August 25, 2022
Shooting Without Bullets Dust and Rainbows Tee ☁️🌈
Playing with distortion, repetition, and ancient symbols representing motion and time, this design responds to Langston Hughes’ contemplation of dust and rainbows by asking, “What we see, if we see.”
The pixelated, digital dust of a yearbook portrait of Langston Hughes from his time at Cleveland’s Central high school travels through an optical spiral of infinite time, connecting the experiences of Cleveland youth to a rich legacy of renaissance and resistance pioneered by Black artists like Hughes.
The inclusion of FRONT’s theme on the garment represents the coexistence of dust and rainbows in regenerative ecosystems while uplifting the invisible, ephemeral, and unrecognized in Cleveland.
This limited edition tee is available for purchase at the SWOB x Xhibition Pop – Up Activation at The FRONT PNC Exhibition Hub at Transformer Station, in-store at Xhibition Cleveland locations, and online at the link in our bio!
All profits benefit the SWOB agency. We appreciate your support!
August 25, 2022
FRONT 2022’s pocket guide, the essential resource to navigating your way across the Triennial. When you buy a FRONT 2022 Pocket Guide ($10) and collect a god sticker from each of FRONT’s 11 Presenting Partners, you can receive a free Exhibition Catalog at the end of the triennial ($30 value) while supplies last!
Pocket Guides are available to purchase here at the FRONT PNC Exhibition Hub at Transformer Station, at select Presenting Partner locations, and at FRONT’s online shop.
August 3, 2022
City Stages, the Cleveland Museum of Art’s free acclaimed summer concerts featuring the best in global music, has returned. These block parties will take place in front of Transformer Station, on Wednesdays, August 3 and 10, at 7:30 p.m.
Before or during the concerts, attendees are encouraged to visit Transformer Station, one of 30 venues across Cleveland, Oberlin and Akron participating in the 2022 edition of FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art through October 2. Titled Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows, the free exhibition explores art as an agent of transformation, a mode of healing and a therapeutic process. Staff at the PNC Exhibition Hub at Transformer Station will help visitors plan their journeys through 30 sites, where they will encounter the work of more than 100 contemporary artists.
Transformer Station is located at 1460 W. 29th St. (at the corner of Church Avenue), Cleveland, OH 44113. Normal hours are Wednesday to Sunday, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., but Transformer Station will remain open until 9 p.m. during City Stages. For more information, visit transformerstation.org.
Arrive early and grab dinner and a drink at one of Ohio City’s bars or restaurants or visit one of the local shops. Seating is limited—bring camp chairs and enjoy an evening of music and dancing in the street.
FREE to all.
Dobet Gnahoré (August 3). Photo courtesy of the artist.
Cimafunk (August 10). Photo by Larisa López.
Wednesday, August 10, 7:30 p.m.
Cimafunk
Named by Billboard as a “Top 10 Latin Artist to Watch,” Cimafunk is making a name for himself as one of today’s great showmen, performing an electric live show with his nine-person band from Havana. Cimafunk masterfully blends Afro-Cuban sounds and rhythms with global funk, hip-hop and soul—resulting in a progressive, head-bopping celebration of Black music’s power to eclipse borders and cross-pollinate across cultures.
Street parking as available, or the Lutheran Hospital parking lot is located at West 28th Street and Franklin Boulevard:
