Welcome to Euclid Art Association

This is where your art journey begins

    Artist: Jaden Reyes "Heavy is the Head"

    Message from our President: 
    Rozenia Cunningham

    Congratulations to Jaden Reyes, Euclid High School 2026 graduate awarded the EAA $600
    scholarship. He'll attend Cleveland Institute of Art. Let's go big in July with our "Home
    Again" Art Show at Euclid Public Library! Don't stay home! Participate! Get ready EAA for
    another well received “Pop Up Art Gallery" at the Euclid Art Walk Saturday, September 19.
    Stay wide-eyed for more details. Attend the June meeting for the induction of elected officers.
    See you there!

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    Enjoy the Summer!

    With Summer in full swing, we will take our summer break from our monthly meetings. See everyone in September!

    Thanks to our June Demonstrator:  Rick Rollenhagen

    Rick Rollenhagen, a Cleveland based artist, specializes in stone carving and mixed media. The title of this upcoming demonstration is Making Stuff Out of Rocks. In his own words, “I took a stone sculpture class at an art center in St Petersburg, Florida, where I’m originally from. Through this class, I developed an intense love for carving stone. However, being trained as a painter in art school I was initially very hesitant to change media and switch to stone. However, I started exhibiting my stone sculptures while I was still taking the carving class. I’m most proud of the fact that I’ve now become quite good at carving, specializing in exquisite tabletop, organically shaped stone sculptures. The most rewarding aspect of doing my art is when I sell something and when I give talks about stone carving. My goal is to develop a new body of work in my stone carving and to continue to speak to the community about stone carving. Today, I have my studio practice, teach stone carving at the Cleveland Institute of Art and exhibit extensively throughout Northeast Ohio.” Prior to moving to Cleveland, he has shown his work in several European cities and in the Tampa Bay area

     

    Thanks to our May Demonstrator

    EAA welcomed Kerry Cumpstone who explained her artistic process called Spirals to Species” and displayed her art works. She shared that when her father was in hospice “spirals spilled out of me” as she filled papers with circles that start with a point, or start outside and work in. She has drawn close to 200 animals, mostly endangered, beginning with a simple pencil shape and attention to negative space. She determines the light source, having had only one drawing class, and being otherwise self-taught. For shadows, spirals are harder and tighter with more lines. The eyes of the animal are drawn last, “and then we end up looking at each other,” she says. Most of her work is done with Micron pens, .005 to 12. Her finished work has no outlines or straight lines. “Life is a spiral, DNA is a spiral” summarizes her outlook for this very meditative work. Delta Sigma Theta and EAA member Akhi Knighton on the left proudly holds her purchased spiral drawing by Kerry Cumpstone.

    Featured Euclid Art Member: Ellen Howard

    Artist Statement:

    I like to draw and find inspiration in whatever I see. Capturing the real form appeals to
    me, especially in figure drawing and drapery. Plant forms and patterns of light and
    shadow catch my eye as well. I am always composing and framing photos with colors
    and shapes visible in everyday life. During my 44 years of teaching high school art at
    Cleveland Central Catholic, I became familiar with a wide range of techniques and
    approaches to subject matter. Ideas come first, and then I can choose any medium to
    bring them to life. For many decades, drawing and watercolor were vehicles for
    expression, then iPad drawing later. My work is eclectic in subject and medium.

    After earning my BA in art from Notre Dame College in 1970 I enjoyed additional
    instruction at the Cleveland Institute of Art with Francis J. Meyers and Peter Paul
    Dubaniewicz. Coming from a family of seamstresses, I have lifelong experience at
    sewing and have also used this skillset to create textile art. My life size soft sculpture,
    Good Knight’s Rest, won the People’s Choice Award at the AAWR NewNow 2022 and
    Best of Show in the Euclid Art show in Beachwood in 2025.