Euclid Art Association Showcases Local Artists at Main Library

The Euclid Art Association is turning a familiar civic space into a community gallery, bringing members' work into view at Euclid Main Library from July 11 through July 25. The 2026 exhibition features 13 participating artists. Its return to the library at 631 East 222nd Street follows the building's year-long renovation, which wrapped in June 2026, restoring an annual tradition that puts local art before the people who use the library every day.

The association continued exhibiting at other venues during the closure, but for residents, the library show offers something distinct: a chance to encounter local art during an ordinary visit, in a public building reclaimed as a place for community creative expression.

The Euclid Art Association has been creating those opportunities since 1958, when it was founded to encourage interest in visual arts and share fine arts with the community. Its story began Nov. 12, 1958, when five women with a shared interest in art met. The organization held its first formal meeting Dec. 5, 1958, at Euclid Public Library on East 222nd Street.

The founders were Susan Beaumont, Pearl Campbell, Fay Ginsburg, Margaret E. Hain and Lee Logan, with Hain elected as the group's first president. Nearly 68 years later, the association remains sustained by its members and their participation rather than institutional gatekeepers or outside funding.

The group now has more than 70 members and welcomes people from Ohio, elsewhere in the United States and beyond. Annual dues are $30 for individuals, $35 for joint memberships and $11 for students. Its leadership includes a President, Vice President, Treasurer, Program Director, Secretary/Membership Chair and Show Coordinator. Proceeds from the group's December auction fund an annual scholarship for an outstanding Euclid High School art student.

Over the years, the association has mounted Sidewalk Art Shows in downtown Euclid and exhibited at Euclid Square Mall, Richmond Mall, Holden Arboretum, Euclid Park Clubhouse/Community Center, Euclid Hospital, Lyndhurst Community Presbyterian Church, Lakeland Community College and the Willoughby Hills Community Gallery. In 1967, it launched the Mobile Art Cart, a community-service project for patients at Euclid General Hospital that Anne Hayes chaired for nearly 20 years. That pattern—from sidewalks and malls to hospitals and libraries—reflects neighbors claiming public and community spaces for creative expression.

Artists in this year's show are Kathy Akucewich, Cynthia Beacham, Alsie Clay, Suzette Cohen, Deborah Johnson, James Komaromy, Kathy Komaromy, Sarah Komaromy, Robin Primes, Rozenia Cunningham, Ewa Bardasz, Ellen Howard and Sue Herrle. A reception was held July 15, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. at Euclid Public Library.

Bardasz and Cunningham shared the show's People's Choice awards, while Howard and Herrle received runner-up honors. Cunningham is President of the Euclid Art Association, and Howard serves as its Show Coordinator.

The exhibition can be viewed during regular library hours, making the art accessible on the community's schedule—and giving working Euclid artists a place to be seen without relying on professional curators to determine whose work belongs in public view.

The show remains open through July 25, 2026, at Euclid Main Library, 631 East 222nd Street, Euclid, OH 44123. Library hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Attending supports a self-funded, member-driven organization that has championed local artists for nearly seven decades—and demonstrates Euclid's capacity to organize and sustain its own cultural life.