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Upcoming Exhibitions
Upcoming Exhibitions
SHED School: Curriculum Fair
Saturday + Sunday, June 13 + 14
SHED School is hosting a curriculum fair – a resource for self-study, activated through a weekend of curricula, guided conversations, and workshops. The fair invites the consideration of education as something people can actively shape for themselves and for those they are in relationship with.
Curricula can take many forms, and the fair will host a wide range of possibilities, ranging from conventional and familiar formats, to the experimental or artist-made. A curriculum might address a single subject area or an interdisciplinary idea. It could take the form of a source text or a physical material; guidance toward excellence in craft, or a set of conditions, instructions, permissions, or open-ended provocations.
It will be an honor to have the weekend guided by one of SHED Projects’ board members, Jorge Lucero, an artist from Chicago who currently serves as the Anthony J. Petullo Professor of Art Education in the School of Art & Design and also as Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs in the College of Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
SHORT CUTS 2026
Oct. 1 - Oct. 4, 2026
SHORT CUTS is an international short film festival produced by SHED Projects centering experimental, artist-made moving image works five minutes and under. Founded in 2023 and previously hosted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the festival will continue and expand in Cleveland in Fall 2026.
The festival prioritizes formally adventurous, non-commercial work that often exists outside traditional film circuits, including experimental narrative, documentary, animation, moving-image art, and interdisciplinary practices. By focusing on brevity, SHORT CUTS creates an accessible entry point for audiences while offering filmmakers thoughtful contextualization and meaningful visibility.
The primary public screening will take place at the Cleveland Cinematheque at the Cleveland Institute of Art, culminating in an approximately two-hour curated screening program followed by filmmaker conversations and community gathering. A secondary public screening will take plaec at the Capitol Theatre.
SHORT CUTS 2026 jurors are Lilan Yang, Janelle VanderKelen, and Gabrielle Banzhaf. Together, their practices span experimental film, installation, education, moving-image art, and artist-led curatorial work.
SHORT CUTS 2026 is supported in part by Neighbor Up.