Euclid Art Association Settles into the Euclid History Museum

The Euclid Art Association has moved in with a neighbor it trusts. After decades of borrowing walls — a library here, City Hall there — Euclid's volunteer painters and potters now have a home address: the Euclid History Museum, in the old North Street School building at 2119 North Street. The association's gallery and offices fill the second floor; the museum's exhibits fill the first.

A group with history

The association has deep roots in Euclid. It began on November 12, 1958, when five women — many of them Euclid school art teachers — met and chose Margaret E. Hain as their first president. Their first formal meeting came three weeks later at the Euclid Public Library. Today the group counts more than 70 members, led by President Rozenia Cunningham.

The purpose hasn't changed much in nearly seven decades: keep members making and looking at art, and share it with the town. The museum downstairs keeps Euclid's own story, from its founding in 1796 to the present, and the building itself dates to 1894, restored during the administration of Mayor Anthony J. Giunta.

Shared walls

For years, the association's work has moved from wall to wall — City Hall, the Shore Cultural Center. Members' paintings and photography still fill City Hall's public areas year-round. The group once donated a stylized photograph of City Hall's domed rotunda — taken by late former president Lee Peters from the top of a fire truck ladder — to the city during its annual City Hall Art Exchange. Peters died in May 2023.

Now the group has a place of its own, above a museum the city already points visitors to. The monthly member meetings still happen off-site, in person and on Zoom; the September meeting was scheduled for Monday, September 14 at 7:00 PM in the Fellowship Hall of East Shore United Methodist Church, 23002 Lakeshore Boulevard.

Where to see the work

The association's work is on display at the Euclid Main Library, 631 East 222nd Street, through September 19 — open 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM Monday through Thursday, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Friday, and 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Saturday.

For Euclid's painters and potters, home is now a place the town already knows. The Euclid History Museum is open Tuesdays from 1:00 to 4:00 PM, and the association's gallery is upstairs.