Mindy Tousley, AAWR Executive Director, a native of Western New York, Tousley has lived in Cleveland since 1992. She graduated from the State University College at Buffalo in 1983, with a Bachelors degree in Design.
Mindy has held the position of Executive Director of the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve (AAWR) since 2015. Under her leadership the Archives has expanded to a collection of 10,000 works by 96 artists, with a membership over 200% larger than in 2025. AAWR has also received Ohio Museum Association awards in 2021, and 2022 for Best Community Partnerships, and Best Exhibition. She is the former director of Akron’s Harris Stanton Gallery, a former Co-Director of City Artists at Work in the Cleveland Campus Inc District for 17 years, and former Secretary of the Northern Ohio Art Dealers Association and coordinator of the 2014 NOADA ARTExpo.
She has acted as juror for various exhibitions and programs, including The Buffalo Society of Artists, The National Collage Society and the Ohio Collage Society, the Ohio Scholastic Competitions, Boston Mills, the Crocker Park Arts Festival, and Summit Art Space in Akron. She is a current member and Chair of the Publications Committee of The Cleveland Museum of Art Print Club.
She herself is an Archived Artist, and her own work has been collected locally and nationally by both corporations and individuals, such as: Buckingham Doolittle and Burroughs, Tucker Ellis, YWCA of Cleveland, Brouse McDowell, Glidden House, CSU Student Activity Center, University Hospitals, The Dalad Group (Tinnerman Lofts) and Nordsen. Her past gallery affiliations in Cleveland were with The Harris Stanton Gallery, The River Gallery, The Bonfoey Gallery, and Art Everywhere. She is currently represented by Gray Haus Studios.
Mindy Tousley, AAWR Executive Director, a native of Western New York, Tousley has lived in Cleveland since 1992. She graduated from the State University College at Buffalo in 1983, with a Bachelors degree in Design.
Mindy has held the position of Executive Director of the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve (AAWR) since 2015. Under her leadership the Archives has expanded to a collection of 10,000 works by 96 artists, with a membership over 200% larger than in 2025. AAWR has also received Ohio Museum Association awards in 2021, and 2022 for Best Community Partnerships, and Best Exhibition. She is the former director of Akron’s Harris Stanton Gallery, a former Co-Director of City Artists at Work in the Cleveland Campus Inc District for 17 years, and former Secretary of the Northern Ohio Art Dealers Association and coordinator of the 2014 NOADA ARTExpo.
She has acted as juror for various exhibitions and programs, including The Buffalo Society of Artists, The National Collage Society and the Ohio Collage Society, the Ohio Scholastic Competitions, Boston Mills, the Crocker Park Arts Festival, and Summit Art Space in Akron. She is a current member and Chair of the Publications Committee of The Cleveland Museum of Art Print Club.
She herself is an Archived Artist, and her own work has been collected locally and nationally by both corporations and individuals, such as: Buckingham Doolittle and Burroughs, Tucker Ellis, YWCA of Cleveland, Brouse McDowell, Glidden House, CSU Student Activity Center, University Hospitals, The Dalad Group (Tinnerman Lofts) and Nordsen. Her past gallery affiliations in Cleveland were with The Harris Stanton Gallery, The River Gallery, The Bonfoey Gallery, and Art Everywhere. She is currently represented by Gray Haus Studios.
Mindy Tousley, AAWR Executive Director, a native of Western New York, Tousley has lived in Cleveland since 1992. She graduated from the State University College at Buffalo in 1983, with a Bachelors degree in Design.
Mindy has held the position of Executive Director of the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve (AAWR) since 2015. Under her leadership the Archives has expanded to a collection of 10,000 works by 96 artists, with a membership over 200% larger than in 2025. AAWR has also received Ohio Museum Association awards in 2021, and 2022 for Best Community Partnerships, and Best Exhibition. She is the former director of Akron’s Harris Stanton Gallery, a former Co-Director of City Artists at Work in the Cleveland Campus Inc District for 17 years, and former Secretary of the Northern Ohio Art Dealers Association and coordinator of the 2014 NOADA ARTExpo.
She has acted as juror for various exhibitions and programs, including The Buffalo Society of Artists, The National Collage Society and the Ohio Collage Society, the Ohio Scholastic Competitions, Boston Mills, the Crocker Park Arts Festival, and Summit Art Space in Akron. She is a current member and Chair of the Publications Committee of The Cleveland Museum of Art Print Club.
She herself is an Archived Artist, and her own work has been collected locally and nationally by both corporations and individuals, such as: Buckingham Doolittle and Burroughs, Tucker Ellis, YWCA of Cleveland, Brouse McDowell, Glidden House, CSU Student Activity Center, University Hospitals, The Dalad Group (Tinnerman Lofts) and Nordsen. Her past gallery affiliations in Cleveland were with The Harris Stanton Gallery, The River Gallery, The Bonfoey Gallery, and Art Everywhere. She is currently represented by Gray Haus Studios.
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Awards:
Fred "Fritz" Culler Award for Best of Show
$1,000.00
2 Mechanics Bank Award of Excellence
$500.00
Jeff McBride & Maura Teynor- Emerging Artist Award
$250.00
Margaret Twitchell Swank Award for Painting
$250.00
Sid Yellen Award for Photography
$250.00
Susan B. Smith Award for Fiber
$250.00
Thomas Gene Zaugg Award for Watercolor
$250.00
Whitten Studios Award for Ceramics
$250.00
10 Honorable Mention
$0.00
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Open to all Ohio artists.
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Artwork in any medium will be considered.
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Artwork that has been accepted into previous May Shows is not eligible for entry.
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