January 29, 2021, 12:00 pm - 12:05 pm

Lunchtime Five: Look Closely

These works are even better up close. Join Seema Rao, Deputy Director and Chief Experience Officer, to learn more about Making Your Mark, featuring nine artists from Northeast Ohio. Premiering on our Facebook page and IGTV channel.

February 5, 2021, 12:00 pm - 12:05 pm

Lunchtime Five: Video Tour

Explore the regional artist installation in Corbin, O’Neill, and the Lobby. Works range in media including lithographs, screenprints, and collaged works. Premiering on our Facebook page and IGTV channel.

Taryn McMahon
Closed System
American, born 1984, Red Bank, New Jersey
2018
Lithograph and silkscreen
Collection of the artist

February 9, 2021, 7:00 pm - 7:15 pm

Midwinter Blues & Other Tunes presents Goods

Join Curator of Community Engagement, Reggie Lynch for her conversation with Goods, an organic bath and beauty products + design company based in Akron, OH.

This program will premiere at 7:00 pm on the Museum’s YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram.

Midwinter Blues & Other Tunes is made possible with support from ACME Fresh Market, Akron Recording Company and Historic Arts District. Media sponsorship is provided by 91.3 The Summit.

February 10, 2021, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Midwinter Blues & Other Tunes presents Natalie Lanese

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the artists’ studio practice and process with video provided by the artist themself!

Natalie Lanese is a painting, collage, and installation artist based in Cleveland. Her work is recognized for its punchy color palette and layered patterns.

This program will premiere at 7:00 pm on the Museum’s YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram.

Midwinter Blues & Other Tunes is made possible with support from ACME Fresh Market, Akron Recording Company and Historic Arts District. Media sponsorship is provided by 91.3 The Summit.

February 11, 2021, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Midwinter Blues & Other Tunes presents Ben Gage & Theron Brown Trio

Tune in for an hour of music with Ben Gage and Theron Brown Trio! Both performances are recorded in the Museum’s Haslinger Galleries by Akron Recording Company.

This program will premiere at 7:00 pm on the Museum’s YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram.

Ben Gage grew up in the rust belt of Northeast Ohio with his roots running deep alongside the hard-working blue collars. That tenacity, love of family, and respect for a long day can be seen in his music. The Theron Brown Trio (Theron Brown, Zaire Darden, Jordan McBride) is in the business of making you feel good and digs into the roots of jazz, gospel, and fusion. The trio has a sound that is recognized in Northeast Ohio as something to be excited about!

Midwinter Blues & Other Tunes is made possible with support from ACME Fresh Market, Akron Recording Company and Historic Arts District. Media sponsorship is provided by 91.3 The Summit.

February 11, 2021, 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Coffee with the Collection: Art Love Stories

Join Curator of Education, Gina Thomas McGee, for a selection of art-focused love stories. You’ll hear sweet, scandalous, and surprising tales related to works in the museum’s collection.

Coffee with the Collection is made possible with support from Acme Fresh Market, the Henry V. and Frances W. Christenson Foundation and the Samuel Reese Willis Foundation

Strawberry Koolaid Heart
Bea Nettles
(Gainesville, Florida, 1946 – )
1972
Hand-colored photograph and vinyl on board
14 in. x 11 in. (35.56 cm x 27.94 cm)
Gift of the artist
2011.15

February 12, 2021, 12:00 pm - 12:05 pm

Lunchtime Five: Creativity Invitation

Need a little inspiration? Sometimes all it takes is a prompt, suggestion, or idea. Tune in to get a creative spark inspired by the museum’s collection and exhibitions. Premiering on our Facebook page and IGTV channel.

Fascinatin’ Rythm
Honoré Guilbeau
(Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1907 – 2006, Peninsula, Ohio)
undated
Lithograph on paper

5 1/2 in. x 7 3/4 in. (13.97 cm x 19.69 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Stanley Okey
1974.46

February 13, 2021, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Family Day: Artful Noise and Handmade Instruments

It is time to celebrate! Pick up your FREE Creativity Care Kit from the museum and inside you’ll find all sorts of supplies to make sparkling, jingling, joyous creations. Join the morning session for unboxing and brainstorming, then go off to make your masterpiece. Finally, join the group at the afternoon session to share your work in a virtual art party. FREE, registration encouraged.

Count Basie Band, Royal Festival Hall, London
Herman Leonard
(Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1923 – 2010, Los Angeles, California)
c. 1960 (printed later)
Gelatin silver print
13 3/8 in. x 16 3/8 in. (33.97 cm x 41.59 cm)
Gift of George Stephanopoulos
2007.99

Family Days are made possible by PNC with additional support from The R.C. Musson and Katharine M. Musson Charitable Foundation, The Henry V. and Frances W. Christenson Foundation,  and the Robert O. and Annamae Orr Family Foundation.

February 16, 2021, 7:00 pm - 7:15 pm

Midwinter Blues & Other Tunes presents Crafty Mart

Join Curator of Community Engagement, Reggie Lynch for her conversation with Crafty Mart. Crafty Mart supports local artists, makers and artisans with opportunities to learn how to refine and expand their creative businesses through education and markets.

This program will premiere at 7:00 pm on the Museum’s YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram.

Midwinter Blues & Other Tunes is made possible with support from ACME Fresh Market, Akron Recording Company and Historic Arts District. Media sponsorship is provided by 91.3 The Summit.

February 17, 2021, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Midwinter Blues & Other Tunes presents Bianca Fields

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the artists’ studio practice and process with video provided by the artist themself!

Bianca Fields is a contemporary painter from Cleveland, currently living and based in Kansas City. Her work introduces a manifestation of her perceived imagination and material sensibilities within the paint itself.

This program will premiere at 7:00 pm on the Museum’s YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram.

Midwinter Blues & Other Tunes is made possible with support from ACME Fresh Market, Akron Recording Company and Historic Arts District. Media sponsorship is provided by 91.3 The Summit.

February 18, 2021, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Midwinter Blues & Other Tunes presents Uno Lady & Oregon Space Trail of Doom

Ready for some incredible sounds? Check-in for an hour of gallery performances by Cleveland’s Uno Lady and Oregon Space Trail of Doom.

This program will premiere at 7:00 pm on the Museum’s YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram.

Self-trained musician & activist, Christa Ebert, performs as Uno Lady and composes songs with her voice, electronic effect pedals, and unconventional instruments. Dream-like layers, looping ethereal tones, instruments, and beats, knit together into one lush soundscape. Oregon Space Trail of Doom: In a land that never was, housed four people that never were. Drifting on the light waves of ghost stars, these cosmic cowboys have but one intention: to create a musical score for the impending interstellar apocalypse.

Midwinter Blues & Other Tunes is made possible with support from ACME Fresh Market, Akron Recording Company and Historic Arts District. Media sponsorship is provided by 91.3 The Summit.

February 19, 2021, 12:00 pm - 12:05 pm

Lunchtime Five: Get Art

Why would an artist call an artwork untitled? Explore the meaning behind titles and the lack thereof.  Premiering on our Facebook page and IGTV channel.

Untitled
Scott Miller
(Cleveland, Ohio, 1955 – 2008, Cleveland, Ohio)
1989
Oil on canvas

63 x 63 in. (160.02 x 160.02 cm)
Gift of the Shirley H. Miller Trust
2013.42

February 23, 2021, 7:00 pm - 7:15 pm

Midwinter Blues & Other Tunes presents Compass Coffee

Join Curator of Community Engagement, Reggie Lynch for her conversation with Compass. As a program of The Well CDC, Compass operates as a successful social enterprise for all people in Middlebury and Greater Akron, creating a sense of place for neighbors and making the community a destination.

This program will premiere at 7:00 pm on the Museum’s YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram.

Midwinter Blues & Other Tunes is made possible with support from ACME Fresh Market, Akron Recording Company and Historic Arts District. Media sponsorship is provided by 91.3 The Summit.

February 24, 2021, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Midwinter Blues & Other Tunes presents Dakarai Akil

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the artists’ studio practice and process with video provided by the artist themself!

Dakarai Akil is a Long Beach-based artist, designer, painter & international teaching artist from Cleveland. Akil’s collages are small windows into his world of Black Surrealism and their stories are left up to the viewer to decide.

This program will premiere at 7:00 pm on the Museum’s YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram.

Midwinter Blues & Other Tunes is made possible with support from ACME Fresh Market, Akron Recording Company and Historic Arts District. Media sponsorship is provided by 91.3 The Summit.

February 25, 2021, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Midwinter Blues & Other Tunes presents Alba Trio & Mourning [A] BLKstar

To cap off our last event of Midwinter Blues & Other Tunes, join us for an hour of music by Akron’s Alba Trio and Cleveland’s Mourning [A] BLKstar recorded at the Museum. You really won’t want to miss out on this!

This program will premiere at 7:00 pm on the Museum’s YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram.

Alba Trio is Tommy Lehman on trumpet (Acid Cats), Tim Lekan on bass, and Anthony Taddeo on drums and percussion (Hey Mavis and Helen Welch). As a trumpet trio, they bring a diverse and eclectic sound to the jazz idiom. Mourning [A] BLKstar is a multi-generational, gender and genre non-conforming amalgam of Black Culture dedicated to servicing the stories and songs of the apocalyptic diaspora. Mourning [A] BLKstar is based in Cleveland.

Midwinter Blues & Other Tunes is made possible with support from ACME Fresh Market, Akron Recording Company and Historic Arts District. Media sponsorship is provided by 91.3 The Summit.

February 26, 2021, 12:00 pm - 12:05 pm

Lunchtime Five: Look Closely

Explore some of the museums artworks made by women. Look closely and find surprising details. Premiering on our Facebook page and IGTV channel.

Arm Chair
Yayoi Kusama
(Matsumoto City, Nagano, 1929 – )
1963
Acrylic on chair, shoes and sewn and stuffed cloth pouches

38 in. x 38 in. x 50 in. (96.52 cm x 96.52 cm x 127 cm)
Gift of Mr. Gordon Locksley and Mr. George Shea
1970.54