The Classroom

We’re not sure if it’s a gallery first or a classroom first, nor are we sure that it matters. It’s a place to engage with artwork and a place to gather - a place to exchange, learn, share, and grow. It is home to occasional workshops, frequent classes, and regular exhibitions, so there is always some new craft, art form, or idea to engage. There are always reasons to return.

The space is filled with a rotating exhibition of work from invited artists, mostly from Michigan, but sometimes from further afield. Inviting artists to show their work is our way of establishing connections to the world beyond our little neck of the woods, specifically through artists grappling with climate change and the uncertain future, conveying quintessentially human responses from grief and reconciliation to adaptation and transformation.

The work shown in the Classroom rotates with the seasonal rhythms of the planet, opening new exhibitions around the Equinoxes and Solstices; a small celebration of the one aspect of our climate that will remain steady as far into the future as we can see.


***Please remember that all of the art is made by real, living, working artists. We are moved by the generosity of those who fill our place with art. If it moves you, we strongly encourage you to purchase and take it home.***

Visitation Th/Fr 4-7p, Sa 10a-2p and by appointment.

Write us at cedarnorthtc@gmail.com.

 

ROOM FOR MORE

IAN JOHN SOLOMON

https://www.ianjsolomon.com

May 10, 2025, 5-8PM

Cedar North Classroom Gallery

2312 E Kasson Rd

Cedar, MI 49621

Free and open to all!

 

Ian John Solomon (1997) is an Emmy award winning interdisciplinary artist-journo from Detroit, Michigan. After receiving his B.A. in broadcast journalism and a stint as a congressional reporter in D.C., he found his love for community and storytelling required a more expansive modality. Ian's interdisciplinary lens based practice explores themes of identity, ancestry, community and ecology. Deeply motivated by environment, Ian uses land as foundation for artistic expression and questioning.  

Ian has exhibited and won awards across Michigan and Ohio, including being a 2023 Summer Fellow at Ox-Bow School of Art, 2024 Playground Detroit Fellow and 2024 Cranbrook Art Museum Purchase Award Nominee. Most recently, Ian received two Emmy nominations, an Emmy Award and a First Place award from the Society of Professional Journalists  as host of a PBS-Great Lakes Now series’ Ian Outside’. Ian received his Masters of Fine Art Photography from Cranbrook Academy of Art in May 2024.