can’t wait to see you there!

Art, community and creativity came alive at The Hall at St. James this past weekend for @canjournal ‘s annual Buy Art, Buy Ohio benefit! 🎨🖌️✨ The fundraising event kicked off the holiday season with an immersive projection-mapped installation featuring the work of 30+ regional artists, celebrating Cleveland’s vibrant arts community. ✨ We were honored to host such a meaningful evening in support of CAN Journal’s mission to sustain independent arts journalism and strengthen Northeast Ohio’s creative community.

Get your raffle tickets for a chance to win An afternoon of Letterpress Printmaking with Michael Gill! Choose your project, set your type, and print! Make a broadside, or greeting cards, or business cards, or a sign. CAN Journal Executive Director Michael Gill is a woodcut and letterpress printmaker, focused on artist books, which have been exhibited at William Busta Gallery, Tregoning and Company, BAYarts, Massillon Museum, the Alte Fuerwache Gallery in Dresden (Germany) and elsewhere. His next book, Momentum Like Diamonds, will be unveiled with associated woodcut prints at William Busta Projects February 6, 2026. Get your tickets through the link in our bio! 🎟️

Another day, another raffle item 🎟️ Check out our Cleveland Theater Sampler! You get not one night out, but three when you win a pair of tickets to see an upcoming show at each of three venues—Great Lakes Theater, Beck Center for the Arts, and Cleveland Public Theatre! These are among the most interesting theater companies in the region, each with a broad variety of productions every season. Click the link in our bio to see the full list of upcoming productions at each theater and get your tickets before sales close on Saturday!

Another one of our raffle items is a Tour of 78th Street with Dan Bush! Proprietor Dan Bush will show you the galleries and businesses in the biggest arts hive in Ohio, and regale you with stories of its history, from its time as American Greetings’ creative studios, to near abandonment, to the lively art hub it is today. Get your tickets at the link in our bio!

Get your raffle tickets to a Night of Immersion at The Hall at St. James! You get a chance to win this space for your own event—a party in an immersive experience. Create an event for up to 100 people, scheduled at a mutually agreeable time with the Hall at St James Management. Raffle winners will be announced at our benefit this Saturday, November 8th at 8pm. Get your tickets through the link in our bio!

One week for me to dial it in. THE @canjournal fundraiser is 11/8 and I just made something bigger and more complex than anything I’ve ever made, in every conceivable way. Visit @canjournal for tickets. Artist featured: @rynclarkephotography

CAN Journal is proud to announce its upcoming fall fundraiser, Buy Art, Buy Ohio, taking place on November 8th. This celebratory evening will officially kick off the holiday shopping season by showcasing Cleveland’s vibrant arts community, highlighting the work of local artists, and supporting CAN Journal’s mission as a small, grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to covering and connecting the region’s visual arts scene. The evening will begin with an exclusive VIP Hour from 6-7 PM, featuring an open bar, expanded hors d’oeuvres, and early access to the event. General Admission will follow from 7-9 PM, offering a cash bar and catered food for all guests. Throughout the night, attendees will experience CAN You See Me Now, an immersive video installation, enjoy music, and have the opportunity to win rattle prizes featuring locally sourced goods and art. In addition, CAN Journal will debut its Local Holiday Shopping Guide, prior to the release of our Winter magazine issue, designed to spotlight creative makers and organizations across Northeast Ohio. This signature event offers attendees a unique opportunity to learn about local art organizations, connect with artists and fellow supporters, and enjoy a lively evening in celebration of Cleveland’s creative community.

Visit @canjournal , get your tickets. November 8th, 2025

That's @karen_petkovic_artist , an artist in her own right, standing with artist & writer @michael_gill_216 . Without Karen and her extraordinary staff @bayarts_ohio , Dad's show would not have been possible. Karen Petkovic Curated and hung the show in addition to organizing and running the panel along with all she does at BAYarts!🎨 "A thousand, thousand thanks" (to paraphrase Shakespeare) ✍️ And thank you Marissa Siebert for this magnificent photo 📸! #americanart #artgallery #artcriticism #clevelandart #clevelandartist #artforsale #artmuseum #artcollectors #midcenturymodern

Ron Sims II solo exhibition, Altars & Amplifiers, was recently reviewed in CAN Journal by fellow graffiti artist, @bob_peck_art . Peck states, “In a lighthearted tone over dinner this evening, just a few days after the opening, Ron called us “graffiti cousins,” and it really sums up who we are. Ron was mentored by Sano, a Cleveland graffiti pioneer who founded the 1980s crew Doin’ Everything Funky (or D.E.F. for short). Sano went on to form a new crew in the early ’90s called Cleveland Scribe Tribe, and Ron became a member under the pseudonym Tace, a name he used to tag throughout Cleveland and paint colorful pieces along the RTA Red Line.” Ron has thoughtfully curated the exhibition to show pieces from his days as a graffiti artist in the 90’s to new paintings focusing on portraiture. The range of artwork expands on his use of motifs and symbolic language that he has been developing over the decades. If you haven’t seen Altars & Amplifiers yet, make sure to stop Suite 215 Gallery. Altars & Amplifiers is on view through September 27th.