On Saturday July 17th Arts Collinwood has partnered with the Euclid Beach Adopt-A-Beach Team to bring you a day of free summer festivities, family fun and environmental awareness at Euclid Beach Park!

The day kicks off with a beach clean up at 11am.  Join members of the Euclid Beach Adopt-a-Beach team as we clean and screen Euclid Beach!  Then, grab your shovels and start building your best sand creations for a sand castle contest you do not want to miss! Get ready for lots of great prizes! After all that hard work, enjoy a cookout and entertainment by local artists along with Cleveland’s very own Show Wagon! And don’ forget to make and toot your own horn in an instrument making workshop with Cleveland’s own Dr. Craig Woodson.  Walk the promenade and learn about lakefront preservation.  Visit information tables from the Alliance for the Great Lakes, The City of South Euclid, Northeast Shores Development Corporation, The Friends of Euclid Creek and more! Finally, end the day with some good old fashioned storytelling that the whole family will enjoy!

Volunteers interested in participating in the beach cleanup should be advised to wear closed toed shoes, dress appropriately for the weather and apply both sun screen and bug repellent. Disposable gloves, trash bags, trash pickers, rakes and refreshments will be provided to cleanup participants at registration.

Schedule of Events:

11:00am – Beach Clean Up

12:00pm – Sand Sculpture Contest Begins

3:30pm – Sand Sculpture Judging

4pm – 6pm Cookout, Entertainment + Activities

4:00pm The City of Cleveland’s Show Wagon

4:30pm Laugh + Learn with Craig Woodson

5:30pm Storytelling

MANY THANKS TO:

Friends of Euclid Creek

Cuyahoga Riparian Action Plan

Councilman Michael D. Polensek

Northeast Shores Development Corporation

Clevelander’s In Motion – A program of the YMCA

The Collinwood Observer

DIRECTIONS:

The entire festival will take place at Euclid Beach Park off of Lakeshore Blvd.

From the west: Take I-71 North to I-90 East. Take I-90 East to the East 185th Street Exit. Turn right on East 185th. Take East 185th to Lakeshore Blvd. Turn left on Lakeshore Blvd. Continue on Lakeshore until you arrive at Euclid Beach State Park, on your right hand side and after you pass the Euclid Beach Trailer Park entrance.

From the east: Take Green Road north to Euclid Avenue. Turn right on Euclid Avenue. Take Euclid Avenue to Dille Rd. Turn left on Dille Rd. Continue on to Nottingham Rd. Continue on to East 185th St. Take East 185th to Lakeshore Blvd. Turn left on Lakeshore Blvd. Continue on Lakeshore Blvd. until you arrive at the Euclid Beach State Park entrance, on your right hand side and after you pass the Euclid Beach Trailer Park entrance..

Appreciation Night For The Mother Ship November 20

The artists and merchants of Waterloo invite artists to donate work for a Beachland Ballroom Appreciation Night on November 20. Donated pieces will be displayed in Waterloo stores and galleries, with bags for depositing purchased tickets. To contribute in any way, contact Debbie Gulyas (Blue Arrow Records and This Way Out) at pete.debbie1960@sbcglobal.net, or Jerry Schmidt (Waterloo 7 and Wunderkind) at sculptor1121@yahoo.com.

The Shoparooni Art Bomb (December 4 – January 1)

Shoparooni is looking for giftable art and handcraft from local designers and artists. The work will be shown in a gallery setting, but this is not a gallery show. No one will be giving your life-size self-portrait to granny for Christmas (not for Chanukah, either); Shoparooni is looking for jewelry, clothing, prints, ceramics, candles, soaps, plush, knits, bags, stencil art, reclaimed vintage, and other handmade or small run goods. Get more info and keep up to date on the shop’s event page http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=165495586416.

A few guidelines: Stuff looks better when there’s lots of it. Don’t bring only one or two of anything. Feel free to help set up your display – Marlee and her crew aim to promote artists as well as sales. Holiday shopping during a recession is hard — the under $10 and under $20 pieces are everyone’s best friend. If you submit product photos with your pieces, it will make Shoparooni smile, and they’ll be able to list it on their website!

Shoparooni, 15813 Waterloo Road, http://www.shoparooni.com, 216-383-3633

Get out the sunscreen, the beach umbrella, the shovels and pails – Arts Collinwood is going to the beach for a whole afternoon and evening!

The day starts with a beach clean-up (an excellent opportunity to collect found objects to enhance your sculpture) with the collaboration of  Alliance for the Great Lakes. Then, unless you’re really a pro, take in the sand-sculpting workshop at 2:00, to learn some tips and techniques, before entering the contest itself (prizes – usually plentiful, remember that the sculptors are mostly children and artists – will be announced at 6:00);  and hang around for the campfire cook-out – hot dogs, s’mores and storytelling at sunset – to wrap things up. Or choose any of these wonderful ways to appreciate our great lakefront.

Villa Angela Beach, enter from Lakeshore Blvd at E174.

This is a free event! Snacks and drinks will be for sale. Don’t forget to bring your tools!

Check out the above photos from last year’s event!

Schedule:

12:00 p.m. – Beach Clean-up with the Alliance for the Great Lakes
Come make our lakefront beautiful! Feel good about making a contribution to the community and find inspiration for your sand sculpture.

2:00 p.m. – Sand Sculpture Workshop
Learn some cool sand building techniques and get tips from the pros. Take your sand sculpture to the next level. Bring your own tools (shovels, pails, cups, etc.).

4:00 p.m. – Sand Sculpture Contest
After the workshop, start creating your masterpiece! Skipping the workshop? Feel free to get started earlier. Bringing a team for a group piece? Need more time to create your amibitous sculpture? Set up early to give yourself plenty of time before judging.

6:00 p.m. – Prizes!
Categories for kids, families, artists, and teams. Be sure to stay for the judging to claim your prize.

7:00 p.m. – Join us ‘round the campfire!
Hot dogs, drinks, and snacks will be fore sale. Plus s’mores, storytelling, music and a beautiful Lake Erie sunset acting as a backdrop for all the sculptures. A great way to wrap up a day of fun on our great lake.

Last summer, approximately 4,000 people visited Downtown Waterloo during the Waterloo Arts Fest.  This year, with the Fest bigger and busier than ever, Arts Collinwood’s Artist Members’ will be in the spotlight during the district’s summer programming.

The Arts Collinwood Members’ Show will be featured in a fundraiser on Friday, June 5.  It will officially open with a free wine and cheese reception Saturday,  June 6, and run through Saturday, June 27.

To have your work considered, please submit not more than three pieces, ready to hang or otherwise display.  Work that is not ready for display cannot be included.  Selections will be made by the Gallery Committee, on the basis of individual merit, taking into consideration size, space availability and overall dynamics of the exhibit.  Only works not previously exhibited in the Arts Collinwood Gallery are eligible.

Along with your artwork, please submit clear and complete title and pricing information, and an artists’ statement or biographical information.  Be sure that each piece is clearly labeled on the back.  Arts Collinwood receives a 25% commission for works sold during the exhibition. Please consider this when pricing your work.

By submission of work to the Members’ Show participants agree to the guidelines set forth below:
The exhibition will be a “Public Forum” – artists themselves, not the Art Gallery or Arts Collinwood, will be responsible for the content of the works. Entries may not be submitted anonymously. We request that artists exercise common courtesy – please do not enter intentionally offensive works. Submissions that interfere with the viewing of other entries may not be installed. Submissions that in the sole discretion of Arts Collinwood are considered unsafe or illegal will not be exhibited.  Entries must remain in the gallery for the duration of the Exhibition.

All artists submitting work must be members of Arts Collinwood.  New members are welcome to join at the time that they submit their work.  Entrants grant permission for Arts Collinwood to use their images in promotional materials, and agree to have their artist information included in show materials.

Submission Dates:

• Friday, May 29,  3-9pm
• Saturday, May 30, 12-4pm

Work can be picked up on Sunday, June 28 from 1-4pm, Monday, June 29 from 3-9pm.

Bring your work to:    Arts Collinwood Gallery
15605 Waterloo Rd.
Cleveland, OH  44110

For more information, or if you have questions about the status of your membership, please call Sarah Gyorki:  216-692-9500 or email to s.gyorki@artscollinwood.org.  We look forward to seeing your work in the Arts Collinwood Gallery!

NOT YOUR MOTHER’S REFRIGERATOR!
Magnets cannot hold these kids down!

Youth artists ages 5 to 16 are encouraged to submit work for the newest show at Wunderkind. The show is the culmination of intern and gallery curator Rachel Hunt’s Senior Project.

Please lend us a helping hand and send us your drawings, paintings, photography, sculpture… any art under the sun! This exhibit will be a fun way to kick off the summer. Bands will play at night in the garden and attendance is expected to be phenomenal!

Art work MUST be framed. Inexpensive frames from craft stores work fine! Don’t spend big bucks on framing unless you want to! All work in this show must be up for sale. This is a great way to get a little money in your children’s piggy banks. 75% of selling price is yours to keep, no strings attached.

The gallery had two great openings in the past two months. Our grand opening drew 200+ people into Wunderkind and Waterloo 7! Let’s keep the momentum going and do it again!

Please contact Rachel Hunt at: Reh119@case.edu or by phone at (440)263-2254

WORK MUST BE RECEIVED BY MAY 29TH! NO EXCEPTIONS!