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Painting by Sharlene Green

November 2022
An Afternoon at the Theatre: a special concert with Marshall Griffith, piano,
and Virginia Crabtree, flute

Marshall Griffith is a Cleveland favorite who is a consummate all-around musician. His flute partner, Virginia Crabtree, appears with him in a variety of programs throughout the city. Sponsored by grants from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture and Ohio Arts Council.

“From Modernism to Impressionism: The Keithley Collection,” a guided tour

This exhibition celebrates the extraordinary gift and promised gift of art made byClevelanders Joseph P. and Nancy F. Keithley to the Cleveland Museum of Art.

October 2022
The Giambelli String Quartet

Giambelli String Quartet with BAC music committee, Marty Flowerman and Sharon Schlesinger.

September 2022
Moises Borges Brazilian Band

June 2022
Botanical Resurgence
Allegheny Highlands Botanical Art Society Member Exhibit

May 2022
The Cleveland Bluegrass Orchestra

April 2022
The BackTraxx Band

Cleveland History Center/Western Reserve Historical Society Tour
"Honoring Our Past Masters: The Golden Age of Cleveland Art, 1900-1945

"Autumn Glory" by Abel Warshawsky. Image courtesy Gary and Rosalyn Bombei.

February 2022
Lori Cahan-Simon

December 2021
The Night Owls

November 2021
Textile Art Alliance: Uncommon Threads

Sandra Cohen

Joyce Jentoff

Marti Young

Carol Thombs

October 2021
Dianne Palmer and Lou Armagno with Sinatra Selects

Morgan Conservatory Tour

Tom Balbo, founder of the Morgan Conservatory, was the teacher. It was a program to learn how to make marbled paper.

September 2021
The PopTarts

June- July 2021
Small Wonders Art Exhibit/Sale click here to view

November 2020 - January 2021
Regional Artists: A Virtual View Art Exhibit click here to view

February 2020
Ileen Kelner Juried High School Art Show

1st Place
Zoe Burns and her teacher, Nancy Rich.
Sculpture:“Poverty Kills”
Cleveland Heights High School

2nd Place
Jon Jackson
“Bloys & Grills”.
Art teacher: Dan Whitely
Excel Tecc Studio Art & Design

3rd Place
Josh Gordon
"Descent"
Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School

Honorable Mention
Olivia Doland
“Bald is Beautiful”
Bay High School

Honorable Mention
Jon Jackson
“Bingo Night”
Excel Tecc Studio Art & Design
Teacher: Dan Whitely

Honorable Mention
Leah Schneider
“Stitched Emotions”
Laurel School
Teachers:C. Butler

Honorable Mention
Haeun Shim
“Portrait with Words”
Beachwood High School
Teacher: Heather Grano

Honorable Mention
Leticia Wuthrich
"Candy Land"
Shaker Heights High School

BAC Board Member Abbie Sender with First place winner, Zoe Burns

Haeun Shim,with her art teacher Heather Grano

Ileen Kelner Juried High School Art Show Some of the winners of the show!

January 2020
Beethoven, Bernstein & More Beautiful Music

Classical music performed by pianist Marshall Griffith, flutist Virginia Crabtree and violinist Kilkenny Bierly.

`Music from West Side Story

The Sculpture Center Tour: Crafting Democracy: Fiber Arts and Activism

Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks Quilt

Quilt: In Essence, I Am A Sophisticated Cotten Picker

Female Inheritance (A Girlhood Sampler)

Executive Director Grace Chin, led the tour of the exhibit at The Sculpture Center.

Breaking the Glass Ceiling Quilt

Resin figures wrapped in thread. Photo features BAC Board member, Tobi Mattes

A representation of Kelly Ann Conway surrounded by “fake news.”

Cleaning Up America

Don’t Mourn, Organize (Artwork created from strips of banners that were used in protest marches.)

December 2019
Inlet Dance Theatre

Inlet Dance Theatre Executive Director, Bill Wade Sharon Schlesinger, co-chair Sunday Sounds

Attendees from Beachwood

November 2019
The Big 5 Show Band

The Big 5 Show Band, with BAC co-chair of the music committee, Sharon Schlesinger. (2nd from the left)

October 2019
Ceramic Beauty: Pottery & Paintings

By Leah Gilbert

Jane Kinstlinger, from the Beachwood Ceramic Guild

Beachwood Fall Festival

June 2019
Annual Meeting

Entertainment by pianist Marshall Griffith performing movie themes!

Good Neighbors Art Exhibit

Encaustic artwork by Tatiana Tate

Work by Karen Mehling-DeMauro

May 2019
Inspirations from Vienna Concert

Pianist Alicja Basinska, violinist Jeanelle Brierley, and French horn player Meghan Guegold will play classical music composed by Brahms, Korngold, and Schubert.

April 2019
Nightingale Concert

Cleveland Rocks and Beads Jewelry Workshop

March 2019
Martin Leung Concert

February 2019
Pop Tarts Concert

Zygote Press Tour

Ileen Kelner Juried High School Art Show

1st Place
Jerry He
Decisions
Andrews Osbourne Academy

Honorable Mention
Sophia Minello
The Daydreamer's Hollow Hand
Gilmour Academy

Julia O'Donnell
Raindrop
Cleveland Heights High School

Haeun Shim
Ice Cream
Beachwood High School

2nd Place
Lilly Clark
Cooper
Bay High School

Honorable Mention
Annatta Baltrunas
Sheer Terror
Excel TECC Studio Art & Design

3rd Place
Natalie Noble
Painting and Being
Beaumont School

Honorable Mention
Lana Traum
My Green Jacket
Brecksville-Broadview Heights
High School

Winners pictured with Abbie Sender, co-chair of the event.

Flyer

Kids Valentine's Day Craft Workshop

Beachwood Schools art teacher, Chunny Hahn, helps kids with their make-and-take Valentine’s Day Craft projects.

Wearing her heart pin.

“I love you to pieces” hearts.

“I love you to pieces” heart ready to hang.

Hearts and decorated pencils for Valentine’s Day.

Decorating chalkboard hearts.

Everyone had fun creating make-and-take hearts for Valentine’s Day!

Valentine’s Day crafts with Beachwood art teachers, Heather Grano, and Chunny Hahn.

November 2018
Cliff Habian Piano Concert &Book Signing

Through the Eyes of the Artist:Lecture & Painting Workshop

October 2018
Gunter Schwegler’s Hands-On Silk Scarf Painting Workshop

Cleveland Bluegrass Orchestra

Cleveland Bluegrass Orchestra is comprised of five Cleveland Orchestra musicians in their alternate identities. The CBO features Tina Struble, on fiddle, Mark Dumm on banjo, Jeff Zehngut on mandolin, Henry Peyrebrune on guitar, and Derek Zadinsky on bass.

Gunter Schwegler: The New Silk Road Art Exhibit

Beachwood Fall Festival
Make and take crafts for kids!

May 2018
Textile Art Alliance Exhibit & Demonstration Day

Sixty artists from the Textile Art Alliance (TAA) will exhibit a rich array of artwork, including quilts, fiber art, and mixed media.

April 2018
Beachwood Schools K - 12 Art Show

BAC Board members, Harriet Gorden and Stevie Jacobs, at the refreshment table of the K-12 Art Show.

See more photos here.

Just Jazz

L-R: Marc Paige - Sax & Clarinet Bruce Pearce - Drums Lou Armagno - vocals Diane Joy Stone - Vocals L.R. Smith - Keyboards

Just Jazz will present smooth jazz and swinging pop tunes from a collection of best-loved songs from the American Songbook. Classic Broadway tunes and jazz from the Roaring Twenties will be performed by talented singers playing a variety of instruments.

L-R: Bac Board member Sharon Schlesinger and vocalist Diane Joy Stone

Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center Art Tour

March 2018
Tray Stenciling Workshop

Ileen Kelner Juried High School Art Show

Kevin O’Donnell, Managing Director, Lee Hayden Gallery, Beachwood Place; Sandra Noble, Part-time Lecturer, Art Education, Department of Art History and Art, Case Western Reserve University and; Grafton J. Nunes, President and Chief Executive Officer, Cleveland Institute of Art

Honorable Mention

A Week in the Life; Acrylic Paint on Paper; Jenna Goff; Bay High School; Grade 11; Thomas Schemrich (art teacher)
Maria; Oil Painting; Maria Maldonado; Shaker Heights High School; Grade 11; Meryl Haring (art teacher)
Naïve; Oil Paint; Sarah Tuttle; Excel TECC Studio Art & Design; Grade 12; Dan Whitely (art teacher)
Belgium Canal; Acrylic Painting; Joan Moore; Orange High School; Grade 12; Cynthia Reinhardt (art teacher)
Anxious; Pen and Ink; Lara Ketonen; Aurora High School; Grade12; Sean Berrodin (art teacher)

1st Place

Josie Hydell
5 More Minutes; Oil Painting;
Aurora High School; Grade 12;
Sean Berrodin (art teacher)

2nd Place

Allison Maust
Gloomy; Oil Paint on Canvas Board; Bay High School; Grade 12;
Cherie Bauer (art teacher)

3rd Place

Maria DiLallo
The Side of Jamaica You Can’t See;
Oil Paint; Bay High School; Grade 12; Cherie Bauer (art teacher)

February 2018
Classical Revolution

This accomplished group is made up of graduates from the Cleveland Institute of Music. This trio will perform Gypsy and folk music by renowned composers, including Haydn’s “Gypsy” trio and Monti’s “Czardas.”

Kids Valentines Day Craft Workshop

Beachwood Schools art teacher Chunny Hahn (left), and BAC volunteer, Laura Zuckerman

January 2018
Music & Motion Series: Gilbert Lee Clarinet & Piano Duo

The Gilbert-Lee husband and wife duo comprised of Daniel Gilbert and Donna Lee will perform an hour classical concert. Gilbert was a clarinetist in The Cleveland Orchestra for twelve years. He now serves as principal clarinet in City Music. He is also a professor of clarinet at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Pianist Donna Lee is a member of Verve Chamber Players, a recently formed ensemble-in-residence at Kent State University. Lee is also Professor of Piano at Kent State University; during the summers, she is co-director of the Piano Institute at Kent State and artist-faculty at Kent Blossom Chamber Music in Ohio.

What Attendees are Saying About the Glibert-Lee Duo:
"Fantastic Performance! We really enjoyed the program."
"Delightful musical afternoon with two fabulous musicians"

Martin Flowerman, Barbara Flowerman, Donna Lee, Dan Gilbert

December 2017
Monet- Style Hands on Workshop

Art Note Card Sale

November 2017
Cleveland Bluegrass Orchestra

Join five Cleveland Orchestra musicians in their alternate identities, Cleveland Bluegrass Orchestra, for an afternoon of bluegrass classics and original arrangements. The CBO features Tina Struble, on fiddle, Mark Dumm on banjo, Jeff Zehngut on mandolin, Henry Peyrebrune on guitar, and Derek Zadinsky on bass.