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The Arts Center will partially reopen on July 6!

We are very happy to announce that the Arts Center will partially reopen on Monday, July 6, for in-person classes and some private music lessons. Our temporary operating hours will be Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Payments for classes and lessons should be made through our website, by phone, or by mailed check before the student’s start date — not in person. Our front desk will only be intermittently staffed.

We require anyone entering the building to wear a mask the entire time they’re inside, and to check in at the front desk. The kitchenette in the front of the building will be used only as a handwashing station (no food prep permitted — dancers, please note); we ask that everyone wash hands upon entry. Parents of students: unless your child requires assistance, please do not accompany them into the building for their class/lesson. If you or anyone in your household is sick/running a fever, please do not enter the building.

Virtual gallery show for June available to view now

Check out the virtual gallery show for our June featured artist, Jennifer Overholser, here.

Art from “Women’s Rights” exhibit available for purchase

Many of the pieces from our “Women’s Rights” exhibit are available for purchase.
To order online, use the link provided for each piece. Email Nancy Nelson-Brotz at visualarts@ashtabulaartscenter.org to arrange pickup or delivery (NE Ohio only).
To order and arrange pickup/delivery by phone, call (440) 964-3396.
Pieces here are available through May 30, 2020.

“Harriet”
by Katey Hudson
acrylic
8″ x 10″
$25
purchase

“The Fight for Women”
by Katey Hudson
acrylic
16″ x 20″
$30
purchase

“I Am Woman”
by Bev O’Reilly
mixed media
28″ x 22.5″, framed w/glass
$650
purchase

“Around”
by Diane Fleisch-Hughes
ink on yupo
14″ x 20″, framed w/glass
$150
purchase

“Split”
by Diane Fleisch-Hughes
ink on yupo
14″ x 20″, framed w/glass
$150
purchase

Untitled
by Sydney Manis
ink
12″ x 18″, framed w/glass
$20
purchase

“Courage”
by Emily Glink
mixed media
12″ x 15″, framed w/glass
$90
purchase

“Title IX”
by Tracy Zakraysek
digital (giclee print)
18.5″ x 22.5″, framed w/glass
$95
purchase

“Frida Kahlo”
by Tangerine Tirado
acrylic
16″ x 20″
$200
purchase

“No More Stolen Sisters”
by Nancy Nelson-Brotz
oil pastel
22″ x 26″, framed w/glass
$95
purchase

“RBG’s Dissent Collar”
by Belinda J. Rogers
acrylic
14″ x 14″
$150
purchase

“RBG’s Majority Jabot”
by Belinda J. Rogers
acrylic
14″ x 14″
$150
purchase

“Moving on Up!”
by Judy Campbell
acrylic on wood panel
24″ x 48″
$850
purchase

“Shirtwaist Liberties: Triangle Fire, 1911″
by Susan Phillips
acrylic
18″ x 24”
$100
purchase

“Women’s Prayer Flags”
by Valerie Rose Gale
mixed media on muslin cloth
approx. 120″ x 7″
$500
purchase

“Fight Like a Girl”
by Elizabeth Ginn
oil
22″ x 28″
$200
purchase

A request for our supporters

We have to take a moment to make a request of our AAC supporters, whether you’re audience members, artists, students, or volunteers. With all of our programming shut down, the Arts Center is struggling financially right now.  We know this is a scary time for many people, and we absolutely understand that not all of our supporters are in a financial position to make donations. We are grateful for all the ways you show your love for the arts, and the Arts Center. If, however, you are someone who is able to donate to the Arts Center, at any level, it would be a tremendous help. You can donate online here.

“Women’s Rights” accepted pieces

The following pieces have been accepted into the 2020 Ashtabula Arts Center Women’s Show. The theme this year was Women’s Rights.
All work not accepted into this year’s show should be picked up by March 7.  Please make sure you sign your work out at the front desk. Thank you for everyone for sharing your art with us!

Heather Denning – Miss Cheyenne

Sharon Konkoly – Force Fed for Freedom

Nancy Nelson-Brotz – No More Stolen Sisters

Shelby Kacludis – Susie be Proud

Bev O’Reilly – “I am Woman”

Diane Fleisch-Hughes – 1. Around   2. Split

Tracy Zakraysek – Title IX

Valerie Rose Gale – A Women’s Prayer Flags

Tangerine Tirado – Frida Kahlo

Sydney Manis – Untitled (Lucille Ball Quote”)

Belinda Rogers – 1. RBG’s Majority Jabot   2.RBG’s Dissent Collar

Judy Campbell – Moving on Up!

Elizabeth Ginn – Fight like a Girl

Merrily Edgecombe – 1. The Color of our Skin    2. Honor all Women of Suffrage

Emily Glink – 1. Courage   2. Legacy

Deborah Boyd-Tressler – Respect and Value their Commitment

Katey Hudson – 1. The Fight For Women   2. Harriet

Ashley Platt – 1. Terminus   2. Dr. Mary Miller Battels

Susan Phillips – Shirtwaist Liberties: Triangle Fire, 1911

Private art lessons are now available

The Arts Center is now offering private instruction in visual arts. Students can receive one-on-one artistic guidance from a professional artist, learning foundational art techniques that support their unique goals. Build a personal artist portfolio, or get professional feedback and guidance on an existing portfolio. Private art lessons are available for all experience levels and ages, and are held at the Ashtabula Arts Center. All lessons are $30 an hour. For mediums in which students must provide their own materials, a materials list will be provided prior to the first lesson. Call (440) 964-3396 to arrange a lesson schedule.

Instructors & Mediums:
Jim Loomis – Drawing, Art Portfolio Mentor
Ralph Bacon – Drawing, Acrylics, Art Portfolio Mentor
Nancy Nelson-Brotz – Mosaics, Oil Pastels, Needle Felting
Rebecca Ollikainen – Drawing, Watercolors
Sandy Rill – Sculpture, Clay
Mary Underwood – Chalk Pastels

“Forms in Nature” Photography Show

Below are the artists and pieces accepted into “Forms in Nature,” on display in our gallery throughout February.

Carol Leikala

1. Eye Spy
2. Faded Glory
3. In the Still of the Morning
4. Orchid Promise
5. Time after Time

David Yates

1. Sharp
2. Ready To Dance
3. No Rush
4. Abstract Shapes
5. Luminous

Nanette Patrick

1. Eastern Amberwing
2. Glossy Ibis
3. Frozen Lake Erie
4. Waiting for Mom
5. Pondering

Jamie Goldstein

1. Lily Pad
2. Lake Erie at Gordon Park
3. Pollinator

Melanie Lyttle

1. Rainy Spring
2. Berry Landing Location
3. Sunny Sitting Spot
4. Close Up Stop
5. Fly Landing Pad

Rich McBride

1. Dipped in Diamonds
2. Lake Erie Volcano
3. Help I Lost My Swimming Trunk
4. Buzz Saw Snowflake

Richard Bailey

1. Snow Leopard
2. Pacific Coast I
3. Purple Orchids
4. Red Leaf
5. Tiger Lily

Laura McNally Levine

1. Waiting for Dinner
2. Rose
3. Owl
4. Stone Arch
5. Cactus

Arin Altmare

1. Crazies
2. Fallen Redwood
3. Maroon Bells

Dwight Boyer

1. Christmas Sunset 2019
2. Male Cardinal
3. River Crossing
4. Snowy Owl
5. Red Fox

Lisa Burroughs

1. Red and Black Series

Harry Schwentker

1. Mt Fuji

Call for women artists for March 2020 exhibit: “Women’s Rights”

The Ashtabula Arts Center is accepting art submissions by women artists throughout the area in celebration of Women’s History Month, March 2020, for an exhibit, Women’s Rights. Find details and the application here: Women’s Show 2020 application for artists

Call for artists for November Suicide Awareness & Prevention exhibit

The Ashtabula County Suicide Prevention Coalition and the Ashtabula County LOSS Team, in collaboration with the Ashtabula Arts Center, are seeking artwork submissions for our third annual show, Hope in Artistry: Reducing Stigma and Raising Awareness for Suicide Prevention. A variety of mediums will be accepted, including photography, painting, illustrations and mixed media. Find submission instructions and guidelines and the entry form here: Suicide Prevention exhibit Call for Artists 2019

2019 Kiwanis Student Art Competition

Visit the gallery this month and see artwork submitted by junior and senior high students from Ashtabula Area City Schools, Buckeye, and St. John for the 2019 Ashtabula Kiwanis Competition! Congratulations to this year’s winners, and thank you to all of the talented young artists who shared their work in this phenomenal show.

2019 Winners:
Trinity Annick, Edgewood
Reagan Chamra, Lakeside
Levi Dubach, Lakeside
Natalie Fowler, St. John
Laden Hommes, Braden
Shane Hoyle, Edgewood
Donte Jackson, St. John
Fiona Payne, Braden
Aiyana Romero-Coleman, Lakeside Junior High
Dana Sackett, St. John
Keith Sargent, Lakeside Junior High
Sydney Savage, Edgewood
Rachel Schulze, St. John
Alyssa Steen, Lakeside
Gwen Summers, Edgewood
Ashanti Young, Lakeside

Call for women artists for March exhibit

The Arts Center is seeking women artists to submit artwork for our March exhibit, “Women’s Work.” In an initiative started by Mary Urbas of the Gallery at Lakeland, multiple galleries in the Northeast Ohio area are celebrating the work of women artists.

Artists are invited to submit 2 pieces of artwork to this juried show, which will run from March 4-30. Intake of artwork will be March 1 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Artists will be notified about unaccepted entries on March 4. A reception, free and open to the public, will be held on Friday, March 22, from 6-8 p.m.

Download entry form: Women’s Work artist application

There is a $5 juror fee per artist (not per piece).

Sign-ups ongoing for second Harry Potter Camp

We had so many young witches & wizards sign up for our Harry Potter Camp, we had to plan a second one! Sign-ups are ongoing for the afternoon session of Harry Potter Camp, for grades K-6, July 30-August 3, 1:30-3:30 p.m., with Nancy Nelson-Brotz.

Spend the week at Hogwarts and leave the muggle world behind! We’ll spend the week making wands & potions, creating our house crests, transfiguring clay, & chronicling magical creatures. We’ll finish the week making and playing a game of Quidditch. $95 camp fee (or $86 for donors) — financial aid is available. Call (440) 964-3396 to sign up.