The new year brings several new projects and exhibitions to the Akron Art Museum. While the museum hopes to reopen safely in the near future, staff members have been working hard to provide engaging content to be enjoyed both inside and outside the museum. The newest project, InterPlay: Art Play for All, is an augmented reality (AR) experience that enables […]
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It has been almost a year since our world changed, and the way we do business at BAYarts changed with it. This milestone seems like a good time to reflect on what we have learned as an organization and to share how we will continue to support artists and our community as we move forward with our Annual Juried Exhibition […]
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With a year as trying as 2020 under our belt, we’ve been taking some time to reflect on our accomplishments—all of which wouldn’t have been possible without our team of professionals working behind the scenes. Richard Moore, president and owner of the Bonfoey Gallery, has been in the leadership role for over fifty years. His experience extends across the fields […]
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Five and a half miles due east from downtown Warren, Ohio, in the heart of Howland Township, sits the Medici Museum, which is completely singular on account of its current exhibition and how it got there. Norman Rockwell: American Scouting Collection includes no less than 65 original Rockwell oil paintings that the revered American artist and illustrator created for […]
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It’s a question just about everyone faces at some point in elementary school: Who are your heroes? But if that makes it sound simple, odds are you haven’t had to think very much about who inspires you, or who to look to as a role model. Deep Roots Experience opened Who Are Your Heroes February 20. Curators David Ramsey and […]
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The perception of value has been at the heart of Dale Goode’s artistic practice in recent years. That has been manifest in sculptural works made of scavenged material, often covered in fabric, spray painted metallic gold. It was an interesting point to make during the FRONT Triennial in 2018, when he presented a cube of compacted aluminum cans, covered in […]
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A conversation between Deep Roots Experience gallery owner David Ramsey and artist Mr. Soul, about curating the culture and creating opportunity Mr. Soul: One time for being curators of culture! Two times for being blessed with abundant talent and passion! How’s it going? David Ramsey: I’m well! Preparing for the coming year, watching the changes to the country in wake […]
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Several works by Quinn Alexandria Hunter are on view at Praxis Fiber Workshop until February 28 as part of the powerful exhibition “I Hear You Now, I See You Then”. A sculptor and performance artist from North Carolina, Hunter recently completed her MFA work at Ohio University. Primarily she works with hair as a medium, which she uses to recreate […]
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The effort to get additional public money to support the arts in Cuyahoga County is a lesson in taking what you can get. That’s been true from the beginning, but the current push to extend the cigarette tax beyond just cigarettes makes the point all over again. Counties seeking authority to tax for a specific purpose have to get permission […]
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Paintings can foreshorten and remake experience, transcribing in a directly sensual, primal tongue. This ambitious undertaking is often bitter and disappointing — but pocked with thrilling episodes. It’s a search for the kind of truth that immediacy conveys, a body-to-body, first person narrative approach to communication. Either there’s no room for error, or (more likely) the error is all the […]
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