Shelter as a Human Right | Group Exhibition
Forum Gallery
Curated by Eric Tuck-Macalla, Shelter as a Human Right explores what it means to be unsheltered, to be under the strain of housing insecurity, and to be a refugee in today’s social climate. This group exhibition features two- and three-dimensional artworks created by artists from the unhoused community that Macalla assists at St. Paul’s UCC in Cleveland, Ohio, as well as Macalla’s own sculptural structures. Visitors will experience emotional representations of home, hearth, and shelter, through the lens of individuals who have experienced this displacement firsthand.
Kaleigh Tuck-Macalla is a family advocate at the Fredrick Douglas Recovery High School in the Clark Fulton neighborhood of Cleveland. Additionally, she is an Artworks alumni, an associate of the congregation of St. Joseph, and a volunteer at the Catholic Workers Storefront in Ohio City. Tuck-Macalla works closely with the shelter-insecure community, both professionally and on her own time.
Marthe Vernet is from Haiti and was living on the streets of Cleveland near Ohio City. She is a frequent attendee at the Artist Colony.
Andrea Puryear comes to the St. Pauls UCC Outreach Center every Wednesday with her daughter to attend the Artist Colony.
Juliet Floyd is a graduate of Fredrick Douglas Recovery High School and an Artworks alumni. Floyd will be attending Columbus College of Art and Design in the fall, studying fashion and comics.
Eric Tuck-Macalla was introduced to volunteering at the Catholic Workers Storefront by his daughter, Kaleigh Tuck-Macalla. His involvement has grown from visiting once in a while to hanging out twice a we
DJ volunteers at the St. Paul’s UCC Outreach Center. He often shows up at the Catholic Workers Storefront, and expresses himself at the Artist Colony.
DJ volunteers at the St. Paul’s UCC Outreach Center. He often shows up at the Catholic Workers Storefront, and expresses himself at the Artist Colony.
Did you know?
Most of the artwork on display at Summit Artspace is for sale.
Click on the artwork images for pricing and more information about each piece.
If you would like to purchase any art, please visit a staff member or volunteer at the front desk, or email anna@summitartspace.org.
Special thanks to Bradley Hart, Summit Artspace resident artist, for photography of virtual exhibitions!
1- Kaleigh Tuck-Macalla | The Storefront | $75/print
Lino print, 2026
1 of 5 total available Sales of The Storefront will benefit the North East Ohio Coalition for the Homeless.
2- Andrea Puryear | Windblown | $15
Watercolor, 2026
3- Andrea Puryear | Two Portraits | $45
Pencil and marker, 2026
4- Andrea Puryear | Mountains from Memory | $45
Colored pencil, 2026
5- Andrea Puryear | Grassland | $45
Colored pencil, 2026
6- Andrea Puryear | What His Thought’s Is | NFS
Acorn wash, 2026
7- Marthe Vernet | Blues Man | $50
Watercolor, 2026
8- Marthe Vernet | Spring Sketch | $50
Colored pencil, 2026
9- Marthe Vernet | Autumn Sketch | $50
Colored pencil, 2026
10- Marthe Vernet | Dark Winter | $50
Colored pencil, 2026
11- Marthe Vernet | Neighborhood | NFS
Watercolor, 2025
12- Juliet Floyd | Exposed | $75
Acrylic on clay, 2026
13- Juliet Floyd | My Future | $75
Acrylic on clay, 2026
14- Juliet Floyd | Almost Flying | $75
Acrylic on clay, 2026
15- Juliet Floyd | Hidden Treasure | $75
Acrylic on clay, 2026
16- Juliet Floyd | House of Mind | $75
Acrylic on board, 2026
17- Kenneth Irby | Summer Landscape | $45
Acrylic on board, 2026
18- Leslie Brooks | Collection of Pencil Sketches | POR (Purchase on request)
Pencil on paper
19- Leslie Brooks | Girls with Balloons | $20
Pencil and oil pastel, 2026
20- Leslie Brooks | Ink Pen Hacienda | $40
Ballpoint on paper, 2026
21- Eric Tuck-Macalla | With a Full Heart | $3,000
Mixed media
22- Eric Tuck-Macalla | Waiting for the Drugs to Kick In | $1,500
Wood, wire, epoxy, fabric, 2025
21- Eric Tuck-Macalla | Our Gated Community | $400
Wood, wire, paper, 2022
22- Eric Tuck-Macalla | Shelter as a Human Right | $3.000
Wood, brush, wire, epoxy, 2026
23- Dwight Jenkins | Power the Movement | $30
Collage, 2026
24- Dwight Jenkins | Stop n Go | NFS
Encaustic, 2025
26- Dwight Jenkins | Peace Love and Happiness | $15
Acrylic on board, 2026
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