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
Amanda Koehn
To reach Amanda, call 216-342-5214 or 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
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.
