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The Allen will be closed on April 9 in observance of Easter.
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Learn MoreJanuary 25 - August 20, 2023
In Education Hallway
January 25 - August 20, 2023
In Education Hallway
Last fall, Michelangelo Lovelace’s These Urban City Streets sparked conversations about place and belonging through its honest and loving depiction of inner-city Cleveland. In Lovelace’s painting, vibrant signage animates streets full of faceless people, bringing them to life through the energy of the text.
This exhibition responds to Lovelace by looking at how we engage with the words that surround us, whether that be advertising copy created for commercial gain or emotion-based human language. Four artworks by David Drebin, Walker Evans, Jenny Holzer, and Ernest C. Withers help us become aware of the conversations happening silently around us through the language of the streets.
OC 2022, Curatorial Assistant in Academic Programs
February 14, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.
Julia Alexander, Curatorial Assistant in the Office of Academic Programs, will explore how protest music, signage, and other creat...
May 4, 2023 at 5:30 p.m.
Join us as Cleveland-based musicians explore place and belonging in an evening of creative response to the current exhibition The ...
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