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Artist: J. Fruce
Joe Fruce has exhibited at the Cleveland Museum of Art NEO Show, SPACES, the Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, the Sculpture Center in New York, as well as other regional galleries. Most recently, his work was selected for the 2019 CIA Alumni Show at the Reinberger Gallery. He has received the Hallinan-Newman Purchase Award for the Catholic Diocese Collection, a special mention award in a Cleveland Museum of Art May Show, and an Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship. Fruce has a BFA in sculpture from the Cleveland Institute of Art.
carta owns a large collection of artwork by Cleveland area artists, both for adults and children, and purchases about $25,000 of new art annually. We further our mission by donating annual scholarships to Cleveland Institute of Art students and provide educational activities to enhance awareness of area artists.