Summer Exhibitions Opening Night

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Friday, Jul 12, 2024 5pm - 8pm

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Join us for an unforgettable evening as Summit Artspace presents the Summer Exhibitions Opening Night on Friday, July 12, from 5-8 p.m. Explore a diverse array of artwork from local and internationally renowned artists across five galleries in our historic Akron building. Women's Art League of Akron awards will be announced at 6:30 p.m. in the Intersections Gallery.

Summer Exhibitions will be on view Fridays 12 p.m.-7 p.m. and Saturdays 11 a.m.- 5 p.m. through September 14.

Featured Exhibitions:

✦ Persistence of Vision | Kasumi
In partnership with Collective Arts Network
Experience a retrospective of artworks from internationally acclaimed artist Kasumi, showcasing a wide range of media including collage, printmaking, painting, installation, and digital videos. Kasumi's work draws on 60s-era film and Japanese popular culture to explore cultural norms through repetition and patterns.

✦ Overdose Awareness Exhibition
In partnership with Summit County Public Health
This powerful exhibition honors Overdose Awareness Day on August 31, featuring works by artists from Summit and neighboring counties. The pieces explore personal experiences with overdose and addiction, commemorate lost loved ones, and serve as a call to end the stigma around overdose.✦ Women’s Art League Member Exhibition
Explore the creative works of the Women’s Art League of Akron, a group with over 90 years of history in advancing the arts and serving the community. The exhibition showcases a variety of media and innovative artistic approaches.

✦ Diagrams for Inner Space | Steven Mastroianni
Dive into an immersive world of large-scale photograms and drawings that blend symbols, surrealism, and abstraction. Mastroianni's works evoke mysterious maps and otherworldly landscapes, creating a dream-like atmosphere.

✦ Stitched Editions: Walking Through the Sacred Garden | Melih Meric
This exhibition challenges traditional printmaking by incorporating generative patternmaking and Middle Eastern imagery. Meric's prints address themes of excessiveness, repetition, and identity, drawing parallels between artistic hierarchies and contemporary systems of oppression.

Resident organization Artists of Rubber City presents The BOX Gallery Exhibitions:

✦A Phoenix First Must Burn | Tamara Jaeger
On view July 5-27
Explore paper mosaics and discarded transformations featuring wildlife.

✦Come Closer | Care Hanson
On view August 2-24
Discover abstract acrylic and mixed media works.

✦Dain Bramage | Blake Newhem Valenzuela
On view August 30-September 14
Experience collage, paper, and mixed media creations.