Education Department Spring 2013 Internship (Unpaid) The Akron Art Museum education department is currently seeking an intern for the spring semester. This is an extraordinary opportunity to have hands on experience working in an art museum during a potentially blockbuster, educator friendly exhibition and interface with a diverse population of museum visitors, including school groups, families, artists and docent tour guides. The intern’s duties will be focused on two exhibitions related to picture book art, The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats
Eco-friendly reusable bags from Envirosax make great gifts for the environmentally and fashion conscious alike. These chic, affordable, reusable and all around durable bags are washable and waterproof and are perfect for everything from trips to the grocery to trips around the world.
Discover unique gifts at the Akron Art Museum’s Holiday mART on Thursday, December 6, from 12 – 9 pm. Shop for one-of-a-kind gifts crafted by students from The University of Akron Myers School of Art, as well as local artists Renee Flynn, Lise Anderson, Connie Bloom, Barbe Beaty, Diane Harmon, Dana Hervey, Brian Graham, John Puglia and the Kent State Jewelry & Metals Co-Op while enjoying music, food and the museum. Augmenting this year’s event will be Nectar of the Vine, who specializes in refined
Look Sharp! This desktop camera pencil sharpener is a must have for photography aficionados and anyone who appreciates a creative new twist on a familiar everyday object. The shutter lens can be adjusted to hold any size pencil and boasts a removable shavings tray and grinder making cleanup as easy as clicking open a shutter!
Presented in a decorative box are a collection of notecards featuring four designs by premier Chicago School architecture designer Louis Sullivan. Each blank notecard is accompanied by a white envelope.
Puzzles are fun, challenging and timeless gifts for members of all generations and the museum store has several to choose from! Pomegranate creates intricate and thoughtful 1,000-piece interlocking jigsaw puzzles using high quality photo reproduction and wonderfully intriguing images. Featured in their “Art Piece” puzzles are images created by M.C. Escher, Jackson Pollock, Frank Lloyd Wright, Wayne Thiebaud and Charley Harper. Also from Pomegranate is an exciting block puzzle featuring six “Stripes” paintings by Gene Davis. Pomegranate block puzzles contain twelve two-inch square blocks that
Con Brio Glass Jewelry by Susan Butler celebrates color and the glass art movement started at the Toledo Museum of Art in 1962 by creating versatile designs using flameworking and fused glass techniques. Separate the three-tiered necklace and a strand becomes a bracelet.
Just hang this Joel Hotchkiss Mobile up in your house and enjoy! Hotchkiss has created numerous mobile commissions for private homes and commercial spaces. Bring the art gallery into your home or office with Kikkerland’s mobile photo clip. Leave space on your shelves and put your photos in this artistic, chrome-plated steel mobile. Your pictures will never look better.
Exhibition catalogues are a great way for you to both revisit your favorite exhibitions and share them with friends and family who may have missed them. Detroit Disassembled: Photographs by Andrew Moore provides vivid reproductions of the images from the popular exhibition of the same name. Named one of the top picks for books in the 2010 New York Times Holiday Gift Guide, it is now in its third printing. The Penland Book of Glass: Master Classes in Flamework Techniques offers stunning photographs, brilliant essays
There are endless ways kids can build with this award-winning toy. Little ones (and adults) can design simple or complex structures with this set of interlocking slotted card pieces in five basic shapes. The Museum Store has several different building sets that improve hand-eye coordination and reinforce principles of balance and spatial relationships.