Size: 11" x 14"
Medium: Mixed Medium
Artist: Daniel Gorman
Inspired by: Toxic by the 6th - 8th Grade team at Buhrer Dual Language Academy
Suggested Value: $200.00

"I interpreted the piece in a way to try and convey the imagery suggested and the emotion of the poem."

Daniel Gorman is a trained Medical Illustrator, Graphic Designer, Published Trading card and Comic Book artist with over 25 years in the industry.

Size: 11.25" x 15"
Medium: Ink, graphite on incised cotton paper
Artist's Name: Judith Brandon
Inspired By: "Kindness" By Yamilette from Buhrer Dual Language Academy
Suggested Value: $1,200

"I love how Yamilette associated kindness with the color pink. Pink has charm and tenderness but can be scary to use as a dominant color in art. I knew I could handle the challenge if I let Kindness guide me."

Judith Maureen Brandon was born in Indianapolis, IN in 1963.
She attended the Cleveland Institute of Art where she earned a BFA in enameling and drawing. She has been awarded numerous Best in Shows across the country for her large dynamic drawings as well two Ohio Arts Council Grants. She was included three times in the highly competitive National Weather Biennale international juried exhibition.
Upon meeting Judith Brandon you wouldn't imagine her to be the artist behind the large dynamic works on paper she creates. Standing at just five feet she has to be extremely inventive in how she manipulates the materials in her studio.

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Size: 24"x24"
Medium: Photography
Artist name: J.B.
Inspired by: "My Cat is Fat" by Gabriela from Buhrer Dual Language Academy
Suggested Value: $300

"The poem is about a lazy cat. Who doesn't adjust his attitude for anyone. He does what he wants, when he wants. I think that's funny. Humor is art is key."

JB is a man of mystery. Who is he? Where is he? All we know is he makes art.

Size: 20" x 20"
Medium: Acrylic
Artist: George Kocar
Inspired by: "My Cat is Fat" by Gabriela from Buhrer Dual Language Academy
Suggested Value: $500.00

"My wife and I have always had cats and are amazed by their different personalities. A few of our cats were fat."

George Kocar is a Bay Village resident. As well as being an artist and illustrator he was a adjunct faculty member of Ashland University. George has had over fifty solo shows. He has exhibited his work in over five hundred group shows across the United States, most notably numerous Butler Mid-year Shows in Youngstown, Ohio, and The Cleveland Museum of Art May Show. He has won numerous awards including a Jurors Award at the Butler Institute of Art in 1985 and 1998, and Best of Show at the Ohio Exposition Center in Columbus, Ohio in 1998. He is listed in Who's Who in American Art.
His illustrations have graced the pages of numerous newspapers and magazines including, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Esquire, Playboy, GQ, The New York Times and the Washington Post. His work has been included in several annuals, including AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION 2 and 3, and OUTSTANDING ILLUSTRATORS TODAY 2.

Size: 20"x24"
Medium: Print of Painting
Artist: Hector Vega
Inspired By: "Happiness/Felicidad" by Aracelys from Buhrer Dual Language Academy
Suggested Value: TBD

Celebrated artist-entrepreneur Hector Vega was born in Gurabo, Puerto Rico, and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. A self-taught artist, his signature style-featuring bold colors and geometric patterns-is influenced by his cultural heritage.

For artist Hector Vega, the use of bold colors and geometric shapes that artist Hector Vega uses to craft his abstracts is by no means an accident. For him, many of the stylized elements that make his work so instantly recognizable, have a much deeper meaning.

Size: 20" x 16"
Medium: Acrylic
Artist: James Quarles
Inspired by: "This is Not a Poem" by the Buhrer Dual Language Academy 6th - 8th grade team
Suggested Value: $400.00

"I chose the piece because I felt it was powerful, and spoke to the energy our communities are dealing with currently. The ideas, of despair, anger, and hope are wonderfully intertwined. While it is short, it holds extra weight by declaring itself not a poem, but living in a world today that is challenging. However difficult, stay determined to survive in it regardless of those who would antagonize our existence in it."

James Quarles is a Clveland artist, who focuses primarily on illustration graphic design, and painting. He graduated from Shaker Heights High School in 2005, then attended CCAD which he graduated from in 2009. Always including social, folk lore, and pop culture elements into his work to bring something new to the medium. While retaining aspects of the past for a full view of how he sees the world.

Size: 16" x 20'
Medium: Mixed medium on yupo
Artist: Susan Riha Parsley
Inspired by: "Creatures" by Araceyls from Buhrer Dual Language School
Suggested Value: $320.00

"Art can not only draw people together, but it can also inspire involvement of compassion for others."

Susan Riha Parsley was born in Chicago, Illinois. Now living in Vermilion, Ohio. She received her Bachelor's in Fine Arts Degree at Bowling Green University in 2019. She is a part of the Vermilion Art Guild in Vermilion, Ohio, and continues to serve her community.