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First Annual Chili Cook-Off to Benefit United Way
By Cristina Alexander, Assistant to the Director What’s the secret to the best chili? Some say the hotter the better; others prefer a hint of sweetness. But it was for the judge to decide at the Akron Art Museum’s first annual Chili Cook-Off on Tuesday, November 9, held in the museum’s lobby. Eight staff members entered their favorite chili recipes and went head to head in a blind contest judged by Board of Trustee member, Rory O’Neil. Every chili varied in flavor and presentation –
Culture Revolution: Contemporary Chinese Paintings from the Allen Memorial Art Museum
Culture Revolution: Contemporary Chinese Paintings from the Allen Memorial Art Museum October 16, 2010 – February 27, 2011 Four internationally renowned artists – Zeng Fanzhi, Wang Guangyi, Shen Jiawei and Hung Liu – reflect on the rapidly changing terrain of contemporary Chinese culture in lush, poetic paintings on loan from the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College. Political Pop meets expressionism, realism, history and nostalgia in paintings that comment on China’s present and future while evoking its political past. During China’s Cultural Revolution (1966-1976),
Try This: Wearable Art
Paper, beads, pipe cleaners, and glue are all you need to turn a boring outfit into something special. Here are a few prompts to help you make your own wearable crowns and necklaces.
Detroit Disassembled: Photographs by Andrew Moore
Andrew Moore’s photographs of the Motor City are sublime—beautiful, operatic in scale and drama, tragic yet offering a glimmer of hope. They are the subject of Detroit Disassembled, an exhibition organized by the Akron Art Museum making its debut here before touring nationally. Detroit, once the epitome of our nation’s industrial wealth and might, has been in decline for almost a half-century. The city is now one-third empty land—more abandoned property than any American city except post-Katrina New Orleans.
Arctic Re-visions: Isaac Julien’s True North
Arctic Re-visions: Isaac Julien’s True North June 5, 2010 – October 3, 2010 Karl and Bertl Arnstein Galleries The sound and video installation True North (2004) is a journey into the beautiful yet terrifying midst of a sublime continent. Internationally acclaimed British artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien immerses viewers in the haunting landscape of the North Pole, which has seduced scientists, explorers, writers and visual artists since the 19th century. This presentation of the three-screen multi-media installation will mark the debut of this important work
Welcome to the Akron Art Museum
Spanning three centuries, the Akron Art Museum combines a late nineteenth-century brick and limestone building with the twenty-first century John S. and James L. Knight Building, a soaring glass and steel structure by the celebrated Viennese architectural firm Coop Himmelb(l)au. The brick building opened in 1899 as Akron’s main post office. Designed under the direction of James Knox Taylor, supervising architect for the Treasury Department, it has walls of deep red brick laid in the Flemish Bond pattern and adorned with limestone trim. Pairs of
Additional Artist Information: Travis Hetman
*This information is supplemental to the post http://akronartmuseum.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/a-week-in-denver-part-one-art/.* Name: Travis Hetman Age: 27 Currently working out of Denver by way of Minneapolis MN. Studied art and art history at the University of Minnesota. “My work is more or less a visual continuation of existential curiosity. The treat of visual art to me is the privilege of making wild associations and the general lawlessness that comes with creative thinking. I love art for it’s own aesthetic beauty but a main goal of my art is to
How To: Have your own Messy Playdate at Home
By Amanda Crowe, Assistant EducatorFollow-up to Creative Playdate: Messy Playdate, December 5, 2013. Kids love to feed their curiosity by making a mess and using their senses in the creative process. Research for the education of the young child shows that more mess-making leads to higher forms of learning. Homemade Peppermint Playdough:Supplies:1 cup flour1/4 cup salt1 tsp cream of tartar (for smooth texture)1 cup water1 tbsp oil food coloring (cake decorators paste or liquid makes great colors)1 tbsp peppermint extract (easily found at craft stores
How To: Make a Thankful Tree
By Amanda Crowe, Assistant EducatorFollow-up to Story Time in the Galleries on November 21, 2013Bridging language connections to art-making deepens a child’s understanding of and appreciation for literature, the arts and the world they live in. Carry out the message from our reading of “Sylvester and the Magic Pebble,” by author William Steig, through creating “thankful trees” at home.Supplies:Paper, cut into small, individual piecesRibbon or shortened pipe cleanerSmall terracotta potsSmall Styrofoam ball to fit snugly inside the potCotton batting to cover the StyrofoamArtificial pine branches