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AMERICA TWO FIFTY

Saturday, November 7, 2026, 6:00PM

SPACES presents its take on America’s 250th anniversary with a costume party benefit and curated exhibition celebrating, questioning, and complicating the stories we tell about America.

Just after the election, we invite you to come dressed as your America—whether that means critique, ambivalence, irreverence, satire, celebration, or something entirely your own.

The evening will feature a curated exhibition organized by the SPACES staff, bringing together artwork that engages with American history, critique, and Americana.

As an organization dedicated to supporting artists who bring ideas, passion, and critical perspectives to the issues of our time, SPACES invites you to join us in celebrating one thing we believe is essential: freedom of expression.

Come dressed as your America and support SPACES!

Cash bar and food by North Coast Culinary Group and Logan Neisel, a Cleveland-based chef and entrepreneur with a deep passion for art, history, and culture.

Tickets:

$100 VIP Access: 6:00 - 11:00 PM

$75 General Admission: 7:00 - 9:00 PM

$35 Late Night Party: 9:00 - 11:00 PM

SPACES presents its take on America’s 250th anniversary with a costume party benefit and curated exhibition celebrating, questioning, and complicating the stories we tell about America.

Just after the election, we invite you to come dressed as your America—whether that means critique, ambivalence, irreverence, satire, celebration, or something entirely your own.

The evening will feature a curated exhibition organized by the SPACES staff, bringing together artwork that engages with American history, critique, and Americana.

As an organization dedicated to supporting artists who bring ideas, passion, and critical perspectives to the issues of our time, SPACES invites you to join us in celebrating one thing we believe is essential: freedom of expression.

Come dressed as your America and support SPACES!

Cash bar and food by North Coast Culinary Group and Logan Neisel, a Cleveland-based chef and entrepreneur with a deep passion for art, history, and culture.

Tickets:

$100 VIP Access: 6:00 - 11:00 PM

$75 General Admission: 7:00 - 9:00 PM

$35 Late Night Party: 9:00 - 11:00 PM

When & Where

Saturday
November 07, 2026
6:00pm - 11:00pm

SPACES
2900 Detroit Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44113

Tickets

Select your time slot:

 

$100 America 250: VIP Access

VIP | 6:00 - 11:00 PM
Our VIP hour offers an exclusive first look at the exhibition, with the opportunity to purchase artwork before the event opens to the general public and meet the artists featured in the show. Enjoy complimentary drinks, food, and special live music throughout the evening.

$75 America 250: General Admission Ticket

General Admission | 7:00 - 11:00 PM
Enjoy a curated exhibition featuring work by participating artists, with artwork available for purchase, alongside live music, a 50/50 raffle, a cash bar, and delicious food by North Coast Culinary Group. Most importantly, your ticket helps support contemporary artists and the ongoing work of SPACES.

$35 America 250: Late Night Ticket

LATE NIGHT TICKET | 9:00 –11:00 PM
Enjoy a curated exhibition featuring work by participating artists, with artwork available for purchase, alongside live music, a 50/50 raffle, a cash bar. Most importantly, your ticket helps support contemporary artists and the ongoing work of SPACES.

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About the Artists

Stina Aleah

Stina Aleah is a self-taught Cleveland-based oil painter whose artistic journey began after a life-changing sports injury led her to discover the healing power of creativity. Drawing from her personal experiences, she creates emotionally charged portraiture and murals that blend realism and expressionism to explore resilience, identity, and mental wellness.... Go to Artist Page

Katie Butler

Katie Butler is a painter based in Akron, Ohio. Her still-life based work examines the relationship between money and power, criticizing the imbalances that exist in our political and economic systems. Recent exhibitions include Abattoir Gallery, Cleveland, OH; Unit London, England; Marrow Gallery, San Francisco, CA; HESSE FLATOW, New York, NY;... Go to Artist Page

Dale A. Goode

Dale A. Goode is a Cleveland-based artists and arts educator. He works primarily in photography, mixed media collage and sculpture. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Hiram College and pursued his graduate studies at Kent State University. Over the last 40 years, Mr. Goode has exhibited his work widely... Go to Artist Page

Liz Maugans

Liz Maugans graduated with a BFA in print from KSU, MFA from Cranbrook.Co founder Zygote Press, current EXecutive Director, founder Collective Arts Network, Progressive Collection, Cleveland State University, Riffe Government Building. Go to Artist Page

Nathan Mayfield

Nathan Mayfield is an artist based in Cleveland, Ohio. He works as a machinist by trade, and his studio practice draws directly from that environment, industrial forms encountered on the shop floor, isolated from function and examined as pure form. His current work centers on wall hung object works built... Go to Artist Page

Charles Mintz

Photography is Chuck’s third career, the result of a passion acquired in Maine many years ago. Most of his work is done on large format film. Becoming full time in 2008 changed the work in profound ways. Previously, the people were anonymous and aimed at showing the public space. In... Go to Artist Page

Eric Rippert

Eric Rippert is a visual artist mining poignant personal imagery in order to trigger intuition while exploring the complex intersections of individual and collective memory. Eric’s work resides in the permanent collections of Cleveland Museum of Art, Columbus Museum of Art, Progressive Art Collection and Cleveland Clinic Art Program. Exhibited... Go to Artist Page

Miguel Rivera

Miguel Rivera-Vera is a Cleveland-based Puerto Rican artist and studio technician at the Cleveland Institute of Art’s Fabrication Studios. He earned his BFA in Sculpture + Expanded Media from CIA in 2020. His practice explores identity, materiality, and contemporary sculpture, often engaging with the possibilities of materials and processes. His... Go to Artist Page

Yelaine Rodriguez

Yelaine Rodriguez (b. 1990) is an Afro-DominicanYork interdisciplinary artist and scholar focused on sculpture, photography, film, and performance. Her work explores Afro-syncretism and ancestral memory, connecting the Caribbean and the U.S. She earned a BFA in Fashion Design from Parsons in 2013 and an MA in Latin American and Caribbean... Go to Artist Page

Kristin Rogers (newsense projects)

Kristin Rogers (aka newsense projects) is an artist, writer, and curator based in the Cleveland area. His work(s) in these three disciplines appears in a variety of venues and contexts and his practice seeks to overlap and blur their characteristics-treating all three as coequal modes of invention and making. Rogers... Go to Artist Page

Antwoine Washington

Antwoine Washington is a Cleveland artist whose work is inspired by the black experience in America. Through a combination of painting and drawing, Antwoine creates emotionally charged portraits of the daily lives of Black Americans. He was recently awarded a Cleveland Arts Prize “Verge Fellowship” that identifies talented artists on... Go to Artist Page

Storme Webber

Storme Webber is a Two-Spirit interdisciplinary artist, poet, curator, and educator who was born and raised in Seattle and now lives in Cleveland, Ohio. Drawing from her Black, Indigenous, and LGBTQ+ experiences, her multidisciplinary work explores history, identity, community, and marginalized narratives through poetry, performance, visual art, and multimedia installations.... Go to Artist Page

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