January 2016

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new exhibits . . . new hours, too!

January 30, 2016 in artists of rubber city, hanging around town, summit artspace | No comments

2016unrealexhibit

The first exhibits of 2016 have opened at Summit Artspace and there are new hours with increased opportunities for viewing.

Ten artists have work in the Summit Artspace Gallery in Unreal – Abstract Art Today. Upstairs, in the BOX gallery, NFS features work from the collections of Artists of Rubber City members. Predictably, the artwork is as varied as the membership. As a member of the group it was interesting to guess who owned what piece(s) before looking at the tags.

2016nfstheboxviewlr   trickster raven

An old friend reappeared for the exhibit at the BOX gallery: Trickster Raven, relief print, from the collection of George Reuter. It’s been more than twenty years, but I remember being inspired by the quote, “Raven, the trickster, the missing piece of darkness” from John Straley in The Woman Who Married a Bear.

In the gallery view below the artist is George Reuter. To the left is St. George and the Dragon, an oil pastel on loan from my collection; to the right is an untitled crayon drawing borrowed from Nancy Richards-Davis.

 

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Summit Artspace
140 East Market Street
Akron, Ohio

January 29 – March 5, 2016

Unreal – Abstract Art Today
Summit Artspace Gallery
Thursday and Friday, noon – 7 p.m.
Saturday, noon – 5 p.m.

NFS: Art from Artists’ Collections
the BOX gallery
Friday and Saturday, noon – 5 p.m.

Summit Artspace in the news

January 22, 2016 in summit artspace | No comments

Read all about it!

summit artspace wsl

photo by Kathleen Folkerth

Summit Artspace is featured in this week’s edition of The West Side Leader. There’s been a lot going on at the corner of East Market and Summit Streets and the new year should bring even more activity as the building begins to live up to its potential. Kathleen Folkerth, writing for the West Side Leader, manages to cover it all in her feature article, Summit Artspace expands programs, space for the arts.

new at joancolbert.com

January 13, 2016 in artwork | No comments

2016jan siteupdate

As Potent as a Charm is now online! Web site updates, at the top of the to-do list following the close of December’s exhibit in the BOX gallery, have been completed. A new section, As Potent as a Charm continues, contains background information, images of prints and photos of the gallery.

Happy New Year

January 1, 2016 in garden, miscellany | No comments

hibiscus

For several years now, the overwintering hibiscus has brightened the cellar with a few holiday blooms. This year Christmas came and went without even a bud. Just a week later I caught a glimpse of scarlet on a smaller plant that usually stays leafy green all winter, and, sure enough, it was flowering – just in time to welcome 2016. Happy New Year!

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