Dr. Sketchy May 26th @GROG SHOP

One of our favorite Dr. Sketchy models, Brenna, will be the model tonight when Dr. Sketchy returns to the Grog Shop. Check it out if you get the chance.

Tuesday, May 26th at the GROG SHOP (2785 Euclid Heights Blvd. in Cleveland Heights.) Doors open at 7:30PM and it goes to around 11PM. Drawing starts at 8PM. Cost is $10.

drsketchycleveland.com features event pictures, drawings and iTune's playlists.

A session consists of a warm-up round
of one to two minute poses, a break, drinks, five and ten minute poses, a break, more drinks, and then as many long poses (15-20 minute) as they can fit in. There are also prizes and contests.

They do have a few rules:
Dry mediums only, as in ink, markers, crayons, pencils, graphite, pastels, etc. If we can clean up with a broom it is good. If you make arrangements with us ahead of time, me may be able to accommodate a very limited number/types of other mediums.
Be respectful. That means no pawing at the models and no asking them out. Hooting and hollering, however, is encouraged.
No photography at the events. Our models are posing for life drawing.
21 and up. This is a drinking event and held in a bar.
Most of all, have fun.

Hessler Street Fair: May 16 and 17th, 11AM 'til Dusk

The Hessler Street Fair begins Saturday at 11AM and goes on until dusk, and again on Sunday. Hessler Street is one block North of Euclid and Mayfield. The fair features music, poetry, and arts, clothing, and food vendors and more.

Check out Sunday's awesome music lineup:

SUNDAY MAY 17th
11AM–6PM
Lost State of Franklin
Umojah Nation
Alex Bevan
Martini 5-0
The Kind Revolution
JiMiller Band
Jim Volk
Tarace Boulba
Mifune
Carlos Jones & The P.L.U.S. Band

Go to www.hessler.org for more information.

Oberlin's "Empty Bowls" Chili Cook-off Benefit 5.16

This is a cool event that Jack Flotte is participating in. The Oberlin Pottery Co-op is hosting an "Empty Bowls" chili cook-off to benefit the Oberlin Food Pantry and raise awareness about hunger in the community. Local potters have donated bowls, and restaurants including Black River and the Feve have donated chili for a picnic in Tappan Square with live music. Choose a bowl, fill it with chili, enjoy a meal, and keep the bowl as a reminder that there is always an empty bowl somewhere. Suggested donation $10.

Sat, May 16 2009 5PM–8PM
Tappan Square, Clark Bandstand
(Tappan Square @state rtes. 58 and 511)

Dr. Sketchy @ Shoparooni Thursday, May 14, 7:30PM

Drs. Aaron and Jason invite you to "Dr. Sketchy @ Shoparooni" on Thursday, May 14 at 7:30PM. A benefit for Waterloo Walls Mural Project, it's in the Shoparooni Annex Gallery, a few doors down from The Beachland.

Dr. Sketchy @ Shoparooni
Thursday, May 14 at 7:30–11PM
Shoparooni Annex Gallery
15813 Waterloo Rd. Cleveland, OH
$10 at the door.

To see more details and RSVP, Click Here

Art House's Urban Bright Reception 5.8 4PM—7PM

You are cordially invited to join us as we celebrate the artistic accomplishments of the students from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District.

Friday, May 8th, 2009.
Student Reception 4-6PM
Funder, Teacher, and Artist Reception 6-7PM
Art House, 3119 Denison Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44109

View student artwork and enjoy refreshments provided by McDonalds.
For more information contact Stephanie Kluk
skluk@arthouseinc.org
216.398.8556

www.arthouseinc.org

Mother's Day Coffee Gift benefits Waiting Child Fund

Mother's Day Coffee Gift
Sunday, May 10th

This Mother's Day give the gift of great coffee that supports a great cause! Send a pound of our locally roasted gourmet coffee:

1 Pound - $9.99 + shipping

Sampler Coffee Box - $23.00 + shipping

3-Month Coffee Subscription - $42.00 (shipping included)

Shop Online

Save-the-Date: Drawn and Quartered 6.6

Drawn and Quartered
June 6, 2009
7PM
Asterisk Gallery
2393 Professor Street
Tremont

Four established figure drawing groups will meet up and draw against time and each other trying to capture the magic of an honest drawing. See costumed models and fiercely competitive artists vying for praise awarded by a participatory audience. Quick sketches juxtaposed with 90 minutes portrait studies all in Asterisk Gallery, Saturday, June 6, 2009.

The groups planning to participate include Dr. Sketchy, Murray Hill, Literary Club and NOIS (Northern Ohio Illustrator's Society).

The fastest caricature artist in Cleveland, Adam Pate, will be on hand as part of one of our competition teams as well as be available for audience portraits.

The public is invited for the first time to witness this intensity and are welcome to comment or join in. Finished art work will be donated by the artists for purchase with the proceeds supporting the gallery.

Refreshments, music, paper and pencils and a lot of working artists will be provided.

Contact: Dana Depew at Asterisk Gallery for more info.

Tremont ArtWalk Friday May 8th

The Tremont ArtWalk, Friday May 8th, begins at 6PM and goes to approx. 9:30PM

Art Openings:

Work by Shannon Meeks and Photographs by Amy Roskilly at Mastroianni Arts (2688 West 14th Street) See right.

Domestic Nature - drawings on wood and paper by Ivy Ma at Brandt Gallery (1028 Kenilworth, www.facebook.com/l/;www.brandtgallery.org)

Megan Louise Dance and Photography by Brooklyn High School Students curated by Christopher Kaspar at Studio 11, (2337 West 11th Street)

The May Show at Asterisk Gallery (2393 Professor, www.facebook.com/l/;www.brandtgallery.org)

and much more.
Information and map available at
www.facebook.com/l/;www.tremontartwalk.org

Dr. Sketchy SATURDAY, May 9th @ Carol & John's Comics

Dr. Sketchy @ Carol & John's Comics
"Comic book themed model"
Dr. Sketchy Cleveland
Saturday, May 9 at 7PM—11PM
Cost is only $10
(Refreshments supplied by Carol & John's Comics)

Click here to see more details and RSVP

drsketchycleveland.com has pictures, drawings and iTune's playlists from the events.
A session consists of one or two models, a DJ, your host and three rounds of poses; a warm up round of one to two minute poses, a break, drinks, five and ten minute poses, a break, more drinks, and then as many long poses (15-20 minute) as we can fit in. There are also prizes and contests.

They do have a few rules:
Dry mediums only, as in ink, markers, crayons, pencils, graphite, pastels, etc. If we can clean up with a broom it is good. If you make arrangements with us ahead of time, me may be able to accommodate a very limited number/types of other mediums.
Be respectful. That means no pawing at the models and no asking them out. Hooting and hollering, however, is encouraged.
No photography at the events. Our models are posing for life drawing.
21 and up. This is a drinking event and held in a bar.
Most of all, have fun.

Films from Film Fest Debut at Cedar Lee 5.8—6.19

FILMS FROM THE 33RD CIFF MAKING THEIR DEBUT AT THE CEDAR LEE
If you missed these films at the 33rd Cleveland international Film Festival (or want to see them again), here's your chance to catch them on the big screen at the Cedar Lee Theatre!

Sugar - Opening Friday, May 8th
Shall We Kiss - Opening Friday, May 22nd
Brothers Bloom, Lemon Tree, and Tyson - Opening Friday, May 29th
Rudo Y Cursi - Opening Friday, June 19th

The Cedar Lee Theatre is located at 2163 Lee Road, Cleveland 44118. Purchase your tickets online at www.clevelandcinemas.com.

Intermuseum Conservation Association Open House for Fashion Week 5.8

Fashion Forward: Caring for Your Textiles Now for the Future
ICA Conservation Center, Cleveland, OH
May 8, 2009, 5PM-7PM

The Intermuseum Conservation Association is pleased to welcome Fashion Week Cleveland attendees and the public to an open house at our Detroit Avenue facility. Textile conservator Jane Hammond will make a brief presentation (at 6:00PM) on issues of preservation around modern clothing materials, and conservators from other disciplines including paper, paintings and three-dimensional objects will be on hand to answer questions and show examples of recent conservation treatments. Light refreshments will be served. This event is FREE of charge; no advanced registration is required.

The Intermuseum Conservation Association (ICA) is the oldest not-for-profit regional conservation center in the United States, dedicated to the preservation of works of art and objects of cultural significance. The ICA provides professional, high quality, and cost-effective services to collecting institutions, corporations, government agencies, and the general public.

Check out the CoolCleveland video feature:
http://www.coolcleveland.com/files/video/ica.html