Studio #332 Lake Erie Screw Factory 

13000 Athens Ave. Lakewood, OH44107

Contact Achala at achalaw@gmail.com

Achala Wali lives and works in Northeast Ohio. She is a visual artist, whose works on paper have been shown regionally, in venues as varied as Zygote Press and the Butler Museum in Youngstown, OH. Born in India, raised in the United States, Achala’s artistic practice is shaped by a wide range of cultural influences from Indian miniatures to global music, garden design, Korean drama and natural and topographical land formations. 

Her work imagines larger possibilities – forecasting new, interesting, beautiful and existential paradigms. 

The drawings are largely non-representational and abstract –diagrammatic; topographical and full vistas.

Achala participates on many levels with the arts community, as an artist, grant writer and past board member of SPACEs and Zygote Press.  Achala has also been a member of several drawing collaboratives, the first dating from 1995, Drawing in the Community, led by Ed Mieczkowski, a former faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Art and eventually participated in Newcelle, a more focused drawing collaborative.  She worked closely with the artist, John Jackson on drawings and ceramics; involving a stylistic interchange of ideas and methods.  

Exhibition History

2017     NewCelle + 1, Artists Archives of the Western Reserve 

2016     Cleveland Museum of Art – Circle Village – Invited Artist 

2015     Staff Art Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, Transformer Station, 

2015    5 by 5, Frames Unlimited

2015    Regional Exhibition Works on Paper, Morgan Art of Papermaking

2015    Syncope, two- person show (with Rachel Beamer), Heights Art Gallery

2015    The Big Show, invitational and benefit for Zygote Press at Convivium Gallery

2015    Invitational, Monster Drawing Rally, SPACEs Gallery

2014     Stone Canoe Journal, included in annual issue of juried literary/arts journal of artists with connections to Central New York. 

2014    The Big Show, Regional, Zygote Press

2013    Obsessive Intracacies, Group Show, Zygote Press

2013    Group show, Benefit, SPACES Gallery.

2012    Paperworks, regional, new works on paper, Heights Arts

2012    2nd Annual Arts Quarter Exhibition, Juried Regional, Zygote Press

2012    Asian artists and Asia-inspired works, as part of Asian Festival at Asia Towne Plaza

2012    76th Annual National Invitational Show, Butler Museum of American Art, Youngstown, OH

2011    New works by Pam McKee and Achala Wali, Mezzanine Gallery

2010   Collections as Evidence of Now, Exhibition, Zygote Press

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Bella Ellie is a collection of restyled vintage jewelry, curated vintage clothing + home goods. Find out more on their Etsy site or Instagram. 

Daniel G. Pruitt Glass Fusing Artist    

Contact: danielpruittstudio.com

216.632.4552                   

glassfusingartist@sbcglobal.net                        

Fused glass artist Daniel Pruitt opened his Screw Factory Studios and Gallery in 2010 after three decades of teaching art in public schools. He teaches eight week Fusing Classes, I II, III, as well as workshops in his studio and on site to businesses, and Fine Art Centers. 

He takes part in a number of outdoor Juried Summer Art Festivals including Cain Park, Lakewood, Medina, Hudson, Chardon and Boston Mills. 

His work has won awards in local and regional art shows and is in the collection of the Friends of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Diana Bjel is a native Clevelander and graduate of Cleveland Institute of Art. Her major was in ceramics. Visit her website to learn more about her artwork. 

You can contact Diana at 1dbjel@gmail.com

Forest City Portage is a lifestyle bag company and creative outlet for Michael Hudecek, designer and solo-preneur. What began as a cycling brand is now focused on catering to the active lifestyles of NEO with an eye towards durable, functional art. Working in new and repurposed materials, the bags, packs, and totes that leave the doors of Forest City Portage each have their own personality and while many fraternal twins and siblings exist, no two are exactly the same. Michael loves customization and does custom designs and spec work upon request. Head over to FCPortage.com to learn more and find your next forever bag.

email:m.hudecek@fcportage.com

p: 216.470.5098

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Gina DeSantis Ceramics strives to create well crafted tableware and home decor. After completing her MFA in ceramics from Kent State University in 2006, Gina went on to become a visual merchandiser in home furnishings while continuing to teach ceramics part time. In 2013 she opened her classroom space in Lakewood, Ohio and since its conception it has become the premier clay classroom in the Cleveland area. 

She continues to merge her love of merchandising with her ceramic wares. She has created one of a kind products for Rising Star Coffee and Fresh Fork Market. Gina's work has been featured in Better Homes & Gardens, Midwest Living, Uncommon Goods, Edible Cleveland and Cleveland Magazine. 

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Lauren Herzak-Bauman’s work is informed by her contemporary art upbringing, taking influence from abstract geometric forms found in both urban and rural environments. In addition to her functional ceramics, Lauren makes public art and sculpture, including commissions for MetroHealth, American Greetings, and the newly opened Hilton Hotel in downtown Cleveland. Born and raised in Northeast Ohio, she received her BFA in Ceramics from Bowling Green State University and her MFA in Studio Art from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Lauren is 2016 Creative Workforce Fellow, utilizing her fellowship year to develop her public artwork. Her studio is located at The Screw Factory in Lakewood, Ohio

I have been a serious student of ceramics for more than 30 years.  I have studied courses in college settings and practiced in community arts studios while raising my family and developing my very successful professional career in healthcare and philanthropy.  I retired in July 2016 and turned my focus on ceramics as a full-time endeavor in my studio, Tulip Tree Ceramics located in studio 261 at the Screw Factory. My work reflects an exploration of color, texture and shape using form and clay as a canvas for my ideas. My handbuilt work is both sculptural and functional and is at its best when it is used and enjoyed by those who appreciate handcrafted wares.

Contact Leah Gary (Studio 261) at leahsgary@gmail.com

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M. C. Nagel’s work explores the connection of humanity to nature, history, the human condition. She hopes to provoke a reaction through visual symbolism, humor, surprise, incongruity. “If a viewer of my work pauses to further study a piece, laughs, is startled or begins making comments to themselves, I feel I have successfully used visual vocabulary,” says Nagel. 

M. C.’s training was achieved when most are thinking ”retirement”.  She studied under many noteworthy professor/artists at Cleveland State University:  Nevadomi, Schneider, Mauersburger.  She came to art through landscape design-- Nagel started a landscape design firm whose work has appeared in national and local publications. Her design work has received Beautification of America Awards. She co-authored Ohio Master Gardener Training Manual and wrote for several professional green publications. (Please don’t ask her about those troublesome bushes in your yard).  

M.C. Nagel is part of an artists’ collective at The Screw Factory, 13000 Athens Avenue, Lakewood, Ohio, Studio 264C. For the past 8 years she has participated in seasonal shows at the collective, called the Screw Factory Artists Open Studio. Nagel also teaches workshops and classes for adults and children. 

Many other works can be seen at www.mcnagel.com

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Recognition/Shows:  

     Solo Show, Akron City Women’ Club, 2017

CSU Best of Show Painting, Sculpture  

Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Show, 1st Place Ceramics 

Rocky River Senior Center Art Show 2017

Cuyahoga County Fair, first place, professional, in painting, drawing, ceramics

Juried Shows:  

Fairmont Fine Arts,

BayArts 

“Faces of Cleveland” Beck Center for the Arts

Numerous CSU Student Shows 

OSU Student Show

Invitational Shows:   

Bratenahl Country Club with CMA Adult Painters 

Multiple group shows with Artists in Bloom 

Contact Margaret at pergardes@hotmail.com

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PHYLLIS KOHRING FANNIN

LAKEWOOD, OHIO 4107 gpfannin@gmail.com 

M.A. Kent State University B.A. Mount Union College Baldwin Wallace College Cleveland Institute of Art

Cleveland Institute of Art, l980- 2012 Baldwin Wallace College, 1979-1989 Lakewood Board of Education, 1969-1998

Solo Exhibit, Alte Feuerwache Loschwitz Gallery, Dresden ,Germany
Center for Contemporary Printmaking, 5th International Miniature Print Competition, ! curated by Helen Harrison, art critic for the New York Times, Norwalk, Conn.

Standehaus Gallery, Ohio Arts Council Print Exhibition, Dresden, Germany

51st and 54th National Chautauqua Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Chautauqua, New York StoneMetal Press, International VIII Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas
Riffe Gallery, Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, Ohio

Palm Springs Desert Museum, 36th Annual National Exhibition, California
Boston Printmakers National Exhibition, Boston University, curated by, 02, 05,09, 11 ! David Kiehl, Curator of Prints, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY,NY Washington Printmakers National Exhibition, Washington D.C.
Amos Eno Gallery, 12th Annual Small Works International, New York, New York
! Jurors, Beth Venn, Whitney Museum of Art & Katie Clifford, ARTnews
San Diego Art Institute, 43rd Annual International Exhibition, San Diego, California
! curator, Howard Cox, Curator, Los Angeles County Art Museum
61st May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
Indianapolis Regional, Indianapolis, Indiana, curator, Thomas Armstrong, Whitney

Museum of Art)
National Education Association Invitational, Washington, D.C.
AAO Gallery, Works on Paper, Buffalo, New York,
! Juror, Mary Haskell, Whitney Museum of Art
All Ohio, Canton Art Institute, Canton, Ohio
Butler Institute of American Art, Annual Exhibitions, Youngstown, Ohio 2008,10,13,15, Ohio Print Invitational, William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Institute of Art Faculty Exhibitions, Cleveland, Ohio
Massillon Art Museum, Group Exhibition, Massillon, Ohio
The College of Wooster, Wooster Ohio
Ohio Print Invitational, Zygote Press, Cleveland, Ohio
Ohio Print Biennial, Cleveland, Ohio
Southern Graphics Print Council, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona

Print U.S.A., Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri
BayArts, Cleveland, Ohio
Baldwin Wallace University, Print Invitational, Berea, Ohio
Print USA, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Missouri
The Mitchell Gallery, St, Johnʼs College, Annapolis, Maryland
Print Invitational, Notre Dame College, Cleveland, Ohio
ARTneo Museum and Conservancy, Invitational, Cleveland, OhioOhio State University Urban Art Space Gallery, Print Invitational, Columbus, Ohio Erie Art Museum, Juried Exhibition, Erie, Pennsylvania

Selected ! Collections:! 

ARTneo Museum, Cleveland, Ohio

Progressive Insurance Company, Cleveland, Ohio Key Bank Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio
Harris Bank and Trust, Chicago, Illinois
Crocker Bank of San Francisco, California Chicago Title and Trust, Chicago, Illinois University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio
Fairview Regional Library, Fairview, Ohio McKinley Financial Corporation, Chicago, Illinois Sherwin Williams Company, Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio

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Robb Durr received his art training from The Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida and the Fort Lauderdale School of Design.  He has been a sculptor for over 30 years and has won awards for both his illustrative work and his fine art pieces. 

He worked with American Greetings for twelve years, at which time he won the Bronze awards at The International Dimensional Illustrators Show for 1992 and 1994.

He worked as a designer and sculptor for K & M International of Twinsburg, Ohio. In 2007 he completed work on a Steve Irwin talking action figure for Australia Zoo and his 7 foot sculpture of the Steve Irwin action figure is with the Australia Tourism Board.

He also designed and sculpted the prototype for the Bindi Irwin doll and introduced it at Toy Fair 2008.

His illustrations and characters for the highly successful line of Kid Concoctions series of books have been licensed and developed as toys, greetings cards, and costumed characters, appearing at Dollywood and Silver Dollar City.

His popular line of Fairy Doors and Accessories are available on-line at his HiddenWorlds store on Etsy.com.

He is currently developing a series of bonded-bronze sculptures depicting animals of the wild.

Robb’s work spans both commercial and fine art arenas. Locally his sculptures can be seen at the Metroparks Penitentiary Glen area and the Shaker Heights Nature center. His work is also in private collections nationwide. 

Mr. Durr has lived in Ohio for over 30 years with his wife Bette and his son Zachariah. Click here to visit Robb's website. 

AWARDS and SHOWS

Chagrin Falls, Valley Art Center- Fin, Fur, Feathers - 2017

Ohio State Fair, Fine Art Section – 2017

Ohio Arts Council – 10th Annual OOVAR –Carnegie Gallery, Columbus -

Off the Pedestal – Sculpture Center, Cleveland, Oh - 2016

The River Gallery – 2015 -present

Westfield Mall – Strongsville – Sign design – Kid Concoctions Store – 2nd Place 2006

The Edge Gallery - “Beauty for Ashes” – Best in Show – 2005

Cornerstone Arts Festival – Bushnell, Illinois – 2000

Visions of Silence – traveling show - 2000

International 3-D Illustrator Show – Bronze Award – 1994

American Greetings – Creative Achievement Award

International 3-D Illustrators Show – Bronze Award – 1992

Cleveland Museum of Art – 75th Anniversary Poster Contest – 1991

Dinner Key Show – Cocoanut Grove, Fl – “Unicorn” 1st Place – Craft Division - 1977

Hollywood Art Show- Hollywood Fl – “Unicorn” – Best in Show – 1976

Ringling School of Art – Sarasota Florida – Gold Medal - 1971

Pottery & Blacksmithing by Matthew Richards

Born and raised in Lancaster, PA, Matthew lived in Japan for 18 years, after graduating from Penn State. It was in Japan that art became more prominent in his life.  During his youth he was exposed to the arts through his grandfatherʼs pottery, his father's woodworking, his motherʼs graphic arts and his own eager interest.  In Japan he continued with pottery, studied Japanese calligraphy, began photography and woodworking as well as taiko (Japanese drumming).  All of these contributed to the development of his current creations, combining clay, metal and wood.

Fire & Clay

“My interest in pottery began when I was young; watching my grandfather at the potter's wheel.  When I moved to Japan I had the good fortune of studying the craft with a Japanese master potter.  My time in Japan greatly influences all my works.”

Fire & Steel

"Taken by the art of blacksmithing and mentored by fellow art club member Jim Hovanec, I have put together my own forge; The Grindstone Dragon Forge."

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"A truly unique boutique space filled with unusual home decor, gorgeous jewelry, assorted art and more!" 

Sharon Neura is an accomplished sales and communications executive, who's had decades of experience in retail marketing, corporate branding, event planning, interior design and home staging.

As a former Ethan Allen interior designer, she had two successful shops, one in Lakewood and one in Little Italy...

Sharon took a sabbatical from operating both full-time storefronts to focus on raising her beautiful son and she is now returning to the resale world with a brand new studio space, located within The Lake Erie Building (aka The Screw Factory Artists)

 Studio #290 - Second Floor

 13000 Athens Blvd in Lakewood

"In essence, I thoroughly enjoy working with a diverse market of individuals seeking to downsize, liquidate and sell their unique items outright. In fact, I've made it easier to actually sell your furniture, costume and vintage jewelry, antiques and collectibles, artwork and much much more!"

If you are seeking a "seasoned resale veteran" with a strong interior design background and a broad-base of buyers, then don't hesitate to contact her directly at: sharonkneura@yahoo.com 

Or feel free to visit her studio in person by scheduling an appointment or logging onto her website: http://www.classactresale.com for open studio hours! 

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Vicktory Vintage was founded in 2016 after owner Vicki Kozar discovered, quite by accident, that having a vintage resale business could be fun and exciting.  She had filled in for her sister at a vintage show and liked it so much that she decided to start her own business.  And as they say, Vicktory Vintage was born.  They specialize in antiques, collectibles, jewelry (both costume and sterling), along with vintage treasures and upcycled items.  Vicktory Vintage doesn't have a dedicated space at the Screw Factory so Vicki improvises and sets up for the Open Studios and Holiday Market in her husband's warehouse space located on the second floor, Suite E-202.  Check out some of the cool items available on their Facebook page.

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