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Collaborative Project 2023
Collaborative Project 2023
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Collaborative Project 2025
Congressional Art Competition
Covered in Snow | Katelynn M. Rogers
Diagrams for Inner Space | Steven Mastroianni
Disorganized Attachment | Debra DeGregorio
Emerging Artist 2023
Emerging Artist 2024
Emerging Artist 2024
Emerging Artist 2025
Environ: in transport of delight | Lindsay Martin Gryskewich
Fiscal Sponsorship for Artists
FRESH: Soft Offerings | Juried Exhibition
Happiness & The End of the World | Matt Miller
Human: Nature | Group Exhibition
I DID IT MY WAY | Patricia Zinsmeister Parker
IDEA Leader 2023
IDEA Leader 2024
Imagine Infinite: Where Wonder Meets Transcendence
Impressions & Expressions | Artists of Group 10
In the Shadow
Lifetime Achievement 2023
Lifetime Achievement 2024
Lifetime Achievement Award 2025
Medina County Art League Exhibition | Group Exhibition
Milestones & Roadside Attractions | Group Exhibition
Mourning What’s Not Yet Lost | Tamsyn Kuehnert
Mutual Aid | Eric Tuck-Macalla
New Chapter | Janoi Daley
Nobody Here | David Kruk
Ohio Reclaimed: What Once Was | Group Exhibition
Our Community Matters
Outstanding Artist in Dance 2023
Outstanding Artist in Dance 2024
Outstanding Artist in Dance 2025
Outstanding Artist in Music 2023
Outstanding Artist in Music 2024
Outstanding Artist in Music 2025
Outstanding Artist in Theater 2025
Outstanding Artist in Theatre 2023
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Outstanding Literary Artist 2023
Outstanding Literary Artist 2024
Outstanding Literary Artist 2025
Outstanding Visual Artist 2023
Outstanding Visual Artist 2024
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Over, Under, Sideways, Down | Robert Wright
Overdose Awareness Exhibition
Overdose Awareness Exhibition
Overdose Awareness Exhibition 2023
Paperland | Mark Jaroszewski
Persistence of Vision | Kasumi
Rising Arts Leader 2023
Rising Arts Leader 2024
Rising Arts Leader 2025
Roots | Juried Exhibition
StarBurst | Juried Regional High School Exhibition
StarBurst | Regional Juried High School Exhibition
Still Serving Artists
Stitched Editions: Walking Through the Sacred Garden | Melih Meric
Summit Artspace Champion 2023
Summit Artspace Champion 2024
Summit Artspace Champion 2025
Taking Care of Our House: Communities Coming Together and Making a Difference | Group Exhibition
Test Page
The Art of a Lifetime | Joseph T. Dick
The Art of Rex Mitchell
The Aunties | Sylvia Sykes
The Bottom of Reality | Michael Marras
the things we carry | Gwen Waight
Though We May Roam | Group Exhibition
Too Dark | Group Exhibition
Totally Stoned | Greg Caudill
Waffle Weave Invitational | Group Exhibition
Women’s Art League Member Exhibition
Women’s Art League’s 90th Annual Celebration
Work in Progress: Artist Meet-ups
Artist Launchpad
One-to-One: Speed Coaching for Artists
Our Voices Matter: A Community-Based Social Justice Art Exhibition
19th Annual FRESH Juried Exhibition
Cheers, Queers | Group Exhibition
Still Moving | Atefeh Farajolahzadeh
The Corner | Christopher Harvey
Wall to Wall Fall 2023
Wall to Wall Fall 2024
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Wall to Wall Winter 2024
Artists Sunday
Wall to Wall Fall 2022
Artist Meets Percussionist MP3
Workshops & Panel Discussions
little by little and was by was | Mike Alejandro
Caught Up in The Branches | Avery Mags Duff and Matt Kurtz
Working Through Time | Artists of Group 10 Member Exhibition
20th Annual Kaleidoscope Juried Exhibition
In Bloom | Sarah Nolan
Kings & Queens Mural Restoration
Faces of Akron History
After the Storm | Emily Olszewski
Reconciliation | Group Exhibition
Love Between the Atoms | Eva Kwong
My Favorite People | Kirk Mangus
Artists of Rubber City Member Show
My World in Color | Rachel Parker
Faces of Akron | Virtual Exhibition
Action/Reaction
In-Studio School Field Experience
Arts Alive 2022 Honorees
2023 Arts Alive Nomination Form
2024 Arts Alive Nomination Form
2025 Arts Alive Nomination Form
Upcoming Exhibitions
When We Share Our Wounds | Nick Lee
Unnatural Fibers | Group Exhibition
National Collage Society 25th Annual Small-Format Exhibition
StarBurst Juried Regional High School Exhibition
Cycling | Micah Kraus
Jacob Mollohan | Ukrainian Refugee Crisis
Faces of Akron
2022 Nominations
Arts Alive 2023
Arts Alive 2024
Arts Alive 2025
Arts Alive Awards 2026
Arts Alive 2022
Thinking Large, Working Small | Kenn Hetzel
In Kind | Group Exhibition
FRESH Juried Exhibition | 2022
A View of a House | Diane Pribojan
Pick It Up Together | Jacob Mollohan
TinkeRings, Kristina Malcolm
A Tradition: Kent State Print Media
Women’s Art League Fall Member Exhibition
People’s Choice Award 19th Annual Kaleidoscope Juried Exhibition
19th Annual Kaleidoscope Juried Exhibition
Wall to Wall Featured Artists – Winter 2022
A Tradition: Kent State Print Media
TinkeRings, Kristina Malcolm
Babe…I Thought, Meryl Engler
Women’s Art League Fall Member Exhibition
A Tradition: Kent State Print Media
19th Annual Kaleidoscope Juried Exhibition
Artist Entrepreneurship Institute
Events
Events Calendar
Media Kit
Shop
Cart
Checkout
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Present and Retro – Public Sculptures
Included But Not Limited To
Sim[plex]cities
Botanical Voices
Present and Retro
2021 Arts Alive Winners
Arts Alive Registration Instructions
Barberton High School
Body Abstraction
The Grecian Philosophy
Ohio Collage Society 15th annual Member Show
Everything but the Kitchen Sink
Artists of Rubber City Member Show 2021
Art of Y
Arts Alive Sponsorship Information
Arts Alive 2021
Firestone High School Junior Show -Spring 2021
Firestone High School Junior Show -Spring 2021
Resuming Public Hours
Amber Junius, Where the Wild Things Are: NOLA Through the Eyes of the Artist
TACTILE, New Directions in Textile
Head2Head, Milan Kecman Solo Exhibition
Adana Tillman, Black Joy: The Opal Onyx
FRESH 2021 Juried Art Exhibition
Open for Business AEI Cohort Virtual Exhibit, Oct. 9-Dec. 19, 2020
The Art of Print Regional Printmaking Virtual Exhibit
Virtual 18th Annual Kaleidoscope Juried Art Exhibition
JOBS ED Template
Aging is an Art Form Virtual Art Exhibition
Employment and Internship Opportunities
Artist Statements
Summit Artspace Ticket Center
Building map
Current Virtual Exhibitions
YOU-Topia: Youth Challenge
YOU-Topia: Juried Virtual Art Exhibition
One Stop page for Virtual June Akron Artwalk
ARTIST RESOURCES
WEBINARS & EDUCATION
COVID-19 Resources for the Summit Artspace Creative Community
Project|Workspace
Past Virtual Exhibitions
Winners of the Poe’s Garden 2019 Literary Competition, Oct. 18-Nov. 19
Winners in the Poe’s Garden Visual Arts Juried Show, 2019
Monotypes . . . creative, magical and fun!
Monotypes . . . creative, magical and fun!
Acrylic Pour
Acrylic Pour
Create a New Thing: Shadowbox
Create a New Thing: Shadowbox
Create a New Thing: Shadowbox
Create a New Thing: Shadowbox
Spirit Animal Emerges…into Jewelry
Carve, Ink & Print: Creating a Relief Print
Monotypes . . . creative, magical and fun!
I Could Do That! Art History in Action
Etsy for Artists
Create a New Thing: Shadowbox
Colored Pencil Fundamentals
Art Journaling Exploration
Acrylic Pour
Painting
Presenting the 2019 Arts Alive Awards Honorees
2019 Arts Alive Award nominees to be announced May 17
After Party Please!
Thank you for your support!
BID NOW! Summit Artspace holds ‘keeping arts alive’ auction to support local artists is open!
Against the Sky Juried Landscape Exhibition Opens Oct. 19
Barberton: Then and Now
2018 Arts Alive Awards Honorees
Past Winners of the Arts Alive Awards
Summit Artspace’s Partners
Become a Summit Artspace Member
Neighborhoods I Know by Lizzi Aronhalt, July 13-Aug. 18
High Arts Festival in Akron, Sept. 14-Oct. 6
Parallax Contemporary Art Juried Exhibition, July 13-Aug. 18, 2018
Policy Statement
Akron Area Arts Alliance
Our Partners
Akron Artwalk
Resident Artists and Organizations
Know Before You Go
Ways to Support Summit Artspace
Frequently Asked Questions
Gallery Archives
Privacy Policy
You are set for a great time at Arts Alive 2019!
Become an Arts Alive 2019 Sponsor
Bringing Art to Life: The Arts Alive Awards
Artist Call: Share your artistry with Arts Alive
Make Your Reservations for Arts Alive 2019!
Calls for Artists
Join our email newsletter list for the latest!
Volunteer
Summit Artspace Gallery
About Us
Contact Us
Summit Artspace Leadership

2023 Artist Launchpad Cohort
2023 Recipients
2024 Recipients
2025 Recipients
20th Annual FRESH Juried Exhibition
21st Annual Kaleidoscope | Juried Exhibition
22nd Annual Kaleidoscope | Juried Exhibition
A Bunch of Landscapes | Cassie Jeffries
Anywhere | Lizzi Aronhalt
Art x Tech Workshops
Artist Care Programs
Artist Empowerment Award 2025
Artist Open House: Mix & Meet 2024 reference
Artist Open House: Mix & Meet
Artists of Rubber City Juried Exhibition
Artists of Rubber City Juried Exhibition
Artists of Rubber City Juried Exhibition | Group Exhibition
Artists of Rubber City Member Exhibition
Arts Alive Award 2023
Arts Alive Award 2024
Arts Alive Award 2025
Arts Alive Award 2025
Arts Educator 2023
Arts Educator 2024
Arts Educator 2025
Arts Patron 2023
Arts Patron 2024
Arts Patron 2025
Bad Nostalgia | Katherine Strobel
Black Spaces: Defying Social Constructs | Crystal Miller
Blurred Lines | Group Exhibition
Collaborative Project 2023
Collaborative Project 2023
Collaborative Project 2023
Collaborative Project 2024
Collaborative Project 2025
Congressional Art Competition
Covered in Snow | Katelynn M. Rogers
Diagrams for Inner Space | Steven Mastroianni
Disorganized Attachment | Debra DeGregorio
Emerging Artist 2023
Emerging Artist 2024
Emerging Artist 2024
Emerging Artist 2025
Environ: in transport of delight | Lindsay Martin Gryskewich
Fiscal Sponsorship for Artists
FRESH: Soft Offerings | Juried Exhibition
Happiness & The End of the World | Matt Miller
Human: Nature | Group Exhibition
I DID IT MY WAY | Patricia Zinsmeister Parker
IDEA Leader 2023
IDEA Leader 2024
Imagine Infinite: Where Wonder Meets Transcendence
Impressions & Expressions | Artists of Group 10
In the Shadow
Lifetime Achievement 2023
Lifetime Achievement 2024
Lifetime Achievement Award 2025
Medina County Art League Exhibition | Group Exhibition
Milestones & Roadside Attractions | Group Exhibition
Mourning What’s Not Yet Lost | Tamsyn Kuehnert
Mutual Aid | Eric Tuck-Macalla
New Chapter | Janoi Daley
Nobody Here | David Kruk
Ohio Reclaimed: What Once Was | Group Exhibition
Our Community Matters
Outstanding Artist in Dance 2023
Outstanding Artist in Dance 2024
Outstanding Artist in Dance 2025
Outstanding Artist in Music 2023
Outstanding Artist in Music 2024
Outstanding Artist in Music 2025
Outstanding Artist in Theater 2025
Outstanding Artist in Theatre 2023
Outstanding Artist in Theatre 2024
Outstanding Literary Artist 2023
Outstanding Literary Artist 2024
Outstanding Literary Artist 2025
Outstanding Visual Artist 2023
Outstanding Visual Artist 2024
Outstanding Visual Artist 2025
Over, Under, Sideways, Down | Robert Wright
Overdose Awareness Exhibition
Overdose Awareness Exhibition
Overdose Awareness Exhibition 2023
Paperland | Mark Jaroszewski
Persistence of Vision | Kasumi
Rising Arts Leader 2023
Rising Arts Leader 2024
Rising Arts Leader 2025
Roots | Juried Exhibition
StarBurst | Juried Regional High School Exhibition
StarBurst | Regional Juried High School Exhibition
Still Serving Artists
Stitched Editions: Walking Through the Sacred Garden | Melih Meric
Summit Artspace Champion 2023
Summit Artspace Champion 2024
Summit Artspace Champion 2025
Taking Care of Our House: Communities Coming Together and Making a Difference | Group Exhibition
Test Page
The Art of a Lifetime | Joseph T. Dick
The Art of Rex Mitchell
The Aunties | Sylvia Sykes
The Bottom of Reality | Michael Marras
the things we carry | Gwen Waight
Though We May Roam | Group Exhibition
Too Dark | Group Exhibition
Totally Stoned | Greg Caudill
Waffle Weave Invitational | Group Exhibition
Women’s Art League Member Exhibition
Women’s Art League’s 90th Annual Celebration
Work in Progress: Artist Meet-ups
Artist Launchpad
One-to-One: Speed Coaching for Artists
Our Voices Matter: A Community-Based Social Justice Art Exhibition
19th Annual FRESH Juried Exhibition
Cheers, Queers | Group Exhibition
Still Moving | Atefeh Farajolahzadeh
The Corner | Christopher Harvey
Wall to Wall Fall 2023
Wall to Wall Fall 2024
Wall to Wall Summer 2023
Wall to Wall Winter 2023
Wall to Wall Winter 2024
Artists Sunday
Wall to Wall Fall 2022
Artist Meets Percussionist MP3
Workshops & Panel Discussions
little by little and was by was | Mike Alejandro
Caught Up in The Branches | Avery Mags Duff and Matt Kurtz
Working Through Time | Artists of Group 10 Member Exhibition
20th Annual Kaleidoscope Juried Exhibition
In Bloom | Sarah Nolan
Kings & Queens Mural Restoration
Faces of Akron History
After the Storm | Emily Olszewski
Reconciliation | Group Exhibition
Love Between the Atoms | Eva Kwong
My Favorite People | Kirk Mangus
Artists of Rubber City Member Show
My World in Color | Rachel Parker
Faces of Akron | Virtual Exhibition
Action/Reaction
In-Studio School Field Experience
Arts Alive 2022 Honorees
2023 Arts Alive Nomination Form
2024 Arts Alive Nomination Form
2025 Arts Alive Nomination Form
Upcoming Exhibitions
When We Share Our Wounds | Nick Lee
Unnatural Fibers | Group Exhibition
National Collage Society 25th Annual Small-Format Exhibition
StarBurst Juried Regional High School Exhibition
Cycling | Micah Kraus
Jacob Mollohan | Ukrainian Refugee Crisis
Faces of Akron
2022 Nominations
Arts Alive 2023
Arts Alive 2024
Arts Alive 2025
Arts Alive Awards 2026
Arts Alive 2022
Thinking Large, Working Small | Kenn Hetzel
In Kind | Group Exhibition
FRESH Juried Exhibition | 2022
A View of a House | Diane Pribojan
Pick It Up Together | Jacob Mollohan
TinkeRings, Kristina Malcolm
A Tradition: Kent State Print Media
Women’s Art League Fall Member Exhibition
People’s Choice Award 19th Annual Kaleidoscope Juried Exhibition
19th Annual Kaleidoscope Juried Exhibition
Wall to Wall Featured Artists – Winter 2022
A Tradition: Kent State Print Media
TinkeRings, Kristina Malcolm
Babe…I Thought, Meryl Engler
Women’s Art League Fall Member Exhibition
A Tradition: Kent State Print Media
19th Annual Kaleidoscope Juried Exhibition
Artist Entrepreneurship Institute
Events
Events Calendar
Media Kit
Shop
Cart
Checkout
My account
Present and Retro – Public Sculptures
Included But Not Limited To
Sim[plex]cities
Botanical Voices
Present and Retro
2021 Arts Alive Winners
Arts Alive Registration Instructions
Barberton High School
Body Abstraction
The Grecian Philosophy
Ohio Collage Society 15th annual Member Show
Everything but the Kitchen Sink
Artists of Rubber City Member Show 2021
Art of Y
Arts Alive Sponsorship Information
Arts Alive 2021
Firestone High School Junior Show -Spring 2021
Firestone High School Junior Show -Spring 2021
Resuming Public Hours
Amber Junius, Where the Wild Things Are: NOLA Through the Eyes of the Artist
TACTILE, New Directions in Textile
Head2Head, Milan Kecman Solo Exhibition
Adana Tillman, Black Joy: The Opal Onyx
FRESH 2021 Juried Art Exhibition
Open for Business AEI Cohort Virtual Exhibit, Oct. 9-Dec. 19, 2020
The Art of Print Regional Printmaking Virtual Exhibit
Virtual 18th Annual Kaleidoscope Juried Art Exhibition
JOBS ED Template
Aging is an Art Form Virtual Art Exhibition
Employment and Internship Opportunities
Artist Statements
Summit Artspace Ticket Center
Building map
Current Virtual Exhibitions
YOU-Topia: Youth Challenge
YOU-Topia: Juried Virtual Art Exhibition
One Stop page for Virtual June Akron Artwalk
ARTIST RESOURCES
WEBINARS & EDUCATION
COVID-19 Resources for the Summit Artspace Creative Community
Project|Workspace
Past Virtual Exhibitions
Winners of the Poe’s Garden 2019 Literary Competition, Oct. 18-Nov. 19
Winners in the Poe’s Garden Visual Arts Juried Show, 2019
Monotypes . . . creative, magical and fun!
Monotypes . . . creative, magical and fun!
Acrylic Pour
Acrylic Pour
Create a New Thing: Shadowbox
Create a New Thing: Shadowbox
Create a New Thing: Shadowbox
Create a New Thing: Shadowbox
Spirit Animal Emerges…into Jewelry
Carve, Ink & Print: Creating a Relief Print
Monotypes . . . creative, magical and fun!
I Could Do That! Art History in Action
Etsy for Artists
Create a New Thing: Shadowbox
Colored Pencil Fundamentals
Art Journaling Exploration
Acrylic Pour
Painting
Presenting the 2019 Arts Alive Awards Honorees
2019 Arts Alive Award nominees to be announced May 17
After Party Please!
Thank you for your support!
BID NOW! Summit Artspace holds ‘keeping arts alive’ auction to support local artists is open!
Against the Sky Juried Landscape Exhibition Opens Oct. 19
Barberton: Then and Now
2018 Arts Alive Awards Honorees
Past Winners of the Arts Alive Awards
Summit Artspace’s Partners
Become a Summit Artspace Member
Neighborhoods I Know by Lizzi Aronhalt, July 13-Aug. 18
High Arts Festival in Akron, Sept. 14-Oct. 6
Parallax Contemporary Art Juried Exhibition, July 13-Aug. 18, 2018
Policy Statement
Akron Area Arts Alliance
Our Partners
Akron Artwalk
Resident Artists and Organizations
Know Before You Go
Ways to Support Summit Artspace
Frequently Asked Questions
Gallery Archives
Privacy Policy
You are set for a great time at Arts Alive 2019!
Become an Arts Alive 2019 Sponsor
Bringing Art to Life: The Arts Alive Awards
Artist Call: Share your artistry with Arts Alive
Make Your Reservations for Arts Alive 2019!
Calls for Artists
Join our email newsletter list for the latest!
Volunteer
Summit Artspace Gallery
About Us
Contact Us
Summit Artspace Leadership

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