Artist of Month

Artist of Month

MAY ARTIST OF THE MONTH- LITERARY

KISHA NICOLE FOSTER Kisha Nicole Foster is a mother, nationally performing poet, and teaching artist. Foster is Director of Special Programs for Twelve Literary Arts; she leads workshops at Literary Cleveland and works with Lake Erie Ink. The author of two books…

MAY ARTIST OF THE MONTH- VISUAL

JUSTIN MICHAEL WILL Justin is a Cleveland Heights native, working in a variety of traditional and digital materials. His drawings are funky, fresh, and fun! Poking and prodding at new approaches to constructing figurative imagery and word play, Justin reinvents our everyday…

ARTIST OF THE MONTH: LYNNE LOFTON

APRIL GIVEAWAY No purchase necessary Entry form located in the store Lynne Norwood Lofton www.lynnelofton.com Lynne has been a studio potter for over 38 years, working in a variety of clays, techniques, and firing methods. She is currently hand building the whimsical…

ARTIST OF THE MONTH: CATHERINE DAVIES PAETZ

MARCH GIVEAWAY No purchase necessary Entry form located in the store Catherine Davies Paetz loves to create wearable art that brings people joy. Her original silver jewelry designs explore playful line work and/or unique surface texture and are often accented with enamel,…

ARTIST OF THE MONTH: SHAYNA ROTH PENTECOST

FEBRUARY GIVEAWAY No purchase necessary Entry form located in the store Shayna Roth-Pentecost is one of our acclaimed glass artists in our year-round store! Since the first moment Shayna witnessed a glassblower at work she recalls being mesmerized by the grace and…

ARTIST OF THE MONTH: NANCY LUKEN

JANUARY GIVEAWAY No purchase necessary Entry form located in the store Local Artist Nancy Luken spent much of her life exploring the lines between reality and imagination: sometimes taking common everyday items and altering them to create a new object seen in…

ARTIST OF THE MONTH: Guangsheng (Jerry) Wang

DECEMBER GIVEAWAY No purchase necessary Entry form located in the store Guangsheng (Jerry) Wang Jerry Wang is a local musician as well as painter, native to Tianjin, China. Within his musical career, Wang taught Erhu, a Chinese traditional instrument, at the Tianjin…

ARTIST OF THE MONTH: PAT GARMHAUSEN

Pat Garmhausen is November’s Artist of the Month! Pat is a 1979 graduate of Kent State University with a BFA in Graphic Design and Illustration. After her arts education, she worked in TV on Channel 43 in the 80’s, then at Imperial…

ARTIST OF THE MONTH: APEMADE

OCTOBER GIVEAWAY No purchase necessary Entry form located in the store April Bleakney, founder of her small business APEMADE works through a variety of printmaking processes, covering a range of themes from current political topics to the heartwarming pride of one’s hometown.…

ARTIST OF THE MONTH: DAVID SHAFRON

Self-taught wood worker, David Shafron crafts handmade objects that speak to the beauty of fine woodworking. The objects he chooses and is commissioned to craft are functional household and office items. He has his own online business under the name Darbynwoods where…