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Gina Washington is a product of exposure.        In 2024, Gina’s work was in five exhibits around Greater Cleveland and Akron, including last year’s Black History Month celebration at Cleveland City Hall, curated by Senior Arts Strategist and native Clevelander Rhonda Brown, and the Universal Child exhibit at Akron Soul Train, which explored the […]

A recent beautification trend in Northeast Ohio neighborhoods is the creation of public art projects to decorate otherwise drab utility boxes with vibrant art. Six local artists have transformed seven utility boxes in the Fairfax neighborhood, providing long-lasting, additional bursts of color to the area.     The Fairfax utility box project was initially started

For Ron Shelton, 2023 has been a year of opening minds – both at home and abroad – to sustainable art’s creativity and importance. On Thursday, November 16, from 5-7 pm, a sustainable art exhibition comprised of pieces created in a series of workshops held in Cleveland at the Cuyahoga County Youth Justice Center, Bolton

HAF expands its sustainability reach by conducting art workshops in Ghana Plastics artist Ron Shelton has taken his show on the road – to West Africa! While he continues to educate and inspire local school children throughout Greater Cleveland, he recently had the opportunity to conduct plastic weaving workshops abroad during a three-week visit to

There are those who wait for things to happen and those who make things happen. The latter applies to a local plastics artist/teacher/hat maker with international ties – Ron Shelton. Shelton’s latest work, created from a multitude of kitty litter containers – he refers to it as “Wasp Nests” – will be on view at