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Category: Tremonster Art
Angelo Merendino’s Pints and Portraits at Forest City Brewery on 3rd Thursdays
A Photographer Walks Into a Bar — and Gives You a Portrait.
Cleveland Photographer Angelo Merendino Brings Free Black-and-White Portraits to Forest City Brewery …Next Session on August 20
What happens when a professional photographer sets up a studio inside a brewery during happy hour and invites complete strangers to sit for a portrait?
For Cleveland photographer Angelo Merendino, the answer has been a room full of people, conversation, and laughter — twice.
Continue readingThe Pretentious Cleveland Portrait Artists Celebrate 20 Years
Tim Herron and participant Duane Dickson spoke with The Tremonster when we stopped in on The Pretentious Cleveland Portrait Artists for their 20th anniversary during a regularly scheduled portrait artist and model break.
by Timothy Herron and Brian Pierce
In June/July we will be our 20th year, beginning in 2005 in the back of a small bar in the Tremont area of Cleveland called the Literary Café, which was run by Andy Timithy and Linda Baldizzi. Brian Pierce and I just wanted steady practice drawing portraits and offered the patrons our drawings in exchange for posing in order to save some money and not toss the drawing in the basement or closet. Overhearing a fellow patron explain to his friend in a private conversation that Tremont was filled with pretentious artists provided us with a name for our drawing group.
Continue readingThe Movement Project: patch[works] voices amplified

by Rebecca J. Leuszler
Inspired by the vibrant sounds of electronic composers Laurie Spiegel and Suzanne Ciani, The Movement Project welcomes you to patch[works] voices amplified, an evening of new works set to the groundbreaking sounds of electronic music’s unsung trailblazers. Join us July 17th at the Pivot Center as we transport audiences through a visceral movement experience filled with brilliant sounds, hypnotic color and intricate patterns in this exuberant exploration of movement and sound.
PERFORMANCE DETAILS
Date: Saturday July 17th, 2021
Location: Pivot Center 2937 W 25th St, Cleveland, OH 44113 (Tremont)
Parking: Free onsite parking lot.
Price: $16 (Online Pre-sale Only)
Time & Schedule of Events: 6:00 pm (SHOW 1) & 8:00 pm (SHOW 2)
To ensure the safety of all our patrons, performers and staff, TMP has created a responsible evening of works to be enjoyed in a distant setting. Below are details on how the evening’s events will unfold.
When patrons purchase their tickets, they will be assigned an arrival time for check-in to ensure social distancing.
Arrival/Check-In Times
SHOW 1 (6:00 PM):
Group 1 Arrival/Check-In: 5:30 – 5:40 pm
Group 2 Arrival/Check-In: 5:40 – 5:50 pm
SHOW 2 (8:00 PM):
Group 1 Arrival/Check-In: 7:30 – 7:40 pm
Group 2 Arrival/Check-In: 7:40 – 7:50 pm
To purchase tickets, learn more about this performance and to review all safety protocols and procedures in place visit our website: http://www.themovementproject.org/jul-17-patchworks
COVID-19 Dances in Safe Spaces: Sarah Morrison “Social Distancing with my TP”
New Facebook page launched to encourage artists to connect with socially distant audiences by innovating new work in isolation.
Visit the “Covid-19 Dances in Safe Spaces” on Facebook, hosted by MorrisonDance, for this full piece and upload or view works by other artists. This page has been created to encourage movers /artists to find creative ways to “Socially Connect” while we are barraged with “Social Distancing.”
The Pretentious Cleveland Portrait Artists – Virus Isolation

For the benefit of all Tremonsters, anywhere, TheTremonster.org added a gallery page sharing artwork from The Pretentious Cleveland Portrait Artists – Virus Isolation, including the above, “Six Eyes,” from Anne Lyon. The Pretentious Cleveland Portrait Artists (search Facebook for Tim Herron) was formerly The Pretentious Tremont Artists of the Literary Cafe.
Continue readingThe Temple of Lost Love Valentine’s Event Feb 14th

Cleveland Dance Fest Returns 11/8 and 11/9
by Irene Honora After three successful years, The Movement Project is at it again…the Cleveland Dance Fest is almost here, Tremonsters! On Friday, November 8th, and Saturday, November 9th, at Pilgrim Church (2592 W. 14th St.), this 2-day festival will feature two evening performances of new works by Cleveland and…
