Guitarmania®   ~   Local artist creating two, 9-ft.-tall guitars

Public is invited to watch work in progress

Contact:

Beth Gregerson

GuitarMania Artist

info@muralism.com

www.Muralism.com

Willoughby, Ohio – Willoughby mural artist Beth Gregerson has been selected to design and create two 9-ft-tall guitar art sculptures for GuitarMania^®; to benefit United Way of Greater Cleveland and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Between now and April 5^th, the public is invited to see these unique works being created and meet the artist at:

"A Touch of Serenity”, a Holistic Wellness Center located at 5000 E. 345^th St. Suite B, Willoughby Ohio (one block west of Rt.91 and Euclid Ave.) 440-951-9452

Hours are M-Th 12-7pm, Fri 10:30am- 7pm, Sat 10:30am-5pm. Please call for Sunday hours and additional times Gregerson will be working. Gregerson’s design, Seasons of Cleveland, is sponsored by Calfee Halter & Griswold LLP; and tribute to Arts & Culture is sponsored by The Huntington National Bank.

A unique community public art project, GuitarMania is an exhibit that celebrates artistic excellence and diversity in Cuyahoga County and provides an opportunity to raise funds for United Way of Greater Cleveland’s more than 130 community partners and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum’s education fund. The completed sculptures will be on display throughout Cleveland in both indoor and outdoor locations May-October 2007, and will be auctioned off after that period.

Beth Gregerson is a custom design mural artist and illustrator from Willoughby. Upon completion of the GuitarMania project, Gregerson will be begin working on two life-size pig sculptures for St. Clair Superior Development Corporation (SCSDC) as they welcome the 2007 Year of the Pig celebration in the St. Clair Superior neighborhood. This is a public art exhibition that places fiberglass pig sculptures, designed by Viktor Schreckengost and decorated by local artists, throughout St. Clair Superior businesses for the public to view late May- Sept. 2007.