Details
Start Date
Tue, January 21, 2020 @ 10:00 AM
End Date
Thu, March 5, 2020 @ 5:00 PM
Location
The Cuyahoga Valley Art Center
Winter Exhibition & Art Sale
The Cuyahoga Valley Art Center invites the community to view our Winter Exhibition & Art Sale, on display from January 21st–March 5th
This exhibition is looking to showcase the talents of participating artists during these chilly winter months. The subject matter of the artwork does not have to be related to winter. CVAC is simply seeking to reveal the breadths of interests and investigations from our participants recent paintings, sculptures, ceramics and works on paper.
The juror of this exhibition, Chelby Benson, selected which submissions would hang in the exhibition.
The People’s Choice selection process, kicking off January 21st and running through February 21st, shall dictate the Best of Category and honorable mentions for each of 7 the categories of this exhibition. Awards will be distributed as the winners are celebrated during the Winter Exhibition’s Artist Reception on February 21st from 5:30-7:00 PM. Patrons will have the opportunity to mingle with the artists, enjoy refreshments and hors d’oeuvres and purchase art during this free reception.
Juror Biography:
Chelby Benson: Chelby Benson is a Visual Art Educator for Woodridge Local Schools. She enjoys working with students of all ages to facilitate their growth in art techniques and creative thinking. She considers herself a ceramic artist, and loves to dabble in paint and mixed media. Chelby is also known for her theatrical set designs and specialty painting for local theaters. Chelby is a board member at CFVAC and volunteers at local non-profits.
People’s Choice Winners:
| WATERCOLOR MEDIA:
Tom Mayer Mogador, OH ‘Last Day of School (c1977)’ NFS
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| WATER BASED MEDIA:
Zirka Hayes Akron, OH ‘Red Canoe’ $115 |
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| OIL BASED MEDIA:
Todd Bergert North Canton, OH ‘Charlie’ NFS |
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| DRY MEDIA:
Ruth Matthews Wauseon, OH ‘Mackerel Cove’ $503 |
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| MIXED MEDIA:
Sandy Spinks Bedford, OH ‘Google Earth’ $600 |
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| 3-DIMENSIONAL MEDIA:
Lisa Kenion Euclid, OH ‘Flowers and Skulls’ $4,500 |
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| PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDIA:
Susan Lash Chagrin Falls, OH ‘Watchful’ $200 |
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EXHIBITION CATEGORIES
WATERCOLOR MEDIA: This category will include any media for which water, not oil nor polymers, are used as the binding agent, with the resulting artwork considered to be a watercolor. Mediums such as; watercolor paints, watercolor pencils, watercolor markers, and watercolor pastels are all included within this category, even if utilized together in one image. Acrylic and Tempera paints are not applicable within this category.
WATER BASED MEDIA: This category will include any media that is water-based such as acrylic paints, and tempera paints.
OIL BASED MEDIA: This category will include any media that uses oil as its binder such as oil paints, oil pastels, oil based markers, etc.
DRY MEDIA: This category will include media that is dry such as graphite, charcoal, pastels, colored pencils, Conté crayon, silver point, etc. and media the uses a fluid solvent or carrier such as marker, pen or ink (alcohol ink).
MIXED MEDIA: This category will include any work that combines traditionally distinct visual art medias such as work that might include both paint, ink and collage.
3-DIMENSIONAL MEDIA: This category will include any work that occupies space through the dimensions of height, width and depth.
PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDIA: This category will include any lens-based media, including but not limited to images made by film, scanner, screen-capture, digital camera, and any means of mobile photography. CVAC invites photographers working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought to participate. Experimental and mixed techniques are welcome. Only 2-D work is eligible for this category.
ACCEPTED SUBMISSIONS:
| FULL NAME | CITY, STATE | TITLE | CATEGORY | PRICE |
| GLADYS ANDERSON | Warrensville Heights, OH | Mushroom | PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDIA | NFS |
| TODD BERGERT | N Canton, OH | Charlie | OIL BASED MEDIA | NFS |
| TODD BERGERT | N Canton, OH | Heifer Parade | OIL BASED MEDIA | $1,000 |
| SAMANTHA BIAS | Cleveland, OH | Remnants of Spring | PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDIA | $60 |
| CINDY BLISS | Mantua, OH | Mugician | MIXED MEDIA | NFS |
| CINDY BLISS | Mantua, OH | Resilience | MIXED MEDIA | NFS |
| MARILYN BRADACH | Rootstown, OH | Snow Birds | OIL BASED MEDIA | $175 |
| HEATHER BRAZIL | Akron, OH | Yellow Tree | MIXED MEDIA | $100 |
| HEATHER BRAZIL | Akron, OH | Red Tree | MIXED MEDIA | $150 |
| HEATHER BRAZIL | Akron, OH | Small Red Tree | MIXED MEDIA | $75 |
| ATHENA BROWN | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | Winter Forest | WATER BASED MEDIA | $100 |
| RALPH CARPINELLI | Richfield, OH | Wintergreen | WATERCOLOR MEDIA | NFS |
| RALPH CARPINELLI | Richfield, OH | Snow Road | WATERCOLOR MEDIA | NFS |
| DEANNA CLUCAS | Richfield, OH | On The Edge | WATERBASED MEDIA | $585 |
| KYLE CROSSLAND | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | MOD SUN | MIXED MEDIA | NFS |
| JODY CROW | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | Let the Sun Shine In | OIL BASED MEDIA | $300 |
| JODY CROW | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | Italian Bliss | OIL BASED MEDIA | $300 |
| JODY CROW | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | Trudging Through | OIL BASED MEDIA | $300 |
| JODY CROW | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | Heading Home | OIL BASED MEDIA | $320 |
| C. ARTHUR CROYLE | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | Any Winter Day in Akron | OIL BASED MEDIA | $1,250 |
| ANTHONY DEMARCO JR. | Strongsville, OH | Gruene Saloon TX | PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDIA | $150 |
| ANTHONY DEMARCO JR. | Strongsville, OH | “The Altar” Notre Dame Du Haut | PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDIA | $200 |
| JOSEPH T DICK | Akron, OH | Alpine Chapel | PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDIA | $250 |
| JOSEPH T DICK | Akron, OH | Dance of the Moon Child | PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDIA | $200 |
| BRETT DRUMMOND | Coventry, OH | Circular Surprise | PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDIA | $125 |
| SHIRLEY ENDE-SAXE | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | Once Inna… | MIXED MEDIA | $300 |
| LINDA FERRIS | Akron, OH | Country Life | WATERCOLOR MEDIA | NFS |
| LINDA FERRIS | Akron, OH | Waiting for Spring | WATERCOLOR MEDIA | NFS |
| MARY FORD | Parma, OH | Expansion | MIXED MEDIA | $125 |
| MARY FORD | Parma, OH | Moonlight Kiss | PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDIA | $85 |
| MARY FORD | Parma, OH | Snowfall in Rose Forest | MIXED MEDIA | $60 |
| STEVE FOUNTAIN | Kent, OH | Statue, Villa Monastero, Varenna | NFS | |
| STEVE FOUNTAIN | Kent, OH | Can Hold a Candle to it | $250 | |
| JUDITH L. FOWLER | Akron, OH | Autumn Apples | OIL BASED MEDIA | NFS |
| JUDITH L. FOWLER | Akron, OH | Pink Cummerbund | OIL BASED MEDIA | NFS |
| ELIZABETH ANNE FRY | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | Cuyahoga River, Monroe Falls 1985 | DRY MEDIA | $150 |
| ELIZABETH ANNE FRY | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | Farmstead Along the Seine | DRY MEDIA | $150 |
| ELIZABETH ANNE FRY | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | After the Flood, Venice | DRY MEDIA | $150 |
| DOMINICK GIBSON | Cleveland, OH | Chernobyl | WATERBASED MEDIA | $150 |
| ROBERT GOLDTHWAITE | Kent, OH | Burnt Forest | WATERBASED MEDIA | $200 |
| ROBERT GOLDTHWAITE | Kent, OH | Julia | WATERBASED MEDIA | NFS |
| RIVA GORDON | Barberton, OH | 3 Graces | WATERCOLOR MEDIA | $550 |
| BETTY GRIBBLE | Dover, OH | All in the Family | OIL BASED MEDIA | NFS |
| TERRIE HALEY | Akron, OH | Magical Dusk | WATERBASED MEDIA | $295 |
| TERRIE HALEY | Akron, OH | Chantilly Morning | WATERBASED MEDIA | $295 |
| SUSANNA HARRIS | Kent, OH | Tide Pool | MIXED MEDIA | $70 |
| ZIRKA HAYES | Akron, OH | Red Canoe | WATERBASED MEDIA | $115 |
| ZIRKA HAYES | Akron, OH | On the Towpath | WATERBASED MEDIA | $225 |
| SALLY HESTON | Broadview Heights, OH | Rex | WATERCOLOR MEDIA | $200 |
| SALLY HESTON | Broadview Heights, OH | Lost Edges | WATERCOLOR MEDIA | $220 |
| JACK HICKSON | Barberton, OH | Spring Migration | WATERCOLOR MEDIA | $350 |
| JACK HICKSON | Barberton, OH | Kentucky Warbler | WATERCOLOR MEDIA | $95 |
| KEVIN PAUL HUDAK | Akron, OH | Time Equation | OIL BASED MEDIA | $800 |
| KEVIN PAUL HUDAK | Akron, OH | Just Around the Corner of Technology. | OIL BASED MEDIA | $800 |
| PRITI JAIN | Hudson, OH | Macaw | MIXED MEDIA | $200 |
| MILAN KECMAN | Middleburg Hts., OH | Two Harrietts | OIL BASED MEDIA | $2,850 |
| MILAN KECMAN | Middleburg Hts., OH | Roommates Selfies | OIL BASED MEDIA | $2,850 |
| DANIELLE KEISLING | Akron, OH | This July Weekend | WATERCOLOR MEDIA | NFS |
| LISA KENION | Euclid, OH | Wormhole | 3-DIMENSIONAL | $820 |
| LISA KENION | Euclid, OH | Lake Cloud | 3-DIMENSIONAL | $3,600 |
| LISA KENION | Euclid, OH | Flowers and Skulls | 3-DIMENSIONAL | $4,500 |
| ARIEL KENT | Akron, OH | Follow the Sun | PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDIA | $50 |
| ARIEL KENT | Akron, OH | Nature’s Warmth | PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDIA | $50 |
| ARIEL KENT | Akron, OH | A Cactus’s Crown | PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDIA | $50 |
| ARIEL KENT | Akron, OH | As Light As A Feather | PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDIA | $50 |
| ADOLPH KRIZMANICH | Parma, OH | I Think We’re Lost | WATERCOLOR MEDIA | $200 |
| ADOLPH KRIZMANICH | Parma, OH | Hetera Head Lighthouse | WATERCOLOR MEDIA | $200 |
| ADOLPH KRIZMANICH | Parma, OH | Spring Song | WATERCOLOR MEDIA | $150 |
| LECIA LANDIS | Lakewood, OH | Water Lily | 3-DIMENSIONAL | $390 |
| LECIA LANDIS | Lakewood, OH | Lavender Fields | 3-DIMENSIONAL | $350 |
| NICKI LANZI | Strongsville, OH | Morning Gift | WATERCOLOR MEDIA | $325 |
| SUSAN LASH | Chagrin Falls OH | Starry Night | PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDIA | $150 |
| SUSAN LASH | Chagrin Falls OH | Watchful | PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDIA | $200 |
| WENDY LEWIS | New Franklin, OH | Pickle Rock | DRY MEDIA | $550 |
| WENDY LEWIS | New Franklin, OH | Blue Hole | 3-DIMENSIONAL | $280 |
| ANDY LIPTAK | Dover, OH | Mallard Pair (2 pieces) | 3-DIMENSIONAL | $1,500 |
| LINDA LYONS | Medina, OH | Fragments | MIXED MEDIA | $375 |
| RUTH MATTHEWS | Wauseon, OH | Mackerel Cove | DRY MEDIA | $503 |
| RUTH MATTHEWS | Wauseon, OH | Phenomenon | DRY MEDIA | $491 |
| TOM MAYER | Mogadore OH | Last Day of School (c1977) | WATERCOLOR MEDIA | NFS |
| JAMES MCKINNON | Massillon, OH | Photography by Millisecond | PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDIA | $150 |
| JAMES MCKINNON | Massillon, OH | Late Summer Meadow | PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDIA | $200 |
| MATTHEW MCLENDON | Munroe Falls, OH | Exaggerated | WATER BASED MEDIA | NFS |
| LEO MILLER | Ravenna, OH | Hibiscus & Magnolia Blossoms | 3-DIMENSIONAL | $200 |
| LEO MILLER | Ravenna, OH | Big Head | 3-DIMENSIONAL | $150 |
| LEO MILLER | Ravenna, OH | Nouveau Wall Hanger | 3-DIMENSIONAL | $125 |
| NOREEN MOLEK | Columbia Station, OH | The Parrot | MIXED MEDIA | $100 |
| ROY MOWLS | Munroe Falls, OH | Brandywine Falls | OIL BASED MEDIA | $1,200 |
| ANGELA NOVAK | Berea, OH | Eudora | WATERBASED MEDIA | $300 |
| ALANA POWELL | Stow, OH | Ice Lake | MIXED MEDIA | $400 |
| BERNADETTE RUSS | Willoughby Hills, OH | Rain For Australia | WATERCOLOR MEDIA | $350 |
| BERNADETTE RUSS | Willoughby Hills, OH | Winter Moon | WATERCOLOR MEDIA | $300 |
| BERNADETTE RUSS | Willoughby Hills, OH | Fall Dance | WATERCOLOR MEDIA | $300 |
| BERNADETTE RUSS | Willoughby Hills, OH | Sunny Spot | WATERCOLOR MEDIA | $210 |
| JUDIE RYAN | Stow, OH | Snow Play | WATERCOLOR MEDIA | NFS |
| TARA SEGARS | Kent, OH | The Black | DRY MEDIA | $200 |
| STEPHANIE SIBITS | Broadview Heights, OH | Welcome Home | WATERBASED MEDIA | $325 |
| STEPHANIE SIBITS | Broadview Heights, OH | Red House Hill | WATERBASED MEDIA | $125 |
| STEPHANIE SIBITS | Broadview Heights, OH | It Takes A Village | WATERBASED MEDIA | $125 |
| WILLIAM SMITH | Stow, OH | 6:00 AM | OIL BASED MEDIA | $350 |
| KATHY SOBLESKIE | Tallmadge, OH | Morning Mist | DRY MEDIA | NFS |
| SANDY SPINKS | Bedford, OH | Google Earth | MIXED MEDIA | $600 |
| SANDY SPINKS | Bedford, OH | Rocky Way | MIXED MEDIA | $125 |
| MERRILY SPRAGUE | Silver Lake, OH | Bridge to Home | WATERBASED MEDIA | NFS |
| PATRICIA STAFFORD | Parma Heights, OH | Redbud Reverie | Waterbased Media | $235 |
| MARIE STEELE | Akron, OH | The Old Horsepen | OIL BASED MEDIA | $700 |
| MARIE STEELE | Akron, OH | Road to Home | OIL BASED MEDIA | $700 |
| DENNY STOIBER | Silver Lake, OH | Sleep Interrupted | WATERCOLOR MEDIA | $250 |
| JACQUI SUKIE | Akron, OH | Pandora’s Path | PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDIA | $100 |
| RUSS VERNON | Copley, OH | Floral Study #8 | WATER BASED MEDIA | $150 |
| RUSS VERNON | Copley, OH | Landscape | WATER BASED MEDIA | $150 |
| CATHY VOGEL | Wadsworth, OH | Gingerbread Boy | WATERCOLOR MEDIA | NFS |
| CATHY VOGEL | Wadsworth, OH | Trick or Treat | WATERCOLOR MEDIA | NFS |
| LAWRENCE WALKER | Mogadore, OH | Art Deco Red Head | MIXED MEDIA | $695 |
| LAWRENCE WALKER | Mogadore, OH | Shore Lunch | MIXED MEDIA | $695 |
| SUZANNE WHITE | Streetsboro, OH | Sanctuary | WATERBASED MEDIA | $150 |
| RICHARD WILLETT | Tallmadge, OH | Anticipation | WATERCOLOR MEDIA | $90 |
| RICHARD WILLETT | Tallmadge, OH | Spring Thaw | OIL BASED MEDIA | $75 |
| JANET WILLIS | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | Mountain Meadow | PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDIA | $45 |
| MARY JO WORTHINGTON | Munroe Falls, OH | “Sea” My Lake | WATER BASED MEDIA | NFS |
| JANET YOUNG | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | Grandma’s Farm | OIL BASED MEDIA | $1,750 |
| DEB ZEMANEK | Akron, OH | Faded Love | WATERCOLOR MEDIA | $150 |
| DEB ZEMANEK | Akron, OH | Fawn Memories | WATERCOLOR MEDIA | $200 |