I am a serious artist, passionate about my work and always willing to accept a challenge in designing a custom made piece for my special order customers. I earned a BFA from Bowling Green State University. I taught art at a local private elementary school, grades K-8 before going full time with my art and craft show business in 2007.
In addition to art and craft shows, I do numerous custom orders. I have worked with customers all over the USA via the internet and email.
I also display my work for sale in art and craft malls, consignment stores, and other venues. At present I have work at Sol's Craft Mall in Berlin, Ohio, Jody Did It, Marblehead, Ohio and Little Bar on the Prairie, Fremont, Ohio.
My website is slateinspirations.com and I am very active on Facebook. My personal page, Trish Smith, has numerous public photos of both my slate artwork and my unique, bead and wire wrapped/ wire woven jewelry.
Artist, business owner
Art and Craft Shows -
Toledo, Cleveland,
Findlay and Fremont areas
2007 -
2014
International Exposition Center-Christmas Connection, Cleveland, Ohio
Cloud Productions:
Christmas in October, Findlay, Ohio,
Springtime in Ohio, Findlay, Ohio
Holiday Craft and Gift Marketplace, Toledo, Ohio
Black Swamp Arts Festival, Bowling Green, Ohio
St John's Medical Center Festival of the Arts, Westlake, Ohio
Crocker Park Art Festival, Westlake, Ohio
Old West End Art Fair, Toledo, Ohio
Lake County Heritage Festival, Painesville, Ohio
Little Mountain Heritage Festival, Kirtland Hills, Ohio
Annual Lakeside Invitational Craft and Art Show, Lakeside, Ohio
Oktoberfest, Sandusky, Ohio
Ohio Bike Week, Sandusky, Ohio
MacQueens Orchard Annual Craft Show and Applebutter Stir, Holland, Ohio
Y-wives Holiday Extravaganza, Tiffin, Ohio
Heartfelt Holiday, Brecksville Center for the Arts, Brecksville, Ohio
Rally for the Arts, Perrysburg, Ohio
Rouche de Boeuf, Waterville, Ohio'
Maumee Summer Fair, Maumee, Ohio
Applebutterfest, Grand Rapids, Ohio
Member of Toledo Craftsmans Guild, various shows in the Toledo area
Autumn Festival on the River, Pemberville, Ohio
Artist, business owner
Art and Craft Shows -
Toledo, Fremont,
Cleveland areas
2002 -
2006
Black Swamp Art Fest, Bowling Green, Ohio
Cloud Productions:
Christmas in October, Findlay, Ohio
Springtime in Ohio, Findlay, Ohio
Sylvania Arts and Crafts Festival, Sylvania, Ohio
Little Mountain Heritage Festival, Kirtland Hills, Ohio
Maumee Summer Fair, Maumee, Ohio
Rally for the Arts, Perrysburg, Ohio
Applebutterfest, Grand Rapids, Ohio
Y-wives Holiday Extravaganza, Tiffin, Ohio
Sacred Heart Holiday Craft Show, Fremont, Ohio
Toledo Craftsman's Guild shows, Toledo, Ohio
Strananhan Hall Benefit Craft shows, Maumee, Ohio
Artist, Business owner
Art and Craft Shows -
Northwest Ohio
1999 -
2002
Pemberville Autumn Fest on the River, Pemberville, Ohio
Ghost Town Craft Show, Findlay, Ohio
Helping Hands, Monroeville, Ohio
Wood County Fair Holiday Craft Show, Bowling Green, Ohio
Keepsake Craft Show, Fremont, Ohio
Sacred Heart Holiday Craft Show, Fremont, Ohio
Numerous other small church and community craft shows in Fremont, Woodville, Norwalk, Sandusky, Upper Sandusky, Findlay, Port Clinton, Bowling Green, and Toledo.
Consignment shops and craft malls that I have exhibited in:
Wolf Creek Gallery, Barefoot Landing, N. Myrtle Beach, SC
Homespun Craft Mall, Myrtle Beach, SC
Dead Dog Saloon, Murrells Inlet, SC
The Armory, Port Clinton, Ohio
Lake Erie Arts and Crafts Mall, Sandusky, Ohio
Brubaker's Acres Farm Market, Burgoon, Ohio
Victorian Gift Shop, Smithville, Ohio
Creative People, Findlay, Ohio
Renaissance Salon and Gallery, Fremont, Ohio
Terra Community College Bookstore, Fremont, Ohio
Appalachian Art and Craft Mall, Logan, Ohio
Poeima, Bowling Green, Ohio
Etsy on line shop
Gift Baskets and Boutique, Fremont, Ohio
Seasons Greetings Local Artists Holiday Boutique, Fremont, Ohio
Sandusky State Theater Gift Shop, Sandusky, Ohio
Jody Did It, Marblehead, Ohio
Sol's in Berlin, Berlin, Ohio
Little Bar on the Prairie, Fremont, Ohio
Open House Home sale
Private Art Lessons geven to children and adults in my home, summers, 2003-2004
