Brunswick Art Works - Calendar of Events

COMING UP:

APRIL 1,2008 – JUNE 1, 2008 The City of Brunswick is planning to decorate the front lobby of City Hall with original artwork. The work will be hung on the walls by the City and will be under surveillance by police cameras at all times. All artists are welcome to submit entries. Artwork must be able to be hung from the walls. The City of Brunswick in cooperation with Brunswick Art Works will choose pieces that they feel are appropriate for the facility. Art will be on display for a minimum of 3 months and will be rotated periodically by the City. Work chosen for the display must be delivered to the City by the artist; and picked up promptly at the end of the display. Artwork may be sold at the end of the display on a consignment basis with a percentage fee going to Brunswick Art Works. Members of Brunswick Art Works may submit up to 5 entries without paying a fee. Non-members may submit up to 5 entries at one time for a total fee of $15.00. The fee is non-refundable. Art not selected for immediate display may be chosen for future displays. The first display will be selected by June 1, 2008.
See Entry Form and Membership Form.

MAY 7, 2008 Jesse Zabkar will bring his wood turnings to Brunswick Art Works' monthly Art Presentation. No business will be discussed, only art. Jesse will explain how he makes the wood turnings, what types of wood he uses, why some are better than others, the tools he uses, etc. Jesse is completely self-taught. Join us for an informative presentation in the lunch room at Brunswick City Hall, 4095 Center Road from 7:30 PM – 8:15 PM.

May 8,2008 - Poetry Reading and Open Mic - 7:00 –9:00 PM free Poetry Reading at Insights Coffee & More at 1661 Pearl Road, Brunswick, in the Drug Mart Plaza
Featured Reader is Beth O'Kain Kilbane. Beth lives in Cleveland, Ohio and works in the investment management industry. She is currently pursuing her Masters of Fine Arts in creative writing with the Northeast Ohio Universities Consortium (NEOMFA program). Her poetry and short fiction have been published in the akros review, Hessler Poetry and Prose Annual, The Anachronist, and on-line in the winter 2007 issue of Wicked Alice at sundress.net/wickedalice. Her work often discusses the body's vulnerabilities, and incorporates historical and geographical information. In addition to writing, Beth enjoys traveling, rowing, belly dancing and scuba diving.

June 12, 2008 -Poetry Reading and Open Mic - 7:00 –9:00 PM free Poetry Reading at Insights Coffee & More at 1661 Pearl Road, Brunswick, in the Drug Mart Plaza
Featured Reader is T.M.Gottl. T.M. Göttl is a member of the Buffalo ZEF creative arts community. She has won awards including the Wayne College Regional Writing Award for Poetry, and at her first poetry slam she was awarded first prize. Her material has appeared electronically and in print, in publications such as The Mill, The Poet's Haven, and deep cleveland. She currently lives in Ohio, where she can be found writing and performing her poetry. Her first full-length collection of poetry, titled Stretching the Window, was released in February 2008.

July 10, 2008 - Poetry Reading and Open Mic - 7:00 –9:00 PM free Poetry Reading at Insights Coffee & More at 1661 Pearl Road, Brunswick, in the Drug Mart Plaza
Featured Reader is Elise Geither. Elise is an area poet and playwright. Most recently, her collection of monologues, "Horse Latitudes" (deepcleveland press) was presented as part of a summer theater workshop hosted by director Michael C. Mazur (MFA/NYU, Theater Professor from Cal State Chico). A monologue from her full-length play "The Doe" appears in More Monologues from the Best New Plays, and her new short play "Theater of the Mind" was workshopped this summer through a local theater program. Geither's poems have appeared in Morpo, Big City Lit, Thundersandwich, Slant, and the Artful Dodge among others. Geither is a mom to three lovely girls and finishing her PhD. She works at Baldwin-Wallace College.

JULY 14 – JULY 18, 2008 Medina County Arts Week in Brunswick. Join us every day from noon – 1:00 as we present free interactive arts events at the Brunswick Recreation Center. These events are brought to you by Brunswick Art Works and the Medina County Arts Council.

PAST EVENTS:

April 10, 2008 Poetry Reading and Open Mic - 7:00 –9:00 PM free Poetry Reading at Insights Coffee & More at 1661 Pearl Road, Brunswick, in the Drug Mart Plaza. J.E. Stanley is the featured reader. J.E. Stanley is an accountant and on again/off again guitarist from Northeastern Ohio. A member of "The Deep Cleveland Tribe of Poetry" and the Cleveland Speculators, he is the author of the book, Dark Intervals (vanZeno Press), the chapbook Dissonance (deep cleveland press) and the short collection, Ink (Gypsy Lips Press). He has been a frequent contributor to the deep cleveland junkmail oracle and Sein und Werden. His work has also appeared or is forthcoming in 103: The Journal of the Image Warehouse, Amaze: The Cinquain Journal, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Ohio Writer, Prism Quarterly, Stray Dog, Three-Chord Poems: The Poetry of Rock & Roll and numerous other publications.

APRIL 2, 2008 - Join Brunswick Art Works at our monthly meetings and learn about the craft of one of our local artists. Meetings are held on the 1st Wednesday of every month at 7:30 PM at Brunswick City Hall, 4095 Center Road. Rita Montorsi-Green will be the speaker at our April 2 meeting. She is a local artist and owner of A.I. Design in Brunswick's Industrial Park. Rita will discuss GOLDSMITHING, how she does it, her inspiration, and her tools of the trade. She will bring examples of her work.

March 27, 2008 – Cooking Up Cash. Eat a delicious meal from 4:00 PM –8:00 PM at Mapleside Farm Restaurant at 262 Pearl Rd. Brunswick, and help Brunswick Art Works raise much needed funds. Mapleside will donate 10% of all food purchases that evening to Brunswick Art Works.

March 13, 2008 Poetry Reading and Open Mic - 7:00 –9:00 PM free Poetry Reading at Insights Coffee & More at 1661 Pearl Road, Brunswick, in the Drug Mart Plaza. Featured reader is David Young. Nationally known, David Young has many activities to his credit – writing, translating, teaching, and editing – and all of them center on his lifelong commitment to the art of poetry. "Poetry is where it begins and ends, for me," he says. "I feel that poetry is one of the great and enduring human activities and that it merits being served with integrity and humility." Among his many awards are the U.S. Award of the International Poetry Forum, Cleveland Arts Prize, OSU Press / The Journal Award, Ohio Major Artist Award, and the Ohioana Poetry Award.

February, 2008 Snow Festival – Help Brunswick Art Works decorate the town by building a snowman or snow sculpture in your front yard and emailing the photo to brunswickartworks@yahoo.com. Include the name and address of the artist. See Picture

February 14, 2008 Poetry Reading and Open Mic - 7:00 –9:00 PM free Poetry Reading at Insights Coffee & More at 1661 Pearl Road, Brunswick, in the Drug Mart Plaza. Featured Readers are Berea residents, Geoff Landis and Mary Turzillo. Geoffrey A. Landis is a poet, a science fiction writer, and a scientist. Mary Turzillo is now a full-time writer after a career as a professor of English at Kent State University. SEE FLYER

January 10, 2008 Poetry Reading and Open Mic - 7:00 –9:00 PM free Poetry Reading at Insights Coffee & More at 1661 Pearl Road, Brunswick, in the Drug Mart Plaza.

Steve Thomas is the proud father of Rob and Rachel. He spent the last 15 yrs coaching bowling and over 30 years writing bad poetry. Thomas was lucky enough, while completing his BA at Baldwin Wallace, to be tutored by Professor Dan Hoyt for 2 years. That gave him a foundation to express his thoughts about the human spirit friendship and parenting.

December 13, 2007 Poetry Reading and Open Mic - 7:00 –9:00 PM free Poetry Reading at Insights Coffee & More at 1661 Pearl Road, Brunswick, in the Drug Mart Plaza. Featured reader was Don Iannone, an economist from Mayfield Village who is fulfilling his childhood dream of becoming a poet. (see flyer)

December 5. 2007 Rita Montorsi-Green was the speaker at our meeting. She is a local artist and owner of A.I. Design in Brunswick's Industrial Park. Rita discussed GLASSWORKING, how she does it, her inspiration, and her tools of the trade. She brought examples of her work.

November 8, 2007 Poetry Reading and Open Mic - 7:00 –9:00 PM free Poetry Reading at Insights Coffee & More at 1661 Pearl Road, Brunswick, in the Drug Mart Plaza. Featured reader was Medina, Ohio resident, Mark Kuhar. Mark is a poet, writer, editor, artist and publisher. (see flyer).

October 13 –14, 2007 Paper Making 12:00 –6:00. About 150 children of all ages joined Brunswick Art Works as we made colored paper. This event was part of Heritage Days at the Brunswick Area Historical Society on Laurel Road.

October 11, 2007 Poetry Reading and Open Mic – 7:00 –9:00 PM free Poetry Reading at Insights Coffee & More at 1661 Pearl Road, Brunswick, in the Drug Mart Plaza. Featured Reader Rita M. Grabowski (see flyer).

September 13, 2007 Poetry Reading and Open Mic – 7:00 –9:00 PM free Poetry Reading at Insights Coffee & More at 1661 Pearl Road, Brunswick, in the Drug Mart Plaza. Dan Smith featured reader (see flyer).

September 5, 2007 Learn About Jewelry - 6:00 –7:15 PM Dave Wiant of Wiant Jewelers talked about jewelry making and natural vs. man-made gems. The free presentation was held at Wiant Jewelers, 3511 Center Rd, in the German-American Business Center across the street from Tony Roma’s, next to Arby’s.

August 9, 2007 Poetry Reading and Open Mic – Brunswick Art Works held its third free Poetry Reading at Insights Coffee & More at 1661 Pearl Road, Brunswick, in the Drug Mart Plaza. Almost 30 people came to hear featured reader Loren Weiss. Although Loren wrote poetry as a young man in his 20s, writing was not an important part of his life until he got older. His poetry contains the wisdom of experience as well as the wide-eyed openness of innocence. Loren and his family have lived in Cleveland Heights since 1966. Trained as an engineer, he owned and operated a parts manufacturing business in Euclid, Ohio, until his retirement in 2001. Currently, he volunteers for both SCORE and the Beachwood Business Development Center as a counselor for entrepreneurs.

July 14, 2007 and July 15, 2007 Sand Sculpting Festival. Brunswick Lake on Rt. 303 (next to Giant Eagle) was the site of 2 fun filled days. Approximately 2000 people enjoyed this free family event. The 20-ton community sandbox provided by the City of Brunswick was a big hit, as well as the 10-ton eagle created by Olympic Gold Medal winner, Aaron Costic. Free music and other entertainment made this a "don’t miss event". Food was sold by these area restaurants: Tony Roma’s, Heimatland Inn, Savory Sub, Madd Chef’s, Bianca’s, and Insights Coffee & More. Corporate sponsors were First Merit Bank, Giant Eagle, and Westfield Bank. Advertising was provided with the help of the Medina Women’s Journal. We thank the City of Brunswick, the Medina County Arts Council, The Brunswick Education Foundation, Applebees, 48hourprint.com, and Inflatable Images for their support.
SEE FLYER SEE PHOTOS

July 12, 2007 Poetry Reading and Open Mic - "Art Is Life" was the central theme of a poetry reading given by Miles Budimir, respected Ohio poet. His reading was held at Insights Coffee located at 1661 Pearl Rd, Brunswick, in the Drug Mart Plaza, This free event was open to the public.

July 9 – 14 2007 Medina County Arts Week. Brunswick Art Works, in co-operation with the Medina County Arts Council and the Brunswick Recreation Department presented free family entertainment and events every day at 12:30 PM at the Brunswick Recreation Center.

Monday July 9 – Stories with Hannah Wynne and a group rap tale.
Tuesday July 10 – Magic and balloons with Nate "The Great" Nawalaniec.
Wednesday July 11 – "Young Rembrandt" art with Megan Henkel.
Thursday July 12 – "Musical Munchkins" song, dance, and story with Miss Babs Uhl.
Friday July 13 – Try jazz ‘n’ ballet with Brittany Bates.

June 14, 2007 Poetry Reading - "Art Is Life" was the central theme of a poetry reading given by Gina Tabasso, respected poet from Brunswick, Ohio. Her reading was held at Insights Coffee & More located at 1661 Pearl Rd, Brunswick, in the Drug Mart Plaza. This free event was sponsored by Brunswick Art Works and was open to the public. Four other poets took advantage of the open microphone and shared some of their works.

June 6, 2007 Inflatable Images Tour. Brunswick Art Works toured Inflatable Images at 2880 Interstate Parkway, Brunswick, Ohio. This world famous company is right in our own community. Those big inflatables aren’t balloons after all!
SEE PHOTOS

May 24, 2007 Cooking Up Cash. Mapleside Farms Restaurant at 294 Pearl Road, Brunswick, Ohio donated 10% of all food sales to Brunswick Art Works between the hours of 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM on Thursday, May 24.

May 12, 2007 Eco Arts Chalk Festival. The Second Annual Eco-Arts Chalk Festival was held at North Park in Brunswick on May 12th, 2007. This free family event was sponsored by Brunswick Art Works with the support of Pat Catan’s Craft Centers, Brunswick Parks and Recreation, and the Medina County Soil and Water District. Pat Catan's Craft Centers provided free chalk to about 100 participants, and gift certificates for the best chalk drawings. SEE PHOTO
Winners of $25.00 certificates were:
Drew and Celina Hayes in the elementary school division,
Marna Kebberly in the middle school division,
Thomas Ho in the high school division,
the Yusko Family in the small group division.
A $50 certificate was awarded to Girl Scout Troop 797 in the large group division.

Brittany Bogus was the featured chalk artist; and Melissa Mallory chalked the sponsor logos. National Honor Society students helped throughout the event and high school artists painted faces. Gary Norcia from the Medina County Soil and Water Conservation District talked about water quality and animals that can be tracked around the lake. Nature hikes into the woods and around the lake were lead by City Naturalist, Andy Hudak.

May 2, 2007 Presentation of 8’ x 6’ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn oil painting. Meet the artist Francesco Calco from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM as he explains his massive oil painting depicting the life of the famous dissident. This spectacular painting must be seen to be believed. Refreshments will be served. Brunswick City Hall, 4095 Center Road, Brunswick, Ohio.

December 2006 Holiday window painting. Thank you to Jeanne Bystricky and Laurie Miller for painting the windows at Giant Eagle.

November 11th, 2006 Veteran's Day WWII musical fundraiser. A nearly sold out crowd enjoyed nostalgic, romantic music performed by 9 talented singers and musicians. The event was held on the indoor stage at the Brunswick Recreation Center. Complimentary dessert and beverages were provided. All money went toward the Outdoor Mural Project that is being planned for 2007. See Flyer.

October 2006 Halloween window painting. Brunswick Art Works, Girl Scout Group Troop 280, and individuals painted the town orange at Giant Eagle, Brunswick Library, KnowledgePoints, Sprint, Qnails, Bruno Brothers, Heimatland, Game Stop and Allure Studiyo & Spa. Prizes were donated by Great Clips, KnowledgePoints, Qnails, Cicis, Mapleside, and Beuhlers. First Place window painting awards went to Cheryl and Sierra Cox; Second Place award went to Lodi Spunky Spurs 4H; Third Place went to Crista Constantine and Jessica Lebold. Best Group award was given to Sarah Haley, Steven MacLaren, Bryan MacLaren, Adam Stayrook, and Samantha Wonkavich. Runner-up group was Girl Scout Group Troop 280. Tied for the Best Individual award were Drew Schneider and Heather Weber.

August 12, 2006 Italian Dining. - A "Dining for the Arts" event. Hosts are Julie Zabkar and Dr. Julie Merriam. Enjoy a delicious Italian meal with dessert. Cost to attend is $30.00 per person.

July 10 - 15, 2006 Medina County Arts Week. Thanks to the efforts of Brunswick Art Works and the Medina County Arts Council, Brunswick will host FREE events during Medina County Arts Week for the first time in the history of Medina County Arts Week. Thank you to Bev Marusa, Barb McGreer, and Nancy Sprowls for their efforts on our behalf.
FREE CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES held daily, rain or shine at Brunswick's Recreation Center at 12:30 PM:
Monday 7/10 - Create your own masterpiece with April Kotar.
Tuesday 7/11 - Dance Hip Hop with Anthony Taddeo.
Wednesday 7/12 - Play Old-time Music with Dave Henterly.
Thursday 7/13 - Make a mural with Phyllis Baldwin.
Friday 7/14 - Balloon Magic with Jeff Dick.
FREE ENTERTAINMENT held rain or shine on Route 303 at the Town Center on Saturday, July 15 from 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM:
5:00 to 5:30 - Bud Preston, Guitarist - near Applebee's
5:30 to 6:15 - Barbara Sutton, Storyteller - near Great Clips
5:45 to 6:30 - Bud Preston, Guitarist - near Applebee's
6:15 - 8:00 - Vince Carl, Karaoke - near Great Clips
6:45 - 8 p.m.- Tony Rump - Saxophonist - near Great Clips or Starbuck's (with break time at his choosing)

May 20, 2006 Eco Arts Chalk Festival. The first annual festival was held at North Park on Grafton Road in Brunswick. This free family event had 70 participants who chalked nature themes on the paved walkway around the lake, printed animal tracks on paper and in the sand. Brunswick Art Works, Pat Catans, the Medina County Soil and Water District and Giant Eagle sponsored this event. Thank you to Jeanne Bystricky for organizing this activity. See pictures here.

April 29, 2006 Cinco de Mayo dinner - a "Dining for the Arts" event. Hosted by Barb and Mario Ortiz. Six guests enjoyed a delicious Mexican dinner and games.

March - August, 2006 "Dining for the Arts" fundraisers - Volunteers hosted and sponsored events and dinner parties at a date and location of their choosing. The hosts chose the size and type of event, a theme, and a menu. They determined the cost that guests paid to attend. 100% of the money collected at each event was for our arts group.

March 4, 2006 Mardi Gras party- invitations were mailed to individuals who were likely to support the arts. The "Dining for the Arts" events were presented at this party. Printed menus and written details about each event were distributed. Guests signed that night to attend the events of their choosing. Hosts were John and Rosemary Mihacevich. $1200 was raised that evening. Thanks to Jim McPherson who designed and made the jester cut-out in the pictures.

February 16, 2006 Cooking Up Cash fundraising event. Mapleside Farms Restaurant, on Pearl Rd. in Brunswick, donated $40.92 to our group.

November - December 2005 parks logo contest - BAW held a contest to design a logo for the City of Brunswick Parks and Recreation Department. Jim McPherson won the contest. He received a free 1 year membership to the city's Recreation Center valued at $300.

June 26, 2005 BAW took 3rd place in the Brunswick Old Fashioned Days Parade. A dozen people decorated umbrellas. We marched with a contingent of 25 people. Thanks Jim McPherson for a great idea!

June 17 - 19, 2005 BAW had an arts booth at Art On The Farm, Spring Mist Farms, 697 Pearl Rd, Brunswick Hills. Our booth showcased works by local artists in our group.

March - April 2005 – Logo contest. BAW held a contest to design a logo for our group. We had 16 entries. Glenn Somodi won $100 for his design.