Ted Kurz -- Larchmere & Beyond: Scenes of Larchmere Neighborhood
Opening Reception:  Thursday, December 3, 6-8pm

Ted Kurz was an architect with an office on Larchmere for 30+ years, but he's worked with watercolors for longer than that.  Come see his realistic watercolors of Larchmere and Cleveland scenes and see how many vistas you recognize. There's something comforting and familiar, perhaps nostalgic, about a watercolor, even if the scene depicted isn't that old.  Come see what I mean.

Lauren Pacini -- Extended Dynamic Range: Beauty in Black and White
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 5, 6-8pm

The exhibit will include selected pieces from three of the photographer’s series – Guardians of Our Heritage, Across the Water, and Trees: Up Close and Personal. All of the work strives to capture what is seen by the eye – not by the camera. Lauren is a long-time resident of Shaker Heights; best known for his nature photography. In a brief gallery talk, Lauren will discuss his approach to extending the dynamic range.

Barb Bonchek -- Dizzy Art
Opening Reception:  Thursday, October 1, 6-8pm

Barb  Bonchek's Dizzy Art designs are all hand drawn with  no mechanical means.  But you might have to take a step closer to verify, and then a step back to re-orient yourself.  It's called Dizzy Art for a reason, but is that reason visual or psychological?  All those tiny lines...  It's worth a second look.

Framed original art pieces, prints, and cards will be available for  purchase during the show.

Susan Vincent -- Arizona Sketchbook
Opening Reception:  Thursday, September 3, 6-8pm

Originally Susan Vincent said she would fill the Annex Gallery with her quick sketches from trips to the Grand Canyon and other points in Arizona.  But she has some new work that she's eager to show, so the exhibition will feature these new works instead.  I don't have any other details -- so stay tuned, or come to the opening and be surprised! 

Joan Lederer -- Portraiture
Opening Reception:  Thursday, August 6, 6-8pm

Gene Epstein -- Recent Works
Opening Reception:  Thursday, July 2, 6-8pm

Gene Epstein is a familiar face here at Loganberry Books.  In addtion to occassional work at Strong Bindery, Gene is the leader of Gene's Jazz Hot, which plays here every second Thursday evening, and she's part of the Altered Book Group which has had several exhibitions in the Annex Gallery.  But she also works in watercolor, pastel, charcoal and paint, and this exhibit of her recent works features some of all these things.  With a virtuoso power like this, you're sure to find something you like, so come check it out!
 

Flea Market Specials
Sidewalk Sale:  Saturday, May 23
Flea Market & Festival Day:  Saturday, June 27

Larchmere Boulevard puts on a huge Flea Market & Festival on the last Saturday of June (this year, that's June 27).  As our part of the celebration, Loganberry Books hosts a big Local Author Book Fair with dozens of authors.  But we also bring out some interesting non-literary tidbits:  vintage clothes, old school maps, Ronson table lighters, prints, dolls, and old toys.  This year, we'll also have a collection of Royal Doulton figurines from the characters of Charles Dickens.  In preparation for the big day, we'll use the Annex Gallery to start assembling our goodies.  Keep your fingers crossed for good weather, and visit anytime in June for a sneak peak at our own Loganberry Flea Market.
 

Altered Book Group: Food for Thought
Opening Reception:  Thursday, April 2, 6-8pm

The Altered Book Group joins us for their third spring show at the Annex Gallery, this year featuring cookbooks.  Come see the wild imaginations at work on these three-dimensional wonders.  What would a cookbook be if it wasn't . . .  a cookbook?  Artists include Myrna London Aidlin, Sarah Clague, Gene Epstein, Susan Donovan Lowe, Jacqueline Parsons, Myrna Tatar and Anne Weissman. 
 

Amy Lewandowski:  Watercolors
Opening Reception:  Thursday, March 5, 6-8pm

Amy Lewandowski is a watercolorist with soul.  In addition to commercial pieces [she created the watercolor used on the postcard for our neighbor Wool & Willow Needlepoint], she also creates a travelogue both real and imagined.  Come enjoy a taste of spring, as only watercolor can attest.
 

Gloria K. Ritter:  Finding the Words
Opening Reception:  Thursday, February 5, 6-8pm

Ann Caywood Brown & Hugh Brown:   Pastels, Polaroid Transfers & Poetry Broadsides
Opening Reception:  Thursday, January 8, 6-8pm

Ann Caywood Brown and Hugh Brown are a local couple with varied and intriguing artistic interests.  Ann is a painter and photographer who has had many local shows, and who will be bringing a variety of her work to this Annex Gallery show.  Her polaroid transfers are particularly fascinating, with a blend of the familiar and fantasy.  Hugh has a most excellent collection of poetic broadsides, fine press pages of poetry rendered in a visual display that makes the work sing both in word and display.  Some are by famous authors such as John Updike, and are signed.  The Opening Reception is usually held on the first Thursday of the month, but we'll take a break on New Year's Day and celebrate on January 8th instead, with Gene's Jazz Hot playing next door in the LitArts room.