Art Fair Medina County 52nd Annual Art Art in the Park When: July 19, 2026 10am-5pm What: Applications will be available after January 1, 2026. Where: Courthouse Square in Medina, Ohio ART in the PARK ARCHIVES 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019

Artists in and around Medina County Ohio meet, exhibit their artwork and host the annual Medina Art Show 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. 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 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 Member discounts on MCAL Workshops Free subscription to the MCAL newsletter "Drawing Attention" Relationship building with other MCAL Members Monthly Instruction and Demos at the Membership General Meeting Opportunities to show your work at various local venues. Opportunities to show your work at Art in the Park and Aquarius Learn How to Join 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.

Art Fair Medina County When: Sunday, July 20, 2025 from 10am -5pm Results Program What: Set in Medina's charming Courthouse Square, artists' exhibits are arranged around the park's gazebo, the central focus of the historic Public Square Area. Spend the day perusing artists' paintings, sculptures, photos and other works, and grab lunch at one of the local eateries. Hopefully, you'll find a favorite piece for that empty wall you've been meaning to fill! Where: Courthouse Square in Medina, Ohio 2025 Art in the Park Award Sponsors and Donors The following area businesses have provided funding for our Art in the Park awards and donations to our scholarship fund/raffle. We urge you to patronize these generous donors, and tell them why you are seeking out their business! 2025 SPONSORED ARTIST AWARDS $1000 Best of Show Geo. M. Brown & Assoc., Inc. $800 Body of Work 1st Place Mayor's Award (gift from member) $600 Body of Work 2nd Place $400 Body of Work 3rd Place $200 Body of Work HM Awards of Distinction $100 Award of Distinction Salon Morche $100 Award of Distinction $100 Award of Distinction $100 Award of Distinction $100 Award of Distinction Velvet's Framing of Seville $100 Award of Distinction The Hope Collection of Oberlin Scholarship Donors Platinum Palette ($1000+) Silver Palette ($100-$499) Bronze Palette ($50-$99) We thank everyone for their generosity and support! ART in the PARK ARCHIVES 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019

SPRING 2025 Workshop with Craig Staufer On Saturday, April 26 sixteen MCAL member gathered to freshen up their knowledge of perspective drawing. Craig did a wonderful job of teaching the basics of 1 point and 2 point perspective, and made it fun at the same time. His knowledge of the subject is expansive; we all went home happy. Thank you, Craig and all the participants! It was a good art day!

Art in the Park, Medina County, OH Vendor MAP Artist List Artist Email Medium Space Abel, Todd toddabellglass@gmail.com glass 59 Axelrod, Marvin toddabellglass@gmail.com photography 20 Barbee, Barb barbbarbee@aol.com jewelry 18 Bitans, Marita mbitans@roadrunner.com photography 27 Blair, Susan uncommon_clay@yahoo.com ceramics 37 Bolgar, Pat accessoryart@gmail.com jewelry 74 Bordine, David d.bordine@hotmail.com glass 10 Brady, Scott ScottoftheBoro@yahoo.com ink L-2 Camus, Alisha Alisha.camus@gmail.com wood 51 Clark, Kelley mkrbab@yahoo.com birdhouses L-4 Clucas, Deanna deanna.clucas@roadrunner.com painting 4 Corbin, Alex alex.corbin224@gmail.com photography L-3 Couch, April madpac@aol.com wood/mixedmedia 12 Croce, Tom info@tomcrocephoto.com photography 73 Dean, Alexandra andean@student.cia.edu printmaking 33 Denczak, Denise denisedenczak4460@gmail.com metal 55 Des Forges, Linda katesklosetandKrafts@gmail.com floral W-3 Disch, Kate katedisch@hotmail.com leather 8 Dressler, Julia bestsuncatchers@hotmail.com photography B-3 Edinger, Henry hbedinger@aol.com painting 38 Everhard, Kimberlee keverharddesign@gmail.com painting 42 Finesilver, Nancy nafine@zoominternet.net ceramics 67 Fisher, Annabelle afisher@neo.rr.com jewelry 48 Fisk, Alan waf@roadrunner.com jewelry 22 Friedman, Julie Julief1@earthlink.net fiber N-1 Gibson, Jeffrey crookedriverimages@gmail.com photography 11 Gilbert, Tom & Desiree thomasgilbert0222@gmail.com wood 47 Haplea, Barb barbhaplea@aol.com jewelry 9 Hemmerling, Janeth hemmerling72@yahoo.com jewelry 40 Henikman, Bob & Mary henikman@zoominternet.net wood 21 Hobby, Jeneen jeneenhobby@gmail.com photography 34 Jandrey, Kathy kjandrey63@gmail.com ceramics 57 Karpy, Tom watatees@gmail.com tshirts 72 Kent, Bill wkent001@nycap.rr.com metal 63 Kent, Darrell darrellkent67@outlook.com inkmarkers 19 Kiley, David dkphoto@zoominternet.net photography 60 Laine, Philippe philippedujour@yahoo.com paintedsilk 15 Lamb, Elaine bnelamb79@gmail.com ceramics 29 Lehnhardt, JoAnn joannlehn@yahoo.com wood 26 Lemons, Pamela MostlyMaille@MostlyMaille.com jewelry 36 Leonard, Joe jleonardcarvings@frontier.com wood 58 Lewis, Barb blewis1881@yahoo.com wood 6 MCAL Scholarship medinacountyartleague@gmail.com scholarship 39 Margeson, Jana blackcatbeads2000@hotmail.com jewelry 68 Martonicz, Gail dgmdiver@gmail.com painting 13 Medina County Art League medinacountyartleague@gmail.com various 49-50 Medina County Historical Society mchs@zoominternet.net literature 25 Miller, Bill dreamstrokesart@yahoo.com mixedmedia 5 Mohr, Karri paintedgarden@paintedgarden.com wood 24 Mowen, Mark mowen@leatherstuff.com leather 54 Murray, Bette blm44691@yahoo.com metal/clay 44 Neal, Greg greg@nealpottery.com pottery W-2 Olivia Blubaugh osoriginaljewelry@yahoo.com jewelry 62 Olivia's Kloset oliviaskloset@aol.com craft/fiber 53 Osterhaudt, Linda lindao@oh.rr.com jewelry 52 Peterson, Chandra chandraghb@hotmail.com woodcraft 3 Petranek, Glenn photoeye56@gmail.com photography 14 Poff, Don dapoff@gmail.com metal 69-70 Posch, Maryann poschandgulyas@gmail.com jewelry 43 Pozarski, Bob glassbob@hotmail.com glass 7 Reed, Don donreed@fineartbydonreed.com painting 56 Reilly, Cyndi clarkpotterystudio@gmail.com ceramics 46 Riggle, Russ possumproducts@tusco.net woodtoys 66 Rohrbaugh, Judy fineartstoneware@sbcglobal.net jewelry 30 Schultz, Jack jacko1950@roadrunner.com photography 32 Shaffer, Lisa foxfeatherdesigns@outlook.com metal L-1 Shafron, David info@darbynwoods.com wood B-4 Shepard, Petty novella123@charter.net baskets 17 Sheriff, Sonja sonjasheriff@hotmail.com jewelry 61 Silverman, Eric ericjasonsilverman@gmail.com photography 41 Smith, Ashley atlasandaether@gmail.com jewelry 28 Stiber, Genmarie Rootsvases@aol.com glass/plants 16 Stolzenberger, Sharon sstolz0235@gmail.com painting 45 Storer, Karen jewelfish@columbus.rr.com jewelry 31 Stringer, Jennifer jennifer.stringer2@yahoo.com jewelry 2 Szalkowski, Emily emilyszalkowski@yahoo.com drawing 23 Verstraete, Mary mcverstraete@gmail.com photography W-1 Western Reserve Kettle Korn wrkettlekorn@gmail.com food 71 Worden, Jennifer JLWordenArts@gmail.com glass/metal/mixed 1 Yano, Thomas thomyano@yahoo.com metal 64-65 Young, Darlene odzar02@aol.com painting 13 Zajac, Francine francinezajac@yahoo.com ceramics 35 ART in the PARK ARCHIVES 2020 | 2019

Art Fair Medina County Past Aquarius Exhibits 2019 | 2020 | 2021 16th Annual Aquarius Exhibition presented by Medina County Art League 2020 VIRTUAL Aquarius GALLERY

Members Gallery Artwork below has been graciously provided by members of the Medina County Art League. Please click on the images to see more details about each piece and artist. Please stop back again to see the gallery grow as new artists submit images. Sunshine On My Shoulder Kelley Butler Mirror to the Soul Kelley Butler Calm Reflection Kelley Butler Eye On The Prize Kelley Butler Rick Surowicz Rick Surowicz Rick Surowicz Rick Surowicz Floral Pathway, Pastel Lee Beuther The Destination, Pastel Lee Beuther Autumn, Collage & Interference, Acrylic Lee Beuther Autumn's Glow, Pastel Lee Beuther Wolf Creek Wetlands Darrell Kent Cuyahoga River Walk Darrell Kent Winter Spirit Darrell Kent Town Square and Gazebo Darrell Kent Snowy Egret on Branch George Harth Watercolor Girl in the John Deere Chair George Harth Watercolor Kalidescope of Ballarinas George Harth Watercolor Roseate Spoonbill Spreading Wings George Harth Watercolor Great Horned Owl Laurie Musser White Drawing on Black Metallic Paper, Digital Spring Buck Laurie Musser Oil on Canvas Barn Owl Laurie Musser Pencil with Pastel Drawing on Paper Precious Moment Laurie Musser Pencil Drawing on Paper Addie Kathy Stokes-Shafer Acrylic Ox Cart Kathy Stokes-Shafer Acrylic Still Life with Beets Kathy Stokes-Shafer Oil Happiness (Floral) Kathy Stokes-Shafer Acrylic Behold Vincent Matheney Oil Pastel, 2007 Zen Tiger Vincent Matheney Digital Illustration, 2019 Persimmon Fall Vincent Matheney Oil Pastel, 2016 Alice in Wonderland Vincent Matheney Mixed Media, 2016

Art Fair Medina County Past Aquarius Exhibits 2019 | 2020 | 2021 17th Annual Aquarius Exhibition presented by Medina County Art League 2021 VIRTUAL Aquarius GALLERY 2021 Aquarius Awards Best of Show Charleston by Barbara Zimmerman - Collage Diptych This painting really intrigued me. It was well thought out taking in design, composition, positive and negative shapes, lost and found edges among other great tributes in the making of a good painting. And with all that's happening in it, there are wonderful spaces to rest the eyes. I was attracted to the people wondering what their conversations were and where they were going. This painting was done by a very confident artist. Carolyn E. Lewis, OPA First Place Cabbage Story #3 by Carol Klingel - Oil on Canvas Design and color harmony were big in this close-up painting of a cabbage. I love the detail with the holes in the leaves and the beautiful translucency of the light coming through some of them. Great design with the leaves running off the page. Carolyn E. Lewis, OPA Second Place Al's View by Bob Maurer - Watercolor This watercolor has a peaceful serene feeling, color harmony and good technical execution. It makes one feel as if they are there enjoying this with them. The "less is more" concept made this painting. Carolyn E. Lewis, OPA Third Place 52 Public Square by Craig Staufer - Oil Street scenes can really be tough with all the complexity. This artist made it look easy with confident strokes and simplicity at the same time. I loved the action in the clouds and the addition of people and a couple of cars. Carolyn E. Lewis, OPA Honorable Mentions Pest Control by Teenia Geig-Koehler - Mixed Media The artist made a little gem conveying the Carolina Wren and kept your attention on it by simplifying the upper part. You can almost hear its song. Carolyn E. Lewis, OPA One Green Pear by Helga Reid - Watercolor This is another gem done in watercolor. This had great design and technical execution along with color harmony. I loved the imperfections on the pears and making the one stand out by being more green. Hence the title. Carolyn E. Lewis, OPA Tree Rows by Darrell Kent - Ink Markers This painting intrigued me by the use of so many dots of ink markers but it was so well done that it all came together nicely. It had great rhythm in the sky and the trees took on their own personality like they were there having a conversation with one another. Carolyn E. Lewis, OPA Drummer Boy by Ken Smith - Photography This photograph posed an emotional response. It also had a mystery to it as to who the drummer was and what had happened to him. The composition is good and the atmospheric quality it conveyed added to the mystery for me. Carolyn E. Lewis, OPA Juror Statement I was very honored for the opportunity to be the Juror for the 2021 Medina County Art League Show at the Medina Library. Every artist must remember, this is only one opinion and there were so many winners, but I only could give out 8 awards. In the end, all that matters is believe in yourself and paint to please only you. I've always liked the phrase "it's not what you paint, but how you paint it". Every artist has their own "signature" or style and I enjoyed them all. Besides looking for the usual; strong design, composition, values, color harmony and good technical execution, I also looked for emotional content and the passion the artist conveyed. I wanted to feel the experience the artist had while creating it. Also, important to me was the artist showing their confidence in their work. Did they have a clear sense of what they were trying to communicate to the viewer? A big congratulations to all, for without your creativity, putting your heart and soul into your work, this wonderful exhibit wouldn't happen. All the best, Carolyn E. Lewis, OPA To learn more about Carolyn please visit her website at: www.lewisstudio.com

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Monthly Meetings General Membership Meetings are held on the 4th Monday of each month from September to May at the Root Candle Community Room in Medina, Ohio. Visitors are always welcome. Please check our home page for meeting information and links. Meetings begin at 7:00 pm with general business followed by refreshments. A speaker, chosen from the art community then presents a short message of inspiration or sometimes even a demo. Join us on the fourth Monday of each month EXCEPT the May and March meetings which are the third Monday, and December in which there is no meeting due to the holidays. 2025-2026 Programming and Events Date Speaker Description 09/22/2025 Jim Laughlin Geometric abstracts 10/27/2025 Kayla Billings Ink drawings 11/24/2025 Gwen Waight Assemblages 01/26/2026 Member Show and Tell 02/23/2026 Dave Derrig Wadsworth HS art teacher 03/23/2026 Scholarship awards 03/23/2026 Critique with Brian Shellito 04/27/2026 Bridget Ginley 1980s scholarship winner