Art Connection

Interconnected

Kirk Whipple and Marilyn Morales are a husband and wife piano duo who have been playing together for over two decades. Their talent as pianists and composers has brought them all over the world. Ohio-based artist Anita Maharjan has been creating art in the United States for over a decade. Through her woven installations, she connects to her Nepali culture and comments on contemporary materiality. Denise Wall’s dance energy is an award-winning studio in Virginia that has turned out a series of extraordinary students excelling in the field of dance. Two of those students are John Chappell and Caden Hunter who were accepted into the prestigious Juilliard School for Dance.

Honoring

On August 4th, 2019, a mass shooting occurred in the Oregon district of Dayton, Ohio. In response, four local artists came together to create a public art memorial for those affected. In 2009, fashion designer Prabal Gurung launched his collection and since then, has made a significant impact on American fashion. We find out more about his aesthetic and his work with the non-profit Gold House. Jace Wertz is a stop motion animator from Hudson, Florida. We learn more about his creative filmmaking process and hear from other stop motion animators. In New York, Ruth Varley fashions jewelry from nature. For over twenty years, this jewelry artisan has been designing wearable art inspired by the natural world.

Journey of a Lifetime

We traveled to the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico, to get an inside look at the exhibition “La Cartonería Mexicana,” which displays over one hundred historic sculptures made out of paper and paste. We met grammy-award winning operatic baritone Will Liverman. A career that has carried him across the country and around the world, his musical journey began at the governor’s school for the arts in Norfolk, Virginia. In Ohio, students and recent graduates of the Cleveland Institute of Art are being given the exciting opportunity to celebrate America's pastime by creating one-of-a-kind posters for a minor league baseball team.

Our Environment

Isamu Noguchi was one of the most significant artists of the twentieth century. In 1985, he founded a museum dedicated to his work. Located in Queens, New York, “The Noguchi Museum” features the artist’s innovative sculptures, drawings, and models. As part of the front triennial, a public contemporary art exhibition in Ohio, artist Abigail Deville created a two-part sculptural installation that shines a light on the culture and history of Cleveland. At the Utah Museum of Fine Arts in Salt lake City, AIR is made visible in a contemporary art exhibition that underscores its importance. The work of artists, poets, engineers, and designers is shown, as well as posters by student artists.