Best is yet to come
I’d be remiss if I didn’t begin my editor’s note for this fall/ winter issue with some news from Canvas’ exciting summer.
In June, Canvas was recognized with three awards from The Press Club of Cleveland during its annual All Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards ceremony. The highest profile recognition came as Canvas placed second overall in the Best Magazine in Ohio category for 2015, which simply said is a credit to the entire team behind the magazine. In addition, “Day and Night,” a Canvas spring/summer 2015 feature story about how emotions and upbringing shape Tracy Ameen’s art, including her unique double-wall pottery, placed second in the category for general circulation magazine personality profiles, and the cover of the spring/summer 2015 issue, which shows Ameen’s hands at work at one of her studio’s potter’s wheels, placed third in the category for general circulation magazine covers. To have our work recognized by our peers in journalism truly was an honor, but by no means do we feel these awards offer us license to rest on our laurels. To the contrary, the bar has been raised, and we hope to build on this success – while continuing to provide you, our reader, with interesting and insightful coverage of the region’s arts scene. To that point, in our newest issue of Canvas, we offer a glimpse into the creative lives of two noteworthy Northeast Ohio artists, abstract painter Dana Oldfather and performance and inflatable sculpture artist Jimmy Kuehnle, both of whom create art that’s getting noticed on a national level. Also in this issue, we make the trip down Interstate 77 to take a closer look at the momentum Akron’s – and Summit County’s – arts scene is gaining, and we offer an overview of smaller – but influential and important – theaters outside of downtown Cleveland’s Playhouse Square that are helping define Northeast Ohio’s theatrical landscape. As always, I invite you to connect with the Canvas community by sharing your thoughts about these stories – or any others available on Canvas’ website, canvascle.com – by writing to me at editor@canvascle.com. Also, if you haven’t already, I encourage you to sign up for the biweekly Canvas e-newsletter at canvascle.com/signup and follow Canvas on Twitter at @CanvasCLE. Those are the best ways to get up-to-date information from Canvas regarding arts coverage and information about upcoming events and openings. Last but not least, if you missed “Day and Night” from 2015, read it at canvascle.com/day-and-night. I hope you enjoy that article as well as all the articles in this issue of Canvas, and it’s my hope that I’ll be sharing even more news about our award-winning editorial and design this time next year.
Editor Michael C. Butz editor@canvascle.com Design Manager Jon Larson
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