Intake of Breath: Massillon Museum’s 2022 CAN Triennial Winner, Maxmillian Peralta

When the room has emptied, when the breath lets go, when the wire pulls taut, when the light keeps shining: places without people still tell stories we can hear. Maxmillian Peralta reveals his new work—a significant departure from his earlier, court-painting-inspired portraiture—in Flat Affect, on view at the Massillon Museum’s Studio M Gallery, June 21 through August 3. Peralta received […]

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Awaken in the Garden, My Love: Davon Brantley at the Massillon Museum

In his solo exhibition at the Massillon Museum, Awaken in the Garden My Love, Davon Brantley extends us an invitation to step into the darkest corners of the mind. Through vulnerable subject matter, we witness as the artist battles his innermost thoughts. Brantley utilizes self-portraiture and psychology to unleash the ugliest parts of human nature, connecting them to the seven […]

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Alex Vlasov: I Promise to Make a Fabulous PTG Tomorrow

Especially for young artists, a solo exhibit often provides a window into what is going on in the artist’s life.  Alex Vlasov’s I Promise to Make a Fabulous PTG Tomorrow—on view in the Massillon Museum’s Studio M Gallery—is one of those.  Indeed, it is inescapably a student show, and not just because the artist describes himself in a biographical statement […]

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Nature Configurations: The Drawings of Sandra Benny At the Massillon Museum

Inspired by nature, feather collector and internationally renowned artist Sandra Benny is exhibiting her drawings at the Massillon Museum this fall. Her rhythmic still lifes are composed of purposefully placed feathers, flowers, petals, and stems. Etched in richly hued layers of colored pencil, focus is shown on the distinctive qualities of each artifact. “Individual feathers are very intriguing to me. […]

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Eileen Dorsey and Charles Basham Present Recent Landscapes at Massillon Museum

There’s a wonderful article in ArtNet—“Back to School: 10 Famous Art Professors We Wish We Had as Teachers in College”—that speaks of the ability of some professors to take the banal and turn it such a way that captivates and challenges their students. In some respects, professors can change an artist’s life. Such is the case with Eileen Dorsey and […]

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Dawn Tekler: Mental Structures

Dawn Tekler paints scenes from along the coastline of Northeast Ohio, showcasing both its natural beauty and the raw workings of the steel industry that collectively tell the story of the region. Though Tekler is inspired by these places, her paintings are not realist—she is not depicting any given place exactly. Better dubbed “urban impressionism,” she is portraying color and […]

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