Prior to joining BAYarts as a teacher, Linda was the owner of the popular Local Girl Gallery in Lakewood – for art education, exhibition and selling the work of local artists – where she created a myriad of art-themed fundraising events for special causes such as Juvenile Diabetes, Adults With Disabilities, Domestic Violence and The Cleveland Clinic Starry Night, just to name a few for over 10 years. At BAYarts, she uses her artistic sensibility to develop and teach children’s programming while simultaneously managing BAYarts’ Gallery Shop which supports regional artists; Linda also creates the winter wonderland that is BAYarts popular Holiday Shop.