Tregoning & Company

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About T&Co.

T&Co is located in the 78th Street Studios Center and is an important contributor to the dynamic Detroit Shoreway District of west Cleveland.

T&Co offers two spacious galleries within its five thousand square foot space, that have been repeatedly acclaimed as the finest commercial galleries in the region.

Artworks from 17th century old masters to 21st century contemporary art are available for viewing and purchase.

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BREAKING NEWS and EVENTS

78th Street Studios - Third Friday Art Walks featured on WKYC 3

CLEVELAND -- The building is a former automotive factory and once was the American Greetings headquarters. Now the 78th Street Studios is the largest fine art complex of it's kind in Northeast Ohio and it's drawing artists and crowds to the Gordon Square art district every month.

Although the building takes up the majority of a city block, it still feels like a hidden gem. Inside, 47 creative businesses occupy different creative spaces on three floors.

CURRENT EXHIBIT (opening reception May 17, 2013)

Fred Gutzeit Sig-Nature: Recent Paintings and Prints

Cleveland Institute of Art graduate and New York City based artist Fred Gutzeit will be the focus of a solo exhibition of his recent paintings and prints. Gutzeit achieves brilliantly colored artworks through photographs, watercolors, and computer manipulation. Rooted in the street graffiti seen throughout New York City and Brooklyn in particular, the artist transforms that graffiti into op-art abstraction. Atop eye-popping patterns, he signs his paintings in a swirling script. Initial responses to these artworks belie the deeper aspect of them. Gutzeit expresses it more completely:

This is a complete body of work about identity. Our signatures are self portraits. Graffiti and tags are stylized signatures. The embroidered dish towel is an identity. This personal calligraphy is to me a sign of consciousness. It’s the ego fit to the limit of the body--the character of our handwriting.

For this body of work I’ve taken people’s signatures, employing the first and last initial for the most part (“YI-sig” is based on Chinese characters). These have been my ‘Cezanne apples’ and ‘Mont St. Victoire’–motifs to work from.

Musings on science that touched on quantum mechanics, string theory, and current speculation about “multiverses”-- brought me to wonder about consciousness. How could I represent human consciousness in thinking about nature? It seemed like I was looking for--human-nature! All my life, in my artwork, I’ve in some way included “line”. I had tried to use my own signature as the beginning of an artwork. I’ve come to think of how we write our names, signatures, handwriting--as an emblem of consciousness. I did a series of drawings from signatures--using the first and last initials of friends’ names.

Fred Gutzeit Sig-Nature will open on Friday, May 17th with a Reception for the Artist from 5 to 9pm as part of the monthly Third Friday event all throughout the 78th Street Studios complex. The exhibition will continue through Saturday June 8th.

Tregoning & Company’s spacious galleries and its roster of thought provoking, provocative, and high quality exhibitions continues this month as T&Co celebrates its 31st anniversary serving the Northern Ohio region and Greater Cleveland in particular.

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UPCOMING EVENT (May 28, 2013)

The Myers’ House Salute: Cleveland School Art, 1910 – 1969
May 28th thru September 1st 2013

On Tuesday, May 28th, 2013 from 11:00pm to 5:00pm The Shaker Historical Society (SHS), 16740 South Park Blvd. hosts an exhibition presented by Tregoning and Company, a celebrated Cleveland fine arts gallery, that will pay tribute to the Louis and Blanche Myers house built in 1910 and bequeathed to the SHS in 1969. Tregoning will exhibit art works from the renowned Cleveland School using paintings that tell stories about each decade or period in Cleveland’s history from 1910-1969. The exhibit runs from Tuesday, May 28th to Sunday, September 1, 2013.

On Friday, June 7th 2013 at 7:00 pm, Bill Tregoning will be speaking about the significant works of Cleveland School Art and more recent Cleveland Artists from each decade of the Myers’ House. This exhibition is a modest overview of artwork that very possibly could have been owned by the Myers family and installed in this beautiful house.

Reservations
Call for reservations 216-921-1201 or via the web at www.shakerhistory.org

Special Event Fee: $5.00 for Non-Members, Free for Members

Museum Hours:
Tues – Fri 11-5 pm and Sun 2-5 pm. Closed Holidays.

Museum Admission:
Members & Children under 6 - Free
$4 fee for Non-Member Adults and $2 fee for Children 6-18

RECENT EVENT (May 10 - 12, 2013)

NOADA Presents ARTExpo 2013 at the Transformer Station

The Northern Ohio Art Dealers Association will hold its ARTExpo 2013 the weekend of May 10, 11 and 12 at the Transformer Station, 1460 West 29th St., Cleveland.

Ten of Ohio’s foremost art dealers* will exhibit some of the best works from their galleries, including a cross section of historic, regional, international, modern and contemporary, paintings, drawings, original prints, photography, fiber art and sculpture. All works will be available for purchase and will appeal to a broad range of tastes from established collectors to those purchasing a work of art for the first time.

All of the participating galleries and dealers have placed art with major museums, private and corporate collections and most offer extensive knowledge of all aspects of collecting art, including conservation, framing, appraisals and installation for both private and corporate clients.

ARTExpo 2013 offers a unique opportunity for patrons to view, consider and purchase fine works of art from among Ohio’s most respected dealers. This is the only expo of its kind in the region and the only place where such a diversified offering can be found all in one place at one time.

Asked about the choice of the Transformer Station as the venue for NOADA ARTExpo 2013, Bill Tregoning, Expo 2013 Chairman and owner of Tregoning & Company responded, "The choice was an easy one. It is the newest and perhaps the most intriguing fine arts venue in Northern Ohio. It will provide both our exhibitors and patrons unique opportunities to view, consider and purchase works of fine art from some of the nation's most reputable dealers, located in Northern Ohio. I think our patrons will be delighted with the quality, value and diversity of the artworks that will be presented here."

ARTExpo 2013 will open with a gala preview party on Friday, May 10 from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served as patrons view and have the first opportunity to purchase artworks exhibited by Ohio’s finest art dealers. The Expo will continue on Saturday, May 11 from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM and Sunday, May 12 from Noon to 5:00 PM.

Tickets for the Gala Preview are $50 per person and admission to the ARTExpo 2013 for the Saturday and Sunday hours are $10 per person. Advance tickets will be available from all of the participating dealers, and at the door.

*Participating dealers are 1point 618 Gallery, Bonfoey Gallery, William Busta Gallery, Thomas French Fine Art, Harris Stanton Gallery, Kenneth Paul Lesko Gallery, Shaheen Modern & Contemporary Art, Carl Solway Gallery, Tregoning & Company, and Verne Gallery.

RECENT EVENT (April 13, 2013)