Spring Exhibitions Opening Night!

Name: Spring Exhibitions Opening Night!
Start: 2025-04-11T17:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-04-11T20:00:00-04:00
Location: 140 E Market St, Akron, OH, United States, Ohio 44308

Schedule

Fri Apr 11 2025 at 05:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

140 E Market St, Akron, OH, United States, Ohio 44308 | Akron, OH

Spring Exhibitions open at Summit Artspace on April 11 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Opening night will showcase an incredible group of local artists in the galleries throughout all three floors of the historic Akron building. The event provides an opportunity to meet exhibiting artists, hear their stories, and engage with the community. The awards for the Artists of Rubber City exhibition, juried by artist and arts educator Stephen Tornero, will be announced at 6:00 p.m. in the Forum Gallery on the second floor.

Betty and Howard Taylor Main Gallery
"The Bottom of Reality" | Michael Marras

"The Bottom of Reality" continues narratives that run through Michael Marras’ sculptural artworks, including “Voyages of the Drum Heller,” a tale about a vessel of records that catalogs and collects items, journeying across space and time. The ship represents his process of storytelling through sculpture composed of collected objects from Akron’s decaying industrial giants. The works are created from reclaimed steel juxtaposed with computer-generated laser-cut parts, combining old and new technologies.
“This is going to be a fun show for myself and Summit Artspace guests,” notes Marras. “I have a lot of new processes I will be working with. A majority of the sculptures were created this past year." Marras is an Akron-based artist best known for his large-scale public artworks —including the recently completed 20-foot sculpture on The University of Akron’s campus—and his anthropomorphic and fantastical figures created from found metal, which have been featured in acclaimed exhibitions like Art Basel Miami.

Welcome Gallery
"Congressional Art Competition"
Each year, the Office of Congresswoman Emilia Sykes organizes an annual exhibition for high school students in the 13th U.S. Congressional District. The show provides an opportunity for young artists to showcase their creativity and talent on a national stage as the prestigious competition highlights the artistic talents of students across the country. The winning artwork will be displayed for one year in the U.S. Capitol.

Intersections Gallery
"Impressions & Expressions" | Artists of Group Ten
The Artists of Group Ten is a consortium of experienced visual artists at the apex of their careers. Individually, their work has appeared in hundreds of regional, national, and international exhibitions, and been recognized with countless awards. Collectively they have exhibited in dozens of shows. The group represents a wide range of visual expressions and much of their work is inspired by themes and subject matter within the Northeast Ohio region where they reside.

Forum Gallery
"Artists of Rubber City Juried Exhibition"
Artists of Rubber City hosts its traditional juried show of adult artists from Summit and neighboring counties. The show is juried by Stephen Tornero, a local artist and arts educator. This exhibition is a terrific collection of some of the best artists in the area. Awards will be announced in the gallery starting at 6:00 p.m.

Horizon Gallery
"New Chapter" | Janoi Daley

Artworks set in a fluorescent, liminal environment create an immersive exploration of an imagined world beyond our own in which each work exists as a suspended moment. Through her paintings, Janoi Daley navigates themes of identity and cultural dislocation, threading together narratives of migration, colonialism, survival and the bliss within that. The exhibition underlines how Black bodies are perceived and treated in predominantly white societies, while celebrating the complexities of their existence. Daley was selected by jurors as the 4th BIPOC artist to receive a funded solo exhibition at Summit Artspace to create a new body of work.

The BOX Gallery
"Quadrant I" | Josh Cheftiz
Resident organization Artists of Rubber City presents a multimedia art exhibition by Josh Cheftiz from April 11–May 3, in The Box Gallery located on Summit Artspace’s third floor. Photographs from resident artist and photographer, Bradley Hart, will be on view May 16 – June 14, 2025.