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 fiber art crocheter named Kailey Prewitt based in Atlanta. She goes by YELIAK. She has many pieces on display and one in particular is a formal gown crocheted in a lavender yarn. Hand-crafted sweaters and crochet hand bags. 

These pieces make wonderful and unique gift ideas. Along with plenty of other arts and crafts currently in the gallery. A very big collection of earrings, necklaces and bracelets handmade by yours truly. I also have fingerless gloves and scarves. Many paintings on canvas, as well as, fine art prints, cards and NEW posters. Oh, and new pillows made from my ink and brush sketch series of Little Italy neighborhood scenes. I hope to see you this next weekend. Please visit the other galleries as well and get something good to eat! Happy Holiday, Merry Christmas. Thanks for shopping small, and local. 

––xoxo, Tara 

(P.S. you can call me on pricing for the pieces below @ 216-375-0760)