Arts for Justice Cleveland presents:
Paintings by Judy Takács
@Midtown Collaboration Center
Opens Thursday June 25, 5:00 to 8:00
Arts for Justice Cleveland presents:
Paintings by Judy Takács
@Midtown Collaboration Center
Opens Thursday June 25, 5:00 to 8:00
As we count down to the 250th birthday of the United States of America, the Semi-Quincentennial,
I have been inspired by current events to revisit the principals laid out by our founding fathers in
the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and its Amendments.
Always seeking to save the world one painting at at time,
this selection of work, is meant to inspire hope and action in our beloved country and to
remind us that this country belongs to us.
We The People…All The People.
Arts for Justice Cleveland presents:
We The People…All The People
Paintings by Judy Takács
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 25th, 5:00 to 8:00
Show continues through Election Day, November 3, 2026
Midtown Collaboration Center
1974 E. 66th Street
Cleveland, Ohio
For 19 years now, Mary Urbas from Mary Sunshine Enterprise, has been curating FROM WOMAN, art by women, about women, of women and to women. I'm honored to be included again for the first ever Museum iteration of the show at the McDonough Museum in Youngstown, Ohio…just across the street from the Butler Institute of American Art!
My octaptych, We The People…All The People commands a good chunk of wall space with
portraits of children who represent the vulnerable among us who must be
protected in a nest comprised of the rules laid out for our government in our U.S. Constitution.
Open now, Tuesday through Saturday 11:00 to 4:00
Show continues through February 28, with a
This show is now closed, but my polyptych is growing and will show at my solo show,
We The People…All The People
at the Midtown Collaboration Center
June 25, 5:00 to 8:00
One of the paintings included in
We The People…All The People
Another of the paintings included in
We The People…All The People
Thrilled to report that Freedom of Speech, from my First Amendment Triptych was awarded an
Honorable Mention at the 86th Annual Area Artists Exhibition at the Butler Institute of American Art.
My Mother and Child painting, One, was also juried into this competititve show.
The show continues through February 15th.
Thrilled to find out that
Themis, Titan Goddess of Justice, aka 1 John 4:11, Love is Love
has been accepted to the 23rd Annual Kaleidoscope Show at the Summit Artspace in Akron!
This is very special because the Summit Artspace has been going through some major rennovations,
and Kaleidoscope will kick off the re-opening!
Join me at the Opening Reception:
Thursday, March 12th from 5:00 to 9:00 pm
Same night as the first Akron ArtWalk of the year. Awards announced at 6:00 pm.
Gallery Hours, Fridays and Saturdays from 12-5:00 pm
Show Runs through April 25th.
Summit Artspace
140 East Market Street
Akron, Ohio 44308
I’m psyched that my faintly veiled and politically charged painting has an audience…and an award… here at the Summit Artspace, and was able to show right through the election season 2024. The Three fates from Mythology control life, death and destiny for humans via a single thread spun from their spindle. When the thread is cut, the mortal’s life ends.
My fates are wrestling with the iconic long red necktie and do not wish harm upon anyone.
They, along with the artist, do however, emphatically believe that we as a nation must cut ties with
those who promise to trample on human rights and overthrow democracy.
Sincere thanks to jurors Tasha Beckwith and Stephanie Rond! It was a truly spectacular show and the honor was mine!
In the best kind of double entendre,
figurative realist Judy Takács’ weapon of CHOICE is the paintbrush.
Her fourth book chronicles Ohio’s battle for abortion rights before and after
the overturn of Roe v. Wade.
This accessible, chronological, historical account is richly illustrated
with Takács’ Goddess and Pro-Choice paintings, and includes her Op Ed articles and letters to the editor;
all part of the artist’s feminist activism during this pivotal time in Ohio.
My Weapon of Choice
Judy Takács paints
Reproductive Rights
hardcover 8 x 10, with a dust jacket,
88 pages, 30 color images,
$75, available at judytakacs.com
The Kaleidoscope Show has been a prestigious juried exhibition in Akron for over two decades.
Juried in 2023 by Anderson Turner, Director of Exhibitions and Collections at the Kent State School of Art,
I was honored to win the top award for this very important Pro-Choice painting that also extends the bodily autonomy issue to the LGBTQ+ and Trans Community…BANS OFF our bodies, BANS OFF our lives.
So psyched that Cleveland ABC News5 came out to cover the Goddess Project: Innocents Panel Discussion March 20th!
It was an amazing event. I was honored and humbled to share the stage and meet these strong women who've been through more than we can imagine whether they were wrongfully incarcerated or loved someone who was. It is to their huge credit that they continue to work with the Ohio Innocence Project to help others who were wrongfully incarcerated
as they transition back into the world they have been robbed of for so long.
Thank you to Chagrin Arts for hosting the exhibit and the Panel Discussion.
Show continues through June 12th at Chagrin Arts in Downtown Chagrin Falls, Ohio.