The 30th annual Arts Advocacy Day is taking place on March 20, 2017, and is designed to showcase the powerful effects of creative communities and the importance of strong public policies supporting arts and culture. During Arts Advocacy Day, grassroots advocates from across the country unite in Washington, D.C. to meet with members of Congress to garner support for … [Read more...]
#CreativeSummit: the art and culture of placemaking (Artist-in-Residence Series)
"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." – Albert Einstein (Physicist) This month SummitLive365.com, a service of ArtsNow, celebrated its first birthday. While the site boasts some impressive stats– over 600 active users, over 200 organization profiles, over 150 venue profiles (to name a few)– I’m more impressed with the … [Read more...]
Look out art world! Here comes Brian Capien!
Brian Capien is an artist – a legit creative who, like most artists I know, wouldn’t know how to NOT make art. For him art is a passion and an instinct. He is really quite good, and this year he entered a piece in an art show: Summit Artspace’s “Out of the Box,” an exhibit for which, according to the Summit Artspace website, “artists are sought to create unique box-themed … [Read more...]
‘Collide’ brings mash-up of spoken word, live music, photography and artwork to Cuyahoga Falls
ArtsNow & Collide: Cuyahoga Falls are proud to host COLLIDE: Spoken Word, Live Music, Photography and Artwork! COLLIDE is a free event and open to the public. COLLIDE will be held on Friday, April 1 from 7 to 9 p.m. (after 9 p.m. is 21 and over) at Cashmere Cricket, located at 2235 Front St., in Cuyahoga Falls. Doors open at 6 p.m. Registration is encouraged but … [Read more...]
ArtsNow, Cuyahoga Falls Better Block and Collide bring people together in the Falls
Representatives from ArtsNow and Cuyahoga Falls Better Block joined Collide: Cuyahoga Falls, a new arts and culture initiative, to host an energy-filled room of creatives and arts supporters at the Cashmere Cricket on Tuesday, Feb. 16. Executive Director of ArtsNow Nicole Mullet said, “ArtsNow is thrilled with the response we have had from Cuyahoga Falls! Molly Hartong and … [Read more...]
Nicole Mullet takes the reins of new arts organization, ArtsNow
A new organization will open its doors in Summit County on July 1. ArtsNow - with the tagline “connecting arts, culture and community in Summit County” - is an outgrowth of The Summit County Arts & Culture Initiative, which began in 2014 following a study commissioned by GAR Foundation and The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The organization will help build our … [Read more...]
