June O’Neil’s textile construction piece, Ohio, has been installed at the Rocky River Library.  The Women’s Committee of the Rocky River Library purchased this piece and gifted it to the library. 

June works with raw edge applique.  The edges of the fabric are exposed and give her work a great deal of texture, places for the light to bounce and create shadows.  June is able to manipulate the fabric in a way that creates movement and energy within the piece.  More of June’s work can be found at RED DOT Project.  Check out this detail of Ohio:

Twenty RED DOT Project artists are involved in INGENUITY 2007!   We hope you will join us at the festival (July 19 – 22) to take a look at what we’ve been up to as a part of an ”ingenious” partnership.  You’ll see the work of the work of Melissa Daubert, Artemis Herber, Rita Montlack, PR Miller, Seth Chwast, and James Massena March as well as artist members with work on exhibition in “The Art of Space” exhibit produced by Studio Graphique in celebration of their 10th anniversary and in the Artists Market. 

We’ll be providing you with regular updates, and hope you will join us tonite at Ingenuity Guest Bartender Night ——-

Thursday, July 12 – 5:30 to 7:30 PM

The Club at Key Center, 127 Public Square

The Club at Key Center’s Guest Bartender Night with Special Guests from the 2007 Ingenuity Festival Executive Director James Levin and Associate Director Rich Weiss. James and Rich will serve up cocktails ($4.00 Drink Special – Bartender’s Choice) and collect tips for Ingenuity. All cash tips and donations go directly to the 2007 Festival so you truly can make a difference. Give us a call at 216.241.1272 and let us know you’re coming.

and at the Pre-Party Club Night

Saturday, July 14 – 9:00 PM to 2:30 AM

Anatomy Nightclub and Ultra Lounge, 1299 W. 9th Street

Celebrate the start of Ingenuity 2007 at the official Festival pre-party featuring the electro and dance rock music of DJs Le Castle Vania from Atlanta and Lazaro Casanova from Miami. These two hot shots are tearing up the U.S. club scene. $5 cover / 21+ www.anatomycleveland.com

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT INGENUITY, VISIT  http://www.ingenuitycleveland.com/

RED DOT Project artist Mark  Howard‘s new mural for Lorain County Community College’s Stocker Arts Center is being installed and will be “unveiled” on July 23, 2007 at the Stocker Arts Center “Spotlight” event, where the 2007 -2008 Stocker Arts Center Season will also be released.  The mural was designed to “tell the story of the Stocker Arts Center” and to paint a picture of what happens at the Stocker Arts Center, for the public and students in the Arts and Humanities department.  The mural project was part of an innovative learning opportunity created for painting students at LCCC, who  learned about the process of creating public art by assisting Mark as he executed the mural. Mark Howard has created numerous other public art installations in Northeast Ohio, including murals at The Cleveland Public Library, The Cleveland School of the Arts, Oriana House, and Rocky River Middle School.  He is best known for his 600′ laser cut steel public art installation at Cleveland Hopkins Airport, and is currently working on several integrated art projects for Cleveland’s RTA Euclid Corridor Project.

Photo – Mark, Nick and Tim from Eikona, LCCC students who participated in the project

Artists get paid, companies have artwork for their walls.

Leasing provides another source of revenue for the artist, clients may choose to rotate the artwork every 4 – 6 months, and employees can be inspired, motivated, or at the very least take notice of the creativity that surrounds them.

Lori Diemer’s Classic Cars in the Boardroom of the M. F. Cachat Company in Lakewood