“HOME” is a project rooted in the neighborhood of West Hill in Akron, OH and created by the Chameleon Village. The project was sparked by recent efforts by the West Hill Neighborhood Organization (WHNO) to expand the live/work zoning in the neighborhood.
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The City of Cuyahoga Falls is the recipient of a $50,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to help fund a public art installation along the Cuyahoga River. The artwork is intended to celebrate the history of the river.
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UA’s AkronArts plan is a bold initiative to embrace and enhance arts on our campus and in Greater Akron to enrich, empower, and enliven our community. We will reassess and advance existing programs, facilities, and relationships and create new ones.
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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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Join Curated Storefront on Thursday, May 27, at the Bowery Project’s crown jewel, the Landmark Building, as we peer into the wild, warped mind of renowned ceramist and prankster Clayton Bailey.
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After a year of planning and developing a Master Art Plan, the City of Cuyahoga Falls has launched a Public Art Board to lead the initiative for installing public art throughout the city.
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In this video- our second session, “When Art Works: Collaborating with nature + humans”, Stacy will explore how through embracing change and observing and mimicking the action of natural processes, art can begin to make real changes to the environment.
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Sculptor Stacy Levy collaborates with nature within the built environment to tell its ecological story and make it visible to all.
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In July of 2020, the City of Akron's City Council voted to approve the Plan for Public Art! This plan was one of ten priorities identified by the community as necessary to ensure public access and vibrancy across the city.
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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.
The Akron Civic Theatre celebrated the completion of its Staging the Future capital campaign with an announcement Friday, April 16th that the nonprofit has raised $9 million to transform the 1929 theater, exceeding its $8.5 million goal.
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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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As the second choreographic center of its kind in the country, NCCAkron often asks what does it mean to be a ‘national’ center that is neither in the physical center of the country nor the perceived center of the dance universe.
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