Cleveland Public Theatre is proud to host Brazilian muralist Ananda Nahu, who is developing a mural on site at CMHA Lakeview Terrace Estates, home to CPT’s Brick City Theatre program. Ananda is working in partnership with Cleveland-based artists Gary Williams and Robin Robinson, as well as the residents of Lakeview Terrace to conceive and implement what will be the largest mural in the state of Ohio – transforming the underpass of Route 2 into a vibrant canvas. To view a video interview with Ananda, featured in CAN Journal click here. For a photostream of Ananda’s work, along with youth residents of Lakeview Terrace, visit Ananda’s Instagram page.
Local and international artists working together to create public art legacy projects
CLEVELAND (Sept. 23, 2016) – By the end of 2016, the Hingetown area in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood will be home to several public-scale visual art pieces, a legacy of a unique collaboration of international and local artists who are spending the next three months living and working together through the Cleveland Foundation’s Creative Fusion program.
Launched in 2008, Creative Fusion is an international artist residency program that has brought more than 70 artists from around the world to Cleveland. This year, the program is evolving to pair a local artist with a visiting international artist at each of the host arts organizations. Each of the cohorts will also now share a single theme. The Fall 2016 cohort has been dubbed, “Street Art Edition.” Read More ›