Six months ago, Morris was notified that the building was up for sale for possible commercial development. “The artists have frequent potluck critiques of each other’s work, where everyone brings a side dish and offers constructive criticism, and I leave my office door open all the time so artists and visitors can feel free to come in to discuss my work,” Epstein said.
She is the recent recipient of a fellowship from Jewish Arts and Culture Lab, which served to encourage her collage and mixed media art work.Įpstein was attracted to Artful’s nearby location, affordability and sense of community. One artist renting studio space is Ann Epstein, a Beachwood resident and member of Kol HaLev, Cleveland’s Reconstructionist Jewish Community in Pepper Pike. Photo by Artful Cleveland.Īrtful Cleveland is a collaborative nonprofit enterprise whose mission is to bring affordable, quality studio and workshop space to the Heights area, which is home to the largest population of artists in Greater Cleveland. It is the latest component of the Coventry P.E.A.C.E. that was unoccupied since the school closed in 2007 is Artful Cleveland. In Cleveland’s Collinwood neighborhood, long known for its industrial manufacturing, buildings have been transformed into the Waterloo Arts and Entertainment district.Īnd now the 5,376 square feet of the Coventry School building at 2843 Washington Blvd. and American Greetings’ Creative Studios became the 78th Street Studios. On the edge of Gordon Square, 170,000 square feet of the former home of the Baker Electric Motor Vehicle Co. The Coventry area in Cleveland Heights is the latest neighborhood to encourage arts-oriented enterprises by creating studios and galleries, incubators for art-centric businesses and organizations, and performance spaces out of buildings originally designed for another purpose.
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