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.

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.

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.