ArtsNow announced today that Dara Harper will join the team as its first Director of Programming, a new full-time position within the organization designed to support ArtsNow’s future growth and advance the strategic implementation of the community-wide Cultural Plan.[...]

What is your earliest memory of participating in arts and culture?  Definitely spending time in the National Park. We used to bike from the Beaver Marsh to Peninsula and back all the time. I love walking that path and seeing the remnants of the locks – it re[...]

What is your earliest memory of participating in arts and culture? My mom is very creative, so I have a lot of memories of doing lots of arts and crafts with her as a kid — things like making salt dough ornaments or dyeing easter eggs. We were also a very mus[...]

What is your earliest memory of participating in arts and culture?Growing up in a small business immigrant family in Akron made a great impact on my life. My parents immigrated from Lebanon and were quickly immersed in the community. There are many Lebanese owned busine[...]

What is your earliest memory of participating in arts and culture?My earliest memory of participating in arts and culture was in my friend’s backyard around the corner where we had neighborhood talent shows – that we charged a fee to attend!   I was 8 year[...]

The Future of Akron’s Culture is Exciting A Black man in a Beatles mop-top wig playing “Hard Days Night” on a beat-up guitar as the subway pulled into the station and the exchange of passengers began. The collective breath of a group of Peruvian flutes drowning ou[...]

What is your earliest memory of participating in arts and culture?I remember my grandmother taking us to the Akron Civic Theatre to see a show when I was 4 or 5. I don’t remember the show but I do remember the atmosphere, the smell of concessions, and feeling like I w[...]

Guest Blogger: Christopher J. Prior, Floral Artist Consider the Space to Decide the ShapeBegin with deciding on the shape and size of the arrangement you’d like to create, often times this will depend on where you are going to display it. For instance when doing a[...]

What artist, cultural organization, or experience do you wish more people knew about in Summit County?We invite our fellow Summit County residents to engage and learn more about our Hip-Hop artists and organizations such as Ameer Williamson (Minus The Alien), Presi[...]

This story series highlights the incredible talent of tattoo artists in Summit County. Bethany Hendrix can be found at Black Moon Ink in Cuyahoga Falls. When did you discover your artistic talent? I’ve always loved art. I didn’t realize I could pur[...]