18"x 24" - Photography - Framed (black)
Artist- Besty Banks
Inspired by - Cleveland by the Newton D. Baker School of Arts Girls Team
Suggested Value: $195.00

"I was drawn to this poem because the team does such a wonderful job capturing a sense of place. With powerful use of rhythm, they created a tapestry that captures many of the unique places that - combined - make Cleveland home. They inspired me to create this collection of glimpses of Cleveland."

Besty Banks currently works in civic engagement at Case Western Reserve University, coordinating community-based educational programs that promote awareness, connection, action, and learning. She enjoys sharing the connection she feels to place through photography and serves on the Steering Committee of the Cuyahoga Valley Photographic Society, promoting Cuyahoga Valley National Park and the photographic arts through education.

24" x 34" - Digital Illustration - Framed (white)
Artist - J.B.
Inspired by - Virtual Reality by the Newton D. Baker School of Art Boys Team
Suggested Value: $200.00

"I have always been interested in tech and video games. I also use the computer as a means to draw my work. It was a fun experience to take a poem based around the virtual world and use virtual tools to create it."

18" x 24" - Digital Illustration - Framed (black)
Artist - Elizabeth Carney
Inspired by - Cleveland by the Newton D. Baker School of Arts Girls Team
Suggested Value: $200.00

"I was intrigued by all the components the author portrayed in the poem. My grandmother is a Cleveland tour guide and has been teaching me about Cleveland's history for as long as I can remember. I have always been fascinated with how much our city has to offer. Growing up and living on the west side, I identify as a Clevelander. I love this city and frequenting all the places the poem depicts made it easy for me to visualize my final art piece."

Elizabeth Carney is currently a junior at Bay Village High School. She has always been creative, but her interest in art really took off with photography when she was 11 years old. She has taken many art classes and explored art on her own using different mediums. she enjoys painting, color pencil, charcoal/graphite, sculpture/ceramics, and photography. She has received awards for her work at various art shows. This past March she started working digitally and this is the first time she has shared her digital artwork. After graduation in 2022, she plans to attend college majoring in art and/or art education.

12" x 24" - Print of piece of marker on bleeding tissue background
Artist - Gwendolyn Garth
Inspired by - We Need to Change by Gregory from Newton D. Baker School of Arts
Suggested Value: $500.00

"As a community activist, I have come to believe that the change in the community must come from changes within our own selves. I believe that to improve the world we must start with self."

Gwendolyn Garth is a native Clevelander. She is an African American multimedia artist, graduate of Cleveland Municipal School District, graduate of Women in Transition Program (Tri-C), a certified Creative Arts Therapy Specialist (Tri-C), Neighborhood Leadership Development Program graduate (NLDP), founder and CEO of Kings and Queens of Art and a 501(c) Arts Organization. Garth's real work will always be about reinventing communities and perceptions about the people in those communities. Garth will continuously do so by employing the therapeutic value of art and by thinking and working holistically to engage with others through collaboration and transparency.