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The first floor Summit Artspace Gallery and the BOX gallery, on the third floor, had opening receptions on Friday, April 26, for their current group shows. Between the two galleries there are ninety-one artists represented!

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Brushstrokes – Then & Now, the Women’s Art League of Akron 80th Anniversary Exhibition, highlights the work of current members with a nod to the history of the organization. Five of the artists will be presenting workshops and demos during the coming month.
Postcard image: Daybreak by April Cameron

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The Artists of Rubber City Annual Juried Show, now in its 23rd year,  attracts entries from members and non-members alike. Juror Mary Urbas, Lakeland Community College, chose seventy pieces of artwork, overflowing the BOX into the surrounding space!

Brushstrokes Then & Now
Women’s Art League of Akron 80th Anniversary Exhibition
Summit Artspace Gallery

Artists of Rubber City 23rd Annual Juried Show
the BOX gallery

April 26 – June 1, 2013
Summit Artspace
140 East Market Street
Akron, Ohio

 

Fresh Art w/Q

The 9th Annual Juried Show of Fresh Art opened with a reception at Summit Artspace on Friday, March 8, 2013. Artists were invited to enter art inspired by the letter Q and somehow there was no semblance of Star Trek, James Bond or Claes Oldenburg among the entries. Judges Jack McWhorter, Kent State University, and Robert Thurmer, Cleveland State University, selected 43 pieces for the exhibit (less than half of the entered work). Upon hearing of the exhibit, kindergarten students at Lippman School created a Q-inspired piece, too.

lippman school Q artwork

On the same evening two shows opened with another reception on the third floor of Summit Artspace. The BOX Gallery is featuring the work of Bonnie Stipe and Betsy Cavalier in the big box and Elizabeth Isley within the small box and on adjacent walls.

the box gallery March 2013

 

Fresh & Q
9th Annual Juried Show
Summit Artspace Gallery

Bonnie Stipe – Skin Deep
Betsy Cavalier – mixed media
Elizabeth Isley – acrylic paintings
The BOX Gallery

March 8 – April 13, 2013
Summit Artspace
140 East Market Street
Akron, Ohio

Fresh & Q postcard design by Liz Remmel, iMMiX STUDIO

A couple times a year the Downtown Artwalk falls on a weekend between shows in the galleries at Summit Artspace. This year Artists of Rubber City planned ahead and scheduled a Silent Auction and Raffle in the BOX gallery. Artwork filled the gallery and beyond; proceeds from the event will support AoRC projects and programs.

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artists of rubber city silent auction 2013
photo courtesy of Artists of Rubber City

Carolyn Balogh, a sculptor whose recent work explores the environmental issues affecting native trees, took advantage of the ‘buy-it-now’ price to purchase my print, The Elder Tree.

Adding to the excitement of the evening was the ARTi-Gras theme of this month’s artwalk. Along with the open studios, music, fashion and food were part of the festivities. Classical guitarist, James Marron, and the Kyle Magilavy Jazz Combo played throughout the evening, the Illusion Factory presented a mask-making workshop, Miller South School for the Arts held a fashion show and boutique, and The Orange Truk served Cajun goodies from the parking lot.

 

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

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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 january 2013

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

 

 

ArtsyMART
Saturday, November 24, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Saturday, December 1, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Summit Artspace
140 East Market Street
Akron, Ohio

New this year, and just in time for the holidays, is ArtsyMART at Summit Artspace – a great opportunity to shop local! On Saturday, November 24, ArtsyMART is partnering with CraftyMART, now in its fourth year and located just down the street at Musica. The December event has longer hours to accommodate the December Downtown Artwalk. Joan Colbert Studios will be open for both dates.

The 2012 exhibition schedule for Summit Artspace Gallery and the BOX gallery is now complete. New shows opened in both galleries on Friday, November 16, and will run through First Night Akron on December 31.

Kaleidoscope, the Alliance for the Visual Arts annual juried exhibition, features 68 pieces selected by jurors, Marina Mangubi and John Smolko. On the building’s third floor, the BOX gallery has two exhibits on view: Change in Common, collage by Shirley Ende-Saxe and painting and sculpture by Katina Pastis Radwanski in the ‘big box’ along with On Pins & Needles, cut paper dimensional work by Kristi Wall in the ‘little box.’

The first ever Akron Art Prize is now down to the top ten eleven! All of the finalists are now installed on the third floor of Summit Artspace, following a week of dismantling and rearranging artwork. The opening of the final round added to the Friday night festivities – around 360 people attended the gallery receptions.

Needless to say, voting for just one piece is going to be very, very difficult.

Mr. Midnight

Mr. Midnight, by Joseph Blue Sky, pondering the competition.

An exhibit of work by members of Artists of Rubber City opened Friday, September 28, in the BOX gallery on the third floor of Summit Artspace. As expected from such an eclectic group, there is an incredible range of media and styles – artwork can be viewed in the album of exhibit photos on Facebook.

Artists of Rubber City Members Show
September 28 – November 4, 2012
the BOX gallery
Summit Artspace – 3rd floor
140 East Market Street
Akron, Ohio

 

. . . as of this writing it’s 35 days and counting . . .

37 Days
Ephemeral Sculpture
curated by Don Parsisson

September 28 – November 4, 2012
Summit Artspace

Fifteen artists are participating in the ephemeral sculpture show, best described by Don Parsisson: “Ephemeral sculpture is intended to have a short life span; in this case the duration of this exhibition. The pieces in this show are temporary in nature, some being created just for this gallery space, others self-destructing over time, and still others never to be assembled or exhibited again in exactly the same way. Check it out, day after day. . . ” 

Items on the ingredients list include: feathers, paving bricks, brick gravel, yards of fine fabrics, tree roots, wood, newspapers (whole and cut), insects, a variety of electronic media, tea, muck, a tree and gelatin – lots and lots of gelatin.

photo by Diane Chambers

Don with the first day of his installation, 24-Hour News Cycle.


Akron Art Prize entries on the third floor of Summit Artspace

On September 1st the Akron Art Prize made its debut in downtown Akron. Modeled after similar events in other cities, notably Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Seattle, Washington, the Art Prize competition consists of 138 pieces displayed in five venues. The public is invited to vote for their favorites and determine the winners of cash prizes funded by The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation. The Downtown Akron Partnership is presenting this event as part of the new Downtown Art Works Series.

Nearly half of the artwork is at Summit Artspace. Other sites include Millworks Gallery, Red Light Galleries, We Gallery and outside the Akron Art Museum. The final weekend of first round voting is coming up – all of the galleries will be open Friday and Saturday, 5 – 9 p.m. Additional information is available at the Downtown Akron Partnership site.

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