The first exhibits of 2013 opened at Summit Artspace on Friday, January 18, with receptions on both the first and third floors.

More Songs about Buildings and Food in the Summit Artspace Gallery features abstract work by Mike Gable and Natalie Petrosky. The title, from the 1978 Talking Heads album, reflects Mike’s references in his work. Natalie’s artwork, in the adjoining small gallery, includes mixed media paintings that she refers to as Treasure Prezzies. Both artists will conduct a drawing workshop on Thursday, January 31, from 6 – 8 p.m. during the newly extended evening hours.

The BOX Gallery, a project of Artists of Rubber City, contains two exhibits. The small box features a solo show by Geraldine Wojno Kiefer, Archipelagic Encounters: The Red Cinder Series. The larger space is filled with a group show of work by Akron Society of Artists members, Friday’s Haze – Friday, as in Friday morning model sessions, and Haze, from the model Angie Haze, an incredible musician who not only posed, but sometimes played music during her sessions. Angie Haze brought both her instruments and her music to the reception and, along with violinist Samuel Salsbury, performed amid her many portraits.

More Songs about Buildings and Food
Mike Gable and Natalie Petrosky
Summit Artspace Gallery
January 18 – February 23, 2013
hours: Thursday, noon – 9 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, noon – 5 p.m.

Friday’s Haze – Akron Society of Artists
Archipelagic Encounters: The Red Cinder Series – Geraldine Wojno Kiefer
The BOX Gallery
January 18 – February 23, 2013
hours: Friday and Saturday, noon – 5 p.m.

Summit Artspace
140 East Market Street
Akron, Ohio 44308