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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Recently made a federal holiday, Juneteenth, sometimes referred to as Freedom Day, is the celebration of the ending of slavery, in the United States. This year in commemoration, there were various events held throughout Akron.
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“When we were designing our new EY US office space, we had a vision of inclusive art and an intentional goal to elevate Black entrepreneurs in our community,” said Whitt Butler, EY Akron Managing Partner and US-Central Consulting Managing Partner. “We were able to achieve this through the connection of business and arts by collaborating with ArtsNow during the design process.”
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To spotlight the incredible talent of tattoo artists in Summit County, ArstNow curated a three-part blog series dubbed “Skin Art.”
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To spotlight Summit County artists who create beautiful and functional items for the home, ArstNow curated a three-part blog series dubbed “Home is Where the Heart is.”
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AkronArts is a new wide-ranging initiative that looks to better connect some of the university's arts offerings with the city.
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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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Alto saxophonist Joshua Tuttle and clarinetist Amer Hasan won Tuesday Musical’s 2021 Scholarship Winners Concert on May 16.
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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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An arts administration policy class offered by the University of Akron in 2019 provided a significant moment for students to have a hand in shaping policy.
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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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The local arts community is well-positioned to tackle the challenge of re-creating its creative community as it comes out of the pandemic, according to Heather Meeker, executive director of Summit Artspace.
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In a 2019 arts-education collaboration between the Summit Education Initiative, First Serve, ArtsNow, and several talented interns from the University of Akron’s EXL Center—learning landscapes on sidewalks and playgrounds throughout the North Hill neighborhood came to life opening up a world of opportunities.
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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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The “Aging is an Art Form” program was born out of the vision that art can transcend our differences—including age. According to Matt Reed, senior vice president of communications and administration for Direction Home, though they had to pivot during the pandemic and offer virtual classes, the benefits of art therapy—especially for older adults who need stress relief—are immeasurable.
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By Guest Blogger Alicia M. Hopkins
Art has the power to tell stories, change perspectives, and help unite communities on various causes and issues. We can use art to engage people in dialogue about a particular cause or idea that is important to us or others in our community.
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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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