Orange Art Center: Return of the Snowbirds

The energy at the Orange Art Center this spring is off the charts. The snowbirds are back and the staff has diligently been working to provide a smooth transition as the OAC and the Orange Community Education & Recreation Department merge. We are happy to announce that most of our veteran instructors will return to provide the quality of classes […]

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Spend Your Winter At The Orange Art Center

Come hibernate this winter at the OAC. Classes begin the week of January 11, and we are very excited about the variety of evening and daytime workshops we have programmed for you this session. Of course, we have our usual offerings taught by returning veteran faculty members like Debra Rosen, with her Fine Jewelry Making classes, and a variety of […]

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Orange Art Center

On a cold and rainy July day, it seemed appropriate to write about Orange Art Center in the fall. It’s our most busy season, with a new schedule of classes and workshops, our revitalized Community Show on display at the Cuyahoga County Public Library-Orange Branch, and our 2016 membership drive.   The OAC Community Show is a great chance to […]

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Orange Art Center Offers New Classes and Collaborations

  March has come in like a lion at the Orange Art Center, and we have a number of exciting changes happening this spring including a new look, new workshops and new collaborations.   We begin the month by launching our new website and brand designed by Agnes Studio. We also kick off our new Make Art! Love Art! The […]

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December Mini-Classes at Orange Art Center

  Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but oh it’s so delightful at The Orange Art Center. We end the 2014 season with a chance for you to experiment in a different area of art making with our three week mini-classes offered during the first three weeks in December. Mini-classes will be in the areas of fine arts and crafts. […]

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Orange Art Center, showing its autumnal color

We love autumn at the Orange Art Center. It is our busiest time of the year, and this year is no different. The fall season will kick off with the return of the OAC’s Community Art Show, our first since 2006. Followed by a new schedule of art classes and workshops for children, teens and adults. The OAC is very […]

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Summer at Orange Art Center

Summer is here, and it’s time to honor our adult students at our 30th Annual Adult Student Art Exhibition. This year we include the faculty’s art along side that of our talented students. Prizes–including the Ruth Paisley Award for Best in Show, and the Mildred and Joe Woodell Award For Excellence In Art–will be awarded to students in media including […]

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Springtime at Orange Art Center

We love spring at the Orange Art Center (OAC). Everything comes alive. As the thaw begins our snowbirds are back to participate in our spring session of classes and workshops. And the staff and teachers’ excitement builds as we patiently await the current group of Senior Project Students to begin their month long residency in May.   The OAC allocates […]

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Winter Classes at Orange Art Center

The Orange Art Center’s Winter 2014 Fine Art and Craft classes begin the week of January 20th. Among the offerings for adults this winter are a variety of evening and daytime fine art jewelry classes, pottery classes, fused glass jewelry workshops, and batik-on-silk workshops. The fused glass workshops, taught by Jennifer Szalkowski, are always some of our most popular offerings. […]

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Orange Art Center presents Animals in Art

The Orange Art Center (OAC) is not only a place for art classes. The OAC hosts three exhibitions a year: a student show, a faculty show and an invitational show. The 5th installment of Animals in Art (AIA) is our first exhibition of 2013. Collaborating this year with the Cleveland  Animal Protective League (APL), we once again are inviting artists to submit  examples of their animal-themed art […]

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