Written about
Coverage of the work, linked out to the source. The photographs in these pieces belong to the photographers and publications who made them, and are not reproduced here.
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Illuminating Spring: Canalway’s Annual Towpath Trail Lantern Parade, in photos
A photo essay on the lantern parade along the Towpath Trail, including Bessie, the creature made from recycled and upcycled material with Eddie “Trash Fish” Olschansky.
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Parade the Circle celebrates 33 years
Coverage of the Cleveland Museum of Art’s parade, naming Ian as its production manager, the person who guides participating groups’ concepts through to something that can actually be carried down the street.
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Parade the Circle 2018: inspiring creativity for 29 years
An interview covering how Ian came to Cleveland in 2001, the giant dandelion he built in his first week, why he works in salvage, and what happens to a group of kids between the boring part and parade day.
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Creating The White Cat: interview with puppet designer Ian Petroni
The Cleveland early-music ensemble, on commissioning the sets and puppets for Into the Labyrinth and The White Cat, and on hiring a designer-builder for work that has to solve problems nobody has solved before.
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Community art project
Lead artist on a neighborhood art project at the library’s South Branch.
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