Photos: Cleveland Museum of Art honors Martin Luther King Jr. with art, dance, community, and love

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A Dance Performance by 10K Movement. Bob Perkoski

Dance Performance by 10K Movement. Bob Perkoski

Musical performance by Sonaria. Bob Perkoski

Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Bob Perkoski

Poetry performance by Michelle R. Smith, Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate. Bob Perkoski

Education Art Collection. Bob Perkoski

Remember Love Recovery Project making a mini flag to depict our history of protest, care for one another. and contemporary issues. Bob Perkoski

Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Bob Perkoski

Ingalls Library and Museum Archives. Bob Perkoski

Splice Cream Truck Jr. with Ben smith invited vistors to share their reflections through a mobile recording studio. Bob Perkoski

Remember Love Recovery Project making a mini flag to depict our history of protest, care for one another. and contemporary issues. Bob Perkoski

Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Bob Perkoski

The Art Studio: MLK Day at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Bob Perkoski

Zygote Press celebrates MLK Day at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Bob Perkoski

Making a film collage with Robert Banks. Bob Perkoski

The finished product with Zygote Press on MLK Day at the Cleveland Museum of Art Bob Perkoski

Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Bob Perkoski

Making journals expressing personal dreams for self and communities with Akron Children's The Studio. Bob Perkoski

Making journals expressing personal dreams for self and communities with Making journals expressing personal dreams for self and communities with Akron Children's The Studio. Bob Perkoski

The Art Studio: MLK Day at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Bob Perkoski

Making journals expressing personal dreams for self and communities with Making journals expressing personal dreams for self and communities with Akron Children's The Studio. Bob Perkoski

Zygote Press celebrates MLK Day at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Bob Perkoski

This past Monday, Jan. 19, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Cleveland Museum of Art celebrated the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with programs and activities that honor his life, ideals, and legacy through science, art, performance, storytelling, and hands-on activities.

The museum was packed with guests, who took advantage of the free admission to visit the popular "Renaissance to Runway: The Enduring Italian Houses" exhibit— the largest fashion exhibition to date at the CMA—which encompasses about 80 fashions and 40 accessories that have come out of several iconic Italian fashion houses in the 20th and 21st centuries.

The Art Studio: MLK Day at the Cleveland Museum of Art.In the Ames Family Atrium, adults and children alike enjoyed the activities, which included art projects with Zygote Press, a film collage with filmmaker Robert C. Banks, and making journals with Akron Children’s.

And there were plenty of opportunities to blow off some energy. For instance, the 10K Movement had everyone up and dancing, and then taught guests a few hip hop moves. Cleveland Heights/University Heights Poet Laureate Michelle R. Smith gave some poetry readings.

And Remember Love Recovery Project hosted a mini flag-making activity to depict our history of protest, care for one another, and contemporary issues.

Photographer Bob Perkoski spent the day at the Art Museum—taking in all the celebrations, activities, and comraderie, and documenting the day for FreshWater Cleveland.

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About the Author: Bob Perkoski

Bob is managing photographer with FreshWater as well as a Cleveland freelance photographer. His photographic approach is rooted in the art of storytelling. Whether freezing the energy of an event, encapsulating the magic of a performance, or astutely anticipating the decisive moments, his work displays an innate ability to distill the essence of any scene or subject into a single frame or series of work. In addition, Bob is the official photographer for LAND studio and Holden Forest and Gardens and has worked with various Cleveland organizations. In 2019 he published a book of his photos Rust Belt Burlesque. He's had work published in other books like LGBTQ Cleveland by Ken Schneck, Rust Belt Chic: The Cleveland Anthology, Rust Belt Chic: The Pittsburgh Anthology and Moon Cleveland by Douglas Trattner. Previously he was co-founder/art director for Balanced Living Magazine. You can view his versatile portfolio of work, which includes news coverage, portraiture, architectural and fine art at Perkoski Photography. Originally from Conneaut, Ohio, Perkoski now lives close to the city in Parma. He has been Fresh Water's managing photographer since the publication's September 2010 inception.

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Photos: Cleveland Museum of Art honors Martin Luther King Jr. with art, dance, community, and love

About the Author: Bob Perkoski

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