Summit Artspace

Out of My Mind, The Art of Judy Gaiser, Nov. 2-Dec. 21
2019-11-02 17:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Summit Artspace, 140 East Market Street, Akron, OH, 44308, US
JUDY GAISER’S AUDACIOUS ART IN WELCOME GALLERY
Bold and audacious and electric describes the art of Judy Gaiser of Kent in her show, Out of My Mind. She catches moments–the second before the ball break on the billiard table, the drum downbeat, the sexy stilletos of the bridesmaids waiting on the sidewalk outside the church….
Judy opens a one-woman show at Summit Artspace on East Market in the Welcome Gallery on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019, during Artwalk, 5-9 p.m. Her show is free and open to the public. It runs until Dec. 21
Judy is a product of the Cleveland, Ohio art scene. She grew up in the area, and as a youth took part in the Cleveland Museum gifted school program. She has a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Capital University and a Masters of Studio Arts from Case Western Reserve through the Cleveland Institute of Art.
ACCOMPLISHED AREA ARTIST
Judith works from imagination, memory and life in a variety of media. Line, color, energy and message are of upmost importance in each of her works. Creativity is the mental escape of her choice and joy. She has exhibited in shows across Ohio, including exhibits at the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Butler Institute of American Art, the Canton Art Institute and the Massillon Museum of Art. She is regular contributor to shows at Summit Artspace.
BELOVED ART TEACHER IN THE NEO
She was an art teacher for several decades in Northeast Ohio, the Columbus area and Portland, OR. She has won several awards for outstanding teaching. Judy is also a freelance illustrator and painter, with several books to her credit.
She is a member of the Akron Society of Artists and the Group Ten Gallery in Kent.
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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Enter Poe's Garden of mystery at Summit Artspace on East Market
2019-11-02 12:00 - 21:00, 2019-11-01 12:00 - 19:00, 2019-10-31 12:00 - 19:00, 2019-10-26 12:00 - 17:00, 2019-10-25 12:00 - 19:00, 2019-10-24 12:00 - 19:00 | Summit Artspace on East Market, 140 East Market Street, Akron, OH, 44308
Summit Artspace on East Market is channeling Edgar Allan Poe to bring mystery and Gothic fascination to a juried art exhibit and writing competition, Poe’s Garden, that will showcase local creatives and their love for the unearthly.
Poe’s Garden opens with a free reception with the visual artists and writers on Friday, Oct. 18, 5-8 p.m., in the main gallery at Summit Artspace on East Market, 140 East Market St., Akron. Winners of both the visual arts and the literary competitions will be announced at 7 p.m. There will be readings of the winning poetry and short stories after the announcement.
Poe’s Garden winners to be published!
The first-place artwork will be featured in the November issue of The Devil Strip, an Akron communications hub in print and online that connects neighborhoods and serves as a cultural guide to understanding the city and a springboard for contributing to civic life. The winner of the literary competition will be featured in The Devil Strip’s online edition.
The visual arts show, which runs until Nov. 9 in the main gallery, is free and open to the public. It will feature 45 pieces by 33 local artists.
About Edgar Allan
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe—his writings, his mystique, his life and his death—has inspired visual and literary work across the globe for over a century. Summit Artspace often sees the fascination among local artists with the mysterious, the unearthly, fantasy of the unknown and the distortion of the known.
Poe, 1809-1949, was an American writer, editor and literary critic. He is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre.*
Poe’s Garden will be a place where the deliberate, wide-ranging variety of visual and literary art will thrill, astonish, create dread and awaken and provoke the viewer with images, imagined worlds and artistic technique.
Poe’s Garden Artist & Writer PANEL DISCUSSIONS, Nov. 7
New at Summit Artspace will be a writers’ panel discussion as well as the usual artists’ panel during the exhibition, both on Thursday, Nov. 7. Panel participants are the artists with the winning submissions, both visual and literary. The writers’ panel will start at 6:30 p.m. followed by the artists’ panel at 7:30 p.m. They are free and open to the public. Visit the show before the event. The gallery opens at noon.
Please reserve your seat for the writers’ panel discussion at bit.ly/2nPQh4Z.
Reserve your seat for the visual artists’ panel at bit.ly/2nUmvf.
Our Juror and Judges
Christina Turner
Juror for the visual arts exhibition is Christina Turner of Akron. Her media are paintings, printing and drawing. Turner was graduated with honors from the University of Akron Myers School of Art and ran FORUM artspace in the 78th Street Studios complex in Cleveland from 2011-2015. She had written for the local arts blog Curatorial Collective and the CAN Journal. She currently serves on the board of directors for SPACES in Cleveland.
Heather Braun, Ph.D.
Heather Braun, Ph.D, associate professor of English at the University of Akron, leads the team of literary judges for Poe’s Garden. She teaches Romantic and Victorian literature, composition, literary theory and young adult literature. She is the author of The Rise and Fall of the Femme Fatale in British Literature, published in 2012. Braun has also worked with young writers in Summit Lake through the Reimagining the Civic Commons project, helping them showcase stories about where they live.
Also on the judges’ panel are:
Sandra Perlman
Sandra Perlman of Kent is an award-winning writer & teacher. More than a dozen of her plays have been produced from The Cleveland Play House to Kashmir, India. She is the recipient of three Ohio Arts Council grants and her work has been published by Dramatic Publishing, the Ohio Arts Council, Middle Tennessee Press and the Poets’ League of Greater Cleveland. She has taught at Case Western, Cleveland State and Kent State universities as well as working as a writer/producer/host for PBS Channels 45/49.
Brian Harrell
Brian Harrell is a faculty member at Northeast Ohio Medical University and the University of Akron. Brian’s research interests include medical and healthcare rhetoric, reflective practices, research writing and online pedagogy. Brian is an active member of several regional and national academic and medical associations participating on the board of trustees, academic committees, academic journal reviewing and conferences.
Abbey Bashor
Abbey Bashor is a marketing assistant at the National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) in Akron. She primarily supports marketing and PR efforts for the NIHF events and museum team, and also regularly contributes to the NIHF blog writing about inventors and innovation. Abbey graduated from the University of Akron is May 2019 with a degree in English and spent much of her time as an undergraduate leading the online magazine, Her Campus Akron.
GALLERY HOURS
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 Saturday, Nov. 2, 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.
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Connections/Intersections, Fall Show by Women's Art League of Akron
2019-11-02 12:00 - 21:00, 2019-11-01 12:00 - 19:00, 2019-10-31 12:00 - 19:00, 2019-10-26 12:00 - 17:00, 2019-10-25 12:00 - 19:00, 2019-10-24 12:00 - 19:00, 2019-10-19 12:00 - 17:00, 2019-10-18 12:00 - 19:00 and 2 more dates | 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.
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PORTALS Photo Show at Summit Artspace on Tusc through Nov. 16
2019-11-02 12:00 - 17:00, 2019-11-01 17:00 - 20:00, 2019-10-26 12:00 - 17:00, 2019-10-25 17:00 - 20:00, 2019-10-19 12:00 - 17:00, 2019-10-18 17:00 - 20:00, 2019-10-12 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, 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.
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Enter Poe's Garden of the mystery at Summit Artspace on East Market
2019-10-19 12:00 - 17:00 | Summit Artspace on East Market, 140 East Market Street, Akron, OH, 44308

Altered States by Gail Marshall Taber runs Sept. 7-Oct. 19
2019-10-19 12:00 - 17:00, 2019-10-18 12:00 - 19:00, 2019-10-17 12:00 - 19:00, 2019-10-12 12:00 - 17:00 | 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.
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OPENING NIGHT! Enter Poe's Garden of mystery at Summit Artspace on East Market
2019-10-18 17:00 - 20:00 | Summit Artspace on East Market, 140 East Market Street, Akron, OH, 44308
