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.
In celebration of the arts and in support of Summit Artspace, there will be a Keeping Arts Alive 2020 Auction this year, Oct. 1-4, 2020. The auction is a tradition of the Summit Artspace annual Arts Alive Awards and Fundraiser. While the awards ceremony has been postponed until 2021, the auction will take place in-person, … Continue reading Summit Artspace holds ‘keeping arts alive’ auction to support local artists
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! We’re so happy to be open again! Tickets are good to visit gallery shows at Summit Artspace on East Market in Akron and Summit Artspace on Tusc in Barberton during public hours. Artists with studios in the buildings will each have their own reopening timelines and guidelines. Summit … 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
FEMICENTRIC: 2020 VISION JURIED ART EXHIBITAUG. 21 – SEPT 26, 2020 | OPENS AUG. 21, NOONSUMMIT ARTSPACE ON EAST MARKET Set for the main gallery at Summit Artspace on East Market, FEMICENTRIC: 2020 VISION is juried by noted Akron area artist P.R. Miller. The show revolves around the themes of liberation, evolution, empowerment, entitlement and the progress … Continue reading Femicentric: 2020 Vision Juried Art Exhibit, Aug. 21-Sept. 26
NEW NORMAL AT SUMMIT ARTSPACE We’re so happy to be open again at Summit Artspace on Tusc in Barberton! Summit Artspace will be following state directives so visitors will need to register for a free, timed ticket. Tickets (link below) are good to visit the gallery during public hours. Artists with studios in the building … Continue reading Discarded and Rediscovered Juried Art Exhibition, July 18-Sept. 5, Winners announced
NEW NORMAL AT SUMMIT ARTSPACE We’re so happy to be open again at Summit Artspace on East Market! Summit Artspace will be following state directives so visitors will need to register for a timed ticket. Tickets (link below) are good to visit the galleries, including Artists of Rubber City Juried Regional Art Exhibition in the main … Continue reading Artists of Rubber City Juried Regional Art Exhibition, July 10-Aug. 8; Winners announced
NEW NORMAL AT SUMMIT ARTSPACE We’re so happy to be open again at Summit Artspace on East Market! Summit Artspace will be following state directives so visitors will need to register for a timed ticket. Tickets (link below) are good to visit the galleries, including Mr. Fred and Mr. Greg – Love Beyond Boundaries in … Continue reading Mr. Fred and Mr. Greg-Love Beyond Boundaries, July 10-Aug. 15
NEW NORMAL AT SUMMIT ARTSPACE We’re so happy to be open again at Summit Artspace on East Market! Summit Artspace will be following state directives so visitors will need to register for a free, timed ticket. Tickets (link below) are good to visit the galleries, including Motion // Emotion in the THREE G Gallery, during public … Continue reading Motion // Emotion Juried Photography Exhibition, July 10-Aug. 8; Winners announced
How do young people and even the youngest of children see a perfect world–their idea of what is a utopia? So the YOU-Topia Youth Challenge was created! A utopia is an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. We’ve asked young artists to share their perfect world view in this … Continue reading YOU-Topia Youth Challenge opened virtually May 2