Canvas Feature on feverdream
Preview of Canvas article on feverdream.
Earlier this year Amanda Koehn from Canvas interviewed a few folks from feverdream to shine a light on our mission for their Spring 2023 issue. We are very happy to talk about the ways we aim to help emerging artists with a speed boost for their career, so to say.
Read the entirety of the article in the virtual magazine on Canvas’ website here! Or read it in blog post form on their website here!
Preview of Canvas article on feverdream.
An excerpt from the article:
Since February, anyone walking or driving around The Shoreway building on West 76th Street in Cleveland’s Battery Park may have been captivated by a 38-foot mural depicting a bright red squid imposed on a lighthouse. The painting gives a sense of mystery and eeriness, and is fitting for its close proximity to the shores of Lake Erie.
However, the mural’s creator and the program that helped it come to life are no longer so mysterious. Cleveland artist Nolan Meyer created his mural, “Lighthouse,” as the first-ever artist in residence with feverdream – a new artists’ residency and community program headquartered in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood. Since launching last August with the residency program, feverdream aims to provide opportunities to Cleveland-area early-career artists who want to better develop their practice.
The residency selects one artist on a rotating cycle to receive funding, time and space to create new self-directed work. As part of it, a mural they create will be displayed on The Shoreway building; Meyer’s painting will rotate out as another artist’s work rotates in early this summer.
Having the money and time to focus wholeheartedly on their artwork can be a rare opportunity for emerging artists, says Christine Grant. She founded feverdream with her husband, Jesse Grant, local artists Erin Guido and John Paul Costello (also a married couple), and Maxmillian Peralta. The goal is to “help the emerging artists here explore more, give them time, resources and space to have the freedom to put the survival mode on hold,” Christine Grant says. Beyond the residency, the fledgling organization also aims to develop opportunities and establish itself as a support system for those building careers making art.
