Holiday ArtWalk 2025
Little Italy Cleveland Holiday ArtWalk 2025 is almost here! December 5-7 (Friday 5-9, Saturday noon-9pm, and Sunday noon-5pm) We've been working on a lot of projects and getting ready to show artwork from a couple of new artists. Melissa Bollen-Ellsworth is a local artist based in Cleveland (Rocky River). She is an award-winning painter and cartoonist. She recently won the Director's Choice Award at Creative Place for her characters Sal and Sally. You may remember her late father, Roger Bollen , who drew the famed comic strip Animal Crackers ? She worked at American Greetings for many years (like I did), and so we have a lot in common. We are both working artists raising families. And we both know R. Crumb ! Melissa has a handful of expressive works, one of them is a dual portrait (photo below) called " Picasso Girls ." There are a couple of abstracts Melissa painted that you have to see in person! Another artist is a talented...



