Ashtabula Arts Center News

In our Gallery...

Our January Exhibit features:

"The Joy Series" by Mardi Snyder

On display January 5 - 29
An opening reception with live piano music provided by Julie Slattery will be held Friday, January 13 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Mardi was brought up in Ashtabula and has lived in Painesville for the last 32 years. She says that the Ashtabula Arts Center was a vital source of enrichment throughout her formative years before going on to receive a Bachelor of Studio Arts Degree in 1975 from the University of Vermont and a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology from Lake Erie College in 1987. Mardi studied under Professor Francis Hewitt - a founding force in the "Op Art" movement of the 1960's. She has exhibited work at the Ashtabula Arts Center, Mayfield Jewish Community Center in Cleveland Heights, Dobama Theater in Cleveland Heights, The Willoughby Fine Arts Center and Seekers Coffee House in Mentor. In 2004, one of her abstract paintings was chosen for the Channel 8 Morning Show's "artist of the week" series.
"These paintings are the product of my work over the last year and were painted with the Ashtabula Arts Center in mind," says Mardi. "I'm calling this the 'Joy Series.' Each one was very rewarding to paint from conception through the end of the painting process. I used traditional canvas, acrylic paint and brushes for my work."

Gallery hours: Mon. - Thurs. 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

The gallery is also open before all theater performances and during intermission. Admission to the gallery is free.