FRONT Triennial Aims to Change Cleveland's Brand With Art

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Artists from around the world are due to use Northeast Ohio as their gallery this summer. Photographers, painters, filmmakers and installation artists will create works that reflect on issues facing American cities.

FRONT International Triennial is the name of this three-month event, and it’s the brainchild of local arts leader Fred Bidwell. Bidwell said he got the idea after opening his Transformer Station gallery on Cleveland’s west side, which helped spark redevelopment in a struggling neighborhood.