Waterloo Arts

08/26/2026

If you would like to do a quick one hour of feel good work in the neighborhood tonight, volunteers are getting together to finish some tasks at the new kaboom pocket park on Waterloo. We'll be hanging string lights, planting, staining benches and making a path. We would love some extra hands. We will meet at 5pm at 15805 Waterloo Rd. Join us!

The park is being used already! This is a photo of a recent Take a Hike tour in the District. What an amazing program of free tours thorughout Cleveland and we are thrilled that the Waterloo Arts & Entertainment District is now part of this circult.

Thank you Phil Kidd for snapping the photo and Paddy Greene for letting us create this park.

08/15/2026

We are FOUR weeks away from Waterloo Arts Fest 2026! Are you as excited as we are??? So much goes into making this festival possible! This year (our 23rd year 🤩) we are looking for any extra support from our attendees!

Here is a link where you can RSVP to the fest and DONATE if you are able! It's not mandatory, but we are grateful for any support because EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS! Here is the link to RSVP: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/waterloo-arts-fest--2026

08/08/2026

DOCUMENTARY SCREENING TODAY at 4pm!

Join us on Saturday, August 8th at 4pm for a screening of "Shades of Violet" a short documentary about artist by Sam Lasko + a Q&A with the artist and filmmaker!

Guests will have a chance to meet the artist and view her exhibition, Your Love is My Favorite Carnival, before and after the screening.

Shades of Violet
Directed by
Cinematography by Sam Lasko and Dawn Lu
Edited by Grain Wave Post

Starring:
Violet Maimbourg
Rita Maimbourg
Chuck Maimbourg
Babz Glines
Cady Renee
Special Thanks:
The Maimbourg Family
University Hospitals Urgent Care
Kent State University

Summary: “Masters of Fine Arts student Violet Maimbourg struggles to make her most ambitious sculptural project to date.”

Content Advisory: "Please be advised that this film includes themes of su***de and mental illness. If you or someone you know needs support, help is available. Dial 988 for the Su***de and Crisis Lifeline. You are never alone."

08/06/2026

✨ TOMORROW ✨
Friday, August 7 from 6-9PM don't miss the opening of two new exhibitions at Waterloo Arts!

In the Main Gallery: Violet Maimbourg, Your Love is My Favorite Carnival
In the Cafe: Jamie Brinker, Favorite Child: Four Legs and an Attitude

From ’s Artist Statement: “Your Love Is My Favorite Carnival serves as an episodic, illustrative journey, navigating interpersonal relationships with myself and others. These sculptural objects serve as physical embodiments of my emotional experiences – they exist as sculpture and self-portraiture. Using the visual language of carnival games, funhouse attractions, and retro amusement-park theatrics, the work examines how humor, spectacle and fun can mask the nightmare of intense emotional dysregulation that comes with having Borderline Personality Disorder.”

is a printmaker and painter from Cleveland, Ohio, who received their BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art. Her work is a social critique of misogynistic behaviors using humor and anthropomorphism. In her recent body of work, she paints and prints images of dogs getting into mischief with speech icons. Brinker examines how everyday relationships and cultural attitudes shape our understanding of gender, power, and identity, drawing from family experiences and contemporary life.

08/05/2026

08/05/2026

Opening in the Cafe this Friday: Jamie Brinker, Favorite Child: Four Legs and an Attitude

Opening Reception: Friday, August 7, 6-9pm

Jamie Brinker is a printmaker and painter from Cleveland, Ohio, who received their BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art. Her work is a social critique of misogynistic behaviors using humor and anthropomorphism. In her recent body of work, she paints and prints images of dogs getting into mischief with speech icons. Brinker examines how everyday relationships and cultural attitudes shape our understanding of gender, power, and identity, drawing from family experiences and contemporary life.

07/31/2026

Opening in one week: Violet Maimbourg, Your Love is My Favorite Carnival

Opening Reception: Friday, August 7, 6-9pm

From Violet Maimbourg’s Artist Statement: “Your Love Is My Favorite Carnival serves as an episodic, illustrative journey, navigating interpersonal relationships with myself and others. These sculptural objects serve as physical embodiments of my emotional experiences – they exist as sculpture and self-portraiture. Using the visual language of carnival games, funhouse attractions, and retro amusement-park theatrics, the work examines how humor, spectacle and fun can mask the nightmare of intense emotional dysregulation that comes with having Borderline Personality Disorder.”

Violet Maimbourg is a multidisciplinary visual artist from Cleveland, Ohio, working primarily in sculpture alongside film and photography. Violet’s work has been shown nationally and internationally. She earned her BFA in Sculpture + Expanded Media from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2021 and went on to receive her MFA from Kent State University in 2026. She is known for incorporating molded casts of her own body and themes of body horror, with her graduate work evolving into maximalist, carnival-inspired pieces exploring heartbreak, love, and mental health.

Show runs: August 7 - September 19, 2026
Gallery Hours: Thursday-Saturday 12-4pm or by appointment

07/28/2026

Thank you to Lincoln Electric Young Professionals and Collinwood Better Streets for volunteering on Saturday morning to create a beautiful new pocket park in the Kaboom Lot at 15805 Waterloo Rd.

What an amazing transformation in two hours! There were over thirty volunteers working together to spread mulch, donated by the City of Cleveland Department of Urban Forestry, plant flowers, hang solar lights and create a lovely place to sit with a friend or hang with little ones.

Thanks also to Lincoln Electric for sponsoring the event which allowed us to purchase supplies and Paddy Greene for surprising us with a delicious lunch. There is still more to do so if you would like to help out during one of the next workdays, let us know.

Until then, enjoy!