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Bruce Conforti uses the front room of his Shaker Heights home as a studio. Photo by Michael C. Butz
Bruce Conforti | Bruce almighty
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Melissa Markwald in her Akron studio.
Who’s Next | Melissa Markwald
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Justin C. Woody at Praxis Fiber Workshop in Cleveland.
Who’s Next | Justin C. Woody
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Aja Joi Grant outside and down the street from her Cleveland studio in the Waterloo Arts District.
Who’s Next | Aja Joi Grant
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Kaetlyn McCafferty in her Lakewood home studio.
Who’s Next | Kaetlyn Mcafferty
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Anthony Warnick in his home studio in Cleveland.
Who’s Next | Anthony Warnick
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Amber N. Ford in her Cleveland studio.
Who’s Next | Amber N. Ford
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Johnson discusses his work inside his studio at Kent State, where he’s an assistant professor and head of the ceramics department.
Peter Christian Johnson | Still standing
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Lane Cooper says she’s always working on multiple works of art at any given time, as evidenced by the contents of her studio in Cleveland’s Waterloo Arts District.
Lane Cooper | Fragmenting the familiar
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Guido presents “Love Doves,” a mural she co-created with Joe Lanzilotta on the West Shoreway retaining wall in Cleveland.
Erin Guido | Painting the town
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Darius Steward stands in front off an abandoned apartment building on Page Avenue in East Cleveland, where he grew up. His childhood home, a building that once stood across the street, has since been torn down.
Darius Steward | Making a statement
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Justin Brennan in his studio at 78th Street Studios in Cleveland’s Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood.
Justin Brennan | Thinking about things
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Natalie Lanese paints in parts of the initial design for “Cavern,” which was later installed on a much larger scale, at her home studio.
Natalie Lanese | Working the multidimensional
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Dana Oldfather| A beautiful mind
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Wiggle, Giggle, Jiggle Jimmy Kuehnle’s latest work, “Wiggle, Giggle, Jiggle,” will be on view in the Akron Art Museum’s Beatrice Knapp McDowell Grand Lobby and the Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation Gallery through Feb. 19, 2017. For more information, call 330-376-9185 or visit akronartmuseum.org.
Jimmy Kuehnle | Master showman
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John W. Carlson holds his palette self-portrait standing inside his ArtCraft Building studio.
John W. Carlson | A different kind of tension
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Jenniffer Omaitz discusses her marbling – a creative endeavor she undertakes in her spare time – while in her studio in Kent.
Jenniffer Omaitz | Plane speaking
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Storytelling Devices Amber Devon Kempthorn constructs characters and narratives in her art by drawing from personal experiences, music and literature
Amber Kempthorn | Storytelling devices
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Cleveland Print Room founder Shari Wilkins, as well as CPR’s many visitors, can sometimes be found in front of her photo booth’s camera.
Shari Wilkins | Double exposure
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Scott Pickering | Pop! goes the neighborhood
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Tracy Ameen | Day and Night
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Jessica Newell stands below her Cleveland-themed mural in the lobby of the United Bank Building, which is now home to Skylight Financial Group, in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood.
Jessica Newell | What’s old is new again
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Amy Casey | Cities in the sky
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Deb Lawrence | Art on the brain
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