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2928 West 13th St. Ashtabula, Ohio 44004 phone: 440-964-3396 Search This Site: April Exhibit: The Kiwanis Competition: Posted: Thursday, December 22, 2005 The annual Kiwanis Club Competition was established over 20 years ago by the Ashtabula Kiwanis Club as a way to encourage and recognize outstanding achievement in visual arts. An annual favorite of Arts Center visitors, the competition is open to students in the 8th-12th grades in the Ashtabula Area. Teachers from the Ashtabula Area Schools, Saints John and Paul and the Buckeye schools are asked to collect the best of their students work and submit it to the competition. The entries are judged and 16 scholarships are awarded each year. These scholarships allow the winners to register for a class of their choice at the Arts Center. The cost of the classes is paid for by a grant from the Kiwanis Club of Ashtabula. All entries submitted to the competition are displayed at the Arts Center during the month of April. Over 300 scholarships have been awarded in the history of this local competition. The benefits of this type of recognition program can be far reaching. Many of the winners have gone on to receive scholarship awards to study art or a related field in college. All have had the benefit of having their excellence recognized and rewarded. All entries in the competition will be on display April 5 through May 1. A reception will be held on Thursday, April 6 from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. at which time the scholarship awards will be announced. For more information contact Meeghan Humphrey at (440) 964-3396. January/February Exhibit: Posted: Thursday, December 22, 2005 “ASHTABULA COUNTY WESTERN RESERVE GREENWAYUNDERGROUND RAILROAD HISTORY SIGN PROJECT” On display January 6 - February 28. Join us for an opening reception on Friday, January 27, 2006 from 6 - 7:30 p.m. Admission is free. The Western Reserve Greenway in Ashtabula County, Ohio is a 27-mile linear park where users pursue various forms of recreation, exercise and transportation. The Greenway experience will soon be improved by the Ashtabula County Metroparks through the installation of interpretive signs regarding the Ashtabula County and Ohio Underground Railroad (UGRR) Trail. After an exhaustive three year effort, the signs will be unveiled to the public at the Ashtabula Arts Center. The twelve 60" x 40" signs tell the proud story of Ashtabula County's abolitionist history. They will remain on exhibit through January and February as part of the Arts Center's celebration of Black History Month. The signs will be permanently installed on the Greenway this spring where they will serve as possibly the only interpretive markers of their kind in the United States. The Rotary Clubs of Ashtabula County commissioned the artwork, research and development of the project; funding for the signs' production was provided through a grant from the Ohio Department of Transportation. Additional organizational support came from The Ashtabula Foundation, The Civic Development Corporation for Ashtabula County, the Ashtabula County Parks Foundation, the Hubbard House UGRR Museum and the Ashtabula County Historical Society. Kevin Grippi conceived of the project and also served as its leader and fund raiser. Ralph Bacon was the graphic artist and creative director. Norma Waters donated the narrative history of Ashtabula County's UGRR. Other key contributors included Warren Dillaway (photography), Dick Coski (editor) and Carl Feather (historian). Also, Daisy Baskerville, Brittany Howe, Alfred Sturkie, Alex Sturkie, Jack Young, Fred Robsel and Margaret Ticknor contributed research and actively participated as re-enactors for phtographs. One of the northernmost terminals of the Ohio UGRR is the Hubbard House Underground Railroad Museum in the Ashtabula Harbor area. The museum is located on the proposed North Shore Trail, which will connect directly to the Western Reserve Greenway. Many of Ashtabula County's safe houses for the Underground Railroad are located along State Route 45, which parallels the Western Reserve Greenway by approximately a quarter mile.