Summit Artspace

Connections/Intersections, Fall Show by Women's Art League of Akron
2019-10-10 12:00 - 19:00, 2019-10-05 16:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Summit Artspace on East Market, 140 East Market Street, Akron, OH, 44308
Connections/Intersections across cultures and histories in new show
The Women’s Art League of Akron presents their fall show “Connections/Intersections” based on the concept that we are connected to our organization and we show our diversity by intersecting with one another.
The members’ group show will open on Saturday, Oct. 5 at Summit Artspace, 140 E. Market St., Akron.
A free reception will be held from 4-9 p.m. during the Oct. 5 Artwalk. The show continues through the following Artwalk on Nov. 2. Gallery hours are Thursdays & Fridays, 12-7 p.m.; Saturdays 12-5. It is free and open to the public.
Show image of Dayshanda by Betty Michael Wolfe
Summit Artspace is proud to host the WAL annual fall show that showcases the work of female artists representing the rich history and talented members of an organization created by women 86 years ago. The group continues to mentor female artists and provide scholarships for young women as they continue their art education.
A GREAT REASON TO ATTEND THE OCT. 5 OPENING!
Not only do visitors have an opportunity to view WAL members’ work, they get the opportunity to meet many of them and hear their individual stories at the opening reception.
Women’s Art League HISTORY
In 1933, the Women’s Art League was organized at the home of Florence Richardson, in Akron, with 20 artists in attendance. Meetings took place each Friday.
Charter members consisted of artists whose work was in the Spring May Show of 1934 which was held at the Akron Art Institute. Artwork by Gertrude Seiberling was included in the first group show. Her paintings are currently being showcased at Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens.
For more information, please visit on the Women’s Art League, please visit www.WomensArtLeague.org.
ABOUT JUROR TERRY KLAUSMAN
Klausman is self-taught and began his artistic career in 2010. He works in sculpture, collage and drawing for solo and group exhibitions in Ohio and beyond. He has a studio in Barberton.
Juror and artist Terry Klausman
Where you can see more of this artist’s work:
Klausman has also been involved in making performance art — heavily visual events, usually involving performers, which unfold in real time — which included “Resurrection: a performance/fine art project” in 2016, and a site-specific work, “Anything will Help.” The latter was documented by Stephen Paternite as a photo essay exploring some of the social issues affecting communities of Northeast Ohio and published in 2019. Another performance piece entitled “the Resurrection Project” involved driving in a race that ended with crashing into the artist’s “vintage boat,” collecting the debris and then making a work of art that was juried into a national show in Chicago. Klausman also created “A Conversation in Motion” for the Akron-Summit County Public Library Main Branch in 2014-2015; you can see it in the library’s Special Collections department. The artist is represented by galleries in Akron and Cleveland and has works in the collections of the Cleveland Clinic, the Akron Public Library, the Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx, and in Canada; and in corporate and private collections in Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Missouri, Michigan, and Florida, and in one belonging to the royal family in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Information from Summa Health, Summa Health photo credit
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 BUILDING.
HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE.
ELEVATOR AVAILABLE.
See the Summit Artspace exhibit calendar for directions.
Plan your visit by clicking here.
Have questions? Here is our Frequently Asked Questions page.

Altered States by Gail Marshall Taber runs Sept. 7-Oct. 19
2019-10-10 12:00 - 19:00, 2019-10-05 12:00 - 21:00, 2019-10-03 12:00 - 19:00, 2019-09-28 12:00 - 17:00, 2019-09-27 12:00 - 19:00 | Summit Artspace on East Market, 140 East Market Street, Akron, OH, 44308
Altered States by Gail Marshall Taber will be in The Welcome Gallery at Summit Artspace on East Market from Sept. 7 to Oct. 19. The show opens with a reception on Saturday, Sept. 7, 5-9 p.m.
EXHIBIT HOURS
Through Oct. 19, the show is open weekly Thursday and Friday, 12-7 p.m, Saturday, 12-5 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. Altered States is also open for Artwalk on Sept. 7 and Oct. 5, 5-9 p.m., and 3rd Thursday, 4-7 p.m. on Sept. 19 and Oct. 17.
ARTIST STATEMENT Altered States
I discovered my artistic voice after 30 plus years as a banker. Always, a collector, never a maker, I decided to start taking art classes 10 years ago and haven’t stopped yet! I’m addicted to learning and the creative process and am thrilled to share this with others. Mixed media, collage, jewelry, sculpting, photography, and beading are my mediums, the world, my muse!
I am a mixed media artist primarily using assemblage, collage, sculpting, photography, and beading. My work explores the prevalence in our culture of sexism, ageism, homophobia, misogyny and worshiping at the feet of physical beauty and perfection. Of course, we are, by and large, a society that demands political correctness now (except for Donald Trump, apparently), but those age-old prejudices linger and permeate our social, religious and professional structures. I am not, by definition, a bra-burning, angry feminist, but I spent over 30 years clawing my way up the corporate ladder and hopefully, paving the way for women who will come after me. Prejudice and intolerance are sometimes subtle, sometimes silent, but always devastating, because if you don’t know that you are being victimized, you can’t defend or protect yourself or challenge the status quo.
Artist Gail Marshall Taber wearing one of her jewelry pieces.
My work juxtaposes feminine imagery with masculine traits and vice versa (human and animals), and proposes what could be socially acceptable and visually beautiful using surreal imagery, but always with a sense of humor and a little mystery. In this black and white world (my two favorite colors, by the way) I love to create that uncomfortable gray area that can’t be defined necessarily, but can be understood on a deeper level if the viewer looks hard enough!
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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 BUILDING.
HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE.
ELEVATOR AVAILABLE.
See the Summit Artspace exhibit calendar for directions.
Plan your visit by clicking here.
Have questions? Here is our Frequently Asked Questions page.

ArtPrize returns in The BOX Gallery, Sept. 13-Oct. 5!
2019-10-05 12:00 - 21:00, 2019-10-04 12:00 - 19:00, 2019-10-03 12:00 - 19:00, 2019-09-28 12:00 - 17:00, 2019-09-27 12:00 - 19:00 | Summit Artspace on East Market, 140 East Market Street, Akron, OH, 44308
ARTPRIZE LIVES!
ArtPrize in the BOX is an all-media show with 70 works of art by 45 artists. Meet the artists at the opening reception on Friday, Sept. 13 from 5-8 p.m. ArtPrize is organized by the Artists of Rubber City.

Juror John Sokol will select first, second and third prize winners and the public will select a people’s choice award. Awards will be announced on Saturday, Oct. 5.
NEW EXTENDED HOURS at The BOX
Extended hours: Thurs/Fri, 12-7 p.m., Sat, 12-5 p.m., 3rd Thursday (Sept. 19, 4-7 p.m.) and the Akron Artwalk (Oct. 5, 5-9 p.m.)
Artists of Rubber City (AoRC), is a visual arts nonprofit with the mission to advocate for contemporary artists and Ohio art. We promote the appreciation and ownership of art created by contemporary artists as one facet of the rich culture to be found in Northeast Ohio.

Our membership includes painters, photographers, printmakers, fiber artists, potters, ceramicists, glass artists, mixed-media artists, graphic artists, sculptors, jewelers and some who aren’t artists at all; they just love and support the visual arts. This rich mixture of talent and interests keeps AoRC lively and interesting.
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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 BUILDING.
HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE.
ELEVATOR AVAILABLE.
See the Summit Artspace exhibit calendar for directions.
Plan your visit by clicking here.
Have questions? Here is our Frequently Asked Questions page.

CENTURIES OF CYCLING, Perpetuating the Passion of Collecting Vintage Bicycles
2019-10-05 12:00 - 21:00, 2019-10-04 12:00 - 19:00, 2019-10-03 12:00 - 19:00, 2019-09-28 12:00 - 17:00, 2019-09-27 12:00 - 19:00 | Summit Artspace on East Market, 140 East Market Street, Akron, OH, 44308
Summit Artspace is pleased to present Centuries of Cycling, Perpetuating the Passion of Collecting Vintage Bicycles, a collection of 10 vintage bicycles from collector Matt Barry. With the oldest dating to the Civil War era, these bikes represent the artistic achievement of human-powered transportation.
Centuries of Cycling will be displayed on the third floor of Summit Artspace until Oct. 5, 2019. An opening reception is set for Saturday, Sept. 7, 5-9 p.m.
Barry’s interest in vintage bicycles started decades ago, after rescuing an old, rusty bike from a landfill.
Over time, he came to realize he had a unique shifting configuration, perhaps the only one still in existence. With that, his passion for preserving the history of pedal-power was born.
The goal of this exhibit is to interest the next generation in the past, as well as promoting bicycling as a sustainable transportation alternative.
The exhibit will run concurrently with an exhibit of photographs by local artist Tim Fitzwater, Just Ride.
Admission to the show is free and open to the public.
EXHIBIT HOURS Centuries of Cycling
Through Oct. 5, the show is open weekly Thursday and Friday, 12-7 p.m, Saturday, 12-5 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. Also open for Artwalk on Sept. 7 and Oct. 5, 5-9 p.m., and 3rd Thursday, 4-7 p.m. on Sept. 19.

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 BUILDING.
HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE.
ELEVATOR AVAILABLE.
See the Summit Artspace exhibit calendar for directions.
Plan your visit by clicking here.
Have questions? Here is our Frequently Asked Questions page.

Just Ride photo show rolls into Summit Artspace Sept. 7-Oct. 5
2019-10-05 12:00 - 21:00, 2019-10-04 12:00 - 19:00, 2019-10-03 12:00 - 19:00, 2019-09-28 12:00 - 17:00 | Summit Artspace on East Market, 140 East Market Street, Akron, OH, 44308
Just Ride photo show documents Tim Fitzwater’s passion for cycling and the bike enthusiasts he comes across in his travels. Just Ride opens Saturday, Sept. 7, with a reception with Fitzwater from 5-9 p.m. The photos will be on display until Oct. 5, 2019.
Fitzwater is a commercial photographer based at his studio in Cuyahoga Falls. After a decade of spending his summers working on a farm and the winters honing his photography skills, he became a full-time photographer six years ago.
At his day job he shoots portraits, products and events but still makes plenty of time for his other photographic interests – such as shooting with his extensive collection of vintage film cameras as well as his travels, cycling, landscapes and architectural work.

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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 BUILDING.
HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE.
ELEVATOR AVAILABLE.
See the Summit Artspace exhibit calendar for directions.
Plan your visit by clicking here.
Have questions? Here is our Frequently Asked Questions page.

Art that beautifies everyday spaces in Function and Form show
2019-10-05 12:00 - 21:00, 2019-10-04 12:00 - 19:00 | Summit Artspace on East Market, 140 East Market Street, Akron, OH, 44308
Function gives form to the pieces chosen for the new show at Summit Artspace on East Market but artistry breathes life into places for resting, small beacons of light, lovely machines to count hours, ornaments to adorn, artful vessels and more.
Function and Form, Artful Approaches to Everyday Living Juried Art Exhibition, which runs until Oct. 5, is free and open to the public. It will feature 45 pieces by 36 local artists. See the winners here.
The first-of-its-kind exhibition boasts designs in multiple mediums that combine creative approaches to the intersection of art and function, resulting in art that enhances living spaces and satisfies a human need for beautiful surroundings.
The Function and Form exhibit is juried by local interior designer and community activist Karen Starr, co-owner of Hazel Tree Design Studio in downtown Akron.
FUNCTION AND FORM Juror Karen Starr
Juror Karen Starr is known throughout Akron as a fierce advocate for local artists and is a patron, collaborator and talented designer and artist. Her career in interior design began under the tutelage of nationally recognized residential designer, Joel Wolfgang, learning the industry standards and honing her natural eye for composition and balance.
In 2009, she opened Karen Starr Redesign, where she focused on one of her deepest passions: sustainability. Her redesign work was rooted in the principles of rethinking a client’s space with local, sustainable design approaches and maximizing what they already owned and loved. This kind of creative resourcefulness helped Starr build a cache of local artisans and manufacturers who can create beautiful and functional pieces either from sustainable materials or by modifying an existing object into a new use, principles that continue today.
Hazel Tree Design Studio was established in 2010 by Starr and her husband, Jon Haidet, combining Starr’s interior design business with her husband’s picture framing company for a one-stop shop of creative ideas for transforming spaces through art and design.
Starr’s passion for design is matched only by her love of the Akron community, in all its quirky awesomeness. She is a co-founder of GAINS: The Greater Akron Innovation Network for Sustainability, Free Akron Outdoor Movies, and the Highland Square PorchRokr Festival. She works within her home and work neighborhood of West Hill, doing projects whenever possible with West Hill CDC and neighborhood businesses, groups and residents.
Because of her civic activism, Starr and the Hazel Tree team were recently asked by Akron Civic Commons to redesign and lead the Lock2 project, turning an underutilized outdoor park into an intimate place for conversations and gathering. In 2018, the Hazel Tree team is at it again, as they reimagine the park spaces at Park East, another Akron Civic Commons project along the Towpath/Ohio and Erie Canal, and the new home of Bounce Innovation Hub in the 150-year-old former BF Goodrich tire plant and transforming it into a modern, exciting and functional facility for not just entrepreneurs, but the Akron community.
EXHIBIT HOURS FOR FUNCTION AND FORM
Summit Artspace is open weekly on Thursday and Friday, 12-7 p.m., and Saturday, 12-5 p.m., for visitors to check out galleries and artist studios. Additional hours include 3rd Thursday, Sept. 19, 4-7 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 5 for Artwalk, 5-9 p.m.
_____________________________________________________________________________
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 BUILDING.
HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE.
ELEVATOR AVAILABLE.
See the Summit Artspace exhibit calendar for directions.
Plan your visit by clicking here.
Have questions? Here is our Frequently Asked Questions page.

PORTALS Photo Show at Summit Artspace on Tusc through Nov. 16
2019-10-05 12:00 - 17:00, 2019-10-04 17:00 - 20:00 | Summit Artspace on Tusc, 571 West Tuscarawas Avenue, Barberton, OH, 44203, US
COME ON IN THROUGH THE NEW PORTALS PHOTO SHOW AT SUMMIT ARTSPACE ON TUSC
Step into the first juried art exhibit at Summit Artspace on Tusc with PORTALS, a show that allows you to imagine your escape from this world or your entrance into new dimensions.
The show, which runs until Nov. 16, is free and open to the public. It will feature 39 pieces by 24 local artist photographers. See the winners here.
PORTALS IS FIRST JURIED SHOW AT TUSC GALLERY
This is the first juried exhibit that Summit Artspace has mounted at its Barberton location and will open during an important community event.
“With the community support and enjoyment of our Tusc gallery and artist studios, we are excited to take this step and open a juried show in Barberton,” said Kamelia Fisher, executive director of Summit Artspace, which also has a downtown Akron location.
A portal is a way into, out of, or between places, people or things. It can be a doorway, a gate, a knothole, a tunnel, a tear in fabric, a window and an incision. These are all portals, both literally and metaphorically, that frame, isolate, reveal or add a new dimension to the image.
PORTALS connects the viewer with photographs that use these devices and others to create arresting and thought-provoking images.
ABOUT PORTALS JUROR
Photographer Don Parsisson of West Akron is the juror. In 2017, Parsisson curated a successful photo show at Summit Artspace on East Market called PHOTOGRAPHY NOW: The Art of Seeing and its unique accompanying show, In an Instant, an outstanding show of instant film works from local photographers.
Parsisson has a gallery/studio, fōtō – a tiny gallery of photography, at Summit Artspace on East Market that is open to the public during gallery hours.
ARTIST PHOTOGRAPHER PANEL DISCUSSION NOV. 9
The artist photographers will gather for a panel discussion with the juror on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2-3 p.m., to talk about the theme and photography. The event is free and open to the public.
Please reserve a seat at https://bit.ly/2mAXMMJ. Visit the show before the panel. Doors open at noon.
GALLERY HOURS
Summit Artspace on Tusc is open weekly Friday, 5-8 p.m., and Saturday, 12-5 p.m., for visitors to check out gallery and artist studios.
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.
HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE.
ELEVATOR AVAILABLE.
See the Summit Artspace exhibit calendar for directions.
Plan your visit by clicking here.
Have questions? Here is our Frequently Asked Questions page.

Altered States by Gail Marshall Taber runs Sept. 7-Oct.19
2019-10-04 12:00 - 19:00 | Summit Artspace on East Market, 140 East Market Street, Akron, OH, 44308

Artist Discussion Panel for Function and Form show
2019-10-03 19:00 - 20:00 | Summit Artspace on East Market, 140 East Market Street, Akron, OH, 44308
Function gives form to the pieces chosen for the new show at Summit Artspace on East Market but artistry breathes life into places for resting, small beacons of light, lovely machines to count hours, ornaments to adorn, artful vessels and more. See the winners here.
The first-of-its-kind exhibition boasts designs in multiple mediums that combine creative approaches to the intersection of art and function, resulting in art that enhances living spaces and satisfies a human need for beautiful surroundings. The Function and Form show, which runs until Oct. 5, is free and open to the public. It will feature 45 pieces by 36 local artists.
The Function and Form exhibit is juried by local interior designer and community activist Karen Starr, co-owner of Hazel Tree Design Studio in downtown Akron.
FUNCTION AND FORM ARTIST PANEL DISCUSSION
Hear the artists and juror talk about their passion for making a more beautiful world on Thursday, Oct. 3, 7 p.m., in the main Summit Artspace on East Market gallery. Visit the show before the panel; the gallery opens at noon. Please reserve your seat at https://bit.ly/2Tas70v.
Juror Karen Starr is known throughout Akron as a fierce advocate for local artists and is a patron, collaborator and talented designer and artist. Her career in interior design began under the tutelage of nationally recognized residential designer, Joel Wolfgang, learning the industry standards and honing her natural eye for composition and balance.
In 2009, she opened Karen Starr Redesign, where she focused on one of her deepest passions: sustainability. Her redesign work was rooted in the principles of rethinking a client’s space with local, sustainable design approaches and maximizing what they already owned and loved. This kind of creative resourcefulness helped Starr build a cache of local artisans and manufacturers who can create beautiful and functional pieces either from sustainable materials or by modifying an existing object into a new use, principles that continue today.
Hazel Tree Design Studio was established in 2010 by Starr and her husband, Jon Haidet, combining Starr’s interior design business with her husband’s picture framing company for a one-stop shop of creative ideas for transforming spaces through art and design.
Starr’s passion for design is matched only by her love of the Akron community, in all its quirky awesomeness. She is a co-founder of GAINS: The Greater Akron Innovation Network for Sustainability, Free Akron Outdoor Movies, and the Highland Square PorchRokr Festival. She works within her home and work neighborhood of West Hill, doing projects whenever possible with West Hill CDC and neighborhood businesses, groups and residents.
Because of her civic activism, Starr and the Hazel Tree team were recently asked by Akron Civic Commons to redesign and lead the Lock2 project, turning an underutilized outdoor park into an intimate place for conversations and gathering. In 2018, the Hazel Tree team is at it again, as they reimagine the park spaces at Park East, another Akron Civic Commons project along the Towpath/Ohio and Erie Canal, and the new home of Bounce Innovation Hub in the 150-year-old former BF Goodrich tire plant and transforming it into a modern, exciting and functional facility for not just entrepreneurs, but the Akron community.
EXHIBIT HOURS FOR FUNCTION AND FORM
Summit Artspace is open weekly on Thursday and Friday, 12-7 p.m., and Saturday, 12-5 p.m., for visitors to check out galleries and artist studios. Additional hours include 3rd Thursday, Sept. 19, 4-7 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 5 for Artwalk, 5-9 p.m.
_____________________________________________________________________________
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 BUILDING.
HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE.
ELEVATOR AVAILABLE.
See the Summit Artspace exhibit calendar for directions.
Plan your visit by clicking here.
Have questions? Here is our Frequently Asked Questions page.

Art that beautifies everyday spaces in Function and Form show
2019-10-03 12:00 - 19:00, 2019-09-28 12:00 - 17:00 | Summit Artspace on East Market, 140 East Market Street, Akron, OH, 44308
Function gives form to the pieces chosen for the new show at Summit Artspace on East Market but artistry breathes life into places for resting, small beacons of light, lovely machines to count hours, ornaments to adorn, artful vessels and more.
Function and Form, Artful Approaches to Everyday Living Juried Art Exhibition, which runs until Oct. 5, is free and open to the public. It will feature 45 pieces by 36 local artists. See the winners here.
The first-of-its-kind exhibition boasts designs in multiple mediums that combine creative approaches to the intersection of art and function, resulting in art that enhances living spaces and satisfies a human need for beautiful surroundings.
The Function and Form exhibit is juried by local interior designer and community activist Karen Starr, co-owner of Hazel Tree Design Studio in downtown Akron.
FUNCTION AND FORM ARTIST PANEL DISCUSSION
Hear the artists and juror talk about their passion for making a more beautiful world on Thursday, Oct. 3, 7 p.m., in the main Summit Artspace on East Market gallery. Visit the show before the panel; the gallery opens at noon. Please reserve your seat at https://bit.ly/2Tas70v.
Juror Karen Starr is known throughout Akron as a fierce advocate for local artists and is a patron, collaborator and talented designer and artist. Her career in interior design began under the tutelage of nationally recognized residential designer, Joel Wolfgang, learning the industry standards and honing her natural eye for composition and balance.
In 2009, she opened Karen Starr Redesign, where she focused on one of her deepest passions: sustainability. Her redesign work was rooted in the principles of rethinking a client’s space with local, sustainable design approaches and maximizing what they already owned and loved. This kind of creative resourcefulness helped Starr build a cache of local artisans and manufacturers who can create beautiful and functional pieces either from sustainable materials or by modifying an existing object into a new use, principles that continue today.
Hazel Tree Design Studio was established in 2010 by Starr and her husband, Jon Haidet, combining Starr’s interior design business with her husband’s picture framing company for a one-stop shop of creative ideas for transforming spaces through art and design.
Starr’s passion for design is matched only by her love of the Akron community, in all its quirky awesomeness. She is a co-founder of GAINS: The Greater Akron Innovation Network for Sustainability, Free Akron Outdoor Movies, and the Highland Square PorchRokr Festival. She works within her home and work neighborhood of West Hill, doing projects whenever possible with West Hill CDC and neighborhood businesses, groups and residents.
Because of her civic activism, Starr and the Hazel Tree team were recently asked by Akron Civic Commons to redesign and lead the Lock2 project, turning an underutilized outdoor park into an intimate place for conversations and gathering. In 2018, the Hazel Tree team is at it again, as they reimagine the park spaces at Park East, another Akron Civic Commons project along the Towpath/Ohio and Erie Canal, and the new home of Bounce Innovation Hub in the 150-year-old former BF Goodrich tire plant and transforming it into a modern, exciting and functional facility for not just entrepreneurs, but the Akron community.
EXHIBIT HOURS FOR FUNCTION AND FORM
Summit Artspace is open weekly on Thursday and Friday, 12-7 p.m., and Saturday, 12-5 p.m., for visitors to check out galleries and artist studios. Additional hours include 3rd Thursday, Sept. 19, 4-7 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 5 for Artwalk, 5-9 p.m.
_____________________________________________________________________________
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 BUILDING.
HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE.
ELEVATOR AVAILABLE.
See the Summit Artspace exhibit calendar for directions.
Plan your visit by clicking here.
Have questions? Here is our Frequently Asked Questions page.

OPENING EVENT! PORTALS Photo Show at Summit Artspace on Tusc through Nov. 16
2019-09-28 12:00 - 17:00 | Summit Artspace on Tusc, 571 West Tuscarawas Avenue, Barberton, OH, 44203, US
COME ON IN THROUGH THE NEW PORTALS PHOTO SHOW AT SUMMIT ARTSPACE ON TUSC
Step into the first juried art exhibit at Summit Artspace on Tusc with PORTALS, opening Saturday, Sept. 28, 12-5 p.m., during the Mum Festival in Barberton.
There will be a free reception with the artists and juror during the opening in the main gallery located at 571 W. Tuscarawas Ave., Barberton. Winners will be announced at 3 p.m. The show, which runs until Nov. 16, is free and open to the public. It will feature 39 pieces by 24 local artist photographers.
PORTALS IS FIRST JURIED SHOW AT TUSC GALLERY
This is the first juried exhibit that Summit Artspace has mounted at its Barberton location and will open during an important community event.
“With the community support and enjoyment of our Tusc gallery and artist studios, we are excited to take this step and open a juried show in Barberton,” said Kamelia Fisher, executive director of Summit Artspace, which also has a downtown Akron location.
A portal is a way into, out of, or between places, people or things. It can be a doorway, a gate, a knothole, a tunnel, a tear in fabric, a window and an incision. These are all portals, both literally and metaphorically, that frame, isolate, reveal or add a new dimension to the image.
PORTALS connects the viewer with photographs that use these devices and others to create arresting and thought-provoking images.
ABOUT PORTALS JUROR
Photographer Don Parsisson of West Akron is the juror. In 2017, Parsisson curated a successful photo show at Summit Artspace on East Market called PHOTOGRAPHY NOW: The Art of Seeing and its unique accompanying show, In an Instant, an outstanding show of instant film works from local photographers.
Parsisson has a gallery/studio, fōtō – a tiny gallery of photography, at Summit Artspace on East Market that is open to the public during gallery hours.
ARTIST PHOTOGRAPHER PANEL DISCUSSION NOV. 9
The artist photographers will gather for a panel discussion with the juror on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2-3 p.m., to talk about the theme and photography. The event is free and open to the public.
Please reserve a seat at https://bit.ly/2mAXMMJ. Visit the show before the panel. Doors open at noon.
GALLERY HOURS
Summit Artspace on Tusc is open weekly Friday, 5-8 p.m., and Saturday, 12-5 p.m., for visitors to check out gallery and artist studios.
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.
HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE.
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See the Summit Artspace exhibit calendar for directions.
Plan your visit by clicking here.
Have questions? Here is our Frequently Asked Questions page.
