{"id":15399,"date":"2025-03-06T16:54:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T16:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=15399"},"modified":"2025-03-06T16:54:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T16:54:34","slug":"art-in-motion-a-celebration-of-creative-expression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/06\/art-in-motion-a-celebration-of-creative-expression\/","title":{"rendered":"Art in Motion \u2013 A Celebration of Creative Expression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15400 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/art-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/art-2-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/art-2-370x247.jpg 370w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/art-2.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The Truth Staff<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Local artistry was in full display on Saturday night, February 22 at The Underground in the Collingwood Arts Center as a number of local individuals displayed their creations for an appreciative audience.<\/p>\n<p>The highlight of the evening occurred when Klaire Russell painted live \u2013 a speed painting exhibition she calls it \u2013 on stage bringing a blank canvas to life before the audience\u2019s eyes.<\/p>\n<p>The Saturday night Art in Motion celebration was a Black History Month tribute to the Toledo Queer Black Collective, a non-profit group dedicated to fostering unity and empowerment within the Black LQBTQ community.<\/p>\n<p>The TQBC\u2019s mission is \u201cto create safe and inclusive spaces where individuals can freely express their identities, connect with like-minded peers and build meaningful relationships,\u201d according to its website.<\/p>\n<p>Russell is a Toledo native and a graduate of DeVilbiss High School. She started painting in 2007 and has been a live performing \u201cSpeed Painter,\u201d a self-described \u201cFastest 3D Artist in the World.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Russell\u2019s art is not limited to canvas. She also paints on clothing, furniture, purses, shoes, glass, glassware, rocks, appliances, recyclables, among other media.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15401\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/art-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/art-1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/art-1-370x247.jpg 370w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/art-1.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Truth Staff Local artistry was in full display on Saturday night, February 22 at The Underground in the Collingwood Arts Center as a number of local individuals displayed their creations for an appreciative audience. The highlight of the evening occurred when Klaire Russell painted live \u2013 a speed painting exhibition she calls it \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15402,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[250],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[283],"class_list":["post-15399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15399"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15403,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15399\/revisions\/15403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15399"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=15399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}