It’s impossible to have Art on the Green in Hudson without Beacon Blue in there somewhere.

This weekend it was retired BJ chief artist Dennis Balogh hawking his wares in one of the many tents at the Ohio 91 and Ohio 303 intersection in downtown Hudson, a stone’s throw from the gazebo where music floats through the air every weekend.

In other years, it was former BJ photographer Denny Gordon’s wife and her sculptures, former BJ chief artist Art Krummel with his paintings and former Features Department editor and columnist Connie Bloom with her fabric art (formerly know as quilt art). 

And Balogh, in 2013 and earlier years.

Balogh’s illustrations have graced such magazines as the Saturday Evening Post (the cover), Kiplinger Financial, New York Stock Exchange, St. Louis Magazine, Success Magazine and  Harvard's HBS Magazine.

He has won so many awards that it could make this article too long to list them.

Balogh did some great original art for Channels television guide covers over the years, too. That was in ancient times when there was a Channels magazine worthy of the name when I gave birth to it with David Bianculli handling the writing when he wasn’t entertaining the newsroom with his antics before he left for New York City and Mark Dawidziak provided a sanier atmosphere. 

I took care of my baby for 16 years till my 1996 retirement.

Balogh went from Cooper School of Arts in Cleveland to the Cleveland Press to the Columbus Dispatch to the BJ.

After 21 years at the BJ, Balogh was part of a major exodus in 2006 when 335 years of experience walked out the door. 

Ol’ Blue has never been the same since. And the newsroom staff has been bludgeoned from more than 200 to fewer than 60.

Dennis lives in Broadview Heights – phone (440) 546-9223 or email baloghstudio@yahoo.com if you want to renew old times.