The 2026 NewNow Opening Reception

2026 NewNow

Opening Reception: Thursday, September 3, 6-7:30pm

Dates: September 3  – October 22, 2026

Exhibition Location: Tri-C’s Gallery East, 4250 Richmond Road, Highland Hills, OH 44122

The Artists Archives of the Western Reserve (AAWR) is proud to present the 2025 NewNow, Northeast Ohio’s premier competitive art exhibition. This year’s exhibition was juried by Jimmy Baker, Associate Professor, and head of the Painting and Drawing department at the Art Academy of Cincinnati.

Congratulations to the selected artists:

Keegan Adams – Civil Liberties
Claudia Berlinski – COVID Hand Broom
Claudia Berlinski – COVID Angel Broom
Michael Boich – Writer’s Block
Denise Buckley – Sandros Venus
David Buetsche – Ghost Pot
Raymond Bugelski – Nude Study #2
Catherine Butler – Dualities
Lou Camerato – Duet
Haley Cavotta – The Sower
Kimberly Chapman – Objects of Provision: The Canteen Girls
David Cintron – Primordial #2
Donna Coleman – Incel Date Night at the Mall
Donna Coleman – Women Painting
Shyvonne Coleman – Bogolanfini Robe
Sea Dax – Disjointed Masculinity
Sea Dax – For the Dolls
Kathleen Fleming – The Chase
Kathleen Fleming – Thoughts and Prayers
Kathleen Fleming – Business as Usual
Doreen Grasso – Pierce II
Denise A Harrison – 91519631024
Timothy Herron – Dunham Tavern Museum Sighting
Marti Higgins – Pecadillo
Paul Jacklitch – Sheeple Chase
Paul Jacklitch – Spud Game
Judith Khaner – At the Fair
George Kocar – The Wheel
Charlotte Lees – My World
Nancy Lick – Neo
Baila Litton – Years of Living Dangerously #3
Madeleine Lovell – Settling In
Dale Malner – Red Rock 1
Dennis Mastrangelo – Sunset #1
Dennis Mastrangelo – Morning Sail
Steven Mastroianni – Cosmogonia Series CT1
Nathan Mayfield – Creep
Wayne Mazorow – A Day at the Beach
Victor Melaragno – MoonSkull: SoonMoon with “Neon”
Tom Millward – River Rendezvous
Charles Mintz – Ohio Guide – US6 – Huntington Park – Princess
Anthony Mitri – Strawberry Pickers 3, Ile d’Orleans, Canada
Clare Murray Adams – Haiku no.10
Nancy Notarianni – Jennifer
William Pappas – It’s a Lot to Clean
Barbara L Pennington – The Weight of the Mask
Elia Margarita Pestana Knight – Summer Tree
Joan Pogalies – Who?
Helena Sarah Richardson – Catching Oil
Stefanie Rivers – Ghanaian Garden
Priscilla Roggenkamp – Immigration Quilt
Rick Rollenhagen – Muscular Tension
Jordi Rowe – Tilt
John Saile – Charites
John A Sargent III – Time Will Tell
John Scavnicky – Portrait of James Burnett
Lisa Schonberg – Sea Treasures, Beneath the Surface, No. 2
Lisa Schonberg – Oceana’s Joy, The Accidental Discovery, No. 2
Patricia Schroeder – A Nose for The News
Ron Shelton Plastic – Jungle Quilt
Martha Shiverick – Madonna on her Ciggie Break Out Back of CostCo
Kathy Simone – In Perpetuity
Bella Smith – Actually, She Loves It
Bella Smith – The Three Graces

Jerold Smith – Happy Dresses, pg 1-2, Twist and Dip

Judy Takacs – Chiaroscuro, Titan Goddess of the Eclipse
Barney Taxel – Crystal Cove 4-1-2026
Rima Tessman – Sunbaked
Eric Tuck-Macalla – With a Full Heart
Austin Turner – After Perugino
Gwen Waight – Black and Blue
Jean Weigl – Off Balance
Jean Weigl – Saku and Suga Ann
Dale Weiss – Untitled
Robert Wright – Civil Disobedience.10

Film and Video Participants

Andrew Reach – Machina Curvarum

We are very pleased to continue our community partnership with Tri-C East to once again hold this exhibition on their beautiful 3,000 sq. ft. Gallery East, located at 4250 Richmond Road, Highland Hills, OH 44122 beginning with an opening reception on Thursday, September 3, 6-7:30pm.