Artist of Month

Artist of Month

Artist of the Month: Visual

Genevieve Schwartz Genevieve Schwartz graduated from Kent State University in 2000 with a BFA in Metals and Jewelry. She now lives in Cleveland Heights and is in a constant search for bright or shiny new materials to combine to make jewelry. Enter…

Artist of the Month: Visual

Claire Marks Claire Marks stumbled into the process of hand-marbling paper while pursuing decorative end-sheets for her handmade books. As an art student, she made full-size sheets of the paper by floating thinned oil paint on water and dipping the paper into…

Artist of the Month: Visual

Sarah Sampsell Sweet Dish & Darling is a small, handcrafted candle business based out of our home studio in the Detroit Shoreway neighborhood of Cleveland. I started making candles as a way to express myself creatively in a medium I was unfamiliar…

Artist of the Month: Visual

    Stephanie Miller-Davis Stephanie Miller-Davis pursues her passion for clay both as studio artist and as teacher. She enjoyed a long career as an art educator for the East Cleveland City schools, retiring in 2007. Throughout her teaching years, she sought…

Artist of the Month: Literary

Andrew Valdez Andrew Aaron Valdez (he/him/his) is an actor, director, playwright, poet and educator. He is a C.A.R.E. Teaching Artist at Cleveland Playhouse, Steering Committee Member of the Latinx Theatre Commons, a 2019-2020 Americans for the Arts & Culture Leaders of Color…

Artist of the Month- Visual

Susan Skove Susan Skove has been painting on silk since 1991. Working from her studios in Cleveland and Oberlin, Ohio, her Skov Silk line of painted by hand, one of a kind scarves are carried by museum stores and galleries throughout the…

Artist of the Month – Literary

Cindy Washabaugh Cindy Washabaugh is a poet, community artist and organizational consultant whose passion is supporting others in their growth and self-development. She designs and facilitates outreach programs for diverse populations and has taught creative writing and writing for healing at Cleveland…

Artist of the Month – Musical

Joy Ex Joy Ex, simply defined as joyful expressions, is a 25 year-old new aged neo-soul/ hip hop artist. My music is inspired by great artist such as Etta James, Lauryn Hill, Nina Simone, and today’s Jhene Aiko. Her work is inspired…

Artist of the Month – Visual

Yumiko Goto Yumiko Goto is a native born Japanese ceramicist and art educator. Currently she is teaching at Cuyahoga Community College. Her nature inspired sculptures ware exhibited in Erie Art Museum in PA, Zainesville Museum of Art in OH, Ohr-OKeefe Museum in…

September Artist of the Month-Literary

Mary Turzillo’s  poetry collection, Lovers & Killers, won the 2013 Elgin Award.  Her 1999 Nebula winner,”Mars Is No Place for Children,” is read on the International Space Station.   She has been on the British SF Association, Pushcart, Stoker, Dwarf Stars, and Rhysling…