Since 1984, the goal of the Westlake-Westshore Arts Council (W-WAC) has been to enhance and broaden cultural life in  the Westshore area through programming that will result in awareness, education, and involvement in the arts. Board  meetings are held at 7 p.m. on the first Monday of the month at Westlake Porter Public Library, 27333 Center Ridge  Road, Westlake. The following programs open the 2012- 2013 year and will take place in the Porter Room of Porter Library.

On September 18th, 7 pm, 22 feet of drawings of all inductees, ever, in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, created for the  Plain Dealer Friday Magazine, will be included in a presentation by the artist, “Chris Morris, Visual Journalist.”

David Bamberger, Artistic Director of Cleveland Institute of Music Opera Theatre and students will perform arias from  “The Secret Marriage, by Domenico Cimarosa on October 16th, 7:30 pm.

West welcomes East when a panel of Cleveland artists, who exhibited in the sculpture exchange between The Sculpture  Center and Boston Sculpture Gallery, will meet at 7 p.m. October 30th to discuss “Issues in Contemporary Sculpture,”  with panel moderator and Cleveland State University Gallery director, Robert Thurmer.

November 8th, 7 pm, artist Phyllis Fannin will give a presentation and lithography demonstration called “A Woman’s  Journey in Print,” which will focus on two areas—traditional feminine issues and challenges facing families of deployed  military.