Camilo Gonzalez Barragan

Camilo Gonzalez Barragan, is an independent artist from Bogotá, Colombia, there studied film and TV at the UNITEC university of Colombia. He found in analog photography a means to develop his ideas and tell his stories more quickly while working on audiovisual projects. Cinema, music and painting have been his inspiration to create his own perspective of life. His work often is based on personal experiences, portrays themes such as melancholy, nostalgia, freedom, silence, loneliness, forgetfulness and his dreams. His work has been featured in various magazines and galleries including The Paradox Magazine, Classics Magazine, RAW and Hardy & Nance Studio, Cleveland Print Room, moCa, JDBC. Camilo currently lives and works as photographer teacher in Cleveland, Ohio, where he has found inspiration in the magic of its forests, streets, and people.

VICTORIA (TORI) BELL

Tori Bell is a versatile art educator with a rich background in teaching art to students of all ages and skill levels. With a BFA from the University of New Mexico and an MFA from the University of Florida, Tori has developed a comprehensive understanding of various art forms and techniques. Her teaching repertoire includes digital and analog photography, fundamental and advanced drawing (landscape, figure, and anime), clay handbuilding, watercolor painting, Procreate animation, and more. 

Sarah Camino

Sarah Camino holds a degree in Elementary Education with a concentration in Special Education from Nevada State University. Sarah has over 10 years of painting experience as well as experience with other art forms including mixed media and ceramics. Sarah is passionate about sharing her love for the arts with students and encouraging them to embrace a creative outlet.

Christabel Devadoss

Christabel Devadoss is a landscape and travel photographer based out of Northeast Ohio and Middle Tennessee. She holds a PhD in Geography from West Virginia University (2018) as well as a Master's of Geography (2014) and Bachelor of Science in Photojournalism (2009) from Kent State University. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Global Studies and Human Geography at Middle Tennessee State University. Christabel has also been an instructor (teaching Photography and Multimedia techniques) for Kent State University from 2013-2018. 

 A member of Professional Photographers of America (PPA), Christabel has served as Photographer, Studio Manager, Photoshop Specialist, Designer, and Video Editor for several well-known Cleveland-based studios and labs. She blends her photographic and geographic training to capture landscapes from around the world.

​Her photos and prints have been displayed in galleries across Northeast Ohio, including the Galleria at Erieview in Cleveland, the Ashtabula Arts Center, Conneaut Arts Center, MozArt Gallery in Aurora, Gallery Z in Beachwood, Bridge Street Art Works,  Sandpiper Gallery in Ashtabula, and others.

MERYL ENGLER

Meryl Engler is an artist using woodcut and collage to create layered prints that evoke intimate, magical human moments, and the hidden landscapes of the environment. Meryl grew up in Huntington Beach, California, on the shores of the Pacific Ocean. She attended Syracuse University where she studied sculpture, printmaking, religious studies and history, while also competing on the women’s rowing team. Next, she went to graduate school at University of Nebraska-Lincoln for studio art with an emphasis in printmaking. This is where she developed her love of colorful woodcut prints, using layering, pattern and repetition. Meryl moved to Akron, Ohio in fall of 2019 as the Artist-in-residence at Rubber City Prints. The city’s landscape, people and history continue to inspire her. From watching the foliage and greenery take over the barren, urban landscape of Northeast Ohio to gathering with friends around a fire on a summer night, Meryl is always looking for the magical in the every day. In 2022 she started working at the Morgan Conservatory and learned Eastern and Western papermaking techniques, now incorporating papermaking into her print work. She has shown nationally and internationally, notably at Highpoint Center for Printmaking in Minneapolis, and Artlink Contemporary Gallery in Indiana.

Terri Hickey

Terri is a Cleveland based jewelry artist, working in fine silver and glass enamel.  Her artistic journey began as a young girl in Chicago, greatly influenced by her mother, an art teacher.  She attended the University of Illinois earning a degree in Fashion Merchandising and Design.  She worked for several years developing and manufacturing clothing lines for such companies as Spiegel Catalog and Edison Brothers Stores.  After a move to Cleveland with her husband she took some time at home with her three children.   In 2007, wanting to expand her artist endeavors, she began taking classes in jewelry and metals at the Valley Art Center in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.  Her love of color and fascination with glass soon led her to start exploring enamels. Feeling like she had found her jewelry niche, she reached out and arranged to study with some of the enamel industries most prominent jewelry artists.  The inspiration behind her jewelry comes from an appreciation of sophisticated clean lines, with minimal frill and maximum impact; streamlined, but never boring.

Terri participates in art shows in Ohio and Chicago and surrounding areas. Her work can be found in numerous Galleries in Ohio and New York.  She has been a guest artist on the Cleveland area TV show, “Artists at Work” and was the featured artist in the February 2019 issue of Ohio Magazine. In 2019 she  received an award for Outstanding Achievement in Jewelry at the Andersonville Art Festival in Chicago, IL.  Terri also teaches silver classes, Metal Clay and Enamel classes, Viking Knit and Chain Maille at several Cleveland area venues.    

 https://www.thissideofclassic.com/

AMI KAMERER

Ami Kamerer graduated from Cleveland State, with a degree in Art Education, and a concentration in Ceramics. 

She has taught K-12 public education for the last 10 years, and has been rated an accomplished teacher the last 5 years. Her philosophy of teaching reflects the art process being as important as the finished product. She creates lessons that help her students become design thinkers, and explore many possible outcomes in art. She strives for her students to become reflective on their work, comfortable with ambiguity, and learn from each other in a community setting.   

She has taken continuing education/masters classes in drawing, painting, and ceramics. She has also taught numerous camps, and art workshops throughout northeast Ohio. 

In her free time, she enjoys being outdoors with her dog Lucy, and going on hikes. She loves creating art in many different mediums, and spending time with family. 

KC HENRY

My passion for ceramics has developed throughout my life – as evidenced with my original love of using and collecting pottery.  After  taking a few ceramic classes – I turned my backyard offices into a pottery studio – which totally altered  my creative focus and my daily time commitment.   I was further blessed with master level mentors who greatly influenced the development of my work.

My work is a reflection of my love of nature.   The rural setting where I grew up in NE Ohio has inspired all that I create  – from organic stoneware designs to my earth-tone finishes.  Both my sculptural and functional vessels  are meant to be soothing but also might serve to evoke a feeling, an emotion or a memory. 

KELLY DIBBLE KERNER/ Dibbs on it creative learning

Kelly Dibble Kerner is the owner of Dibbs On It Creative Learning, a small educational business that offers creative educational workshops and resources to the community. Her workshops cover a variety of topics including creative mindfulness, STEM in nature, creative reading & writing, Spanish, and more!

Kelly has a degree in K-12 Spanish education and have extensive experience in curriculum development. All of her workshops include a creative activity, a strong learning objective, and differentiation for all ages and learning types. She has taught in numerous settings including public and private school, adult & senior education, homeschool, day camps, and private tutoring. In addition, Kelly is an advocate of hands-on learning and has developed a unique line of workshops that bring creative education to life! 

EMILIO MARRIOTT

Emilio Marriott is a Cleveland based artist with a BFA in Studio Art from Kent State University. Growing up consuming a lot of comic books, cartoons and surreal artwork, Emilio’s work is typically takes the form of large scale oil pastel drawings, done in a distinctly messy and vibrant style, reflecting both his sense of humor and eye for detail. Currently, Emilio teaches various young artist classes at OAC for grades K-8.

NIKKI MERCER

Nikki is a Cleveland based Counselor and Art Therapist. She studied Illustration at Syracuse University and got her graduate degree from Ursuline College. She has drawn over 300 pet portraits for clients in the last decade. Outside of her own portrait of her husky Bella, one of her top favorite commissions was a sea otter named Betty. Nikki’s passions in life are providing mental healthcare to foster care children, coaching tennis and eating cupcakes.

Stephanie Miller-Davis

Stephanie holds a Bachelors Degree in Art Education from Ohio State University and a Masters Degree in Curriculum and Instruction with Emphasis in Ceramics from Cleveland State University. She taught elementary art in the Cleveland and East Cleveland public schools. In 2001, she received the Outstanding Art Teacher Award from The Ohio Art Education Association. Stephanie retired from public education in June 2007 after 35 years and now enjoys working in her studio every day, creating original functional ceramics.

Stephanie has attended workshops in Colorado, Montana, and Tennessee with such distinguished ceramic artists as Peter Voulkos, Warren McKenzie, Julia Galloway, Josh DeWeese, McKenzie Smith, Kristen Kieffer and Suze Lindsay. In recent years, she has exhibited her work at Heights Arts Gallery, River Gallery,

Fiddlehead Gallery and Three Sheep Gallery. She has participated in numerous sales and art festivals including Art by the Falls in Chagrin Falls and Cain Park Arts Festival in Cleveland Heights.

Eddie Mitchell

Eddie Mitchell has been teaching drawing and painting across Northeast Ohio for close to 30 years, at esteemed institutions such as the Cleveland Institute of Art and Lakeland Community College. He is represented by galleries in Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, and has been commissioned for various and numerous prominent public locations. He has participated in over 185 art shows.

When it comes to his art practice, Mitchell explains, "I love the fact that light engenders a sense of extravagant joy and ingratiating optimism. It is this sense of joy and optimism that I am endeavoring to convey in my paintings. I am also captivated by the magical energy of color, which enhances this play of light and intensifies this feeling of cheerfulness and euphoria."

REHAM MOGAWER

Reham Mogawer is a Contemporary Paper Artist and Product Designer. Her affection to the ancient Quilling Art has driven her path of blending her immense Design experience with such a beautiful Art medium. The Chaos Theory has been her guide for finding grace within disorder. Exploring with paper beyond its possibilities and challenging the material, fusing the fine line between Art, Handcrafting and Design. 

She is the founder of Order out of Chaos Studio LLC, based in Ohio and An Artist Instructor with Studio Institute. Ten years ago, she started her journey of making art from strips of paper, falling in love with how those strips are flexible, creating patterns and shadows and above all they are versatile. Reham graduated from the German University in Cairo, with a bachelor degree in Applied Art and Sciences, product Design Major. She was blessed to have had the chance to see, live and explore many parts of the world, which definitely enriched her perception of cultures, nature and lots of inspirations. Her aim is to spread paper Art and make it as accessible as paint. She believes it is the art of senses and as a medium, it has limitless opportunities

lorri ott

Lorri Ott experiments with both material and process. Her recent wall works are constructed through multiple pours of pigmented resin, combined with canvas, muslin, and paint. Abstract and gestural, these works evoke the sensual surfaces of painting, an allusion reinforced by the use of muslin and canvas, while also asserting their synthetic nature.

"Experimental in material and process, my work is informed by the language of painting, the history of abstraction, chemistry, color, landscape and grid. Favoring the fluidity of pigmented liquid plastic I construct physical objects that function optically as well as sculpturally, engaging both vision and touch. Using color and surface texture to differentiate the parts or elements, I combine and assemble juxtaposing materials and forms (hard/soft, organic/geometric, opaque/translucent) to further abstract the pictorial qualities of the works.

"My recent work is more ambitious and polychromatic. These pieces require multiple pours of pigmented resin. Within my studio practice the cumulative activity of mixing and pouring liquid plastic establishes time and place: Each piece is a visual moment where material and process are tested and challenged. Color consideration is based upon my response to landscape (real, imaginary and emotional): I seek to reinvent a model of my experience using color, material and form. Installing these pieces directly on the wall allows the work to be open-ended in process and presentation."

Ott holds an MFA in Painting from Kent State University and a BFA in Painting from the University of North Carolina. She has taught painting, drawing, and color theory at Kent State University and the Cleveland Institute of Art since 2005. Her work has been exhibited locally, nationally, and internationally, including solo and group exhibitions at MOCA Cleveland, Rockford Art Museum, Zygote Press, AG Gallery in Brooklyn, and Flux Factory in Long Island City. She was represented by William Busta Gallery from 2009 to 2014.

Her work has been published in three editions of New American Paintings and she has participated in artist residencies at Ox-Bow, Vermont Studio Center, and SoHo Repro Box. She lives and works just south of Cleveland with her cat, Sahara.

https://lorriott.net/home.html

JACKIE PALUMBO

Jackie Palumbo is an artist who absolutely loves sharing her love of art with others! Jackie teaches preschoolers to senior citizens through classes, art clubs, and summer camps. Her goal for each class is to provide a fun, comfortable, encouraging environment and to get each student to express themselves creatively and think "outside the box".

While fused glass is Jackie’s main focus for art shows, she really enjoy creating mixed media art! Combining different elements and breathing new life into old things is so fun! Additionally, she is also a Licensed Ohio Substitute Teacher, a Certified Meditation and Mindfulness Instructor, and has a B.A. in Interpersonal and Organizational Communications. In addition, Jackie is an avid volunteer for our veterans and troops, wife, and mom of two boys.

CATHERINE PARK

Catherine Park grew up in an artistic family in Minneapolis. Her connection with watercolor began in high school, where she had her first exhibition of her artwork. At Vassar College, she studied drawing, oil painting and art history. After completing an MFA in creative writing at Columbia and moving to Cleveland, she dabbled in wood block and intaglio print-making. She’s a member of the American Society of Botanical Artists, as well as the Allegheny Highlands Botanical Art Society based in Pittsburgh.

In 2015 she returned to her first love, watercolor. Soon she discovered her fascination with the precision and detail of botanical art. Since 2018, she has been pursuing a Certificate of Botanical Art and Illustration at the Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh. Her botanical watercolor paintings have been displayed in several regional shows, including in Beachwood, Akron, Pittsburgh, and Wheeling, West Virginia.

Most notably, in June, 2022, her painting of a magnified columbine was accepted into the UK’s prestigious Society of Botanical Artists annual “Plantae” show in London.

Annie Peters

Annie Peters attended Kent State University earning a Masters of Art in Fine Arts and Akron University earning a Bachelor of Art in Art Education.  

Annie taught all aspects of art at Grand Valley High School (Orwell, Ohio) for 40 years. During that time she was awarded “Teacher of the Year” three times, and the Ruritans Outstanding Teacher Award.  Annie’s students excelled on both the national level and the local level, many of them pursuing careers in art.

Annie received an Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Grant in sculpture (1990). She was an invited illustrator in ALLISTER CROMLEY’S FAIRWEATHER BELLE (Bedtime Stories For Grown Ups To Tell) written by Shane Portman, 2012.

Annie is also published in Glencoe McGraw Hill, Art e- Solutions, Experiences of a Traveling Art Teacher, Winter, 2010. Annie has exhibited her work in museums (including the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Southern Ohio Museum) as well as national and regional shows. She has been an invited juror and lecturer in Ohio and California.

JACLYN RIGO

After receiving a BFA from Ohio University, with a concentration in drawing and painting, Jaclyn taught a wide range of art classes in Southern California schools eventually working her way up to become the curriculum director at The Artist Lab in Orange County, CA. After holding the position for five years, she made the move back to her hometown of Cleveland, OH to be close to family and join Northeast Ohio’s growing art community. As a lifelong educator, she enjoys seeing her students approach subjects in varying ways and believes that through making art we learn important skills such as perseverance, problem-solving, and the broadening of horizons.

Jaclyn believes that practicing a craft at any age is one of the best ways to grow appreciation for the world around us. Through her classes, she encourages students to challenge, express, and simply enjoy themselves. In her personal work, she pulls inspiration from her daily life as well as her experience in education. Using still life and floral imagery, her focus shifts between major topics of identity, sustainability, and society as a whole while paying close attention to light and color to tell a story inside her compositions.

CJ RITENOUR

CJ Ritenour is a Canton-based ceramic artist with over six years of experience. After taking their first ceramics class, they fell in love with pottery and are constantly pursuing growth and trying new techniques. In their small business, they favor functional pottery, specializing in mugs and custom surface design. CJ also teaches regular classes at two different museums, the Canton Museum of Art and the Massillon Museum, and serves as the Vice President of the Canton Ceramic Guild. Since they began teaching, it has sparked a new passion—not only to teach the fundamentals but also to push students to explore their own style and find their own voice.

DAVID RANKIN

David Rankin is a Cleveland Institute of Art graduate who is known for his exceptional sense of design, bold and distinctive use of color, and masterful handling of watercolor. His work is often described as “painterly” or impressionistic as it captures the essence of his subjects with greater expression and freedom. Rankin's paintings have been featured in the North Light series, "Splash: The Best of Watercolor" and "Strokes of Genius: The Best of Drawing."  His paintings have also promoted conservation for organizations such as the Smithsonian’s Conservation Biology Institute, the International Crane Foundation, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, and the Wild Bird Society of Japan. David is a distinguished member of the Society of Animal Artists, the Ohio Watercolor Society, and Artists for Conservation. Additionally, he has authored and illustrated several books, including "Beaks & More" and "Fast Sketching" for North Light Books. He has also illustrated "A Guide to the Cranes of India" for the Bombay Natural History Society.

Andrea Serafino

Ceramic Artist and instructor, Andrea Serafino, has been teaching and showing her work in the Cleveland area for over 25 years.  Very knowledgeable in the ceramic arts, she is known as “the” person with whom to study ceramics in the Cleveland area. She freely shares her techniques for wheel throwing, hand-building and clay sculpture with her students. 

Andrea attended the Cleveland Institute of Art, majoring in ceramics and has a minor degree in sculpture. She has been an active member of the art community in Cleveland, and was a founding member of the Artcraft Studios in downtown Cleveland. She served as a board member for Spaces Gallery from 1983 to 1990 and was a founding member of East/West Alternative Gallery from 1990 to 1998, later becoming the director from 1995 to 1998.  Andrea is currently the director of the Beachwood Ceramic Guild, offering studio space to area ceramic artists in a co-operative setting.

Andrea and several of her friends, including Catherine Butler, Deirdre Daw, Paula Dubaniewicz, Sam Hubish, Julie Edberg, and Andy Yoder organized, installed and performed “Eat at Arts;” Spaces Gallery’s first benefit, in 1983. 

Andrea currently teaches ceramics for the Orange Art Center, the Beachwood Ceramics Guild and BAYarts. Past teaching affiliations include Lakeland Community College, 1995 – 2012, The Cleveland Museum of Arts’ Children’s program, 1986-2004, TriC Senior Adults Art Program, 1995 – 2005, CHABAM Educational Play Center, and Clayworks at Coventry Library.

Marlene Weinstein

Marlene was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in New Jersey. For the last few decades she has called the ‘north coast’ her home. She lives in Beachwood, Ohio with her husband, James Newman. Marlene retired from a 30 year health care career in 2012 and completed a BFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Akron’s Myers School of Art in 2016.

Marlene shows her work in regional and university exhibits. In August 2017 she participated in ‘Eastern Edge’ Juried Exhibition at Ursuline College. In November 2016, Marlene had a solo show at Coffee Phix in South Euclid. In 2016 and 2015 she participated in The Mandel JCC Juried J-Show and in 2014 she received a Purchase Award from University of Akron’s Center for Conflict Management. In this, her triptych Freedom became part of the collection of the Center for Conflict Management.

Marlene also engages in her community through teaching. She is currently volunteering in Cleveland by teaching art to senior citizens and the developmentally disabled.  She also teaches drawing to both children and adults.  Other interests include reading and weight lifting.

KATIE WARREN

Katie Warren is a Cleveland-based fiber artist with a background in environmental education, regenerative farming, and art. She started Onion Dye Studio as a bridge between art and environmental sustainability and is excited to share her passions with others.