Canvas magazine, published three times each year, spotlights Northeast Ohio’s strong and growing arts and entertainment community and serves as a resource for residents and visitors who desire to interact with and within that community.
Editor
Rebecca Meiser
To reach Becky, write to editor@canvascle.com.
Canvas is published by the Cleveland Jewish Publication Company, 23880 Commerce Park, Beachwood, OH 44122.
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Canvas awards
2023 Ohio Society of Professional Journalists
- First place in “best religion reporting” was awarded to editor Amanda Koehn for stories she wrote across three CJPC publications: CJN, Canvas and Jstyle, the CJPC’s Jewish lifestyle magazine. The three stories submitted for the category were: “Diane Therese Pinchot’s sculptures search the world for what’s sacred” (Canvas), “Shaker Heights native makes modest fashion accessible, aspirational” (Jstyle) and ”Rabbi Weiss suspended following arrest” (CJN).
- Second place in “best arts reporting” was awarded to Koehn for stories written for both Canvas and the CJN. The winning stories were “Artists Archives exhibit explores chronic illness, disability and inclusion from the perspectives of artists” (Canvas), “Diane Therese Pinchot’s sculptures search the world for what’s sacred” (Canvas) and ”Israeli artist brings healing urban art creations to Cleveland” (published in both the CJN and Canvas).
- First place for “best personality profile” was awarded to Koehn for “Diane Therese Pinchot’s sculptures search the world for what’s sacred”
- Second place in “best general news story” was awarded to Meghan Walsh for “After young stars win big in local performance competitions, what comes next?”
- First place in the “best trade publication” category
- First place for “cover design” of the Canvas’ spring 2022
2023 All Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards from The Press Club of Cleveland
- First place in “Visuals Covers, General Circulation” was awarded to design manager Stephen Valentine for Canvas’ spring 2022 cover.
- Third place in “Magazines General, Circulation Features: Personality Profile” was awarded to editor Amanda Koehn for “Diane Therese Pinchot’s sculptures search the world for what’s sacred”
2022 All Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards from The Press Club of Cleveland
- Second place for “Visuals: Single Page Design” was awarded to design manager Stephen Valentine for a body of work that included the Canvas’ spring 2021 cover.
- Third place for “Visuals: Single Page Design – Magazine” was awarded to Valentine for “Remembering John W. Carlson”
- Third place in “General Circulation Magazines Features: Art” was awarded to editor Amanda Koehn for “Who’s Next” Winter 2021 issue
- Second place in “best magazine website”
2021 All Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards from The Press Club of Cleveland
- First place for “single-page design, magazine in the visuals category” was awarded to design manager Stephen Valentine for Canvas Winter 2020 cover.
- Second place for “art features in the general circulation magazines category” was awarded to editor Amanda Koehn and reporter Jane Kaufman for their “Who’s Next” package on emerging artists.
- Second place in “best magazine website”
2020 All Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards from The Press Club of Cleveland
- Third place in “best magazine website”
2019 Ohio Society of Professional Journalists
- First place in the “best of show – best special publication” category
- First place in the “best arts reporting” category was awarded to editor Michael C. Butz for a body of work that included “Call to action: HEDGE Gallery’s ‘Don’t Be Still’ stirs emotions, spurs conversation about gender inequality,” “Peak performance: CityMusic Cleveland strives for more as it approaches its 15th season” and “Change Agents,” a profile package of artists effecting social change through their work.”
- Second place in the “best trade publication” category
- Second place for “best special section” in best of show for “Change Agents.”
- Second place for “best trade publication” website.
2019 All Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards from The Press Club of Cleveland
- First place in the “reviews/criticism – single article” category was awarded to editor Michael C. Butz for “Call to Action: HEDGE Gallery’s ‘Don’t Be Still.’“
- Second place in the “general circulation magazines – features: art” category was awarded to editor Michael C. Butz for “Change Agents.”
2018 Ohio Society of Professional Journalists
- First place for “best trade publication” website.
- Second place in the “best arts reporting” category was awarded to editor Michael C. Butz for a body of work represented by “Making a statement,” a profile of visual artist Darius Steward that appeared in the fall 2017 issue of Canvas; “Unearthed gems,” a fall 2017 preview of exhibitions at The Sculpture Center and the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve that both featured Lilian Tyrrell’s “Disaster Blankets”; and “TEXT books,” a CanvasCLE.com review of “Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks,” the Cleveland Museum of Art’s exhibition revolving around Jean-Michel Basquiat’s notebooks.
- Second place in the “best arts profile” category was awarded to editor Michael C. Butz for “Making a statement.”
- Second place in the “best special publication” category.
- Second place in the “best trade publication in Ohio” category.
2018 Ohio Associated Press Media Editors
- Second place in the “best graphics artist” category was awarded to CJPC Design Manager Stephen Valentine for a body of work that included “Who’s Next?,” a feature in the Spring 2018 issue.
2017 Ohio Society of Professional Journalists
- Second place in the “best trade publication” category was awarded to Canvas for work represented in the spring/summer 2016 issue and fall/winter 2016 issue.
- Second place in the “best of show – best special publication” category was awarded to Canvas for work represented in the spring/summer 2016 issue.
- Second place in the “best art reporting” category was awarded to editor Michael C. Butz for a body of work that included “A beautiful mind,” which appeared in the fall/winter 2016 issue; “Akron art,” which appeared in the fall/winter 2016 issue; and “The fine art of buying,” which appeared in the spring/summer 2016 issue.
- First place in the “best cover design” category for trade publications was awarded to designer Jon Larson for his body of work that included the spring/summer 2016 cover and the fall/winter 2016 cover (as well as the summer 2016 cover of Jstyle, one of Canvas’ sister publications).
- Second place in the “best feature design” category for trade publications was awarded to designer Jon Larson for “A beautiful mind,” which appeared in the fall/winter 2016 issue and “A different kind of tension,” which appeared in the spring/summer 2016 issue (as well as “Good to the last designer drop,” which appeared in the issue fall 2016 of Jstyle, one of Canvas’ sister publications).
- First place in the “best arts profile” category was awarded to writer Carlo Wolff for “A different kind of tension,” which appeared in the spring/summer 2016 issue.
2017 All Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards from The Press Club of Cleveland
- First place in the “covers” category for general circulation magazines and Sunday magazines was awarded to designer Jon Larson for the spring/summer 2016 cover.
- Second place in the “features – art” category for general circulation magazines was awarded to editor Michael C. Butz for “A beautiful mind,” which appeared in the fall/winter 2016 issue.
- Third place in the “features – art” category for general circulation magazines was awarded to writer Carlo Wolff for “A different kind of tension,” which appeared in the spring/summer 2016 issue.
2016 Press Club of Cleveland/Ohio Excellence in Journalism
- First place in the “covers” category for general circulation magazines and Sunday magazines was awarded to designer Jon Larson for the spring/summer 2015 cover.
- Second place in the “best magazine in Ohio” category was awarded to Canvas for work represented in the spring/summer 2015 issue and the fall/winter 2015 issue.
- Second place in the “personality profiles” category for general circulation magazines was awarded to writer Jonah Rosenblum for “Day and night,” which appeared in the spring/summer 2015 issue.
- Third place in the “covers” category for general circulation magazines and Sunday magazines was awarded to designer Jon Larson for the spring/summer 2015 cover.
2015 Ohio Society for Professional Journalists
- First place in the “best cover design” category for trade publications was awarded to designer Jon Larson for the fall/winter 2014 cover.
2015 Press Club of Cleveland/Ohio Excellence in Journalism
- Third place in the “covers” category for general circulation magazines and Sunday magazines was awarded to designer Jon Larson for the fall/winter 2014 cover.
