24th Annual Kaleidoscope Juried Exhibition
Betty and Howard Taylor Main Gallery
Kaleidoscope is an annual holiday show presented by the Alliance for the Visual Arts (AVA). This show is open to all members of AVA organizations: Akron Society of Artists (ASA), Artists of Rubber City (AoRC), Cuyahoga Valley Art Center (CVAC), Medina County Art League (MCAL), Ohio Collage Society (OSC), Artists of Group 10, and Women’s Art League of Akron (WAL). This year’s exhibition is juried by Valerie Metzger, Curator of Art and Artifacts at the Massillon Museum.
JUROR’S STATEMENT:
I am honored and delighted to be the juror of this 24th edition of Kaleidoscope. When I imagine looking through a kaleidoscope, I recall feeling captivated by each scene and eagerly anticipating the next. That’s what it was like to review the array of entries from the many skilled artists connected to the city of Akron.
Although the selected artworks represent a wide range of subject matter, techniques, and mediums, to me they demonstrate a combination of clarity and complexity. The contrast among the works of art serves to highlight each creator’s individual point of view, expressed as only they can. The selections show remarkable care, intention, and authenticity behind each decision. I hope you find the exhibition to be as visually dazzling and conceptually intriguing as its kaleidoscope namesake. Enjoy!
–Valerie Metzger, Juror
JUROR BIO:
Valerie Metzger is Curator of Art and Artifacts at the Massillon Museum, developing exhibits from the Museum’s extensive collection of artwork, photographs, and historic objects. Metzger received a museums & archives certificate from The University of Akron, where she is currently completing an MA in applied history and public humanities. Prior to this, she received a BA in interior design (also from The University of Akron) and enjoyed a career in commercial interior design. She applies her experience in visual design and project management to creating dynamic art and history exhibitions including Driving Forces: the Lincoln Highway Journey and Small but Mighty: Big Personalities in Local Circus History.
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Special thanks to Bradley Hart, Summit Artspace resident artist, for photography of virtual exhibitions!
1- Christopher J. Triner | My Father’s Shadow | NFS
Acrylic | Akron Society of Artists
2- Debrah Butler | Calm Before Chaos | NFS
Graphite | Cuyahoga Valley Art Center
3-Carol Klingel | Centering | $775
Oil on wood | Akron Society of Artists, Cuyahoga Valley Art Center, Artists of Rubber City, Medina County Art League, and Artists of Group 10
4- Tom Baldwin | Sun and Moon | NFS
Woodcarving | Artists of Rubber City, and Cuyahoga Valley Art Center
5- Mo Mosyjowski | Breaking Through | NFS
Oil and cold wax | Artists of Group 10, and Cuyahoga Valley Art Center
6- Matt Shiarla | Where is she? | $300
Watercolor, mixed media | Artists of Rubber City
7- Sylvia Sykes | Drawing Your Face | $300
Acrylic | Artists of Rubber City
8- James Buckey | Textures from the Tophat | NFS
100% cotton cold press giclée | Artists of Rubber City
9- Anna Romito | Fire | NFS
Oil on canvas | Women’s Art League of Akron
10- April E. Couch | Dress For Success | $500
Mixed media | Artists of Rubber City
11- Andrea Schepis | Fraxinus Dimissus | NFS
Plastic bread clips, straws and acrylic on canvas | Cuyahoga Valley Art Center
12- Carol J. Stevens | Madras Plaid | $1,800
Oil, cold wax | Akron Society of Artists, Artists of Rubber City, Cuyahoga Valley Art Center, and Medina County Art League
13- Sharon Frank Mazgaj | Family Heirloom | $1,200
Oil painting | Cuyahoga Valley Art Center
14- Martin R. Darr | Mogadore Reservoir | $2,500
Oil, canvas panel | Akron Society of Artists
15- Patricia Schroeder | SACRED PLACES | $900
Linocut, printer’s ink, colored pencils | Ohio Collage Society
16- Kevin Hudak | Entropy Challenged | $2,000
Oil painting | Artists of Rubber City
17- Cynthia Petry | Unknown Series- Something Blue | $250
Found photographs, knives, bees wax | Ohio Collage Society
18- Gwen Waight | unclean | $1,200
Found object assemblage | Artists of Rubber City, Cuyahoga Valley Art Center, and Ohio Collage Society, and Artists of Group 10
19- Bridgett Crocker Emerson | Half in Shadow, Half in Light (Persephone Series) | $225
Silver halide photograph on archival metallic paper | Artists of Rubber City
20- Bridgett Crocker Emerson | Pomegranate: The Seduction III (Persephone Series) | $225
Silver halide photograph on archival metallic paper | Artists of Rubber City
21- Leda Lisk | Cardinal | $750
Acrylic and watercolor | Akron Society of Artists
22- Tina Grondin | Resilience | $2,500
Oil on canvas | Cuyahoga Valley Art Center, and Artists of Group 10
23- Sharon Frank Mazgaj | Vintage Clown Bank | $8,000
Colored pencil | Cuyahoga Valley Art Center
24- Deanna Clucas | UNITED WE STAND | $390
Mixed media, watercolor, latex paint | Cuyahoga Valley Art Center, Medina County Art League, and Women’s Art League of Akron
25- Dennis Balogh | Crystal | $725
Designer’s gouache on 140 lb. hot pressed Arches watercolor paper | Akron Society of Artists, and Cuyahoga Valley Art Center
26- James W. Leslie | September Symphony | $1250
Oil on canvas | Akron Society of Artists
27- Carol J. Stevens | Hardly Houndstooth | $1,800
Oil, cold wax | Akron Society of Artists, Artists of Rubber City, Cuyahoga Valley Art Center, and Medina County Art League
28- April D. Cameron | Urban Whimsy | $600
Acrylic on recycled paper | Women’s Art League of Akron, Ohio Collage Society, and Cuyahoga Valley Art Center
29- David Grager | Julie | NFS
Oil on canvas | Artists of Rubber City
30- Karin Warner | Trainspotting | $200
Photograph | Women’s Art League of Akron
31- Charles Szabla | Columbus Metropolitan Library 3 | $750
Graphite | Artists of Rubber City
32- Robert J Putka | In George’s Garden: Questions of Cabbages or Kings | $3,500
Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas | Akron Society of Artists
33- Helen Wilson | Waldruhe-Triptych | NFS
Mixed media assemblage, cast papers, acrylics, unryu paper | Artists of Group 10, and Cuyahoga Valley Art Center
34- Brad Nellis | Foggy Railway Morning on Glass | $149
Photograph | Cuyahoga Valley Art Center
35- Sally S. Heston | Mechanization and Sunlight | $900
Watercolor | Akron Society of Artists, Cuyahoga Valley Art Center Medina County Art League, and Women’s Art League of Akron
36- Dei Bilunka | You Don’t Know Me | $1,200
Acryic and mixed media on canvas | Artists of Rubber City
37- Patricia Schroeder | A SORT OF SILLY STILL LIFE | $1,250
Mixed media, gouache, chalk, marker, oil pastel, china marker | Ohio Collage Society
38- Brian Shellito | Highland Square Alley | $800
Oil on paper | Akron Society of Artists
39- C. Arthur Croyle | Dire Straits | $1,000
Acrylic, oil | Akron Society of Artists
40- Nora Keenan | Welcome to Paradise | $2,600
Acrylic on canvas | Cuyahoga Valley Art Center
41- Beth Prindle | Farm It or Mine It | $1,200
Mixed media assemblage | Artists of Rubber City
42- Jeff Rog | Arc of a Diver | $950
Acrylic and collage on Dartek extruded nylon film | Artists of Rubber City
43- Judy Gaiser | American Standard | $1,000
Marker, acrylic, coffee, mixed media on watercolor board | Akron Society of Artists, and Artists of Group 10
44- Jessica Corrigan | Lady of the Low Country | $1,000
Watercolor | Cuyahoga Valley Art Center
45- Alexandria Joliat | Epiphany | NFS
Mixed media collage | Cuyahoga Valley Art Center
46- Yu Liu | Crimson Spirit | $500
Watercolor on paper | Cuyahoga Valley Art Center
47- Judy Takács | One | $8,000
Oil on canvas with gold leaf | Akron Society of Artists
48- Dei Bilunka | When the Darkness Opened | $1,200
Acrylic and mixed media on canvas | Artists of Rubber City
49- Emma Phillips | Held in Creation | $200
Oil paint | Women’s Art League of Akron
50- Kayla Billings | Wake Me When it’s Over | $700
Ink | Akron Society of Artist
51- Juniper Mainelis | The Artist | $7,000
Acrylic | Artists of Rubber City
52- Mo Mosyjowski | Mystic Journey | $1,500
Mixed media | Artists of Group 10
53- aGuyWithMSthatDraws | Temminck’s Tragopan | $500
Pastel pencil | Medina County Art League
54- Jasmine Gonzales | Wrenched (Wren) | $2,000
Clay, wooden round, red thread, acrylic paint | Women’s Art League of Akron
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