ABOUT SUMMIT ARTSPACE
Summit Artspace is a non-profit arts organization that provides studio, exhibit and programming spaces in Summit County and the surrounding area for local artists and arts organizations; and is a center for art education open to all residents. Contact Summit Artspace at 330-376-8480. On the Web at www.summitartspace.org. Find us on: Facebook, Twitter at @AkronAreaArts, Instagram and Snapchat.
Free parking behind the building at East Market.
Handicap accessible both sites.
Elevator available both sites.
AKRON, OHIO (Jan. 4, 2021) – Summit Artspace, a nonprofit community art center and home to artist studios and galleries, is pleased to announce the appointment of a new executive director, Heather Meeker. Meeker will begin in her new role on January 4 and replaces Megann Eberhart, who served as interim executive director during the … Continue reading SUMMIT ARTSPACE COMPLETES SEARCH FOR NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Click here to see the virtual Kaleidoscope Exhibit. As 2020 draws to a close, the 18th Annual Kaleidoscope Juried Art Exhibition will be a joyous celebration of vibrant, local art that can be seen online at Summit Artspace from Nov. 20 to Dec. 19. See the link above. In-person visits to the Summit Artspace … Continue reading Virtual 18th Annual Kaleidoscope AVA Juried Exhibit, Nov. 20-Dec. 19
Market on Market: Holiday Edition is now a virtual event sponsored by Summit Artspace on its social media. The holiday artisanal market showcases local artists and their handmade work. In-person visits to Summit Artspace have been paused through the end of 2020 due to the increase in COVID-19 cases. DATES on Saturdays, 12-5 p.m.: December … Continue reading Virtual Market on Market: Holiday Edition brings on the cheer!
SHOW CANCELLED TO IN-PERSON VISITS DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. PUBLIC HOURS ARE PAUSED AT SUMMIT ARTSPACE. WE ARE SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE. Open for Business showcases art by the most recent participants in the Artist as an Entrepreneur Institute at Summit Artspace. AEI is a partnership among Summit Artspace, Arts Cleveland and the Burton D. … Continue reading CANCELLED: Open for Business AEI Cohort Exhibit, Oct. 9-Dec. 19, 2020
CREATIVITY DURING A CRISIS Oct. 1 – 31, 2020 | 2nd FLOOR GALLERY SUMMIT ARTSPACE ON EAST MARKET Creativity During A Crisis is an in-kind show produced by the University of Akron students and alumni, supported by Summit Artspace. Exhibited work was created during the time of pandemic and each work purchased allots 10% of the proceeds to … Continue reading Creativity During a Crisis, Oct. 1-31, 2020
In Kind: 2019 Arts Alive Artists Show Sept. 17 – Nov. 7, 2020 | Summit Artspace on East Market Transition Gallery, 1st Floor In Kind is an exhibition of local artists of all different backgrounds and art forms. Through their kindness and generous donations to the Summit Artspace 2019 Arts Alive Awards Silent Auction, we … Continue reading In Kind: 2019 Arts Alive Auction Artists Exhibit
SHOW CANCELLED TO IN-PERSON VISITS DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. PUBLIC HOURS ARE PAUSED AT SUMMIT ARTSPACE. WE ARE SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE. THE ART OF PRINT REGIONAL JURIED PRINTMAKING EXHIBITIONOCT. 9 – DEC. 19, 2020 | OPENS OCT. 9, NOONSUMMIT ARTSPACE ON EAST MARKET | THREE G GALLERY Artist J. Leigh Garcia, Juror The … Continue reading CANCELLED: The Art of Print Regional Juried Printmaking Exhibition, Oct. 9-Dec. 19, 2020
POE’S GARDEN JURIED ART EXHIBITIONOct. 9 – Nov. 7, 2020 | OPENS OCT. 9, NOONSUMMIT ARTSPACE ON EAST MARKETMAIN GALLERY Edgar Allan Poe—his writings, his mystique, his life and his death—is the inspiration of the Poe’s Garden juried show. Summit Artspace often sees the fascination among local artists with the mysterious, the unearthly, fantasy of … Continue reading Poe’s Garden blooms with macabre, fantastic art, Oct. 9-Nov. 7
Just as nearly everyone in the world, the routine daily life of the students in The Akron School for the Arts at Firestone Community Learning Center came to an end in mid-March. A new reality of quarantine, mask wearing, social distancing and distance learning has taken it’s place. These students have completed the junior level … Continue reading Akron School for the Arts Annual Art Exhibit, Aug. 28-Sept. 12
WE’RE PAUSING PUBLIC HOURS AT SUMMIT ARTSPACE DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. Check out these links to our virtual events that are coming up and ongoing. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Virtual 18th Annual Kaleidoscope AVA Art Exhibition, through Dec. 19, 2020, https://www.summitartspace.org/kaleidoscope-virtual/ Virtual Market on Market Holiday Edition, Dec. 5 & Dec. 12, starting … Continue reading PAUSING PUBLIC HOURS: Summit Artspace Ticket Center