Susan Danko has been creating and exhibiting her artwork since receiving a BFA in painting from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1998. As a student she received honors including the Joseph McCullough painting award, and the Ellen Battell Stoeckel painting fellowship from Yale University. Susan received Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Awards in 2021 and 2013, and was awarded a Fine Arts Work Center / OAC collaborative residency in Provincetown, Massachusetts during the summer of 2013. She served as a visual artist in residence at Shenandoah National Park in the summer of 2020.
carta owns a large collection of artwork by Cleveland area artists, both for adults and children, and purchases about $25,000 of new art annually. We further our mission by donating annual scholarships to Cleveland Institute of Art students and provide educational activities to enhance awareness of area artists.