Kelli is the Assistant Director of Alumni Relations at The University of Akron. In her role, she fosters relationships with University of Akron alumni through programs and events such as Homecoming and the Roo Crew volunteer program. She also works with current students[...]

ArtsNow recently spoke with Summit County Executive Ilene Shapiro on her experience with the arts, the importance of an arts & culture sector for our community, and how CARES funding positively impacted our community during a difficult time.[...]

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[...]