Author: Karen Petkovic

Chad Cochran: The Portrait Sessions, Sally Otto Gallery, BAYarts Cultural Center, February 13–April 4

Raised in Fredericktown, Ohio—a rural town of 1,800 marked by barns, aging farmhouses, and fading roadside signs—Cochran grew up immersed in both quiet landscapes and loud music. While rural life unfolded outside his window, Cochran spent countless hours inside his bedroom listening to songs, carefully transcribing lyrics, and surrounding himself with concert posters. In high school, he picked up a […]

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Lisa Schonberg’s Inner Nature: Expressions in Monoprints, at BAYarts

Lisa Schonberg will showcase work inspired by nature in her show, Inner Nature: Expressions in Monoprints, at BAYarts this summer. As a printmaker, Schonberg advises she explores the process of monoprinting to express her feelings for our natural environment. This process allows her to experiment with various elements and techniques to produce several images on one concept, leading her to […]

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BAYarts Sensory Garden Coming Soon

BAYarts is excited to announce that the sensory garden planned for our campus will be a reality in the coming months.Thanks to grants from the Ohio Arts Council, the Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities, the Bay Village Foundation, and generous individual donations, we will be able to realize our goal of breaking ground in the spring. The garden was […]

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In Plain Sight: Tony Skinner

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Artist Tony Skinner is a figurative artist and illustrator. His work is characterized by layered illustrations of people. Color and texture are two of the tools he uses as he explores the human figure and condition. This body of work deals with the housing insecurity problem that continues to plague our country in every community—Skinner noticed the problem magnified in […]

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Christopher Kaspar and Greg Martin, Exploring Perspectives: An Exhibition of Shifts, at BAYarts

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According to Christopher Kaspar, the start of Shifts can be traced back to his and Greg Martin’s participation in group shows at Photocentric, curated by Michael Loderstedt. It was amidst these exhibitions that they found themselves drawn to each other’s creative processes, recognizing the subtle nuances that distinguished their respective styles. They are exhibiting together this summer at BAYarts. The […]

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Edward A. Raffel: Analog Man in a Digital World,

And now for something completely different. Edward A. Raffel creates modern art—i.e. physical items that haven’t existed before in a style that is new—using combinations of materials and techniques chiefly unexplored. He does not, however, currently use a computer as part of his process. This exhibition at BAYarts contains a condensate of roughly four years of life/work product, with a […]

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BAYarts presents Simultaneous Contrasts: Works of David Kuntzman and Priscilla Roggencamp

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Outwardly, there may seem to be few clear connecting points between David Kuntzman’s linear, conceptual abstractions and Priscilla Roggenkamp’s figural, textile sculptures. The artists feel this is part of the fun of working together. In describing Simultaneous Contrasts, opening at BAYarts on July 14, Roggenkamp advises the connection may not be obvious between the saturated colors of Kuntzman’s paintings and […]

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