Heights Arts

07/28/2026

We're introducing Amelia Casiano as part of Spotlight, a concurrent exhibition in our intimate 100-square-foot gallery, highlighting individual artistic practices.

Casiano is a Cleveland-based mixed media artist whose work explores culture, community, and identity through vibrant color, layered textures, and expressive forms. Drawing from her Puerto Rican heritage and her experiences growing up on Cleveland's West Side, she creates work that reflects both personal history and shared human experiences.

Her paintings bring together paint, texture, and mixed media to create visual dialogues around topics including womanhood, climate change, social issues, and cultural connection. Through bold palettes and dynamic compositions, Casiano explores the relationships between movement and stillness, individuality and community, and the many ways cultures intersect and influence one another.

"The use of forms and colors create a dialogue within my work through landscapes, community, and portraits, demonstrating the connectedness between different cultures."

07/26/2026

It's Christmas in July! While it might be summer outside, here at Heights Arts we are already preparing for our 25th annual Holiday Store. Applications are currently open to artists and makers in Northeast Ohio until August 31st! Swipe to see some picks from last year's Holiday Store and find more information about our call for art. Or, stop in to say hi and during our open hours this week ❄🌟

Slide 1: Print by Eileen Ewen
Slide 2: Holiday Card by Lucy Bailey
Slide 3: Ornament by Cathy Pavia

More information about our Holiday Store Call for Art: https://www.heightsarts.org/call-for-artists-2/

Sunday: 12:00-5:00
Monday: 1:00-7:00
Thursday: 1:00-7:00
Friday: 1:00-8:00
Saturday: 1:00-8:00

2175 Lee Rd, Cleveland, OH 44118

07/23/2026

07/21/2026

Ekphrastacy: Artists Speak & Poets Respond is this Thursday, July 23rd! Don't miss your chance to hear Heights Poet Laureate Michelle R. Smith and featured poets Marcia Camino, Sam Oguntoyinbo, and Tessa Roberts perform their original writing in response to exhibitions Beyond Perception and Spotlight: Amelia Casiano. This event is free and open to the public!

For more information and to RSVP: https://www.heightsarts.org/event/50349/
We hope to see you there! 🌟

Heights Arts
2175 Lee Rd, Cleveland, OH 44118

07/21/2026

We're introducing Andrew Reach, one of the artists featured in Beyond Perception, an exhibition exploring how disability shapes artistic practice, process, and perspective.

Reach is a Cleveland-based multidisciplinary artist whose work bridges digital media, sculpture, and architecture. After a progressive spine disease ended his 21-year career as an architect, he turned to digital art as both a creative outlet and a way to navigate chronic pain. More recently, a commission for an accessible exhibition reintroduced him to three-dimensional work, reconnecting him with his architectural roots.

Using digital modeling, video, original music, and 3D printing, Reach creates hybrid forms he calls "art-itectures"—part sculpture, part architecture. His work explores the intersection of technology, memory, design, and adaptation, transforming personal challenges into opportunities for innovation and discovery.

"I thought I left architecture behind 21 years ago when I stopped practicing. I stopped, not because I wanted to, but because my spine had other plans for me."

07/20/2026

✨🎨Say hello to our July 2026 Visual Artist of the Month: Dejiah Archie-Davis 🎨✨
Dejiah Archie-Davis (b. 1997, Cleveland, Ohio) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores identity, history, memory, and Black futurism through mixed media, photography, video, and collage. By layering color, pattern, texture, and repetition, she transforms familiar images into new visual narratives that examine spiritual connections, environmental change, and Black social experiences. Archie-Davis earned a B.F.A. in Fine Arts from Columbus College of Art and Design and has worked professionally as an artist since 2013. In addition to her practice as an artist, photographer, filmmaker, and curator, she has taught arts education for over five years. Her work has been exhibited at venues including Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, The Carnegie, and Beeler Gallery, and she recently served as a juror for the Ohio Shorts Film Festival at the Wexner Center for the Arts.

07/18/2026

Featured poet Sam Oguntoyinbo speaks on some of his inspiration for his poetry ahead of our July Ekphrastacy! Hear from Sam and our other amazing featured poets on July 23rd in the gallery!

🌟Ekphrastacy: Artists Speak + Poets Respond
🗓Thursday, July 23rd at 7:00pm
✏Free! Please RSVP here: https://www.heightsarts.org/event/50349/

07/17/2026

It might be 90 degrees outside, but it is not too early to apply to be featured in Heights Arts' 25th Annual Holiday Store! Our call for artists is open now until August 31st 🎨 If you are based in Northeast Ohio and make handmade goods, functional items, winter holiday themed works, or unique gifts, we want to hear from you!

⭐Learn more and Apply here! ⭐
https://www.heightsarts.org/all-artists/call-for-visual-artists-sell-your-work/

07/17/2026

🛍️Exciting New Consignor alert!🛍️

We are thrilled to have Cristine Rom join our gallery store! After dedicating 35 years to the Cleveland Institute of Art, Cristine found her passion for ceramics in retirement—and we’re so glad she did. Her signature mini vases (all under 6" tall!) are full of character and perfect for showcasing your favorite summer blooms. 🌸 Discover Cristine’s creations at Heights Arts— Support local art, find a unique gift, or treat yourself to something special.

Stop in this weekend:
Fri/Sat: 1pm–8pm
Sun: 12pm–5pm