Cultural Gardens moves to Cleveland Museum of Art

Posted by on October 11th, 2012

On October 28th, many of the Cultural Gardens will have tables in the Cleveland Museum of Art’s new atrium where they will provide visitors information on their Gardens and nationality community.  Additionally, some of the nationalities will have dance performances to entertain visitors.

See the October 1, 2012 CMS blog posting below for some background information and see the CMA website for more details on the opening day.

Behind the Scenes: The Ames Family Atrium Celebration

Posted on October 1, 2012 by admin
The community celebration of the Ames Family Atrium on Oct. 28 is a time for everyone to come together to mark this important milestone in the life of the museum’s expansion and renovation project. We aim to fill the museum with life, laughter, and family fun on that day and have been working with groups throughout the community to do just that. Inspired by the banners created and used in Cleveland’s One World Day way back in 1996 and 1998, Community Arts has once again reached out to various ethnic groups and communities to create banners that will be included in the celebration.
Groups were invited from Cleveland Cultural Gardens as well as arts, neighborhood, and cultural organizations who have participated in Parade the Circle and other Community Arts event.
During workshops at the Community Arts Studio between August and October, artists gathered in the evenings and on the weekends to create their cotton batik banners and fill them with designs and color.
Among the participants:
African American Cultural Garden
Artistas Latinos Unidos
Arts Collinwood
Dance Israeli! (Hebrew Cultural Garden)
FICA (Federation of India Cultural Associations)
Hellenic Preservation Society (Greek Garden)
Polish Cultural Garden
Sankofa Fine Arts Plus
Tam Tam Magic
Chinese Garden
Slovak Cultural Garden
Here are a few shots of some of the work in process.
Tanya Robinson, Tam Tam Magic, & Robin VanLear discussing color options for their batik banner.
Ellen Meyer & Phyllis Sapell, Dance Israeli!, applying wax in preparation for the second layer of color.
Elin Meyer & Phyllis Sapell, Dance Israeli!, applying wax in preparation for the second layer of color.
Wendy Mahon (Community Arts artist team member) and Sapna Kumar, FICA (Federation of Indian Community Associations of NE OH), discussing color choices for the first dye layer.
Wendy Mahon (Community Arts artist team member) and Sapna Kumar, FICA (Federation of Indian Community Associations of NE OH), discussing color choices for the first dye layer.
Robin Robinson, artist from Sankofa Fine Arts preparing to wax before applying the second dye layer.
Robin Robinson, artist from Sankofa Fine Arts preparing to wax before applying the second dye layer.
Rachel Strongoli, CSU student, laying out the full scale design for the Arts Collinwood batik banner.
Rachel Strongoli, CSU student, laying out the full scale design for the Arts Collinwood batik banner.
Robin VanLear & Wendy Mahon discussing proportions for mixing dyes.
Robin VanLear & Wendy Mahon discussing proportions for mixing dyes.