Let it Bee Ark Hive (LIB), a living, breathing residential dwelling has often been referred to as a “book” by its primary authors, poet Julie Ezelle Patton. Lady Drury, a 17th-century noblewoman, patron of poet John Donne, and author of a mysterious and celebrated painted closet left her epitaph blank for others to fill in. Simple as walking through the door of a leafy Glenville dwelling which has served as a housing cooperative dating back to 1949, literary aerie, CSA & community green space, a place to book and more.

The most recent focus and the locus of the FRONT tour, is the Cleve Museum of Art & Womb Room Tomb of Virgie Ezelle Patton memorial dedicated to Virgie (1928-2015), a multi-faceted visionary artist whose creative meditations are still central to the lives of many Northeast Ohioans; her husband Cleve (1926-2007), a charming electrical journeyman who lit up every room he stepped in; as well as the spirit of Julie’s old East Village (NYC), and the collage of being colorful human family. All this gets unpacked, literally and figuratively, in a private 1913 Glenville brownstone. Only parts of this building will be open as history as community space as a creative enterprise. The curious get to explore the messiness of art and life, work and play, and patching things up in a collage of being.

The exhibition is only available during select tour dates. Visit www.letusbeeback.com to learn more about upcoming events, bookings and other opportunities for engagement.