ArtsNow recently spoke with the owners of three local art spaces, all owned and operated by women of color.
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October 2021 marked the city’s first annual Latin American Festival. Meet Rita Aggerwal, co-director of Proyecto RAICES, who helped to organize the festival designed to celebrate and connect neighbors to Latin American culture in Akron.
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QuTheatr is a multigenerational initiative to foster relationships and produce theatre created by and meant for LGBTQIA+ people.
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Under the leadership of the County of Summit and Direction Home Akron Canton Area Agency on Aging & Disabilities, Summit County is undergoing an effort to become an Age-Friendly community- and the cultural plan and YOU have a role to play.
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Meet Francine Parr, Artistic Director of The Millennial Theatre Project.
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Local storytellers and Akronites EbaNee Bond, RaJohn Butler, Joy Gadson, Charlee Harris, Ebony Hill, Dominic Moore-Dunson, and John Smith participated in the Akron Podcast Lab, a four-month workshop learning the art of podcasting.
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Since 2019, the women-led Summit Suffrage Centennial Committee has been working to realize the Sojourner Truth Project-Akron.
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With guidance from diversity, equity, inclusion, and access (DEIA) leader Dr. Marlon Moore and support from ArtsNow, Summit County now has an arts and culture DEIA advisory committee with stakeholders from across sectors.
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Launched in February 2021, The Akron Black Artist Guild formed as a means to convene Black artists and offer them resources, connections, and a path to mobilize.
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On Thursday, April 8th 2021, ArtsNow, Akron Civic Commons, Akron Zoo, Black Artist Guild, Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition, The University of Akron, the Sojourner Truth Statue Committee, Conservancy for the CVNP, and Summit County Historical Society hosted Paul M. Farber PhD, Director of Monument Lab.
Say It Loud Akron is a multi-disciplinary, multi-platform vehicle that shares community voices around the issue of systemic racism.
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In the spring of 2021, Patterson Park Community Center launched open mic night every Friday evening from 6-7:30pm. The Community Center is creating a space for poets and spoken-word artists to come together, share readings, and create community.
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ReelAbilities Film Festival is the largest festival in the US dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories, and artistic expressions of people with different disabilities through award-winning films by and about people with disabilities
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In honor of Sojourner Truth, and in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, a committee of local Summit County women are raising funds to commission local artist Woodrow Nash to create a statue.
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