A Series of Exhibitions

Before the Student and Merit Scholar Exhibitions later this spring, the Galleries at Cleveland State University have one more set of exhibitions. The North Gallery hosts The Ornamental Impulse: Form, Pattern and Color by New York based artist Liz Whitney Quisgard. Tightrope: Walk the Line is a wall installation in the Center Gallery by Cleveland Heights artist and musician Craig Matis. Ron Kroutel’s Go Figure examines the lone figure as his subject matter in this exhibition in the South Gallery. Kroutel is Professor of Art at Ohio University in Athens. Meanwhile, the Media Room hosts Empty Gestures, innovative experiments in video and sound by Tri-C Professor of Art Blake Cook. The exhibitions open with a reception from 5 to 9 tonight. Come early for a Gallery Talk with the artists and organizers. The exhibitions remain on view through Saturday, Arp. 16. Free. (Usmani)