Wings & Stars: Crafting Hudson’s Holiday Traditions
2025-12-11 - 2025-12-13 | Peg’s Gallery, 53 First Street, Hudson, OH, 44236, United States
DATE: December 11th, 12th, 13thTIME: 11 AM – 7 PMLOCATION: Peg’s Gallery, 53 First Street, Hudson, OH 44236
Create Your Own Holiday Keepsake
Follow in the footsteps of Hudson’s beloved decorative artist, Jinny Ellis.
Join us for a three-day open studio experience—a relaxed, hands-on workshop where you can paint a wooden angel or fold a traditional German paper star. Drop in anytime between 11 AM and 7 PM to get creative, unwind, and make something beautiful for your home or to gift to someone special.
Our gallery’s multipurpose room will be transformed into a festive ornament studio. All materials are provided, and gallery liaisons will be available to offer guidance and inspiration. The environment is family-friendly and welcoming to artists of all ages.
CHOOSE YOUR PROJECT:
Jinny Ellis–Inspired AngelsCelebrate the legacy of Virginia “Jinny” Clark Ellis (1913–1979), Hudson’s cherished decorative painter. Jinny began creating her signature angels in the 1950s—whimsical silhouettes adorned with botanical details, gold accents, and Christmas imagery.
Traditional German Folded Paper StarsCraft a classic star with timeless elegance and a touch of personal flair.
Suggested Time:• Quick project: 20–30 minutes• Detailed design: 45–90 minutes

Rhythm & Renewal: A Winter Solstice Celebration
2025-12-18 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | Peg’s Campus, 53 First St., Hudson, OH, 44236, United States
Rhythm & Renewal: A Winter Solstice Celebration
Embrace the winter season with us as we gather in community for an evening of fire, music, movement, and art!
Open and free to the public, *registration is only required for the gentle yoga session. Read on for full agenda.

About the Event
Celebrate the Winter Solstice—the longest night of the year and a turning point when light begins its slow return—with a multi-sensory evening across Peg’s campus.
The Summit FM’s Music + Wellness program presents, in partnership with Peg’s Foundation & Gallery and the Northeast Ohio Healing Arts Alliance (NEOHAA), Rhythm & Renewal: A Winter Solstice Celebration, a gathering shaped by creative arts and seasonal celebration. Peg’s Gallery will be open all day until 7PM, you are welcome to explore the indoor and outdoor experiences at leisure.

Evening Highlights
Our celebration kicks off outdoors where a community drum circle gathers around the warm glow of artist Megan Shane’s newly installed fire sculpture.
Follow the flicker of firelight indoors, where Lydia Joy’s crystal singing bowls and lovely vocals invite you to wander Peg’s Gallery or craft handmade ornaments that honor the season.
A gentle yoga session led by Melissa Ferrato of Main St. Yoga will also be offered next door to the gallery in the historic Baldwin-Buss-Merino House (*Registration required, space limited, please bring your own mat).

Plan Your Visit
Dress in layers as you drift between the crisp winter air and the gentle warmth of indoor offerings. This event is free and open to the public thanks to the Summit County ADM Board and Peg’s Foundation & Gallery.
Light refreshments will be provided in the gallery. Guests are encouraged to enjoy the many restaurants in Hudson’s walkable business district for dinner. Parking is free and available on the city streets near the gallery.
See Agenda below for schedule of events, subject to change
Come for one activity or come for all!

Agenda
5:00 PM – 5:30 PMOpening Drum Circle around outdoor fire sculpture
Maseh Nchang of Trust Drum Circles and Sarah Swirsky of the Summit FM
A beginner-friendly community drum circle around the glow of Megan Shane’s fire sculpture. Drums are provided or you’re welcome to bring your own.

5:30 PM – 5:40 PMWelcome Announcements & Artist Talk by Megan Shane

6:00 PM – 6:30 PMGentle Yoga in historic Baldwin-Buss-Merino House

Melissa Ferrato of Main St Yoga

Gentle grounding stretches and guided relaxation to welcome the stillness and renewal of the Winter Solstice.
(*Registration required, space limited, please bring your own mat.)

5:40 PM – 7:00 PMOpen Campus
Explore the campus at your leisure. Continue drumming by the fire and experience the winter ambience. Indoors, explore the art gallery while listening to crystal singing bowls and live music by Lydia Joy. Make an ornament out of dried oranges and other natural materials and enjoy some light refreshments.

Brinsley Tyrrell & Billy Ritter: Deep Dive
2026-01-08 17:30 - 19:00 | Peg’s Gallery, 53 First Street, Hudson, OH, 44236, United States
Start the New Year with Creative Momentum at Peg’s Gallery with a deep dive into artistic process.
Tune in online: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89354366671
Dive into the depths of conversation with artists Brinsley Tyrrell and Billy Ritter as they discuss the interworking of life in and out of the studio as active artists.
Enjoy light refreshments and social connection with like-minded friends as Courtney Cable, Lead of Arts and Communications, moderates dialogue between Brinsley, remotely calling in from Cleveland, and Billy, in person in the gallery.
Experience the engaging artwork in ITERATIONS: Rhythm & Reason, on view through January 31, which features the works of Brinsley Tyrrell, Peter Christian Johnson, and Janice Lessman-Moss exhibited in a jewel-box gallery.
The Peg’s Gallery is open from 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM, with the dialogue beginning at 5:30 PM and ending with a Q&A in the multi-purpose room. Admission is free and open to the public. Complimentary parking is available along city streets and in a nearby deck in downtown Hudson’s walkable business district.
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About the Artists
Brinsley TyrrellBrinsley Tyrrell is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans drawing, sculpture, architectural design, metalwork, and large-scale public commissions. Educated at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, University of London, he holds an Intermediate Degree in Fine Arts and a National Diploma in Design, focused on sculpture and terracotta.
He is known for monumental public artworks, including Behind the Brain Plaza at Kent State University—a 250-foot retaining wall featuring over 3,000 life-sized cast concrete books and five sandstone carvings, including The Brain. His distinctions include the Cleveland Arts Prize for Lifetime Achievement, the Cleveland Museum of Art’s May Show Sculpture Award, and the Governor’s Award for the Arts in Ohio. Internationally, he represented England at Artists ’77, a United Nations-organized exhibition featuring two artists from each of 62 countries.
“I think of myself as a sculptor. But over the years I have worked in many different materials, and the scale of my sculptures have varied from tabletop works to large commissioned public sculptures and environments whose context is relocated to their location and weavings. I am inspired by nature. The landscape I live in and my feelings and memories of that ever-changing landscape.”
Billy RitterBilly Ritter is a visual artist working in Cleveland, Ohio. Born in Ellwood City and raised in western Pennsylvania, he holds an MFA from Kent State University, a BFA from Slippery Rock University, and studied abroad at The Academy of Fine Art and Design (VŠVU Výročie) in Bratislava, Slovakia.
For the past decade he has served as an Adjunct Professor of Art—Ceramics, Drawing, and Art Appreciation—at Cuyahoga Community College’s Western, Eastern, and Metro Campuses. Over the past 15 years he has taught ceramics classes and workshops at many Community Art Centers and institutions throughout Northeast Ohio.
Billy exhibits and sells his work at his studio and at many markets and shows throughout Northern Ohio. Atmospheric firing, community, and storytelling through process are the core of his work. His limited editions of vessels and functional tablewares are utilized by chefs, home cooks, photo studios, and collectors both nationally and internationally.
Deep Dive FYI: Billy met Brinsley during his graduate studies at Kent State University. Throughout the past 13 years he has worked as a participating artist and captain of many dedicated firing crews of the wood-fire kiln on Brinsley’s farm studio estate in Freedom Township, Ohio.

Connect
Learn more about the artists:www.artistbrinsleytyrrell.netwww.billyritter77.com

Janice Lessman-Moss: A Closer Look
2026-01-15 17:30 - 19:00 | Peg’s Gallery, 53 First Street, Hudson, OH, 44236, United States
An Evening with Janice Lessman-Moss—New Insights, Deeper Conversation, and a Closer Look at ITERATIONS: Rhythm & Reason
Join us for an encore evening with textile artist Janice Lessman-Moss as she returns to Peg’s Gallery for a second artist talk and guided walkthrough of the exhibit. During the evening, Lessman-Moss will share insights into her evolving creative process, exploring the relationship between digital design and traditional weaving as well as the light-responsive textures that define her work.
She will guide visitors through the gallery, discussing specific pieces and reflecting on how rhythm, repetition, and movement inform her practice.
This event also offers a unique opportunity to see how her textiles engage in conversation with the sculptures and ceramics of Peter Christian Johnson and Brinsley Tyrrell, adding layers of meaning and interplay to the gallery experience. Guests are encouraged to ask questions and interact with the artist to gain a deeper understanding of her work and creative approach.
This event is free and open to the public, and free parking is available on city streets and nearby lots throughout Hudson’s walkable downtown neighborhood.
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About the Artist
Janice Lessman-Moss maintains a weaving studio in her home in Kent, Ohio, where she is Emeritus Professor at Kent State University. She was awarded a United States Artists Fellowship in 2019, the Cleveland Arts Prize Lifetime Achievement Award, the Governor’s Award for the Arts in Ohio, an Arts Midwest/National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Crafts, and nine Individual Artist Fellowships from the Ohio Arts Council throughout her career. Her work has been presented throughout the United States and internationally, including a recent solo exhibition at the Kent State University Museum.
In her art, she embraces the unique vocabulary of digital design and its relation to the binary functioning of threads on the loom. Shiny metal wire is integrated into the woven compositions to enhance the richness of textural contrasts and engage the viewer in more active discovery. Traversing the space in front of the weavings reveals a play of light, reflection, and shadow within its low-relief sculptural surface. She works with abstract systems in networks of interlocking shapes to create a dynamic topography expressive of her interest in Random Walk theory and the actual practice of walking—rhythmic movement all rooted in a matrix of circles and squares.

Horsing Around! A Year of the Horse Open Studio
2026-01-17 12:00 - 15:00 | Peg’s Gallery | Multi-Purpose Room, 53 First St., Hudson, 44236, United States
Drop In Saturday, January 17 | 12 PM – 3 PM
Chinese New Year, or Lunar New Year, marks the start of the lunar calendar and is observed in many cultures as a time of transition between years. The Chinese zodiac assigns one of twelve animals to each year, serving as a cultural framework for understanding broad themes associated with that time period.
The Year of the Horse, which begins in 2026, is traditionally associated with movement, autonomy, and outward expression—ideas that parallel creative process and experimentation.
You can explore this energy yourself in our relaxed open studio, creating a movable paper horse you can pose and personalize. As you work, take a moment to reflect on the year ahead. Materials are provided, or feel free to bring your own project to enjoy alongside friends and community.
While you’re in the gallery, be sure to visit ITERATIONS: Rhythm & Reason, on view through January 31, 2026, featuring work by Peter Christian Johnson, Janice Lessman-Moss, and Brinsley Tyrrell.

The Artist's Way 12-Week Creative Cluster Program
2026-01-22 | Peg’s Gallery, 53 First Street, Hudson, OH, 44236, United States
*Registration Required via Eventbrite

About the Program
This 12-week Creative Cluster Program supports participants in recovering and strengthening their creative selves within a supportive, non-hierarchical community. Using The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron as a shared framework, participants engage in weekly group gatherings, small-cluster sharing, and individual creative practices.
The program is designed as a hybrid experience, with four in-person gatherings and virtual check-ins (optional). This structure allows for meaningful face-to-face connection while maintaining accessibility and flexibility. This is a peer-led, egalitarian program. There are no accredited teachers—only fellow participants, including facilitators, engaging fully in the process. The work itself serves as the guide. Respect, compassion, and creative autonomy are central, and participants are encouraged to honor their own pace and inner guidance while sharing and witnessing within small clusters.

What to Expect
Participants should be prepared for weekly tasks and independent creative practices throughout the 12 weeks, including Morning Pages and Artist Dates. The process is private and personal, emphasizing growth through lived experience rather than critique or feedback.
Participants are asked to commit to the full 12-week series. Please review dates carefully before registering.
Spaces are limited. Last day to register for the program is Friday, January 16th, 5PM

In-Person Program Dates
Thursday, January 22, 5:30 – 7PMThursday, February 19, 5:30 – 7PMThursday, March 12, 5:30 – 7PMThursday, April 9, 5:30 – 7PM

About the Facilitators
Laura Naples
Laura Naples (b. 1979) is an artist based in Hudson, Ohio. Laura’s work explores the energy of wonder in the natural world and objects shaped by human hands.
A former graphic designer, dancer, and calligraphy artist, Laura senses the subtleties of form, rhythm, and line.
She applies diluted acrylic washes to canvas and paper, allowing water and gravity to diffuse pigments into gradient textures. Contrasts unfold across stances of surrender and intention as she lays gestural marks and tilts the painting’s surface; then, accents alignments with linework.
Laura cultivates rituals of meditation, movement, and inquiry that are fostered, infused, and embodied in her work.

Meaghan Reed
As an artist I have long been inspired by the natural organic world growing around me. I am perpetually awed by the complexity of design found in a single bloom and struck with wonder and humility at the narrative of the seasons. These systems around us dance in perfect harmony and are dependent upon their rhythm. Within nature there is a hope and solidity found in consistency and order. There is beauty to be found within the intricacy of design that is contingent upon the delicate arrangement. Vibrant color declares goodness and subtle lines offer peace. The life and growth found within the natural world around us is not directed by a series of accidents or coincidences. There is assurance and stability to be found in its cadence.
All of this assures me there is something greater to be claimed in this life.
While they are varied, elements of nature’s beauty surround us all. It is universal, global, vast, wide, complete. It is not restricted, limited or exclusive based on wealth, status, age, gender, or ethnicity. This extraordinary aesthetic embraces and blankets our world and all are invited to partake in its splendor. My hope as an artist is that in a world that suffers from pain, loss, fear, anxiety, depression, division, and inequality that this literal common ground would be a place to connect, build relationship and unity despite what can easily separate one human from another.
Abstracting elements of design from nature is where my process begins. Careful study and consideration is taken for each subject I select. The work is not intended to be an exact replication but a feeble impression of its brilliance and complexity. I’m inspired by form, line, color, and repetition. Layers of paint, plexi acrylic and wood are used to create a sense of space both physical and visual. Mimicking the natural secrete spaces found in the undergrowth of the forest floor and grassy fields. While wildflowers are full of color variations and delicate lines I am only able to capture a small portion of their adornment, but it is these tiny details that fuel my concepts and drive me to explore them more closely.

Illuminated Fundamentals Opening Reception
2026-02-12 17:00 - 19:00 | Peg’s Gallery, 53 First Street, Hudson, OH, 44236, United States
You’re Invited: Illuminated Fundamentals – Opening Reception
Join us at Peg’s Foundation & Gallery for the opening of Illuminated Fundamentals, an immersive art experience exploring healing, connection, and reflection. Through interactive installations and nature-inspired works, the exhibit invites you to pause, reflect, and engage with the elements that support a healthy, meaningful life—purpose, connection, autonomy, and self-acceptance.
Meet the artists, experience their work firsthand, and discover moments of insight, empathy, and curiosity that extend beyond the gallery walls. This is a welcoming space to celebrate the power of art to inspire understanding and compassion.
Featuring works by Meryl Engler, Timothy (C-Rex) Johnson, Micah Kraus, Keith Lemley, Sherry Simms, and objects from The Cable Family Collection, the exhibit presents a range of approaches and materials that invite reflection on the foundations that sustain us—personally, socially, and communally.
Enjoy light refreshments as you immerse yourself in this compelling visual journey that will spark curiosity and challenge perception.
This event is free and open to the public. Free parking is available on city streets and in public lots throughout the walkable downtown neighborhood.
Come explore and experience the art that illuminates what truly matters.
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