AAWR Announcements
AAWR Health & Safety Protocol: The health and safety of our community is still of upmost importance to the Artists Archives. If you are not vaccinated, please consider wearing a mask while inside the gallery. If you choose not to wear a mask, please respect the choice of others to do so. Feeling ill? Please, stay home and visit another time when you are feeling better. Thank you for your continued consideration!
Exhibitions & Events
Programs
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Remembering John Jackson: A Community Gathering
In 2006, the art world was rocked by the double homicide of sculptor John Jackson and photographer Masumi Hayashi in the building where they lived and kept studios on the West Side of Cleveland. While nearly two decades later the tragedy of their deaths still looms large, what truly endures o...
February 11 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
On Wednesday, October 12, 2022, the Artists Archives presented the Accessibility in the Arts Virtual Panel Discussion (learn more…)
On July 23, 2022, in partnership with moCa Cleveland, the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve presented CAN X FRONT, a discussion with Front Executive Director Fred Bidwell and CAN Executive Director Michael Gill (learn more...)
As a continuation of our goal to increase the visibility of Ohio’s African American artists, the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve has established a fund to overcome financial barriers that can inhibit regional artists of color from archiving their work... (read more & donate today!)
AAWR Wins OMA 2021 Award!
AAWR is the winner of the 2021 Ohio Museum Association Award of Achievement - Best Community Partnership (Under $500,000) for the exhibition CONVERGE (learn more...)