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It’s a busy Saturday of comings and goings at Summit Artspace!
Gallery schedules will not be in sync for a few months, so the March Artwalk features the closing of Time Capsules in the first floor gallery and the opening of skin{d.e.e.p.} and VS (Versus)::0.02 [gridiron] by Margarita Benitez and Markus Vogl in the BOX gallery.
In addition to the gallery exhibits, Crafty Mart’s Nerdy Pop-up Market amid the third floor open studios make Summit Artspace a must on your artwalk itinerary!
the BOX gallery, a project of Artists of Rubber City, opened its 2015 exhibit schedule with two exhibits, curated by Rosa Maille: Meditation/Creation, featuring the work of Tom Baldwin and Barbara Sabol, Claudia Berlinski, Mardi Gauer, Clarissa Jakobsons and Laurel Winters, in the front gallery and Peculiar Moments – drawings by Mark Jaroszewski in the small box. On Friday, January 16, there was an opening party featuring poetry readings by Clarissa Jakobsons and Barbara Sabol. The official opening reception will take place on Friday, January 30, 2015.
update:
Anderson Turner, writing in the Sunday, February 8, 2015, edition of the Akron Beacon Journal, reviewed both Meditation/Creation and Peculiar Moments in Finding Beauty in Nature at the BOX gallery.
The weekend following Thanksgiving has traditionally been the start of holiday shopping, but many retailers now welcome shoppers before the dinner dishes are done. American Express started promoting their trademarked Small Business Saturday in 2010 as a shop local event between Black Friday and Cyber Monday and, if the visitors to Summit Artspace are any indication, the respite from the malls and big box stores is a welcome one. Crafty Mart vendors set up at three locations in downtown Akron, one of which was Summit Artspace.
As the booths closed for the day the galleries opened with receptions for new exhibits: Kaleidoscope in the Summit Artspace Gallery and Black and White in the BOX gallery. A third reception celebrated the release of Present Tense, a contemporary art book from Artists of Rubber City.
Scheduling everything on a holiday weekend was brilliant. Next up: the December Artwalk!
What a fine night for an artwalk! Summit Artspace was bustling during the September Downtown Akron Artwalk. The first floor gallery featured Akron Art Prize artwork while Paranormal Paranoia opened at the BOX gallery on the third floor. Adding to the fun on the third floor were four pop-up artists, a tattoo artist and the usual open studios. Yes, we were definitely open!
Two new exhibits, just in time for mid-summer viewing, opened at Summit Artspace on Friday, July 11, 2014.
Streetscapes: Akron in Plein Air was on display in time for last week’s Downtown Akron Artwalk, but awards were kept secret until last night’s opening reception. Once again, Brian Shellito organized both the downtown painting event and the exhibit itself. Images of artists and artwork are available on his Streetscapes: Akron in Plein Air page.
On the third floor, Artists of Rubber City opened the 24th Annual Juried Show in the BOX gallery. Selected artwork can be seen online at the BOX gallery page.
Although the annual juried show is now exhibited in the BOX gallery, owned and managed by Artists of Rubber City, for many years it was displayed in outside venues. The following images are from previous juried shows held at Charles Mayer Studios and Gallery and later at the Mocha Maiden Gallery.
Streetscapes: Akron in Plein Air
Summit Artspace Gallery
July 11 – August 16, 2014
Hours: Thursday, noon – 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday, noon – 5 p.m.
Artists of Rubber City 24th Annual Juried Show
the BOX gallery (3rd floor)
July 11 – August 23, 2014
Hours: Friday and Saturday, noon – 5 p.m.
Summit Artspace
140 East Market Street
Akron, Ohio 44308
update – July 25, 2014 – read the Akron Beacon Journal review of Streetscapes and learn about plein air painting in Dottie Shinn’s article, Artists get out of their studios to paint downtown akron.
Following a three week hiatus, the galleries at Summit Artspace are open! With new exhibits in four spaces the building was positively humming during the Friday evening receptions.
Adorned Spaces – photography by Andrew Thomas Lopez and Marissa McClellan
Summit Artspace Gallery
Maggie Duff – Parade Bomb
Bernadette Houk – Interior and Exterior
the BOX gallery
Bravura photo-illustration exhibition
Kent State University students
Summit Artspace 3rd floor
The Nevin Family: Three Generations of Art
Akron Society of Artists Gallery
May 9 through June 21, 2014
Summit Artspace
140 East Market Street
Akron, Ohio 44308
Hours: exhibits are open Fridays and Saturdays, noon – 5 p.m.
Summit Artspace Gallery has additional hours on Thursdays, noon – 9 p.m.
Two great opening receptions ~ two great exhibits!
FRESH – 10th Annual Juried Exhibition
March 7 – April 12, 2014
Juror: Alexandra Nicholis Coon, Executive Director, Massillon Museum
Artists of Rubber City Members Show
March 7 – April 19, 2014
Summit Artspace
140 East Market Street
Akron, Ohio 44308
Summit Artspace Gallery hours: Thursday, noon – 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday, noon – 5 p.m.
the BOX gallery (on the 3rd floor) hours: Friday and Saturday, noon – 5 p.m.
Follow Summit Artspace, Artists of Rubber City and the BOX gallery on Facebook.
New exhibits opened at Summit Artspace on Friday, January 17.
On the third floor Like but Not Like, fiber work by Carole Pollard and Ted Maringer was installed in the BOX gallery’s front gallery while Greta Ramey’s large scale paintings, Through the Pleats of the Curtain, filled the small box and the outer walls.
The third floor studio artists took their work to the first floor Summit Artspace Gallery for Upstairs Downstairs – Works of Art from the Penthouse. The eight artists, Connie Bloom, Joan Colbert, Bradley Hart, Terry Klausman, Carolyn E. Lewis, Cari Miller, Katina Pastis Radwanski and Ron White, represent a wide range of media including fiber/art quilts, printmaking, photography, metal sculpture, oil painting, mixed media, acrylic painting, drawing and ceramic sculpture in a variety of styles and themes.
gallery view of Upstairs Downstairs at Summit Artspace
wall view of my Aconitum prints with painting by Cari Miller in background
Upstairs Downstairs – Works of Art from the Penthouse
Summit Artspace Gallery
Like but Not Like – Carole Pollard and Ted Maringer
Through the Pleats of the Curtain – Greta Ramey
the BOX gallery
a project of Artists of Rubber City
January 17 – February 22, 2014
Summit Artspace
140 East Market Street
Akron, Ohio
Along with the print show, two additional gallery exhibits opened at Summit Artspace. The BOX gallery, a project of Artists of Rubber City, is featuring watercolors by Ted Lawson in the main gallery along with mixed media work by Ardath Wise in the ‘small box.’ Images of their work are on the Artists of Rubber City Facebook page.
In addition to the opening receptions, the Akron Art Prize is still in full swing, with sixty-four entrants on view at Summit Artspace. There is still a week left to vote for your ten favorites – winner will be announced at the close of the October Artwalk.
Add an enthusiastic audience to four exhibits on two floors and you have a great opening night at Summit Artspace. The Summit Artspace gallery on the ground floor features the work of the Akron Art Museum staff – Well-Guarded and Institutionalized. Two exhibits of digital photography are showing in the BOX gallery on the third floor: digital infrared photography by Stephen Paternite and composites by Thomas Reiderman. Outside the BOX, Streetscapes: Akron in Plein Air continues to attract viewers.
Midway through the evening the awards for Streetscapes were announced – images and winners are available on the Streetscapes page on Facebook.
Summit Artspace
140 East Market Street
Akron, Ohio 44308
August 9 – September 14
Summit Artspace Gallery
Well-Guarded & Institutionalized – works by Akron Art Museum Staff
the BOX gallery, a project of Artists of Rubber City
Stephen Paternite – digital infrared photography
Thomas Reiderman – digital composites
August 2 – August 31
Summit Artspace – 3rd floor
Streetscapes: Akron in Plein Air
