Guest Blogger: Ilenia Pezzanitiđź“·: Ilenia Pezzaniti At 5 p.m. on Friday, August 23, the sun in Park East set Lizzi Aronhalt’s finished mural ablaze, warming each bright acrylic color with an orange hue, working together to welcome neighborhood families out of their homes and into their community. “For me, the point of creating this mural […]
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ArtsNow Patron Spotlight: Edwin Hubbard, Jr.
Art audiences, supporters, and patrons are all vital to a healthy arts and culture sector. This blog series will highlight some of the people who make the arts work in Summit County. Today we hear from Edwin Hubbard, Jr. of the Akron Urban League. (Have somebody you want to nominate for the spotlight? Reach out […]
ArtsNow Patron Spotlight: Christel Silas
Art audiences, supporters, and patrons are all vital to a healthy arts and culture sector. This blog series will highlight some of the people who make the arts work in Summit County. Today we hear from Christel Silas. (Have somebody you want to nominate for the spotlight? Reach out to becky@ampstrategy.com.) You recently purchased your […]
From a Wardrobe’s Perspective
Twinsburg Community Theatre’s “Beauty and the Beast” Guest Blogger: Stacy Lee Link “Madame de la Grande Bouche” translated means “lady with the big mouth” meaning I was cast perfectly! I have a loud, rambunctious voice and the personality that goes along with it! Don’t be fooled though, this has only been my second show in […]
Mural Making Workshop
Guest writer: Ilenia Pezzanitiđź“·: Ilenia Pezzaniti On August 8, in conjunction with Mural Arts Philadelphia, ArtsNow held a mural making workshop at Bounce Innovation Hub as part of the Phase Two initiative of the Park East Project. The workshop specifically targeted how and why to work with parachute cloth, the same medium chosen for the […]
ArtsNow Patron Spotlight: Brenda Cummins
Art audiences, supporters, and patrons are all vital to a healthy arts and culture sector. This new blog series will highlight some of the people who make the arts work in Summit County. Today we hear from Brenda Cummins (Have somebody you want to nominate for the spotlight? Reach out to becky@ampstrategy.com.) What is your […]
ArtsNow Patron Spotlight: John Garofalo
Art audiences, supporters, and patrons are all vital to a healthy arts and culture sector. This new blog series will highlight some of the people who make the arts work in Summit County. (Have somebody you want to nominate for the spotlight? Reach out to becky@ampstrategy.com.) Art needs and deserves an audience and advocates. In our newest […]
Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad Volunteers Complete 1946 Mural Restoration
By: Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad A group of 12 Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad volunteers have completed the restoration of a historic mural in a 1940’s train car. The restoration of the 1946 mural has taken 1,494 volunteer hours to complete over the course of more than two years. The mural was discovered in 2014 after […]
ArtsNow Patron Spotlight: Svetla Morrison
Art audiences, supporters, and patrons are all vital to a healthy arts and culture sector. This new blog series will highlight some of the people who make the arts work in Summit County. (Have somebody you want to nominate for the spotlight? Reach out to becky@ampstrategy.com.) Art needs and deserves an audience and advocates. In our newest […]
Park East Project: Mural Install
Guest Blogger: Ilenia Pezzaniti Throughout August 6-7, avoiding the rain and despite the humidity, ArtsNow Artist-In-Residence Lizzi Aronhalt, Assistant Artists Alex Couch and Shanise Tabler, and Mural Arts Philadelphia Staff Muralist Felix St. Fort installed the 11’ x 64’ mural on the Park East tennis court wall in Akron. The mural, designed by Aronhalt with […]