Rikki Santer’s poetry has received many honors including several Pushcart, Ohioana and Ohio Poet book award nominations, as well as a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Her twelfth poetry collection, Resurrection Letter: Leonora, Her Tarot, and Me, is a…

Alla Boara seeks to bring recognition and new life to Italy’s diverse history of regional folk music. Their modern arrangements of near-extinct folk songs are variously surprising, playful, mournful, tender, and bewitching. Alla Boara’s dynamic work aims to inspire audiences of all ethnic…

I have been making art as long as I can remember. I enjoy creating in many media, including oil, acrylic, gouache, and clay, though my primary medium is watercolor. I enjoy exploring light and color through watercolor and playing with the nearly…

The Tischler Klezmer Orchestra (TKO) is a Northeast Ohio community band open to musicians who want to discover and perform the traditional music that (mainly) Eastern European Jews brought to America. Founded as the Workman’s Circle Klezmer Orchestra more than 20 years…

Elijah Perseus Blumov is a poet and playwright with an MFA in Poetry from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. He is the creator and host of the poetry analysis podcast Versecraft, produced in partnership with the Ohio Poetry Association.

I hold a B.F.A from The Cleveland Institute of Art from 1985. I worked at The Cleveland Museum of Art in the Conservation Department as a Conservation Photographer and Technician for the Photo Collection. I recently showed at the Cleveland Print Room…

  Zuggie Tate (she/her) is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University with a BA in Sociology. She is the recipient of Margie Hope’s Living Heritage Award in recognition of her work as a poet and advocate for trans issues. She currently…

Much of my work focuses on the lives of local wildlife and plants, with a particular affinity for depicting the light and atmosphere in their world. Many are reverential drawings in charcoal, graphite or gouache, while other works reflect animals dealing with…

A glimpse of gospel, jazz, and soul from the great legends is what inspires the sound of pianist Theron Brown’s music. But the reason he plays is to encourage and influence people through his talents. Originally from Zanesville, Ohio, Theron currently resides…

Hello, my name is Malik but my artwork is tied to my artist name theinternetghost. My artwork shows the beauty and the architectural styles of Cleveland. I also try to show the vibrancy and color of Cleveland. With my signature collection I…