ABOUT SUMMIT ARTSPACE
Summit Artspace is a non-profit community art center 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.
Architecture is an art form that lends itself to become icons of cities and nations. Facing the Façade is a collection depicting how local artists are affected by architecture; how they interpret it or how they choose to deconstruct it. The juried exhibition runs from Jan. 25 to March 7, 2020, at Summit Artspace on … Continue reading Facing the Façade, architecture inspiring art, at Summit Artspace on Tusc
Award-winning Akron artist Joan Colbert kicks-off the year of shows in the Summit Artspace on East Market Welcome Gallery with Finding the Narrative. OPENING RECEPTION The free opening is Thursday, Jan. 16, 4-7 p.m. The show, which is free and open to the public, runs Jan. 16-Feb. 22. WELCOME GALLERY HOURS Summit Artspace’s Welcome Gallery … Continue reading Finding the Narrative with Joan Colbert, Jan. 16-Feb. 22
Artists of Rubber City will showcase photographer Susan Lilley’s The Queen City Parks, featuring the Ohio River front, in The BOX Gallery located at Summit Artspace on East Market. OPENING RECEPTION The exhibition opens Friday, January 10, with a free artist reception 5-8 p.m. Queen City Parks runs through Feb. 8 Admission to the show … Continue reading BOX Gallery features Susie Lilley photos of Queen City parks, Jan. 10-Feb. 8
Local artists in the Friday morning life drawing sessions at the Akron Society of Artists’ studio in Summit Artspace will show their work from Jan. 10 through Feb. 14. OPENING RECEPTION The show opens Friday, Jan. 10, 5-8 p.m. in the ASA third floor gallery at 140 E. Market St., Akron. GALLERY HOURS ASA’s third … Continue reading Akron Society of Artists presents Painting from Life, Jan. 10-Feb.14
The first show of the year in the main gallery at Summit Artspace on East Market sets the bar for local artists and the FRESH 2020 Juried Art Exhibition, that opens Jan. 10, is no exception and is even taking on extra space in the art center. Juror and artist Katina Pastis Radwanski chose 69 … Continue reading FRESH RETURNS JAN. 10 WITH NEW CUTTING EDGE LOCAL ART AT SUMMIT ARTSPACE ON EAST MARKET
Creative Recovery, an exhibition that seeks to give artistic expression to the struggle, celebration and sometimes, the tragedy of recovery, opens Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020, in the Transition Gallery at Summit Artspace on East Market. The juror is artist Janet Mikolajczyk of Hudson. Creative Recovery runs until Feb.1. Admission is free. The Transition Gallery is located on the first … Continue reading Creative Recovery, Art of the Struggle, Jan. 4-Feb. 1
Ryan Scott is bringing his world of travel, music and words, written and sung, to Summit Artspace on East Market for a one-man introspective show, Confessions of Stranger, Dec. 13-21. OPENING DATE & RECEPTION WITH RYAN SCOTT The show opens Friday, Dec. 13, 5-7 p.m. in the newly-named “Skyline Gallery” on the third floor of … Continue reading Confessions of a Stranger by Ryan Scott, an art & music experience, Dec. 13-21
Make Art & Re-ACT Leading for Social Justice Exhibition 2019 Students get loud with their art in this social justice show organized by Art for Resistance through Change, ART-C. The members of ART-C–Kent State University’s aspiring school leaders and teachers, k-12 students, their teachers, local school leaders and community artists–give voice to social justice issues … Continue reading Make Art & Re-ACT social justice exhibit, Nov. 23-Dec. 14
The artists of the Akron Painting and Drawing League are back again with a new show at Summit Artspace on Tusc in Barberton. The show opens Nov. 30, 12-8 p.m., and runs through Jan. 11, 2020, at the gallery, 571 W. Tuscarawas Ave. A reception with the student artists is set for 12-5 p.m. during … Continue reading Akron Painting and Drawing League Member Show, Nov. 30-Jan. 11
Artists of Rubber City celebrates its 10th anniversary in The BOX Gallery with a show all about members! Show opens Friday, Nov. 22, with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. in the gallery on the third floor of Summit Artspace on East Market. 140 E. Market St., Akron. Winners will be announced at 6:30 … Continue reading Artists of Rubber City Annual Member Show, Nov. 22-Dec. 21