El is a NEOMFA poetry candidate at Cleveland State and a 2025 Academy of American Poets Prize winner. They live in Cleveland Heights with their husband and five cats.
All Artists
Comprehensive list of all artists that have shown in the gallery and gallery shop.
Heights Arts Staff
June 27, 2025
Nathan Bachofsky with pianist-composer Kevin Monaco, host a pop-up singing event where anyone can join in easy, feel-good harmonies no experience needed. It’s all about music, community, and fun!
Heights Arts Staff
June 2, 2025
My name is Amia Frazier. My favorite color is purple and I play volleyball for my school.
Heights Arts Staff
June 2, 2025
Antonia Casucci is a Junior at Cleveland Heights High School. Antonia is involved with all things art, whether it be visual or musical. Her family and friends have supported and encouraged her to pursue the arts all her life. She plays…
Heights Arts Staff
June 2, 2025
Michelle R. Smith is a writer, poet, educator, cultural facilitator, and native Clevelander. She is the Programming Director for Literary Cleveland and author of the poetry collections Ariel in Black (2015) and The Vagina Analogues (2020). She has been published in The…
Heights Arts Staff
June 2, 2025
Formed in 2018 by Cleveland-based artist Hyperius Blake (Cleveland Arts Prize Verge Fellow 2025), Black Voltron brings together musicians from diverse backgrounds. They represent true community—the magic that happens when artists prioritize authenticity, understanding, and connection. Hyperius founded Black Voltron to share…
Heights Arts Staff
May 30, 2025
Kisha Nicole Foster lives in Cleveland, and is the recipient of the 2019 Cleveland Arts Prize for Emerging Artist in Literature. Foster is an alumnus of Cleveland State University-BA English, and holds an MFA in Poetry from the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Foster…
Heights Arts Staff
May 2, 2025
I am the author of “When Knitting Becomes Nurture With Yarn, Needles, Hooks in Hand, Caring Flourishes in a Cleveland Neighborhood”. I also started a knitting group 13 years ago at the Rice Branch Library located in a struggling part of Cleveland’s…
Store Staff
February 20, 2025
The Series “Angels and Deities” explores the complexities of identity and spirituality through abstract figuration. I combine personal experiences, Eastern philosophy, and subconscious emotions to create layered compositions. By manipulating gestural drawings and using flat colors, I represent multiple states of self…
Store Staff
February 20, 2025
The world’s gone mad, and now cartoons are made physically manifest! My work features illustrated, anthropomorphic characters working in the fictional setting of Limulid Laboratories. These characters consist of the scientist Mr. Labs, the curious doglets, and a troublemaking fish. From bricks…