the gallery

MIND THE GAP

current exhibit

From the beginning, the need to create - to preserve, to understand, to cherish - has been a powerful and inevitable force influencing me and the things I make. This exhibit - “MIND THE GAP” - includes my latest original ink illustrations on paper along with corresponding audio tracks by my band called The Silly Gooses.

This is the way I draw because it’s the only way I know how. I failed art class in the ninth grade, and I think that shows. I’ll try to explain what I mean when I say “mind the gap,” which is that phrase used by trains in London as a warning to passengers stepping on or off the platform.

Not long ago, a hometown friend let slip that an artist from our graduating class said my Instagram reeked of “cringe, performative coffee shop doodler vibes.” Her name is Allison Bills, and she’s a very talented photographer for NASA.

More than anything, I worry with angst that I appear deaf to my talentlessness, or that I take myself too seriously. Like an all-too-brave American Idol contestant. Delusions of grandeur.

And to some extent I may have overcorrected, taking myself so unseriously that it borders on a Dostoevskian level of self-loathing, which I’m told can make people feel uncomfortable.

Probably it takes a whole life to “mind the gap.” To make peace with the gap between the things you want to do, and the ways in which you cannot. The life we dreamed, yet do not have.

To mind the gap… and to do it all, still, in spite of it. In spite of myself. I think that is important.

Sincerely,

upcoming shows

January 2026

"ANNE"

by Ellen Gurley

Guest Room is proud to present “Anne,” an intimate and meditative exploration on family, loss and memory. Rendered through repetition, the series focuses on the artist’s grandmother, Anne, who gently emerges in various forms through pastels, pencil and watercolor.

Ellen Gurley is a ceramicist and multimedia artist based in Cleveland, Ohio. She participates in several local art shows and markets throughout the year. This will be her first solo exhibition.

@kilningmesoftly_ on Instagram

February 2026

"EXHIBIT NAME - TBD"

by Asmaa Wadi

Asmaa is a Cleveland-based fiber artist with a vast portfolio of crochet art, including hangable framed designs, hats, handbags, wallets, wine bottle sleeves, blouses and so much more.

@crochet_cowboy on Instagram

March 2026

"EXHIBIT NAME - TBD"

by Chelsey Farnum

Chelsey is a Tremont-based multimedia artist specializing in shadowbox collaging, sketch portraits, printmaking, and sculptures (including "death-proof" plant pieces). Her work is currently featured at FunktiniLand, CS Folk and City Goods. Chelsey is also an active workshop teacher at HFB Ceramics Studio.

@studiowurk on Instagram

April 2026

"EXHIBIT NAME - TBD"

by Sierra Jackson

Sierra is a hands-on Lakewood-based artist with a focus on collaging. Her work is visceral, nostalgic and chaotically dreamy in a style that is both disarming and grounding at the same time. This exhibit will include original framed pieces along with prints on various products including stationery and apparel.

@sisicollages on Instagram