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The Sixth Floor Trio at the Akron Art Museum
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLkMKcu0dvI&list=UUExlvD8C0lQ9XPyhe4vdL2A&index=6&feature=plpp_video]By Antoinette George, Communications Intern Come see The Sixth Floor Trio perform live at the Akron Art Museum Friday, March 16 at 6:30 pm- 8:30 pm as part of Tuesday Musical Association and the museum’s popular FUZE! concert series. The Sixth Floor Trio is a chamber group dedicated to the creation and performance of music that furthers a dialogue between different musical communities and other artistic disciplines. Their vision places musical traditions from around the world on one continuum as part of the same great
Landscapes Panel Discussion on Feb 2
Three Northeast Ohio Artists Discuss Landscape Art Thursday, February 2 6:30 pm The Akron Art Museum will host a panel discussion featuring three local artists currently on view at the museum on February 2 at 6:30 pm. Bruce Checefsky, Michelle Droll and Barry Underwood will discuss how light, environmental issues and the tradition of landscape painting apply to their work in a panel discussion moderated by Interim Chief Curator Ellen Rudolph. Regional artist Michelle Droll, creator of Landslide: Between a Rock and a Place, builds
Museum OPEN on Monday, January 16, 2012
Are you off work or school Monday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and looking for something entertaining to do? The Akron Art Museum will OPEN TO THE PUBLIC on Monday, January 16. With the snow blanketing your gardens, escape the cold and stroll through the lush, colorful landscapes on view in the Akron Art Museum galleries. Don’t miss Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism, which includes influential works by impressionist precursors Courbet, Daubigny and Boudin as well as exquisite canvases by Monet,
Book Club: The Private Lives of the Impressionists
Thursday, January 26 6 pm The Private Lives of the Impressionists By Sue Roe From Art theft to the scandalous lives of artists, the museum’s book club is never boring. January’s book club selection will transport readers to the studios, salons and rowdy riverside bars of Paris as readers discuss The Private Lives of the Impressionists by Sue Roe. Filled with maps and illustrations, Roe’s book is a lively biographical take on the key artists of the impressionist movement. Book club will also include a
Holiday Hours 2011
Akron Art Museum Offers Extended Holiday Hours Open Monday, December 26 & Tuesday, December 27 Although normally closed on Monday and Tuesday, the Akron Art Museum is offering extended holiday hours due to the popularity of Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism and the two complementary exhibitions Michelle Droll: Landslide/ Between a Rock and a Place and SuperNatural: Landscapes by Bruce Checefsky and Barry Underwood. The museum will be open to the public Monday, December 26 and Tuesday, December 27 from 11 am – 5
Behind the Scenes: Photography
By Keith Freund, Collections Information Coordinator Most of the photography we do to document our collection at the Akron Art Museum is accomplished in a studio setting with the highest-quality equipment. We hire a photographer and set up a professional studio in our storage areas and galleries to capture our prints, paintings, and sculptures looking their best so that we can share them online, or use them for print material. But we’ve also found it helpful to document the objects as they move, are shown
Congrats to our Share Your Landscape Winner
Congratulations to Barbara Hacha, who’s photograph First Light won the Akron Art Museum’s Share Your Landscape contest. Thank you to all who submitted your favorite landscapes. Here’s what Barbara had to say about First Light, “…is a photograph I took at dawn from the basket of a hot air balloon as we were ascending near the Sangre Crista mountains near Albuquerque, NM. It was absolutely quiet, except for the intermittent sound of the burner firing and the yips of coyotes below.”
Holiday mART Artist Spotlight: Jennifer Worden
In few words, how would describe the style of the pieces that you will be selling at Holiday Mart? My pieces lean towards the modern; I’ll have recycled glass table-top trees created for this holiday season, in addition to recycled glass wall art and recycled glass in copper jewelry. What is your art background? The only formal training I’ve had was a pottery class in high school. When it comes to my glass work, I’m self taught. I spent more hours that I can recall researching glass
Countdown to Gift Giving 2011
Why spend hours of your valuable time in malls and busy electronic stores when you can buy unique and inspiring gifts at the Akron Art Museum Store? Not only can you purchase gifts at this year’s Fourth Annual Holiday mART, but you can also stop in the Museum Store. If the galleries are open, so is the Museum Store. Each day we will be debuting some great gift ideas, so check back daily! 1. Tatebanko Tatebanko is the forgotten 17th-century Japanese art of creating detailed
Share Your Landscape
THE DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED! ALL ENTRIES MUST BE SUBMITTED BY MIDNIGHT ON DECEMBER 4, 2011! The impressionists took to the outdoors to show their favorite landscapes with the world. We would like to see your favorite landscapes in our contest open November 7 – 30, 2011. Just follow the guidelines below: Share with us your favorite landscape. The medium is up to you, but it must be your original work. Limit to two entries per person. Send your landscape, your name, artwork’s title, best