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.
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Month-by-month between 2018 and 2019, Max Markwald became. The artist documented the process of dissociation on canvasses that eventually held no trace of the Melissa that was before. Summit Artspace on East Market opens this trailblazing exhibition of 12 large format paintings by local artist Max Markwald in the Transition Gallery. OPENING NIGHT Join Max … Continue reading Hiding in full view: this is Max Markwald; “Dissociation” on view Aug. 3-Sept. 7, 2019
Betty Michael Wolfe is a signature member of Akron Society of Artists, Women’s Art League of Akron, Cuyahoga Valley Art Center and Whiskey Painters of America. Her striking, character-driven paintings will be displayed from July 27 through Sept. 21 at Summit Artspace on Tusc. The show opens with a reception with Betty on Saturday, July 27, 12-5 p.m. … Continue reading Dialogue with Life, Paintings by Betty Michael Wolfe, July 27-Sept. 21, in Barberton
WINNERS OF JURIED SHOW ANNOUNCED The July-August 2019 show, Me, Myself and I? Juried Art Exhibition at Summit Artspace on East Market has brought together self-portraits where artists interpret themselves as pixels, stone coldness, the familiar of avian beauties, a hat, feet and the many ways to create the human face. Me, Myself and I? opened with … Continue reading AREA ARTISTS DISPLAY SELF-PORTRAITS IN JULY-AUGUST SHOW
The Akron Society of Artists Member Show, Face About Face, takes the portrait genre head on for an exhibit in the group’s third floor studio space at Summit Artspace on East Market. The show opens Friday, July 19, with a free reception with the artists from 5 to 8 p.m. The show and reception are … Continue reading Akron Society of Artists Member Show: Portraits
Small Gems Members Exhibition & Sale opens on Friday, July 19, in the small BOX (directly behind The BOX Gallery) with a reception from 5 – 8 p.m. with members of the Artists of Rubber City. Attendance and parking are free and open to the public. Add a piece of tiny art (4 x 4 … Continue reading Small Gems – Artists of Rubber City Exhibit & Sale, July 19-Aug. 31
New work by artist Lizzi Aronhalt features her colorageous response to architecture and life in New York City & San Juan. The show runs from July 19 to Aug. 31, 2019. New York & San Juan opens Friday, July 19, with an artist reception, 5-8 p.m. The BOX Gallery is located on the 3rd floor of … Continue reading Painting New York & San Juan by Lizzi Aronhalt, July 19-Aug 31
SEEING RON IS BELIEVING! AKRON ARTIST LEAVES A HUGE IMPRESSION WITH SHOW AT SUMMIT ARTSPACE WELCOME GALLERY, JULY 6-AUG 17 Artist and art educator Ron White of Akron is a prolific artist in several media and life-size and larger-than-life formats. A selection of his work will fill the Welcome Gallery at Summit Artspace on East Market … Continue reading SEEING RON IS BELIEVING! AKRON ARTIST’S SHOW IN WELCOME GALLERY, JULY 6-AUG 17
Distinct styles. Different media. Artists all with independent views. Energizing each other collectively in an Artspace. Yes, Collectively Independent. Collectively Independent brings together the artwork of independent artists with studios in Summit Artspace on Tusc. Ron White, Nikki Bartel, Molly Brown and Laura Smith are the local artists whose work will hang in the gallery until … Continue reading Collectively Independent: Featuring the Artists of Summit Artspace on Tusc, June 7-July 13
Jennifer Mancuso is bold and inspirational about her efforts to normalize public perception of breastfeeding. Her lioness attitude is out front in her debut photo exhibition, #normalizebreastfeeding, opening at Summit Artspace on East Market. The show opens with a reception with the artist on June 1, 5-9 p.m., in the Summit Artspace Transition Gallery. Summit … Continue reading #normalizebreastfeeding Photo Exhibit is bold, direct, candid, June 1-July 20
WINNERS OF JURIED SHOW ANNOUNCED AKRON, Ohio–Summit Artspace welcomed summer with the juried show, A View from Within, that throws open the doors to artistic interpretation as an evolving relationship between the viewer and the creator. The exhibition which runs until July 6 is free and open to the public. For gallery hours and to … Continue reading A View from Within Juried Art Exhibition, May 31-July 6