City of the World

Trisha is a local art teacher by day. She also makes the most mouthwatering desserts. If you come early on First Friday she has a platter or two of some yummy creations. Trisha works in a mixed media collage style.

Education: BA in studio Art from Mercyhurst College in Erie, PA
Teaching credentials at Cleveland State University in Cleveland, OH
Masters in Education: Curriculum and Instruction from UNLV in Las Vegas, NV.

Gallery experience:
2007 City of the World
2006: Community Project at Left of Center Gallery
2005: Salon de Refuse at Contemporary Arts Collective

Trisha Powers is an art teacher at Frank Kim Elementary School, where she has taught for the past three years. Before teaching, she worked in a bakery in Cleveland: Great Harvest.

The art: I am a weaver. So much of life is weaving. WE weave in and out of each other’s lives, we weave tails to each other, most cloth is woven. I enjoy using natural materials as a “loom” to weave yarn and other objects through. Natural objects have always been more beautiful than man made materials, in my opinion. Also, it is the media that directs the artwork and tells me how to complete it.
I also have taken older paintings and turned them into weavings. It is a process of change, and making the old new again.
It is my desire to share my joy with the viewers of my artwork.