Brian R. Shellito, who interned in the BJ Art Department in 1993 and
returned full-time to become the last artist laid off by the chain of purchases
of the BJ, is an expert in “Trash Into Treasure,” to quote the headline on the
BJ article written magnificently as usual by Mark J. Price.
Brian’s BJ layoff came in 2019,
shortly after he was second and third in the 2019
Cleveland Press Club awards for his political cartoons.
Brian had been doing page design,
illustrations and editorial cartoons and, free-lancing for Channel 5, courtroom
artist sketches of defendants.
GateHouse Media
in Austin, Texas gleefully and sardonicall swung the axe on Brian and BJ
history.
Brian is a
Highland Square artist this days in a section of Akron known forever for its artistry
and free spirit.
Brian’s wife is
Susan Shellito.
He gets his
material for his artwork along and in a river that once was an Akron dump for
trash where the Cuyahoga and Little Cuyahoga rivers meet.
He puts the bits
of busted history into a glass on his windowsill and “it’s like having a piece
of stained glass.”
Creativity can
be expressed in so many ways to benefit the mind and, in my case, memories.
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