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A Nonprofit Arts Organization Supporting NE OH with Exhibition Space + Gallery Shop + Concerts + Literary Programs = Community! Join us! #heightsarts

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Join us Thursday, July 23rd at 7:00pm for Ekphrastacy: Artists Talk, Poets Respond! Poets Sam Oguntoyinbo, Tes Roberts, and Marcia Camino join Heights Poet Laureate Michelle R. Smith to perform original works inspired by the exhibitions on view: Beyond Perception and Amelia Casiano in the spotlight gallery. Visit the link in our bio to RSVP for this free event!✏️Featured Poets: Host Michelle R. Smith is a writer, poet, educator, cultural facilitator, and native Clevelander. She is the 2025-2027 Heights Poet Laureate, Programming Director for Literary Cleveland, and author of the poetry collections Ariel in Black (2015) and The Vagina Analogues (2020). Her work has appeared in The Normal School, The Gasconade Review, New Note Poetry, Merge Magazine, and io Literary Magazine, among other publications. She is also the creator, co-producer, and director of BLAX MUSEUM, an annual February performance showcase for Northeast Ohio artists open to all forms and dedicated to honoring notable Black figures in American history and culture. Tessa Roberts is a poet, visual artist, and graduate student in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Kent State University. Her work explores memory, grief, relationships, and the natural world through a blend of vivid imagery and reflective observation. She lives in Ohio with her partner and their black Labrador, Georgie.Sam Oguntoyinbo (he/him) is a Nigerian-American writer and spoken word poet from Solon, Ohio. He recently graduated with a B.A. in English from Yale University, where he was named a 2025 Yale College Poet and had his poems archived in the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. He has also been published in Mudfish Magazine and the Yale Literary Magazine.Marcia Camino, M.F.A., is a longtime poet, diarist, and lover of arts. She’s published two books of poetry and is currently working on a project that combines text and 2-D design and is inspired by a world she created in honor of some of her favorite places in New England. She lives in Berea, Ohio.#heightsarts #communityarts #cleveland #clevelandheights #ᴘᴏᴇᴛʀʏᴄᴏᴍᴍᴜɴɪᴛʏ by @heightsarts

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Join us Thursday, June 18 for the Opening Reception of Beyond Perception and Spotlight: Amelia Casiano!Heights Arts2175 Lee Rd.5-8pm, Cash bar + light snacksFREE, rsvp: https://www.heightsarts.org/event/50316/We are excited to offer many accessibility features:✨A Mobile Sensory Vehicle will be parked in the adjacent pocket park for the entirety of the event, creating a calm space for people who may feel overwhelmed at community events. Thank you to the Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disability for providing this service!✨Wheelchair access. A ramp is available from the parking garage, accessible parking spaces are located nearby, and an accessible drop-off zone is available on Lee Road directly in front of the building.✨Visual descriptions of artwork✨Plain language materials✨Braille materials✨Sensory equipmentIf you have specific accessibility needs or accommodation requests, please speak with a staff member or contact us in advance by phone 216-371-3457, or email heightsarts@heightsarts.org .#heightsarts #localart #cleveland #gallery #beyondperception #ameliacasiano by @heightsarts

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Exciting things are coming to the Coventry & Cedar-Lee districts in Cleveland Heights. Congratulations to the final artists selected to create public art installations this summer! Stay tuned for more info in the coming months. #HeightsArts #CoventryRoad #CedarLeeArtsDistrict #ClevelandHeights #PublicArt #Summer2026The selected artists: Thao Nguyễn: @CainParkBicycle Building, 1904 Lee Road @ @thaon_art Crystal Miller and Ewuresi Archer at the @centraloutreach Wellness Building, 2040 Lee Road @crymuseum @ewuresi.archerArlin Graff at the @CedarLeeTheatre, 2163 Lee Road @arlin_graffDante Rodriguez at the Green Olive Building, 2214 Lee Road @arteesgratisRaphael Valdivieso at the @cozumelclevelandheights Restaurant Building, 2196 Lee Road @raffostudioJustin Michael Will at the @anatoliacafe_cleveland Office Building, 2280 Lee Road @justinmichaelwillJordan Wong at Coventry's north end @wongface.studioMark Shioiri-Clark at Coventry's south end @marikaclarkAll are encouraged to share this post with friends, family, constituents, and followers–let's spread the word about this incredible project! by @heightsarts

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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, please visit the link in our bio. We hope to see you there! 🎤✏Heights Arts 2175 Lee Rd, Cleveland, OH 44118 #poetrycommunity #clevelandheights #clevelandpoetry #CommunityArt #artsorganization #ClevelandOhio #SupportLocalArt #heightsarts by @heightsarts

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We're introducing Andrew Reach @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."#HeightsArts #BeyondPerception #ClevelandArts #DisabilityArt #DigitalArt #Sculpture #ArtExhibition #CommunityArts #ArtAndDisability #ClevelandHeights #LocalArtists #ArtInnovation by @heightsarts

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✨🎨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.#HeightsArts #ArtistOfTheMonth #ClevelandArts #BlackFuturism #MixedMediaArt #VisualArt #LocalArtist #ArtExhibition #SupportLocalArtists #CommunityArts by @heightsarts

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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 at the link in our bio #clevelandpoetry #heightsarts #clevelandheights #poetry #poetrycommunity by @heightsarts

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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 sell your art! ⭐To learn more and apply to our Holiday Store, visit our website through the link in our bio! ⭐ by @heightsarts

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🛍️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 #HeightsArts #ShopLocal #ClevelandArtists #GalleryStore #CainParkFest #Ceramics #MiniVases by @heightsarts

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We had so much fun this past weekend at Cain Park Arts Fest! Swipe to see some of our favorite moments at the Heights Arts table! It was so great to meet so many friendly and talented artists and community members. Whether you are an old friend or new, thanks for coming by the Heights Arts table! And thank you to the team at Cain Park for all of their efforts in making this weekend come together. We love being a part of the Cleveland Heights community! If you didn't get the chance to visit us this weekend, or have any questions about our programs or opportunities for artists, please visit our website at the link in our bio. #ClevelandOhio #clevelandheights #artsorganization #CommunityArt #HeightsArts by @heightsarts

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We're introducing Meg Matko @coeur_noir.studio , one of the artists featured in Beyond Perception, an exhibition exploring how disability shapes artistic practice, process, and perspective.Matko is an interdisciplinary artist whose work examines female identity, emotional labor, illness, and vulnerability through sculpture, performance, and gesture. Drawing from her lived experience with Endometriosis and chronic illness, she creates deeply personal works that explore the relationship between the body, pain, and resilience.Her featured sculptures are casts of her own torso and pelvis constructed entirely from paper. Referencing the body as a keeper of memory and experience, these vessel-like forms contain traces of what is carried beneath the surface, reflecting the hidden realities of chronic illness and the adaptations required to live with it."As 1 in 10 women do, I have learned to hold this disease, carrying it around with me quietly, adapting how I function and interact with the world." #HeightsArts #BeyondPerception #DisabilityArt #ClevelandArts #CommunityArts #ChronicIllness #EndometriosisAwareness #WomenArtists #ArtExhibition #SculptureArt by @heightsarts

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