Carolina Illanes uses the most ephemeral medium of paper to capture the stone and steel of a city’s infrastructure.  You may be thinking that she is a draughtsman or watercolorist.  But no.  She doesn’t draw or paint. Her work investigates cities...

Cheikhou Ba, from Senegal, was the quietest of our Fall 2013 Creative Fusion artists – but only in his speech.  His work spoke very loudly indeed, and his presence made a profound impression on all those he touched – especially the young people with whom...

Przemyslaw Jasielski, or Przemo, pronounced something like pshemo came to Creative Fusion from Poland, bearing the most remarkable dreadlocks, an engineer’s sensibility and an artist’s sensitivity.  A graduate of the Poznen Academy of Fine Arts, Przemo...

Meng-Hsuan Wu (Meng – pronounced Mong), is a Taiwanese artist whose work employs whatever means necessary for her creative expression – paper, painting, sculpture, performance, video.  When Rainey Institute Director, Lee Lazar chose her as Rainey’s Fall...

By Lee Lazar A multi-cultural celebration was a perfect ending to an outstanding Creative Fusion experience.  Meng's parents (from Taiwan) and sister and brother in law (from Boston) drove to Cleveland from Boston and arrived Thanksgiving afternoon.  We...