Aaron Casey Jr.

I'm a self taught artist in the Cleveland area. Focused mostly on Mural work and Acrylic painting on canvas. I've been drawing for about 20 years now and paintings for 7 years.

Abigail Cipar

Abby Cipar is a multidisciplinary artist, arts advocate, curator, educator, and wage laborer with roots in Northeast Ohio. Cipar received a BFA from The University of Akron (2021) and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art (2024). In addition to other notable honors, Cipar was a 2023 recipient of the Stewart Thomson Fellowship at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and 2019 Folk Charitable Foundation Venice Biennale Travel Award. They have led workshops at FAVA Gallery (Oberlin, Ohio) and Cranbrook Academy of Art (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan), collaborated with Downtown Cuyahoga Falls Partnership to bring art to Front Street, and worked as an assistant on murals alongside Akron's Art Bomb Brigade. Cipar currently serves as a Community Member on Summit Artspace's (Akron, Ohio) Artist Programs Committee. Their work was included in Cleveland’s 2022 CAN Triennial, and they have exhibited widely in both institutional settings and local, artist-run spaces. In addition to numerous private collections, their work is in the care of Emily Davis Gallery (Akron, Ohio) and Akron Children’s Hospital (Akron, Ohio). Projects for 2025 include co-curating "FRESH: Soft Offerings" at Summit Artspace (Akron, Ohio), solo shows with The McDonough Museum of Art (Youngstown, Ohio) and 934 Gallery (Columbus, Ohio), and a residency at Akron Soul Train (Akron, Ohio).

Adiah Bonham

I earned a BFA in Studio Art Painting from Kent State University. Looking to exhibit my work, paint, and connect.

Allison Bogard Hall

Allison Bogard Hall is an interdisciplinary artist and educator living and working in Cleveland, Ohio. Hall earned her BFA in Painting and Literary Studies from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2014, and has since been expanding her work through multiple mediums such as printmaking, installation, found object sculpture, and darkroom photography. Her pieces are often autobiographical and heavily influenced by current events, found imagery, and literature. As an exhibiting artist, Hall has had two solo exhibitions in the North East Ohio area since 2021, and is a recipient of the CAN Triennial Exhibition Prize (2022). In addition to solo exhibitions, Hall has also shown work in group shows in Maine, Philadelphia, and throughout the Midwest. In Spring of 2024, Hall co-founded the publishing press BHB press with fellow artist Sam R. Butler. Together, Butler and Hall applied for and were awarded an Urgent Art Fund grant administered by SPACES and supported by residents of Cuyahoga County + Assembly for the Arts through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. When Hall is not busy making work out of her studio at the Screw Factory in Lakewood, Ohio, she is out hiking with her partner and son or working as a Studio Manager at the Cleveland Institute of Art.

Amber Glendell McClendon

Amber is a young woman defined by emotion. As she navigates life, trying to find the path that suits her best, Amber is constantly drawn towards creative expression as a mode of survival. Amber is grateful to all the experiences and wonderful people that she has known, that continue to be integral in shaping her into someone who pursues their passions fearlessly. Amber has dabbled in a number of artistic mediums, from sewing and clothing/jewelry design, drawing and painting, prose and poetry, and even musical and dance pursuits. All of which are things she often finds herself coming back to at one time or another. Her only objective in her artistry is organic creation and authentic representation.

Amelia Casiano

Her artwork shows an overlooking insight and depth of her dynamic background, roles, storytelling and history. Much of the work she paints are reflective of what she want to bring about to the world and how different topics such as womanhood, emotional tendencies, emotions, nature, shapes, climate change, conflicts, situations, and colors can work together in such ways. The main focus is to carry through different roles and being transparent through dialogue that can still be translated in the way that is demonstrated best. She want to show the connectedness of different cultures within her community and through out the world. While, growing up on the Near West side of Cleveland, as an artist, painting and being able to work through various forms of art, it has allowed her to communicate her message as an artist. She wants to get an understanding of how to work her craft, her art and understand the people within her community as much as the things that are around her and for her to share her art skills. Her work is a standpoint of the connection with extroverted and introverted moods, quiet or loud, soft, subtle, movement, flow and stagnant as well. While growing up in Cleveland, it has allowed her work to be impacted through the environment, culturally, spiritually and physically aware of her own customs that have allowed her to diversify herself and her work.

Arch Budzar

Cleveland, Oh / USA

Arch Budzar is an American multimedia artist & poet. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and currently based in Cleveland, Ohio. Budzar’s style lives in the crossroads of poetry and visual art. With inspiration driven from mysticism and the occult- their art is colorful, esoteric, and distinctive.

Ashton Burton

Ashton Burton is an artist from Ann Arbor, Michigan. Burton’s work describes the Black American experience by referencing symbols, and iconography often shared through various media. He mainly uses the figure, landscape and motifs in his work. Burton primarily uses acrylic paint, oil paint, and drawing mediums like charcoal, conté and graphite to create vivid images, familiar spaces, and intimate compositions. Burton is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting at the Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA), Cleveland, Ohio. His work has been exhibited at the Kent State University Downtown Gallery in Kent, Ohio, The Transformer Station in association with The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio and 2 West Ypsi in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Burton was awarded a 1st place prize in the 2024 exhibition, Aggregate II: The Revenge of the Rock, SIE 79’ The Douglas Dibble Creativity Award, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland Institute of Art Cleveland, OH, and the Carl Gaertner '24 Memorial Prize, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH.

Benjamin Lambert

Benjamin Is a teaching artist that has been teaching ceramics and sculpture in Higher Ed for the past 10 years, most recently (2019-2025) as an Associate Professor of Art at Baldwin Wallace University, in Berea, OH. In 2008, he received a B.F.A. with a concentration in ceramics from the University of Southern Maine. In 2010, he worked as a summer staff member at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, in Newcastle, Maine. He received an MFA in Ceramics and Sculpture in 2015 at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA. Ben Exhibits his work nationally, and has presented workshops at institutions including Oxbow School of Art in Saugatuck, MI, Touchstone Center for Crafts in Farmington, PA, the 2018 Michigan Mud Ceramics Conference, and Westminster College, S.L.C. UT. He has assisted artists during workshops at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine, and Arrowmont School of Art and Craft in Gatlinburg, TN. He was also an Artist-in-residence at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, and in the second annual Arrowmont Pentaculum.

Bonnie App

Lakewood, Ohio

Bonnie has had a lifelong passion for art, which she pursued alongside her careers as a teacher and later as a commercial graphic artist. She explored various artistic mediums in her free time. In recent years, she deepened her artistic exploration by embracing botanical watercolor and photography, eventually expanding to include the 19th-century photographic process of cyanotype photograms. Cyanotypes are notable for their unique blue tones and for capturing images through UV/sun printing, often without a camera. Bonnie finds joy in creating art that celebrates the beauty of plants and their natural habitats. The cyanotype process particularly resonates with her, consistently offering new insights and delights.

Brennan Cooper

Brennan Cooper is a multidisciplinary African American artist, originally from Cincinnati and rooted in Akron, Ohio. She works primarily in oil painting, drawing, and photography. Her art is grounded in emotion and storytelling, often influenced by music, nature, and personal experience. Through vivid, surreal imagery, she explores themes of healing, transformation, and a dreamlike space where the unseen self finds expression.

Brian Bailey

Brian Mark Bailey is a Cleveland-based visual artist working in painting, drawing and black-and-white film photography. His work is a meditation on presence, faith, and the quiet resilience of Black life. Rooted in both studio and street, Bailey captures the tension between motion and stillness, inheritance and isolation, labor and love. Influenced by German Expressionism and street photography traditions, his images elevate overlooked corners, tired hands, folded arms, passing glances, into moments of quiet power. Bailey’s practice is shaped by his Black and Puerto Rican heritage, his faith, and his life as a husband and father. His ongoing photo project, The Craft of Legacy, serves as both personal archive and spiritual record, a body of work made to remember what matters.

Camara Goodrich

Camara “Cam” Goodrich is an award‑winning mixed media and multidisciplinary artist whose paintings and large‑scale murals pair vibrant color with layered, tactile surfaces to explore identity, shared humanity, and our connection to the earth. Her work is exhibited in museums and galleries across the United States and held in international collections, including the National Bank of Canada. Public commissions include a full‑intersection asphalt mural in South Lorain and a commemorative mural for the Raymond John Wean Foundation’s 75th anniversary. Goodrich has received multiple juried awards, including at the Massillon Museum. She also teaches in museums, libraries, and community programs. Mentoring emerging artists, is also part of Goodrich’s practice. Many of whom have went on to gain their own professional art practices. Her touring work recently moved from the Losinski Gallery to the Beck Center for the Arts, and has multiple stops across the state of Ohio. Goodrich is the artist and owner of Cam Creates Art Studio and the author of a business side of art guide, for artists.

Carla Wagner

Carla Wagner is a recent Spring 2025 graduate from Kent State University. She pursued a B.F.A. in Studio Art with a concentration in Painting and a Minor in Drawing. She currently has work exhibited at Patti DiBenedetto's Gallery at Ohio Design Center in Beachwood, OH, where she is represented. Wagner recently won First Runner Up Undergraduate for the 2025 Student Annual Exhibition at Kent State University's Center For Visual Art Building.

Celeste Stauber

Celeste Stauber (she/her) is a Cleveland based artist and curator with a B.A. in Studio Art from Baldwin Wallace University. In her work, she draws inspiration from the human form and focuses on drawing. She enjoys exploring different mediums and using her own drawings to create collages. She currently has studio space in the Twist Drill Building in Cleveland. Her work has been exhibited regionally in various galleries such as Valley Art Center, Hoyt Art Center and KINK Contemporary. Celeste spent 2021 co-curating with Jared Gepperth at E11even2 Gallery located in 78th Street Studios. Together Celeste and Jared produced 6 exhibitions featuring NE Ohio artists. In 2024, she curated an interactive exhibition titled "Neverending Cycles: A Laundromat Soap Opera" with collaborator Taylor Clapp. This exhibition featured 25 artists, over 50 works of art, many clothes pins and a laundry themed zine library by Late Night Copies Press. Celeste currently resides in Cleveland, Ohio where she works as the Gallery & Store Manager at the Morgan Papermaking Conservatory. When she is not painting or drawing, you can find Celeste wandering the Cleveland Metroparks or tending to her plants.

Christine Seeholzer

Christine Seeholzer is an Avon Lake-based painter originally from Toledo, Ohio, who specializes in portraits, landscapes and still life paintings with spiritual themes. She has participated in juried and invitational exhibitions and has won awards for her paintings. Christine decided to pursue her dream of owning her own home-based art business in 2022, and has since launched Sacred Space Studios, LLC. www.christineseeholzerart.com. Since the formation of her business, she has self-published two books, Rise: An Affirmation Journal from Your Higher Self ,and Hope is the Last One to Die .as well as opened an Etsy Shop: Sacred Space Art Studio. She aims through teaching art to create the conditions for others to experience the peace and meditative state available through creating. She believes that imagination is alchemy, and each artist co-creates their reality with the divine. Christine offers private art lessons and summer art classes at the beautiful Lake House through Avon Lake Parks and Recreation.

Crystal Miller

Crystal Miller is an interdisciplinary mixed-media artist based in Cleveland, Ohio. She holds an Associate degree in Graphic Design and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Sculpture and Expanded Media (SEM) from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2023. Crystal's work is deeply inspired by Afro-futurism, blending African traditions with futuristic visions to challenge Eurocentric aesthetics. Her art celebrates the strength and beauty of African American women, using unconventional materials such as beads, glitter, rhinestones, and foam. These elements are combined with organic patterns and exaggerated undertones of Black skin to create dynamic paintings and sculptures that envision a future where Black identity is celebrated and empowered. Crystal’s recent exhibitions include Queens & Shiny Things, at Akron Soul Train in Akron, OH, and Adornment at the Solomon Gallery in Youngstown, OH. In addition to her exhibitions, she has been featured in several Cleveland magazines, including the CAN Journal Fall 2023 cover and CanvasCle Winter 2023. She recently finished a mural titled “Until the Time Comes, We Bloom” in Public Square, Cleveland, OH.

Dana Dzurko

Dana Dzurko is a Cleveland-based artist whose work explores themes of resilience, healing, and transformation. Working primarily in acrylics, her style merges abstract expressionism with realism, creating a powerful visual narrative. Dana received her Bachelor of Arts from Ursuline College with a focus in painting and fine art photography, and also pursued studies at Bowling Green State University and with artist Jodie King. Her personal journey as a survivor of a ruptured brain aneurysm has become a profound influence on her creative practice, fueling her exploration of art as a vital tool for recovery. Her work has gained significant recognition, with eight exhibitions in the past year alone. A highlight includes a dual exhibition with Lane Cooper at Pinwheel Gallery. Dana’s art will be featured in an extended exhibition at Wooster Community Hospital, which will also add one of her pieces to its permanent collection. In a uniquely meaningful honor, Dana’s painting depicting her experience during the aneurysm rupture has been acquired for the permanent collection of the new Cleveland Clinic Neurology Building on its main campus.

Davon Brantley

Davon Brantley, a Cleveland, OH native, graduated with a BFA in Drawing from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2018. Since then, he has deeply immersed himself in the art community, engaging in teaching, curating, exploring diverse mediums, exhibiting his work, and mentoring emerging artists. Davon is consistently working to shape perceptions of art as a viable and sustainable career path. ​ In recognition of his contributions and talent, Carta awarded him the 2024 Eterovich Award. This prestigious award, funded by a donation from the family of Anthony Eterovich—an artist and educator who led CIA's children's classes for over 50 years—is presented to exceptional emerging artists with works in carta’s collection. ​ Brantley has exhibited and curated at significant venues including Bay Arts, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland, the CAN Triennial, the Morgan Conservatory, the Indianapolis Arts Center, and the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve. He collaborates with local organizations such as the Museum of Creative Human Art and Graffiti HeArt, furthering his printmaking studies through DeepDive Art Projects and the Cleveland Institute of Art. Additionally, he advocates for introducing the arts to younger generations and participates in mural projects. ​ In his artistic practice, Brantley employs self-portraiture and psychological themes, drawing inspiration from dissociative behaviors resulting from trauma. He explains, “I guide the audience through my own narratives surrounding colorism, racial stereotyping, and meditations on death, life, sexuality, and masculinity. By using my image, viewers encounter someone who may not share their experiences and who actively disrupts identity expectations.” Through his multifaceted involvement in the art community and his poignant explorations, Davon Brantley inspires and empowers both audiences and aspiring artists alike.

Day Watson

Day Watajii (also known as Day Watson) was born and raised near Cleveland, Ohio, with a deep captivation for art and travel from youth. She is often found exploring the world, using art to express the multitudes of life lessons and realizations discovered along the journey. Day thrives on long-term solo travel, as it allows her to fully immerse herself in new experiences and cultures. She adores hosting creative events around the world and collaborating with like-minded individuals on their journey. Watajii was born in 2019 as Day's creative vision—a space to unite their diverse artistic passions into one cohesive platform. Watajii (pronounced Wah-Tah-Jee) is a multidisciplinary form of expression that combines Day’s core creative passions: painting/drawing, graphic design, cinematography, photography, and fashion. Day’s work is deeply influenced by their travels, spirituality, connection with God, and a love for nature and introspection. Their artistic style is an exploration of vibrant, surreal, and abstract perspectives, often infused with a playful feel and bold, colorful imagery. Common themes in their work include fluid forms, squiggly line work, and intricate details that give depth and movement to the pieces. ​Watajii is much more than simply an art brand—it stands as a testament to the boundless possibilities that can unfold when passion and faith meet dedication. Day’s aspiration for Watajii is simple yet profound—to inspire and unveil the attainability of one’s dreams and ideal life through unwavering commitment to one's genuine passions and intuition.

Debbie Clapper

Born and raised in Ohio, Debbie Clapper (gneural) earned a BFA in graphic design from the Art Institute of Colorado. She lived in Colorado for 22 years, establishing herself in Denver / Boulder’s art and design community, and returned to Ohio in 2020 to be closer to family and reconnect with her midwest roots. With her drawing style and technique, Debbie is self-taught. No rulers or compasses are used in her originals, giving every line a rhythmic, kinetic, and powerful pulse. She began honing her freehand skill at nine and hasn’t stopped drawing since. Debbie’s work stands out. It’s bold. It’s unique. It has a playfulness that makes you want to dance (or at least crack a smile). She credits being a prolific artist (creating daily) and her style’s entrancing depth and dimensionality to her three main inspirations: Op Art, patterns, and graffiti. Debbie’s art does more than hang on a wall—it transforms into an immersive experience with the collaboration of experiential software developer, Cacheflowe. Their works combine art and tech to create engaging installations that become delightfully active—and sometimes responsive—moving and transforming across various surfaces and spaces. Debbie’s patterns and designs have elevated clients and brands such as Boulder Arts + Culture, City of Boulder, Hope Hummus, NINE dot ARTS, Pactimo, Rickshaw Bags, Smartwool, and Tom’s Urban 24. She’s been interviewed on several creative podcasts and has won awards for her art, designs, and illustrations. You can see her captivating work in murals, interior decor, drawings, and paintings, as well as on streets, vehicles, and all manner of objects and merchandise. Debbie served as a member of Downtown Cleveland's City Advocates 2023 Cohort. The mission of the City Advocates is to create an inclusive, 24/7 global city and a welcoming beacon of talent that weaves Downtown Cleveland districts and surrounding neighborhoods into a seamless urban fabric.

Diane Fleisch Hughes

Diane Fleisch Hughes LPAT, ATR-BC, LPCC-S is an Ohio licensed Art Therapist and contemporary working artist based in the Cleveland, Ohio area. She currently maintains her artist studio in Willoughby, Ohio as part of Stella’s Art Gallery. Diane is the Art Therapist at Julie Billiart School in Lyndhurst, Ohio and Adjunct Faculty in the graduate program at Ursuline College with which she participates in service learning trips around the world with her students. Diane’s work is primarily mixed media figurative painting but she likes to experiment with all media. The work is intuitive and loose, often combining realistic images with areas of emotional color. Her mixing of mediums and painterly mark making creates visual excitement on paper and canvas. She has completed residencies at the New York Studio School in NYC and Wildacres in NC. Her work has been shown nationally and internationally and is in many private collections around the country including Mercyhurst University and Progressive Insurance. As part of the Stella’s Art Gallery community of artists, Diane curate’s gallery shows, facilitates bi-weekly life drawing sessions for local artists and just wrapped up a successful solo show of her work in Columbus, Ohio in January 2025.

Elizabeth Emery

Elizabeth A. Emery is a multidisciplinary artist whose work has been exhibited at museums and galleries across the United States and supported by the Ohio Arts Council, Rasmuson Foundation, and New York Foundation for the Arts, among others. She has done public commissions in hospitals and a library and been awarded residencies at Haystack, Jentel Foundation, Rasmuson Foundation, and FRONT International. Emery’s work has been collected by the Cleveland Clinic, Progressive Insurance, American Greetings, Rockefeller Collection, Westin Hotel Cleveland, and Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art. A former professional athlete, Emery also operates the podcast Hear Her Sports, which celebrates individual female athletes and invites conversation around women’s sports. (A special edition of Hear Her Sports was commissioned for the 2018 FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art.) She holds an MFA in ceramic sculpture from Alfred University and has lived and worked in Cleveland since 2008.

Elizabeth Lax

Cleveland based oil painter, Elizabeth Lax, focuses primarily on human form. After being raised in a restrictive environment, painting has become a way for her to express what has been silenced. Her subjects typically have obscured identities or are presented without clothing. She aims to expose the subjects while keeping them hidden. The content of these paintings are a way of rebelling against the puritanical beliefs she was raised with. In 2019 she received her BA in Studio Arts from Kent State University with a primary focus on painting. She continues her practice with a focus on cults and their affects on members.

Emilio Melendez

Emilio Melendez is a 26 year old artist and designer based in Cleveland, Ohio. His artwork is deeply inspired by graffiti, abstract expressionism, and his professional work as a graphic designer.

Emily Olszewski

Emily Olszewski is a figurative painter based in Akron, Ohio, whose work centers around themes of community among woman and femmes. She received her BFA in painting from the University of Akron in 2019, and her MFA in painting from Kent State University in 2024. Olszewski has shown work extensively in the Akron/Cleveland areas, as well as participated in the 2024 Spring Break Art Show in New York City. Currently, Olszewski works as an adjunct professor in the drawing department at the University of Akron. Her work has been featured in Two Coats of Paint blogazine, as well as the 51'st edition of Create Magazine.

Emma Anderson

Emma Anderson is a Cleveland based artist. She earned her Masters of Fine Arts from Kent State in 2018 and her Bachelors of Fine Arts in 2016. She shows her works locally, nationally, and internationally

Emmy Corsaro

Emmy Corsaro is a multimedia three-dimensional artist based in Cleveland, Ohio. Corsaro utilizes fiber and found objects to externalize the idea, expression, and acceptance of grief through her art. A large portion of her works, though not exclusively, fall into a family of creatures that utilize object empathy to encourage viewer interaction. Presently, Corsaro is in her fourth year at the Cleveland Institute of Art, expecting to graduate in 2026 with her BFA in Sculpture and Expanded Media. Afterwards she intends to pursue a career in art therapy in order to continue her lifelong passion for helping others.

Eva Volf

Aurora, OH

Eva Volf is a fine artist from Cleveland, who is best known for peaceful atmospheric seascapes. Her love of the Ocean flows deeply from childhood memories. Inspired by the majesty of the seas and beaches of the world, experienced during her extensive travels, she channels her emotions of tranquility and fulfillment to the viewer through oil on canvas. Conceptualized at the source, each seascape is sketched at the beach to capture the vision before completion in the studio. Eva is an active member of the arts community, serving as Social Media Director of the American Artists Professional League in NYC, where she is also an Elected Artist Member. Her work has been featured in many notable national and international juried exhibitions, including the 96th and 97th Grand National Exhibition at the Salmagundi Club of New York, the Almenara Art Prize in Cordoba, Spain and Paralax Art Fair in London, as well as in major publications, including the American Art Collector, Fine Art Connoisseur, Plein Air and Vogue Magazines. Eva’s work is held in numerous private, corporate and public collections in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Europe and Asia, including the Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection, Tipping Point Media Group and Charter Communications (Spectrum) Corporate Offices.

Ewuresi Archer

Ewuresi Archer is a Ghanaian painter and printmaker based in Cleveland, Ohio. She graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2022 with a BFA in Painting, an emphasis in Printmaking and a concentration in Creative Writing. Her work puts Ghanaian culture on a pedestal while acknowledging how it coexists with Western influence. This coexistence has always been present in her life, and she explores that duality through her art. Archer uses a glowing, saturated color palette with scrappy, energetic marks to depict everyday moments; pounding fufu, getting a haircut, eating foods that carry memory and tradition. She scrapes back into her canvas with a palette knife and distorts prints to the edge of abstraction, leaving just enough for the viewer to recognize what they’re seeing. This distortion mirrors her own longing, her nostalgia for a culture that always felt slightly out of reach due to her upbringing. These paintings are both an invitation and a reclamation. An invitation to those unfamiliar with Archers culture, to witness and celebrate it. Her art is a love letter; A reclamation for herself and others like her who were made to feel like their culture wasn’t enough. She wants us to see the beauty, the power, and the value in what has always been ours. Ewuresi has exhibited nationally, with solo shows including Alluring Souls at The Beltline Project in Detroit and You Are Invited: Your Hands and Mouth Are Not at Akron Soul Train. She’s also shown work in exhibitions like Waking Dream at River House Arts, MAPC: We Want More at Reinberger Gallery, and I Am My Best Work at The Painting Center in New York. She also co-curated a two-person site-specific installation for Rooms to Let in Cleveland’s Slavic Village neighborhood. Beyond her studio practice, Ewuresi is an active community builder. She’s led screen printing and collage workshops in her community with places such at the Cleveland Museum of Art, taught diverse groups from children to adults, and gave an artist lecture at her alma mater. She’s designed posters and album covers for places such as Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and currently co-coordinates the Black Arts Showcase Cleveland. Her work has been recognized with the First Place Paul and Norma Tikkanen Painting Prize, a feature in Canvas Rebel and New Art Examiner. You can find her on instagram @ewuresi.archer or reach her by email at ewuresiarcher.art@gmail.com.

Finn Fuehrer

Finn Fuehrer is a contemporary conceptual and satirical artist from Cleveland, Ohio. His conceptual work explores the self and the boundaries of drawing and printmaking through natural circles of life and existence. His satirical work is an anti-capitalist, workers-rights-focused world of businessmen in absurdist situations. Fuehrer is currently studying Drawing at the Cleveland Institute of Art and will complete his BFA in 2026. He has also studied at the Burren College of Art in Ballyvaughan, Ireland during their Global Ecologies Studio course in the summer of 2024. This experience was integral to Finn’s conceptual work and he has seen circles in every corner of the world ever since. When not meditating over a blank piece of paper or standing wistfully on a beach, Finn can be found encouraging curiosity and discovery as an Engagement Guide at moCa Cleveland.

Frank Hadzima

Some may call Frank Hadzima “chronically online” but he prefers the term “Internet Realist.” Hadzima is obsessed with depicting beautiful and unique people he finds on the internet. Some of these figures are real and some are fictional; all of them are valuable to culture and beautiful in their own way. “Cringe is dead!” says Hadzima, and he’s right. This is a nostalgia unique to those who grew up on the internet. Hadzima is accessing it with painting skills that anyone can appreciate. We need to see beauty in the bizarre and mundane more often, and that’s what Hadzima is after. Frank Hadzima recieved his Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in Painting from The Cleveland Institute of Art in 2023. That's how you know he knows what he's doing.

Hallee Palermo

As a painter, I strive to capture realistic interpretations of the transient beauty of light on canvas. I draw inspiration from people, the natural world, and daily experiences. Art has always been a way to escape for me ever since I was a little girl, today painting is my chosen medium. The way light casts its brightness and the resulting cast shadows on an object from flowers to everyday objects is so captivating to me that I want to portray this with paint. I use layers of glazes and oil paint to create rich tones with bright highlights and dark values as my way of expression. I strive to merge the traditional methods of oil painting with a modern palette.

Jennifer Vincik

Jennifer Vincik is a Northeast Ohio-based artist whose acrylic paintings center on healing, stillness, and emotional reflection. Through layered textures, organic movement, and a calming color palette, her work offers a sense of peace and presence—making it especially well-suited for wellness-focused spaces, corporate environments, and healing-centered design. Her recent solo exhibition at Stella’s Art Gallery showcased a collection rooted in inner balance and nature-inspired art.

Jessica Wascak

An Ohio native, Jessica currently lives with her husband and two children in Chagrin Falls, OH. After a 10-year tenured teaching career in Digital Art, Photography, and Foundations at Ashland University, she shifted her focus to a full-time Art career. Whether it be dark-room, digital, or photo-based mixed media, Photography has always been at the center of her artistic process. Spirit and Land being the thread of interest woven throughout the content. Jessica has work in several private and public collections throughout the Cleveland area. A few past highlights include her residency at the Santa Fe Art Institute in 2009, an interactive installation for MOCA Cleveland during the 2020 Winter Solstice, "Holding Patterns", "Memory Maps", and "Lucid Dreams" Exhibitions at River Gallery in Rocky River, OH 2010 - 2013, "Where Earth Meets Sky" series exhibited at OAC Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH in 2016, "Mandala Project" series purchased for the Metro Health NICU unit in 2022, and a current exhibition at the Cleveland Botanical Gardens in 2025 of her series "Stereoscopes: Spirit / Land".

Joe Dill

I am a naturally curious person who likes to get their hands dirty and learn how things work. When it comes to art and design I am not different. I’ve focused my career on learning the ins and outs of construction and like to take on as many varied tasks as I can. For as long as I can remember, I have had a paint brush or hammer in my hand. I was born and raised in Northeast Ohio and growing up, my household was one where the smell of fresh paint frequently lingered in the air. My mom and I would regularly tackle DIY projects together when I was a kid and in the 90s that meant a lot of sponge painting and wallpapering. Those projects laid the foundation for what has become a lifetime endeavor to create captivating art pieces and beautiful interiors. I earned a BFA in Scenic Design from Northern Kentucky University and lived in Cincinnati for a brief period after finishing college. I attended graduate school at Cleveland State University and earned a Master Degree in Urban Planning, Design, and Development and a certificate in historic preservation. I am a frequent traveler but split most of my time between Cleveland, OH and Provincetown, MA where I tackle all sorts of projects for clients. My artwork has been exhibited throughout Ohio in both group and solo exhibitions.

Jon Jackson

My body of work focuses on my lived experience through the use of vibrant colors and distinct markmaking to show themes of pop culture and perspective as a black artist in America.

Jon Kvassay

Jon is an artist and designer from Los Angeles, CA, whose work stems from a love of open spaces, folklore and the unknown. In all of his creative work, Jon is most focused on space, color and scale. Creating imagery that tells a story and engages viewers brings him joy. Jon has a BFA in Illustration from Art Center College of Design. He currently works and lives in Old Brooklyn, Ohio, where he hikes, jogs and naps with his wife Katy and dog Boomer.

Jordan Bell

Hello~ I am a 24 year old printmaker/ mixed media artist. I graduated from Kent State University with a Bachelors degree in 2023. The mediums that I use in my artwork consist of old paper or handmade paper that I’ve collected over the years. There’s also yarn and oil pastel drawings to create texture. And then there is a screenprint-ed pattern to enhance the mark-making process. The main process that I have always used and adored is called a CMYK method. Its premise is to create a digital image and recreate it on paper. Although a specific color scale is admirable, I do the complete opposite. The more vibrant colors are, the more eye-catching the piece is!

Jules Briggs

Jules Briggs is a Detroit-based painter and sculptor. She holds an MA in Philosophy & The Arts from University of Warwick, England, and a BA in Studio Art from DePauw University, Indiana. ​ Following her undergraduate career, Jules worked for two years as a bronze foundry artist at Odiyan Copper Mandala, a small Buddhist monastic community in Northern California. Her countless life-size and miniature sculptures contributed to the revitalization of Tibetan art and have been donated to monasteries abroad. Jules’ time spent at Odiyan influenced her decision to study eastern philosophy for her master’s degree in the context of sacred art creation. ​ Jules' personal paintings and sculptures have appeared in galleries both nationally and internationally. Notable exhibitions include the Ohio Artist Registry Exhibit (Columbus, OH), and a solo exhibition at 6 Spin Street Gallery (Cape Town, South Africa) during an artist residency with renowned apartheid photographer and activist, Jenny Altschuler. ​ Jules recently completed a three-month residency with Feverdream in Tremont, Cleveland, OH this last fall before settling permanently in Detroit, MI.

Julie Sheil

Julie Sheil is a self-taught artist residing in Cleveland, Ohio. Her art practice began in 2020 while recovering from a car accident. Suffering from cognitive dysfunction from a traumatic brain injury and a severe balance disorder caused by damage to her semicircular canals, Julie found herself unable to work or function normally. Struggling with prolonged disability and declining mental health, Julie turned toward art. She credits her art practice for helping her cope with life-changing injuries and for giving her a new-found sense of purpose. As an intuitive artist, Julie's abstract work is an expression of her subconscious mind, influenced by personal experiences and observations. Julie often draws inspiration from the natural world, and her work includes abstracted landscapes and other elements of nature. Although primarily a painter, Julie occasionally incorporates elements of collage and mixed media techniques in her work. Julie's work has been exhibited in over three dozen juried group exhibitions in Northeast Ohio, and her work has been awarded second place in two distinct juried exhibitions. In addition, Julie has participated in several juried art fairs and vendor events. Julie's work can be found at The Wine Spot, Valley Art Shop, and Peninsula Art Academy. Julie is an active member of Heights Arts, Valley Art Center, and Cuyahoga Valley Art Center. She also teaches handwoven basket workshops at Lakewood Art Supply.

Julissa Bruno

Julissa Bruno is a Dominican-American Artist currently based in Cleveland. Her work dances through time, exploring her childhood history, as well as the history of her family on either of her parents' sides. She depicts the memories of her maternal grandmother's home in Santo Domingo in vibrant pinks, adorned with stars and sparkles, and making intuitive marks. In contrast, Bruno uses photo references of her paternal family’s archived photographs, focusing on the topic of their migrancy to New York City in the 1960s and 70s.​​ The recurring character is herself at a young age, often sporting pigtails with bobble hair ties. Her childhood image is a time traveler throughout her ancestry, infantry, and present life. Bruno’s work has been exhibited in Cleveland and New York. Her most recent exhibition was a solo show titled Que Lindos Recuerdos, displayed at Case Western Reserve University in September of 2024. She is currently pursuing a BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art.

Kate Kisicki

Cleveland, OH

Kate Kisicki (b. 1983) received her BFA in painting from the Cleveland Institute of Art and obtained her MFA in painting from Virginia Commonwealth University. She is a working artist living and showing in the Cleveland area. She has shown her work regularly in numerous shows in and around Cleveland such as “DayGlo: Double Feature, Picture Glo” at Waterloo Arts, Cleveland, The Paul and Norma Tikkanen Painting Prize juried exhibition at the Ashtabula Arts Center, Ashtabula and in “New Master’s 3: Women Artists of Northeast Ohio” at Ursuline College Florence O'Donnell Wasmer Gallery in Pepper Pike. Additionally she has shown in “Strides” at Page Bond Gallery in Richmond, Virginia and in “For Lovers” at Denise Bibro Fine Art in Chelsea, New York. She is the recipient of many awards including the 2024 Honorable Mention in DayGlo Sho 10, Waterloo Arts, Cleveland, first place for “New Master’s 3: Women Artists of Northeast Ohio”, Wasmer Gallery, Pepper Pike, and the Joseph McCullough ’48 Scholarship for Excellence in Painting at the Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, among others. Kate Kisicki 2025

Kate Oh

Kate Oh is a multimedia artist based in Painesville, Ohio who graduated with a Bachelor in Fine Arts from Kent State University in 2024. Her interest in arts and crafts started with origami at a young age which developed into an everyday love of learning how she could use art to translate her fantastical ideas of reality into a visual masterpiece that could be enjoyed by everyone. Kate’s art is heavily inspired by Surrealist and architectural art which is seen by her fine line-work and repetition of color and patterns which she uses to highlight how the time and effort of one simple idea can transform into a complex journey. Experimenting with different topics like simplicity, reality, stories, and space, she creates drawings that are abstracted and colorful, utilizing mediums like ink, markers, gouache, pencil, and paint to deliver a sense of overwhelming spontaneity. As an emerging artist, Kate’s artistic goal is to continue creating art that displays her chaotic and wild perspective of stories in an abstracted and surrealist manner.

Kenneth Marunowski

Kenneth Marunowski is an artist and educator who lives and works in his hometown of Valley View, Ohio, just south of Cleveland. Ken grew up enjoying the cultural amenities of a big city and the spaciousness of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, both right at his doorstep. Marunowski’s passion for culture and nature took him to Kent State University where he received bachelor degrees in French and Painting, the beginnings of a lifelong investigation of language and image. A pivotal junior year abroad studying both subjects in Aix-en-Provence, France deepend the young painter’s appreciation for culture, language and art. Years later, a Master of Arts in English as a Second Language provided Marunowski an opportunity to teach in Dresden, Germany before returning to Kent State to pursue a Ph.D. in Literacy, Rhetoric and Social Practice. Following his doctoral degree, Marunowski taught professional writing at the University of Minnesota Duluth for several years before dedicating himself completely to his painting practice. A full-time artist since 2016, Ken recently resided in Bend, Oregon where he shared his rigorous pursuit of abstract and representational painting not only through the works he created but also through the painting and drawing classes and workshops he taught, the talks he gave, and the articles he wrote on art-related topics. Presently situated in his hometown of Valley View, Ohio once again, Marunowski relishes in the splendor of the Cuyahoga Valley as inspiration for his art and life.

Kristen Cliffel

Kristen Cliffel is a ceramic sculptor living and working in Lakewood, Ohio. Her studio practice is centered around themes of domesticity and emotional relationships. She graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1990 with a BFA in ceramics. Kristen’s work is included in many public and private collections across the country. Kristen has completed residencies at The Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada, and the John Michael Kohler Arts Center’s Arts/Industry at Kohler Co., Wisconsin. Kristen has given workshops at the Penland School of Crafts as well as Anderson Ranch Arts Center and the John Michael Kohler Arts Center. She has been awarded a Creative Workforce Fellowship from the Cuyahoga Partnership for Arts and Culture, has received several Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowships, and has been a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant Nominee. In 2016, Cliffel was awarded the Cleveland Arts Prize for midcareer artist in the visual arts. Kristen teaches sculpture and ceramics in the northeastern Ohio area as well as giving workshops at universities and colleges across the country. Cliffel continues to work in her studio in Lakewood, Ohio, and shows widely across the country.

Lia Plume

In terms of art, my true loves are drawing, painting, and printmaking. While growing up with the practice of drawing and painting, my background in marketing and advertising is what I credit for kick starting my love for the process of printmaking- the process, though requiring intense patience and work to get any results, makes up for it with the ability to make multiples, something that appeals to me greatly. Also, much like myself, printmaking exists in a sort of state between the world of business and the world of art, not completely existing in one area but instead relishing in both and becoming something wholly unique because of it. My work tends to favor the hand drawn appearance over photographic imagery, and preferred subject matter typically includes animals or creatures that stand in for a metaphor, typically for lived experiences. Color is also a key part of my art too, with most of my work having limited color palettes. While painting and printmaking are the two practices most often used currently, I plan to reintroduce the element of drawing within my artwork, and see how manipulation of all three practices can lead to unexpected and appealing results.

Madeline O'Keefe

O’Keefe graduated from Kent State University with a B.F.A. in painting. Her work explores the range of figure within landscape to varying degrees between realism and abstraction. These surreal atmospheres are brought to life through color and two-dimensional texture, establishing atmospheric perspective as well as specificity.

Maeve Billings

Maeve Billings is an emerging painter from Cleveland (OH) with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Cleveland Institute of Art. They’ve been in several 2-person shows, including JXM (with Jordi Rowe) in 2025 and Collective Spaces (with Bex Fuller) in 2019. Maeve has participated in group shows including Rotten Keepsakes, Are We There Yet?, and the Front International CAN Triennial: You Are Here. They have been in various other group shows in Illinois, Ohio, and Missouri. Maeve acted as the student committee chair for both the 74th and 75th Student Independent Exhibition. They have received awards including the First Agnes Gund Memorial Traveling Award, the Victoria Welling Award, Cleveland Institute of Art Gund Family Scholarship, the Governor’s Show Scholarship, the Ted Frost ‘88 Travel Scholarship, and the Cleveland Women’s Club Scholarship.

Makaylah Clark

Makaylah Clark is a figurative mixed media artist who combines historical and contemporary aesthetics. Growing up and living in Northeast Ohio, Clark has been involved with her local arts community. Being in local galleries such as Akron Soul Train, and an active member of Akron Black Artist Guild. Clark attended D'Orquevaux artist residency in France this summer, allowing her time to sharpen her studio practice. Makaylah has been working on creating larger works on paper and raw canvas, as well as her research in cross-cultural interconnections. She is preparing for a solo show in 2026 at the East Side Gallery in Akron, Ohio. Clark's work continues to evolve as she integrates historical imagery and contemporary stories.