The Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival has been an Akron staple for nearly 50 years, and Heinz Poll himself was instrumental in making Akron a destination for dance. (Photo courtesy: Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival) Editor’s note: Tessa Gaffney is a graduate assistant in the Arts Admin program at the University of Akron. This is the first in a series of interviews with … [Read more...]
‘Outlaw Ink’ at UA’s Emily Davis Gallery captures dark humor of hillbillies, urban dystopia
Photo courtesy of University of Akron. “Outlaw Ink: Hück and Hogarth,” currently on view at the Emily Davis Gallery, in the University of Akron’s Myers School of Art, consists of everything from “hillbillies doing bad stuff” in Middle America to the urban dystopia of 18th century England. On display through Feb. 14, the exhibit features works by American printmaker Tom Hück … [Read more...]
UA’s Emily Davis Gallery features surreal, subversive ‘Stranger Beings’ exhibit
Show features artist reception Oct. 3, gallery discussion Oct. 29 The familiar becomes twisted, morphed and surreal in Emily Davis Gallery’s new exhibition, “Stranger Beings: Hieronymus Objects & Other Curiosities.” The exhibit features works from the regional Hieronymus collection, including pieces from Kiki Smith, Keith Haring, David Salle and Tip Toland, in … [Read more...]
Engineering, art join forces for mobile neighborhood ‘splash parks’
A collaboration between engineering students at The University of Akron (UA) and local artist Mac Love, owner of Art x Love, is looking for ways to bring some fun activities to families in some of Akron’s underserved neighborhoods. Students on a UA engineering service design team are creating mobile splash park attractions, part of Love’s effort to address area residents’ … [Read more...]
Exhibit at UA’s Emily Davis Gallery explores concept of ‘home’
In response to the currently running “FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art,” The University of Akron's Emily Davis Gallery (part of the Myers School of Art) presents the exhibit, “a House is not a Home,” which runs through Sept, 28 and features six regional artists who explore the idea of “home” – whether physical space, representative objects, personal … [Read more...]
UA’s Art Bomb Brigade collaborates with Community Support Services for inspirational mural
3,000-square-foot project, ‘Hope is a Thing with Feathers,’ to be unveiled at May 23 community event -- If you’ve been outside in Akron, chances are you’ve seen one of the Art Bomb Brigade’s many eye-catching murals since its inception in 2016. This spring, 13 students from University of Akron’s Myers School of Art are participating in Art Bomb’s experiential learning … [Read more...]
Student-run Akron Painting and Drawing League debuts art exhibit at Summit Artspace on Tusc
The inaugural Akron Painting and Drawing Show, curated by artist and University of Akron faculty member Del Rey Loven, will make a debut in the windows and the first floor gallery at Summit Artspace on Tusc, Friday, March 23, 5 p.m. for Barberton 4th Friday. The show will be open Fridays, 5 to 8 p.m., and Saturdays, noon to 5 p.m., through April 21. The art center is located … [Read more...]
LGBTQ+ performance ensemble hosts free workshops for young artists
QuTheatr project seeks to employ, empower LGBTQ+ youth -- QuTheatr, a new performance project aimed at employing and empowering LGBTQ+ youth and young adults in greater Akron, is hosting two workshops this winter to identify participants for the project. The first workshop will take place at The Balch Street Theatre, 220 South Balch St. (Akron), Saturday, Feb. 24, from 2 to … [Read more...]
Award-winning Pacific Islander poet/educator visits Akron to share indigenous voice
William Alfred Nu’utupu Giles events to include ‘Until Name Becomes Prayer,’ ‘Rethinking Race’ at University of Akron, open mics, teen workshops -- William Alfred Nu’utupu Giles is a second generation Samoan immigrant, poet and arts educator, whose spoken word continues the Pacific oral tradition of storytelling as living history. Later this month, the international slam … [Read more...]
UA’s Emily Davis Gallery hosts Yoko Ono 10th anniversary art exhibit
Yoko Ono’s “Imagine Peace” is an interactive and thought-provoking art exhibit that invites guests to leave their mark, share their hopes and contemplate the meaning of peace. The exhibit is returning to Emily Davis Gallery, after 10 years, commemorating the show’s 2007 debut. “Imagine Peace” features 50 years of Ono’s artwork and is on view Dec. 8 through Jan. … [Read more...]
