Westlake – Bay Village Rotary Art Festival

Saturday, July 31

This year, the Rotary Art Festival is scheduled to take place on Saturday, July 31, 2021 between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm. Dozens of artists will be participating this year. Food and drink will be available. Music is scheduled throughout the day. The Festival itself will be on the grounds just west of Westlake Porter Public Library. Parking will be next-door at Westlake Elementary School. Admission to the event is free to the public.

The Rotary Art Festival is an event hosted by Westlake-Bay Village Rotary, part of Rotary International, a global network of 1.2 million neighbors, friends, leaders and problem solvers who see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change – across the globe, in this community and in ourselves. You can see us at work locally in many places including Westlake City Schools, Bay Village Schools, Ames House – Hospice of the Western Reserve, Meals on Wheels, Milestones Autism Resources, The Nicaragua Shoe-Box Project, the City of Westlake, Bay Village.

The money raised from this festival goes directly back to the community for funding such things as kitchen equipment, college scholarships, assistance to those with special needs, family dinners at Ames House. If you are an artist and would like to participate in the Rotary Art Festival, please see our online registration page. Contact Joe Kraft at josephkraft7@gmail.com if you have questions.

Eileen Dorsey and the Westlake – Bay Village Rotary Art Festival

Award winning artist Eileen Dorsey returns to her roots as the featured artist at the Westlake – Bay Village Rotary Art Festival. All look forward to her visit from The Studio inside 78th Street Studios in Gordon Square.

Dorsey is known for her oil landscape paintings. Capturing both local landscapes and fantasy scenes in vibrant hues, Eileen Dorsey paints meditative forests of light and color. Dorsey expresses the energy of the places she visits through impressionistic or expressionistic marks. Emphasizing our connection to nature as a healing and rejuvenating experience, Dorsey’s paintings transcend reality to achieve an emotional impact.

“Best Artist” of 2020, 2019 and 2018 – Cleveland Magazine and Scene Magazine, Westlake welcomes her with pride and admiration. One can’t miss her works including murals seen on city buildings, canvases in numerous galleries and pages in periodicals from CAN Journal to Canvas and the Plain Dealer.