Dear Members and Friends of Heights Arts, we wanted to share with you that we have collaborated with the Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) this year. Specifically, we are a CIFF44 Community Partner for the film Marona’s Fantastic Tale, and we wanted…
Heights Arts Welcomes New Poet Laureate By Amanda Bohn The Heights Writes Community Team of Heights Arts has chosen Ray McNiece as the next Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate. The two-year appointment begins this month. Says executive director Rachel Bernstein, “The Cleveland Heights…
Please enjoy this poetry reading of Light Work by Heights Arts board president, Tamar Cloyd. Would you like to contribute to Heights Arts’ Random Acts of Art, initiative? Click Here for more information. To View all contributions to Random Acts of Art,…
The Heights Arts Ekphrastacy literary program is a series of artist talks + poetry readings held regularly in the Heights Arts gallery, in conjunction with our special exhibitions. Cleveland-area writers are invited by the current Poet Laureate and Heights Writes…
Fight for Life by Damien McClendon after F(I)ight for Life by Denise Ziganti All the big and little creatures in cages Thinking out loud This must be how it feels to be human Denise Ziganti, Artist: My creation is representative…
Decorative Philosophy by Amanda Stovicek D’Alessandro after Gotham Deluge by Tammy Green There’s something about a myth born in water the carapace of calcium you call your body, open under the wet sky and breathing bubbles. When you washed ashore…
Heights Arts invites poets to apply for our 2020-2021 Season.
By: Bill Schubert For while the tale of how we suffer, and how we are de- lighted, and how we may triumph is never new, it always must be heard. There isn’t any other tale to tell, It’s the only light we’ve…
Heights Arts, located just down the street from Cleveland Heights High School, is accepting applications from rising Juniors at HHS to serve on its Exhibition Community Team (ECT). This is an opportunity for students to experience a “behind-the-scenes” look into the process…
Heights Arts Welcome New Poet Laureate By: Kristen McDowell A Youngstown native, McClendon moved to the Cleveland area when he was 13. He is a recent graduate of Kent State University, where he majored in Pan-African Studies. He now lives in…