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.
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 in person at Summit Artspace from Nov. 20 to Dec. 19. KALEIDOSCOPE HISTORY Kaleidoscope is organized each year by the Alliance for the Visual Arts. The annual holiday event … Continue reading 18th Annual Kaleidoscope AVA Juried Exhibit, Nov. 20-Dec. 19
Market on Market: Holiday Edition is an in-person, socially-distanced Holiday Artisanal Market that showcases local artists and their handmade work. DATES on Saturdays, 12-5 p.m.: November 21 November 28 December 5 December 12 Join us for open studios, pop up vendors on three floors and open galleries. Support local artists and be HERE for Small … Continue reading Market on Market: Holiday Edition brings on the cheer!
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. Morgan Foundation which funds the annual program. OPEN FOR BUSINESS IS WHERE THEY WANT TO BE AEI is open to individuals who … Continue reading 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
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 Art of Print opens at noon, Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. Artist awards will be announced on Summit Artspace social media–Facebook, Twitter and Instagram–starting at … Continue reading 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
Success at reopening! New shows coming up! CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING DAY. Tickets are recommended to visit gallery shows at Summit Artspace on East Market in Akron during public hours. Artists with studios in the building will each have their own open hours and guidelines. All visitors are welcome to stop by without a ticket to check … Continue reading Summit Artspace Ticket Center
SHE/HER/HERS JURIED ART EXHIBITIONAUG. 21 – SEPT. 26, 2020 | OPENS AUG. 21, NOONSUMMIT ARTSPACE ON EAST MARKET She/Her/Hers is a juried art exhibition by artists who are women and those identifying as women in the THREE G Gallery at Summit Artspace on East Market. Juried by award-winning artist Linda Hutchinson of Kent, the exhibition commemorates the centennial … Continue reading She/Her/Hers Juried Art Exhibition, Aug. 21-Sept. 26, 2020