NEXT SPEAKER
Gwen Waight
Monday, November 24, 2025, 7:00pm
AI Root Community Room
What do an ice pick, toy guns, a meat grinder, and an Asian ceramic figurine have in common? They are all likely to appear in the assemblages of Peninsula artist Gwen Waight, as she constructs narratives using the most unexpected found objects, the final stories often causing a viewer to gasp in wonder, delight, or even to feel a nudge of conscience.
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What is an assemblage? How is it different from or the same as collage?
How can a group of unrelated objects tell a story? How does she make them all stick together?! Come to the next Medina County Art League meeting on Monday evening, November 24 at 7 o’clock to hear Gwen’s fascinating story of how she came to make this kind of art and why story telling is so important to her.
Gwen’s art has been shown in every possible art venue in Ohio and beyond.
She has won multiple awards and her work is widely collected. Gwen’s moto is “Stay Open,” a good reminder for all of us, whether artists or not!
From the original Picket Fence Show to the Art In The Park of today. Artists of Medina County Ohio join to promote the arts. Every summer we sponsor Art in the Park, an outdoor festival of the arts.
eveNTS // EXHIBITIONS // SHOWS
Month | Date | Speaker | Description |
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September | 09/22/2025 | Jim Laughlin | Geometric abstracts |
October | 10/27/2025 | Kayla Billings | Ink drawings |
November | 11/24/2025 | Gwen Waight | Assemblages |
January | 01/26/2026 | Member Show and Tell | |
February | 02/23/2026 | Dave Derrig | Wadsworth HS art teacher |
March | 03/23/2026 | Critique with Brian Shellito | |
March | 03/23/2026 | Scholarship awards | |
April | 04/27/2026 | Bridget Ginley | 1980s scholarship winner |
MEMBERSHIP
BENEFITS
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Member discounts on MCAL Workshops
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Free subscription to the MCAL newsletter "Drawing Attention"
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Relationship building with other MCAL Members
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Monthly Instruction and Demos at the Membership General Meeting
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Opportunities to show your work at various local venues.
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Opportunities to show your work at Art in the Park and Aquarius
Medina County Art League Objectives
To promote the education, exploration, awareness, and development of visual arts.
To promote group and community interest in, and appreciation of the arts.
To sponsor and/or provide opportunities for art shows, exhibits, and community projects.