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COMING UP: July 1, 2009 Meet the Artist – local sculptor Roy Tidwell will be the featured speaker at our free monthly meeting at 7:30 PM at Brunswick City Hall 4095 Center Rd. ,Brunswick. Roy will give a short talk and a demonstration. The creative process, basic sculpting materials and mold making techniques will be discussed. Roy has been involved in art and creative activities his whole adult life. A cinematographer by training, Roy made a living for almost 30 years as a TV producer and director. His involvement in the "arts" include film making, cartooning, photography, graphic design, and his most recent passion, sculpture. His current interests include sculpting, mold making, casting and patina applications. Roy is a member of the Medina County Art League and Brunswick Art Works. His sculptures have appeared in several local art shows. July 9, 2009 free Poetry Reading & Open Mic 7:00 – 9:00 PM at Insights Coffee & More at 1661 Pearl Road, Brunswick, in the Drug Mart Plaza. Featured reader’s are Gina Tabasso and the students who attended her 2008 poetry workshop, including Cheryl Srnka, Carolyn Dandalides, Ben Rader, Keisha Davenport, Cynthia Sheeler Beverly Zeimer, and Mark Hersman. July 13 – 17 Medina
County Arts Week – Free Children’s Activities 12:30 PM. daily
at the Brunswick Rec. Center Indoor Stage. August 13, 2009 free
Poetry Reading & Open Mic 7:00
– 9:00 PM at Insights Coffee & More at 1661 Pearl Road, Brunswick,
in the Drug Mart Plaza. Featured reader is Geoffrey Landis.
Geoffrey is a poet, a science-fiction writer, and a scientist. His first
collection of poetry, Iron Angels, appeared in 2009. His poetry has
appeared in as magazines ranging from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction
Magazine to ArtCrimes to the City poetry, and in collections such as
Once Upon a Midnight, TimeFrames, and The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror.
He won the Rhysling award for best short poem in 2000, and as one of
the selected poets for the Cleveland Literary Center - RTA "Moving Minds"
project, his poetry appeared on 700 busses and trains in Cleveland in
2008. As a science-fiction writer, he's won the Hugo award (twice) and
the Nebula award, and his novel Mars Crossing won the Locus award for
best first novel. His short stories have been translated into over 24
languages. As a scientist, he has been a member of the Mars Exploration
Rovers science team, and has worked on space missions ranging from a
probe into the solar corona to proposals for missions beyond the solar
system. See his web page at www.ironangels.net
for more. September 2, 2009 – Meet the Artist local photographer, Bill Beuther, will be the featured speaker at our free monthly meeting at 7:30 PM at Brunswick City Hall 4095 Center Rd., Brunswick. September 10, 2009 free Poetry Reading & Open Mic 7:00 – 9:00 PM at Insights Coffee & More at 1661 Pearl Road, Brunswick, in the Drug Mart Plaza. Featured reader is Yvonne Stella from Avon, formally from Sandusky. September 12, 2009 Watercolor for Scaredy Cats Workshop 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM. If you have always wanted to try watercolor, but have been intimidated by all the mystery that surrounds this medium, this is your chance! Lee Beuther will offer a half-day watercolor workshop at the Brunswick Recreation Center to introduce the absolute novice to the fun and excitement of watercolor painting. There will be a brief demonstration, discussion of color theory and composition, as well as some guidelines for purchasing supplies. Each student will complete at least one painting using simple, fun techniques. This workshop is guaranteed to be stress free. Info & Registration PAST EVENTS: June 11, 2009 free Poetry Reading & Open Mic. 7:00 –9:00 PM at Insights Coffee & More at 1661 Pearl Road, Brunswick, in the Drug Mart Plaza. Featured Reader is Deborah C. Strozier. Deborah is a poet living in Columbus, Ohio, and her recent poetry explores her Chinese American heritage. In 2008, her chapbook Lotus Leaves won 2rd Prize in the Salon Chapbook Competition and was published by Pudding House. In 2005, she won 3rd prize in The William Redding Memorial Poetry Competition for the Poetry Forum at Larry's. She won numerous prizes in the Ohio Poetry Day Contests 2005-2007. She won the Janet Cicchetti Memorial Prize in 1998. Poems have been published in The Bitter Oleander, Möbius, The Raintown Review, Cricket Magazine, Cadenza, Arabesques Review, Hazmat Review, Ibbetson Street Press, The Aurorean, Loch Raven Review, Flashquake, and many others. She is currently the vice-president and program chair of The Ohio Poetry Association. She works as a product development scientist at an international medical foods company. June 3, 2009 Meet the artist -Jim Mazurkewicz, renowned goldsmith for Potter & Mellon, will be the featured speaker at Brunswick Art Works monthly meeting at 7:30 PM at Brunswick City Hall, 4095 Center Rd. Brunswick. May 30, 2009 – ArtWorks/09 Juried Art show – from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM at Brunswick Community Library, 3649 Center Rd. Brunswick, OH 44212. Admission was free and open to the public. A total of 41 two- and three-dimensional works of art in various media were on display. All art was created by members of Brunswick Art Works. See ArtWorks/09 Flyer. Entries were judged by noted watercolorist Sue Delac. Best of Show: George Britnell "Stearmans"
(Colored Pencil), 1st Place and People’s Choice Award: Bill Beuther
"Night Court" (Photograph on Canvas), 2nd Place: Valorie Snell
"Sunny Flowers" (Watercolor), 3rd Place: Aaron Smeltzer "She
Sits Alone Atop Her Atoll" (Acrylic; Mixed Media), Honorable Mention:
Christine Tidwell "Livin’ Is Easy" (Watercolor), and Honorable
Mention: Donald Woods "Goldfinch and Cornflowers" (Acrylic).
All but one of the winners are from Brunswick. May 21, 2009 – Cooking Up Cash Fundraiser – 4:00 – 8:00 PM at Mapleside Farms Restaurant, 294 Pearl Rd, Brunswick, OH. Ten percent of the dinner food sales will be donated to Brunswick Art Works. The event is open to the public and reservations are recommended. Call 330-225-5576. Mapleside is known for delicious home cooked meals. Don’t forget to ask for sticky buns and apple butter with your dinner! May 14, 2009 free Poetry Reading & Open Mic. 7:00 –9:00 PM at Insights Coffee & More at 1661 Pearl Road, Brunswick, in the Drug Mart Plaza. Featured Reader is Michelle F. Cooper. Michele F. Cooper is the first-place winner in Poetry Canada's Rhymed Poetry Competition and the TallGrass Poetry Competition, second-place winner in the Galway Kinnell Poetry Competition, author of two books and numerous published poems, founding editor of the Newport Review and Crone's Nest literary magazines, and of a chapbook series, Premier Poets. She recently won honorable mentions in the Emily Dickinson and New Millennium Poetry Competitions. Her book Posting the Watch has just been published by Turning Point, the narrative poetry imprint at WordTech. She is listed in Who's Who in America, Contemporary Authors, and the Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers, among others. She recently moved from the edge of a small horse farm (not hers) to Providence, RI, and now to the Cleveland area, where she writes and works as a book editor. May 6, 2009 at 7:30 PM -Meet the Artist – Nancy Shaw at Brunswick City Hall. Featured artist is jewelry designer Nancy Shaw. After finding a stone bead at a gift shop 20 years ago, Nancy taught herself how to make a necklace with it. She fell in love with all the possibilities of beads, stone, crystals and metal and her passion for "stringing stuff" quickly grew out of control. Then while cruising through a craft store 10 years later, all the pretty colors of polymer clay caught her eye at a time when she was searching in vain for replacement buttons for a jacket. She made the buttons and was hooked on polymer clay. It soon became an extension of her jewelry design. She is now retired after 40 years of accounting work, mostly in the construction industry. She lives in Brimfield with her husband, Roger, and her cat, Mercedes. Nancy is also a singer and an avid gardener. April 9, 2009 free Poetry Reading & Open Mic. 7:00 –9:00 PM at Insights Coffee & More at 1661 Pearl Road, Brunswick, in the Drug Mart Plaza. Featured Reader was Mary Harrison. Mary is an expat Columbusonian, living the large life in the Medina regions. She eats word sandwiches for lunch and enjoys steamed paragraphs and hot curried stanzas for supper, washed down with mulled infusions of trite cliches. Her BFA did not prepare her for the lifestyle to which she aspired, but since the value of a liberal arts education is practically limitless, she uses her purchasing clerk paychecks to support her after-hours literary lifestyle. Her (as yet unpublished) poetry is sometimes funny, sometimes sad, sometimes pretentious, almost always brimming with soulful goodness. April 1, 2009 Meet the Artist – Jason Terhart from Brunswick was the featured speaker at Brunswick Art Works monthly meeting at 7:30 PM at Brunswick City Hall, 4095 Center Rd. Brunswick. Jason has been creating art since 2000. He started with abstract color spirals, advancing from there to an art exhibition in March of 2006. He has worked with photography and has been steadily commissioned for personal drawings, paintings and murals. He tries to leave a message that is so involved it could take lifetimes to explain and at the same time it is so simple you can catch it in the blink of the eye or a breath of air. Please join us to see and hear about Jason’s art through several mediums, most notably oils and acrylics. March 29, 2009 Dedication
of Patriotic Mural. 3:00 PM –4:00
PM at Brunswick City Hall, 4095 Center Rd. Brunswick. Dedication
of the mural by Michael B. Ayers, winner of the $5000 mural contest
held by Brunswick Art Works for his entry "Freedom Is Not Free.
March 12, 2009 free Poetry Reading & Open Mic. 7:00 –9:00 PM at Insights Coffee & More at 1661 Pearl Road, Brunswick, in the Drug Mart Plaza. Featured Reader was Rose Smith from Columbus. Rose M. Smith describes herself as a shy, quiet poet who's lived most of her life in Columbus. Others call her "a giant of a poet" or "a shy, gentle atomic bomb," and she was voted Poet Most Unlike Herself at the Mic by her peers in Columbus, Ohio. Her work has appeared in such journals as Chiron Review, The Iconoclast, Good Foot, Pavement Saw, Pudding Magazine, Concrete Wolf, Main Street Rag, and The Pedestal Magazine. She is a National Poetry Slam veteran (13th individually in 2005) and was invited to compete in Canada's first national event in 2004, the inaugural Gypsy Slam Invitational in Lexington, Kentucky, and as a featured poet in cities throughout the Midwest. An associate editor at Pudding House Publications, author of Shooting the Strays (Pavement Saw Press, 2003) and A Woman You Know (Pudding House Publications, 2005), and co-editor of Cap City Poets: Columbus & Central Ohio's Best Known, Read, and Requested Poets (Pudding House Publications, 2008). Ending March 1, 2009. Photography E-Show. Brunswick Art Works had it's first-ever Photography E-Show on our new web blog! The subject of the pictures was anything to do with snow and/or ice. Original pictures were submitted by Brunswick/Brunswick Hills residents to jzabmom@gmail.com. February, 2009- Valentine
Day Card Design Contest. Carly Zunt,
daughter of Rebecca & Tony Zunt of Brunswick was the overall winner.
Her entry was professionally reproduced by CQ Printing in Strongsville
and sold by Karen’s Hallmark of Brunswick. Prizes were donated by Baskets
Galore of Brunswick. Mimi Vanderhaven’s was the sponsor. All proceeds
were donated to Brunswick Art Works. February 4, 2009 free Mural Contest Reception. 7:30 PM at Brunswick City Hall 4095 Center Rd. Brunswick. Brunswick Art Works had a reception for the public to meet the artists and see the entries in its contest to find an artist to design and install his/her original patriotic mural at City Hall. Sheri Pamer of Brunswick won the $200 People’s Choice Award that was voted on by adults in attendance. The winner of the $5000 mural contest prize was Michael B. Ayers of Akron. The mural was funded primarily through Brunswick Art Works fundraisers. In 2006 the Medina County Arts Council provided a grant to aid in the planning stages. See Photos. January 1, 2009 – January 26, 2009 Valentines Day Card Contest. Brunswick Art Works invited Medina County residents to create and submit their original Valentine’s Day Cards. The winning entry was professionally reproduced by CQ Printing in Strongsville, and sold at Karen's Hallmark in Brunswick. Baskets Galore provided prize baskets to winners in each age category. December 1, 2008 – January 9, 2009 Writing Contest. Insights Coffee & More, in Partnership with Brunswick Art Works hosted a contest for the best original written story in Brunswick! Entries were judged on Creativity, Uniqueness, and Story Structure. Entries must be at least 4 pages long; single spaced and typed in 12 font. January 7, 2009 - Photography presentation. Brunswick Art Works celebrated it’s 4th birthday at our monthly meeting with featured artist, Judge Christopher Collier. December 11, 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 Gordon Landefeld. Gordon, a Cleveland east-sider, is a business consultant, amateur poet, and aspiring novelist. Several years ago he helped Gina Tabasso co-found the Fourth Tuesday poetry workshop at the Bookstore on West 25th, in Cleveland. Gordon's themes revolve around the interrelationships of science, culture, and personal growth. Gordon’s chapbook, "Hydraulic Housefly," is posted on his site: civthrival.blogspot.com, in December 2007. December 6, 2008 –Free Glass blowing demonstration. 2:00 – 3:00 at Tazza Glass 4470 Hamilton Rd, Medina OH 44256. A dozen members of Brunswick Art Works watched as artist Mike Grau made a beautiful hand blown vase. December 3, 2008 – Free Monthly Artist Presentation – 7:30 PM at Brunswick City Hall. Watercolor artist, Lee Beuther was the featured artist. Drawing was Lee's favorite childhood pastime and she was always intrigued by color and shape, but it wasn’t until she was nearing retirement that she began painting in 2001. She now enjoys creating paintings that reflect her love of life and her continued fascination with color and design. Although Lee is primarily self-taught, she has studied with several of the areas finest artists; she enjoys the challenge of finding new ways to express herself in her paintings. Lee is involved in the local arts community as a member of the Medina County Art League, Greenbriar Art League, Crooked River Gang, and as Trustee of Brunswick Art Works. She is also a member of Cuyahoga Valley Art Center, Medina Arts Council, and is an associate member of Ohio Watercolor Society. Her paintings are frequently on display in area shows and may be viewed weekends, April through October, at M.D. Garage in Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Lee is a lifelong resident of Ohio, currently living in Brunswick with her husband, Bill, and their dog, Winston. November 2008 – January 16, 2009 – Call to Artists – Mural Contest. Brunswick Art Works had a contest to commission a mural artist to design and install his/her original patriotic work on an interior wall at Brunswick City Hall. The winner will be awarded a commission of $5000 upon completion of the mural. November 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 was Mark Hersman. Mark is the Ohio Poetry Association Poet for the Month of September. He is a member of Salon, a gathering of poets sponsored by Pudding House Publications in Columbus, Ohio. Invited reader at the 2002 Chatauqua program at the Balloon Fest in Ashland, Ohio, and the 2005 and 2007 and 2008 Columbus Arts Festival's Poetry Corner. Coordinates and emcees coffeehouses held monthly at various venues in Mount Vernon and Bellville, previously in Mansfield and Coshocton. Published in Backstreet Poets Quarterly, Pudding Magazine: The International Journal of Applied Poetry, Heartlands: A Magazine of Midwest Life and Art, First Person Plural: A Small Collection of Collaborative Poetry and Essays on Collaboration, Whatever House We Come From: Poetry from the Salon. Ohio Poetry Association as the poet of the month for September 2008. His chapbook, Unearthed, is also pending publication by Pudding House. November 5, 2008 Free Monthly Artist Presentation. 7:30 PM at Brunswick City Hall. Featured artist was Wayne Townsend. Great Grandpa" Townsend would like to introduce "flatcarve" to the world. This is a brand new art form, and he has only been doing it a couple years. It is 3D art using wood veneer over styrofoam. He carves through the veneer and impresses the styrofoam. Great Grandpa had a show this summer at the Medina Gem Company. There are no books on this art form. He said he is the book, as he invented it. October 11, 18, 25
& November 1, 2008 POETRY WRITING WORKSHOP
- 10 a.m. to noon at the Brunswick Recreation Center. Instructor: Gina
Tabasso. Cost: $50.00. October 9, 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 Robin Crawford. Born in Cleveland and raised in the isolated, sidewalk-lessness of Chesterland, Robin Crawford is a classically-trained musician and played French horn professionally for many years in the Erie Philharmonic and Erie Chamber Orchestra. Writing was always a part of her life, but only recently did she begin sharing her work with others. In 2006, she received a prize in the Lakeland Community College poetry contest and, in 2007, received an Honorable Mention in the fiction category of the Writer’s Digest Annual Competition. She has just completed a novel and is searching for representation for publication. She lives in Mentor-on-the-Lake with her husband and four cats. It is also her privilege to be the mother of three beautiful and accomplished children. September 11, 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 Joanne Cornelius. Joanne Cornelius is a Cleveland area poet and keeper of the d.a levy Collection of poetry and art at Cleveland State University Library. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in 103: The Journal of the Image Warehouse, Cleveland Anthology of Poets, the deep cleveland junkmail oracle, First Person Plural, LYNX, SilentFusion, Three-Chord Poems: Poetry Inspired by Rock & Roll, Twin Crane Press and other publications including chapbooks Mermaid on the Edmund Fitzgerald (deep cleveland press) and Electric Sun (Buckeye Midnight Press. September 3, 2008 – Artist demonstration of colored pencil drawings. 7:30 –8:30 PM at Brunswick Municipal Building, 4095 Center Rd. Brunswick. Featured artist on September 3 is Strongsville resident, George D. Britnell. George has been drawing for as long as he can remember, drawing pictures out of books and magazines and sketching things from life. His first formal training came while attending Brunswick High School in the early 60's. His teacher, Alvin Stauffer, introduced him to many different art mediums, watercolor, oil, tempera and pen and ink but George never used the one that he enjoys the most now, colored pencil. After high school George worked in the art field for awhile but his employment took him in a different direction for many years. One day George was looking at artwork on the internet and came across an artist and her work, mainly portraits, done with colored pencil. George was amazed at the detail and richness of color that could be obtained with colored pencils so he bought one of her books, read it several times and went out and purchased the materials that she recommended. From that point on George has worked almost exclusively with colored pencils. George's work is incredible. Unless you look at his work up close, you cannot tell that the detail and shading are from pencil. Three of his pictures are on display in the lobby of Brunswick City Hall until the end of the year. George would like to share his work and the knowledge he has learned over the last 6 years with the public. August 23 & 24, 2008 – Auditions for "The Last Christmas Carol". 2:00 – 5:00 PM in the lunch room of Brunswick Municipal Building, 4095 Center Rd. Brunswick. Come prepared with a song. An accompanist will be provided. Performance dates are November 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 21 and 22, and will be the northeast Ohio premiere of the musical by Ohioans David Meyers and Scott Michal. Call director Bob Kenderes with questions at 440-897-7662. August 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 Reader is Gina Tabasso. August 6, 2008 - Meet
the Artist Night – 7:30 –8:30
PM. Brunswick City Hall, 4095 Center Road. During the past 3 months,
Brunswick Art Works held a competition to select original artwork for
display in the main lobby at City Hall. In
a blind judging, ten works by the following artists were chosen: 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. 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 July 2, 2008 -"Art and Sketching Just For The Fun of It".Self-taught painter, photographer, cartoonist, and educator, Robert Lewis will help you draw like a child again in this free audience participation event. Join Brunswick Art Works on July 2 at 7:30 PM at Brunswick City Hall, 4095 Center Road for our monthly artist presentation. Sometimes it's okay to get a little silly, forget the rules and ignore the fear of being critiqued for your artistic efforts. Let your imagination take you back to when you were a kid, learning to draw for the first time. Everything you finished felt like artwork and you were being creative in ways that just felt so positive and so good. Every Artist ever born, began as a little child making marks, forming pictures, sculpting and expressing their thoughts for others to see and share. Art wasn't work and we weren't afraid to try just about anything creative. Let's all go back there for an evening and do that again. Expect to surprise yourself and perhaps we will even inspire one another to practice and grow artistically..... just for the fun of it. Robert Lewis will also bring some of his work to show the group and will bring handouts for attendees to take home for themselves and their children. 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 June 4, 2008 Oil painting demonstration. Brunswick resident, Pauline Cogar, was the featured artist at Brunswick Art Works' monthly meeting on June 4 at 7:30 PM at Brunswick City Hall 4095 Center Road. Pauline usually paints portraits in oil on canvas and specializes in baby portraits. Pauline brought samples of her work and demonstrated her technique on an oil painting in progress. Pauline has pursued her love of painting since taking 2nd place at a West Virginia grade school many years ago when she was in the 7th grade. She watched TV shows about drawing and read art books and taught herself how to paint and has been painting regularly for the last 20 years. Before her retirement, Pauline did silk screening and worked as a seamstress. Her work has been displayed at art shows in Fairview and Lodi. She is currently learning to paint with water colors. 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 15, 2008 -Crestview Elementary School art show. When art teacher, Mona Florek, held her 5th annual art show, Brunswick Art Works was invited to participate. Julie Zabkar and Melissa Sawmiller represented Brunswick Art Works at the event. Melissa’s origami demonstration was very popular with the children. 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 MAY 7, 2008 –Wood turnings presentation. Jesse Zabkar brought his wood turnings to Brunswick Art Works' monthly Art Presentation. Jesse explained 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. 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. 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. 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! 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 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. 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 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.
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Brunswick,
donated $40.92
to our group. 
