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Anna is attending the Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies program to earn her Master's degree in Art Education and teacher's licensure. She will complete an extensive 2 year program and will graduate in May 2010. Read about her experience here in her blog entry.

Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, founder and artistic director of the Urban Bush Women by Anna Arnold, February 2008. Commissioned by Pam Young, executive director of DANCE Cleveland, Ohio. This mixed media painting was presented to Jawole the evening before "The Scales of Memory" dance performance featuring the Urban Bush Women and Compaigne Jant-Bi of Senegal was premiered at the Ohio Theater in Cleveland on March 1, 2008

http://videos.cleveland.com/plain-dealer/2008/02/the_scales_of_memory_dance_per.html

Anna Arnold with "Angel On My Shoulder", the collaborative painting with children who were patients from University Hospitals and the Cleveland Clinic, at the 2006 American Cancer Benefit and Auction, Wolstein Center, Cleveland, Ohio. The second photo is of "Paradise", considered one of Anna's most widely known and vivid works.

Anna Arnold is a native Clevelander. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1983 and has exhibited in nearly 200 solo and group art exhibits throughout the United States and has taught hundreds of school children as a visiting artist. Anna is widely known for her vividly colorful expressive portraits, ceramics, masks, beads and painted furniture.

Highlights of Anna’s exhibitions are the Cleveland Museum of Art, Akron Art Museum, South Bend Regional Art Museum, Indiana, Center for Art and Religion, Washington, DC., Progressive Corp., Cleveland, Promega Corp. Gallery, Madison, WI., Western Reserve Historical Society and Wasmer Gallery at Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, OH,.

Her works are in the permanent collections of Progressive Corp., Kaiser Permanente, Metro Health Hospital, Ursuline College, the AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland and the Cleveland Public Library. Noted commissions are "Angel On My Shoulder" (see above) for the 2006 American Cancer Society's Cattle Barron's Ball Live Auction created with children from the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals, 2006 Martin Luther King Jr. Service to the Field Award, 2006 portrait of Garth Fagan, choreographer of the "Lion King" presented by DanceCleveland and the stunning mixed media stained glass and mosaic tile Globe for the Historic Cleveland Public Library in downtown and GuitarMania.

Year of the Rat 2008

Exhilarating!

June 5, 2008---Who's more vibrant?! Anna with "The Fabulous Rat Dragon" at the unveiling reception of the Year of the Rat at the Wooltex Gallery in Cleveland, Ohio. Anna's fiberglass rat was sponsored by Ozanne Construction. The annual public art sculpture project celebrates a different animal each Chinese New Year and is sponsored by the St. Clair Superior Development Corporation, Cleveland

From Becca Britton of the St. Clair Superior Development Corp.

Year of the Rat Gala Auction Event

Join us Saturday, September 27th

from 6-10 pm at The Ballroom at Park Lane Villa

CELEBRATE Chinese culture : Year of the Rat : Cleveland's finest artists

...AND MORE

~ Enjoy a live auction of the amazing pieces of public art
created by some of Cleveland's most talented artists.

~ Silent auction featuring original artwork from Year of the Rat artists,

prize packages from local restaurants, sports teams, and more!

~ Live entertainment provided by Asian musicians & entertainers.

~ Cocktail reception
~ Multiple course Asian meal provided by Marigold Catering
...and much more!

Tickets available soon

RESERVE YOURS TODAY!

Call 216.881.0644
or email rbritton@stclairsuperior.org

"Mother and Child in the Garden" 2007

25" X 38", framed with glass

Liquitex acrylics on Rives BFK paper

Price on request

Photo by Rodney Carpenter 2007

Contact Anna at a.arnold9416@sbcglobal.net

Resume (Edited)

Anna Arnold received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1983. She continues to be a prolific artist who has produced hundreds of paintings, sculptures, ceramics and jewelry for nearly 25 years and has exhibited in over 200 galleries, museums and venues across the United States. 2008 - "Women Watch/Student Watch", Florence O'Donnell Wasmer Gallery, Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, OH., March 14 - April 13 2008 - "Have We Forgotten...Still in Chains", Cleveland State University Gallery, January 18 - February 9, group exhibition curated by Shari Cloud, director, Sankofa Fine Arts Plus 2007 - John Adams Black Heritage Alumni Silent Auction, Cleveland, OH., September 23, (sales of art and items provides scholarships for graduates of John Adams High School) 2006 - American Cancer Benefit and Live Auction, Cleveland OH., Sept. (Anna worked with child cancer patients to create a unique painting for the live auction) 2006 - DanceCleveland, commissioned portrait of Garth Fagan, choreographer of The Lion King, February 2006 - Cleveland Orchestra's Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service Award, January 2005 - "Anna Arnold: The Queen of Color", Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Feb.- April 2004 - "Collector's Choice", Heights Arts Gallery, Cleveland Heights, OH., Feb/Mar 2004 - "Heroes and Heroines", South Bend Regional Art Museum, South Bend, IN., Nov 03/Jan 04 2003 - "12TH Annual Women's Invitational: Anna Arnold," Florence O'Donnell Wasmer Gallery, Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, OH., August thru Oct. 2003 - "Victory Over Violence" mural, (artist in residence with 5th graders), Huron Road Hospital, East Cleveland, spring (more) 2003 - "GuitarMania", benefit sponsored by the United Way, 10 ft. fiberglass guitar permanently installed on the corner of E.9TH and Lakeside, Cleveland 2002 - "Coventry Peace Mural", Coventry Elementary School, Cleveland Hts., OH 2002 - "The Darkest Sisters: Visions and Stories", Mather Gallery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, January/March 2001 - "Children of the World Mural", Fairwood Elementary School, Berea, OH., (All 400 students screated a small piece to embellish one of the 8 oversized cutouts representing children from 6 continents) 2001 - Juror, "Celebration of the Spirit: Outdoor Art at Lakeview Cemetary", (with Brooke Barrie, director/curator of the Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ.), Lakeview Cemetary, Cleveland, June 2000 - Toni Morrison Society's 2ND Biannual Conference, Lorain County Community College, Elyria, OH., (Anna gave a one-woman exhibit of 90 works at Stocker Gallery) 2000 - Promega Corporation Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin 1999 - "Bold Strokes: Outsiders on the Inside", Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, OH. 1999 - "The Balancing Act: Teapots Redefined 2", Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA. 1999 - "Eye to I: Self-Portraits by Anna Arnold and Mark Howard", Akron Art Museum, OH. 1998 - "GLOBE", Historic Main Library, Cleveland, (Anna Arnold, George Bowes, Lyneise Williams and a team of artists created a gigantic stationary globe built from fiberglass and covered in stained glass mosaic and ceramic tiles made by 200 children working at 10 Cleveland branch libraries in 1996. The GLOBE is on the 4TH floor where the Children and Foreign Literature departments are located. The GLOBE was unveiled during the rededication of the Main Library on May 21, 1999. Funded by the Eaton Corporation) 1998 - "Innervisions: Individuality and Creativity Among Ohio Artists of African Descent", National Afro American Museum and Cultural Center, Wilberforce, OH. 1997 - "Fifth Annual Women's Invitational", Florence O'Donnel Wasmer Gallery, Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, Ohio, Nov. 97-Jan. 98
	The GLOBE, 1998
	The GLOBE at the Cleveland Public Library with George Bowes and Lyneise Williams. Funded by the Eaton Corporation. Photo by Diana McNees
Research Anna
Victory Over Violence http://www.eastcleveland.org/node/39 Link to Herb Ascherman photo of Anna in his Cleveland Museum of Art Collection: http://www.clevelandart.org/explore/artistwork.asp?creatorid=13664&recNo=0&woRecNo=22 cnn.com search http://search.cnn.com/search?query=anna%20arnold%2C%20cleveland%20artist&type=web&sortBy=date&intl=false