While born in Pennsylvania, Dahlia Bushwick has spent much of her adult life in various glass communities around the country learning and developing her work. Dahlia strives to utilize the optics and malleability of glass to create an entire sensory experience while…
Maggie Denk-Leigh is an Associate Professor and Division Chair for Visual Arts and Crafts at the Cleveland Institute of Art in Cleveland, Ohio. Beginning at CIA in 1999 in the Printmaking program, she has taught courses in lithography, etching, screenprint, relief and…
Karin Marleen Dijkstra is a watercolor artist who draws inspiration from music and nature, from mythologies and fairy tales, and is particularly influenced by the magical paintings of the Golden Age Illustrators. She hopes not so much to generate a sense of…
I’m a Cleveland Heights artist. My current work includes multi-media portraits (color pencil over gouache) on wood panels. Most recently, my portraits have been shown with The Artists Archives of the Western Reserve show, Converge at the LGBTQ Center;University Hospitals, Mac’s Backs…
Eli Betchik is an enamellist and metal artist living in Cleveland Ohio. Betchik grew up in rural Ohio, in close proximity to lake Erie.They make work while exploring natural inspiration, ties to their surroundings, and the relationship between nature and humanity. Betchik’s…
Inspired by an appreciation for all things pop art and pop culture, printmaker Jess Bennett (AKA Letterpress Jess) continues the historic tradition of letterpress printmaking from her Canton, Ohio print shop. In 2013, Bennett rescued a 2,500 pound cast iron printing press,…
The Drive By Landscapes were created during the long isolating months of Covid. For a year, I took long solo road trips to connect with nature. The works represent elements of the natural and spiritual world. I did not use a camera…
I have been painting on silk for more than 30 years and happily keep growing in the medium. Like any form of art it is a play between inspiration, technique, and being lucky enough to see both what the piece calls me…
Brian Sarama graduated from The Cleveland Institute of Art with his Bachelors of Fine Arts in Ceramics and Raw materials in 2009. During his education he participated in a number of exhibitions including, but not limited to: NCECA 30 years of C.I.A.…
Ellen Strong is a lifelong Cleveland Heights resident who has been repairing broken and tattered books for 30 years, having studied with master bookbinder, Jean Gunner at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh. “As a Hand Book Binder at Strong Bindery I use marbled…
