Special Events & Exhibitions

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Beck Center Visual Art Exhibitions are FREE and open to the public.

For gallery hours,

call (216) 521-2540. The Hoffman-Stach Gallery is located in Beck Center's

main building.

Dance Performances, Special Events, And More, BELOW

 

 

Hey Super Fan! Beck Center branded apparel can be purchased online with the help of the local company Hometown Threads!

Check out all the styles and sizes. If you don’t find what you're looking for, you can visit their catalog and choose from hundreds of apparel options.  If you choose an item not listed on our page, just let them know you are with the Beck Center for the Arts when you check out, and they will add our logo to the shirt. How stylish is that?!

 

Presented by: PNC Bank

with support from Healthy Lakewood Foundation and Lakewood Arts Festival, Inc

Join in on the fun, creativity, and excitement with Beck Center for the Arts as you and your young aspiring artists explore music, dance, theater, and the visual arts at this FREE arts experience for children ages 2 to 7 years – older and younger siblings are welcome to take part!

Our cast member, Becky, from Becky and The Beck Beats will be joining at every Super Saturday event. She is very excited to discover new instruments and musicians to join her new fabulous band. We are excited to bring her along for the fun!

Parent/adult participation is required. Admission is free for all ages, but tickets must be reserved at beckcenter.org or by calling Customer Service at 216-521-2540.

RSVP for this free event at https://beckcenter.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/#/

Super Saturday

Date/Time: Saturday, May 3, 2025 from 10:00 am-11:30 am and Comic Book Day! with desserts by Trikeable Treats

Location: Beck Center for the Arts at 17801 Detroit Ave, Lakewood OH 44107

Instrument: Electric Guitar

Theme: Summertime

 Art Activities

• Bonfire & S'more Fun

• Create a Glass of Lemonade

• Colorful Fish

• Design Your Popsicle

Arts Experiences

• Dancing with Kelsey Heichel

• Theater Tour Ed Gallagher

• Rock and Roll Story Time

with you Creative Art Therapy Team

Hear & Touch the Music

• Tracy Ammon and Becky lead the singing and with special guests Micheal Simile and Mark Messina with the Electric Bass Guitar….get your photo with the instrument after the show.

Super Saturday

Date/Time: Saturday, May 17, 2025 from 11:00 am-12:45 pm

Location: PNC Fairfax Connections at 8220 Carnegie Ave, Cleveland, OH 44103

Instrument: Tim Hampton will be demonstrating Xylophone/ Marimba

Theme: Under the Sea

 Art Activities

• Decorate Your Seashells

• Build a Jellyfish

• Paper Plate Boats

• Pirate Spoons

Arts Experiences

• Drumming with Ed Gallagher

• Dancing with Kelsey Heichel

• Books that Sing with our Creative Art Therapy Team

Hear & Touch the Music

• Tracy Ammon and Becky lead the singing and with special guest Tim Hampton with the Xylophone & Marimba….get your photo with the instruments after the show.

Super Saturday

TBD—information is COMING

Super Saturday

Date/Time: Saturday, August 9, 2025 from 10:00 am-11:30 am

Location: Beck Center for the Arts at 17801 Detroit Ave, Lakewood OH 44107

Instrument: Flute/Piccolo

Theme: First Day Back at School

Art Activities

• Jumbo Crayon

• Create a Bookbag

• Design a School Bus

• First Day of School Button

Arts Experiences

• Drumming with Ed Gallagher

• Dancing with Kelsey Heichel

Hear & Touch the Music

• Tracy Ammon and Becky lead the singing and with special guest Mary Kay Robinson with the Flute & Piccolo…. get your photo with the instruments after the show.

Super Saturday:

Date/time: August 23. 2025 from 11:00 am-12:45 pm

Location: PNC Fairfax Connections at 8220 Carnegie Ave, Cleveland, OH 44103

Instrument: TBD

Theme: All About Me

Art Activities

• All About Me Puzzle

• Collage Favorites

• First Day of School Button

• Ohio Paper Folders

Arts Experiences

• Drumming with Ed Gallagher

• Dancing with Kelsey Heichel

Hear & Touch the Music

• Tracy Ammon and Becky lead the singing and with a special guest.

Thank you to our sponsors PNC, Lakewood Arts Fest, and Healthy Lakewood Foundation, The Louise H. and David S. Ingalls Foundation

Budding to Blossoming Visual Arts Exhibition of Beck Center Students!

We love celebrating our student artists and their commitment to creativity with this annual exhibition. Over 125 pieces of art on display include: clay sculpture, graphite drawing, mixed media, watercolor, acrylic and oil painting. Our community of artists are aged 3 to 93, with some exploring their first art experiences, and others visiting the Beck Center studios for decades.

The exhibition is open April 25, 2025 - May 24, 2025.

The Artist Celebration is on Friday, May 16, 2025 from 6 pm-8 pm

Beck Center students with work in this year’s Budding to Blossoming visual arts exhibition include AJ Eagle, Alden Messer, Amanda Brown, Andrea Giffin, Aria Tian, Arthur Leitch, Ayla Schmidt, Bill Keller, Brittney Sandoval, Carolyn O’Donnell, Carson Evangelista, Celeste Alfes, Charles Bumback, Charlotte Stafford, Charmaine Tang, Daniel Frolo, Drew T. Edleman, Ebby Howarth, Elayne Fagan, Elliot Gingo-Menoni, Emily Beckwith, Emily Hanna, Gus Gibbs, Hallie Sommer, Heather Beck, Henry Mayock, Jackson Livingston, Jason C Bush, Judy Hazen, June Knezevich, Karen Kirby, Katie Fagan, Keira Barker, Keira Finley, Lillian Smith, Lucas Whitehouse, Mackenzie Frato, Marcos Perez, Marion McMuldren, Mary Sustar, Mattias Barker, McKena Topp, Melissa Gaskins Nautiyal, Mike Cooper, Monroe Roberts, Rachel Shaw, Rebecca Shofar, Renee Sandoval, Ryley Mosier, Samantha Livingston, Sara Fuller, Stella Tarkenton, Sujin Kim, Tomoka Sasinka, Wendy Brueshaber, Will Mayock, and Winter Travis.

For questions and to register today, please email JGilliland@BeckCenter.org

November 14, 2025!

Spotlight Gala 2025:

A Standing Ovation - Celebrating Vision & Impact

Honoring Tom and Cindy Einhouse

Co-Chairs: Sandy Sauder & Vicki Smigelski 

Emcee: Pat Miller

Join us Friday, November 14, 2025, at Music Box Supper Club, 1148 Main Ave, Cleveland, Ohio.

6:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Tickets on sale July 2025!

For more information on becoming a sponsor or a table host please contact Jay’da Hall, Annual Fund Manager, at jhall@beckcenter.org.

For more information about donating auction items to our Silent Auction or purchasing a program advertisement, please contact Bryce Evan Lewis, Communications Specialist, at blewis@beckcenter.org.

The evening’s menu includes:

OPEN BAR & COMPLIMENTARY COFFEE & WATER STATION

PASSED HORS D' OEUVRES:

Chicken Pot Stickers

Grilled Portabella Mushroom atop a Crostini with a Balsamic Basil Aioli (V)

SALAD:

Mixed Greens, Cucumber, Tomato, Red Onion & Carrots with a House Italian Vinaigrette; served with rolls and butter

ENTREES:
Boneless Chicken Breast Stuffed with Boursin; served with garlic mashed potatoes & roasted vegetable medley

Grilled Salmon with Sherry Dill Cream; served with garlic mashed potatoes & roasted vegetable medley

Grilled Seasonal Vegetable Stack (VG) (GF); served with brown rice risotto

DESSERT:

Cookies, Brownies & Rice Krispy Treats




WOMEN OF CREATIVITY

Beck Center holds exhibitions that feature local, regional, and international artists throughout the year. As a way to share these works and tell the artists' stories, we will present a series of online exhibits for select shows. The first in this series is Women of Creativity: Four Artists, Four Perspectives. You'll meet friends and colleagues from American Greetings Lisa Atens, Jennifer Fitchwell, Terry Flores, and Val Lesiak, who showed their varied works in our Jean Bulicek Galleria.

We hope you enoy learning about these four talented artists as much as we did producing this piece - and we look forward to sharing the next virtual exhibit!

Mujeres de Creatividad en Español