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Director's Holiday Message
At the Akron Art Museum, we are reflecting on the people who have touched our lives, the accomplishments of 2014 and the excitement we have for 2015 and beyond. We could not have been successful without you. Thank you for continuing to engage in the ongoing conversation with us about the vital role the museum can play in the cultural health and wellness of the city. We believe that the museum can be the catalyst for positive cultural, social and economic change, and with your
Take a Journey to the Past with Inside|Out
By Roza Maille, Inside|Out Project CoordinatorPicture this: You’re walking down the street and then suddenly…whoa! Is that the painting I saw at the Akron Art Museum last week? How did it get out here?Don’t worry. It’s not the real painting, but a reproduction so realistic it’ll make you do a double take. That is just one of the ways the Akron Art Museum will engage the community with its new public project, Inside|Out. We are so excited about this project that we decided to give
PARDONING A TURKEY
By Mark Masuoka, Executive Director and CEO The tradition of our government officials pardoning a turkey during the Thanksgiving holiday is a symbolic act of forgiveness by allowing one lucky turkey the chance to see another day. It may not be the most profound reflection of a holiday created to give thanks, but in many ways it suggests that in order to be truly thankful, we must first understand what it means to give. The Akron Art Museum is thankful for our family of supporters
O. Winston Link: A Look Back Into the Archives
By: Kent State University Practicum Student, Alexandra LynchO. Winston Link was born in Brooklyn in 1914. Link’s love of trains began when he was just a young boy. “I’ve loved trains since I was 4 years old,” he said. “I got started in photography photographing trains.” During World War II, when “it was against the law to photograph trains,” he said he would take his camera and lie in wait for them around the Mineola, Long Island Railroad (Art People, Michael Brenson). Link photographed the
Fall 2014 Director's Message
By Mark Masuoka, Executive Director and CEO A is for the Akron (Art Museum) With the recent publication of three Akron-centric books, A is for Akron by Karen Starr and Joanna Wilson, The Hardway on Purpose: Essays and Dispatches from the Rust Belt, by David Giffels and Dave Lieberth’s history of Akron, Inventive. Industrious. Inspired., I feel it is only appropriate that the focus my attention is on my new home. Over the past year, I’ve been listening and learning about what it means to
DIVE IN
By Mark Masuoka, Executive Director and CEO As children, we were all told to be cautious of the deep end of the pool. That is where the risky people gathered, the thrill seekers, individuals who wanted more than just the shallow end experience. In many ways, our lives haven’t really changed from those Stand By Me years. The idea of risk taking still means to go where few decide to venture, to purposely challenge yourself to take on a new task, a different role at work or even a new career, because deep
Back to School!
School is right around the corner, so be sure to take a look at the great items we have in our shop that can help make this school year fun and exciting! Get a BIG start to this school year! Giant Pencil from Toysmith $7.95 Really Big Eraser from Toysmith $4.95 Create a unique study space! BTW Dry Erase Board from Decor Craft International $14.95 Squadron Pushpins from Design Ideas $4.95 Tell Tale Pushpins from Design Ideas $4.95 Cloud Cork Board
A Look Back Into the Archives: View
By: Kent State University Library Science Practicum Student, Alexandra Lynch The Akron Art Institute Bulletin started off as a monthly, publishing information related to current exhibitions and art happenings in the city of Akron. Volume 1 Number 1of the bulletin was made available October 1929 and included the articles, Art for Children, Great Art for Little Purses, Hand Wrought Silverware and Thirty Paintings by Cleveland Artists. The Akron Art Institute Bulletin has taken many names throughout the years. It took its current name the View, in
O. Winston Link and the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad
By Marketing and Public Relations Intern, Megan Romocean Did you know that the Akron Art Museum is partnered with the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad?One of our current exhibitions, O.Winston Link: Along the Tracks, shows a form of transportation that faded away decades ago. Link photographed the last steam locomotives as they made their way across America in the 1950s. The exhibition shows Link’s technical accomplishments and innovations as a photographer as well as his documentation of this historic mode of transportation that was quickly fading in rural
On Your Mark…Get Set…Games.
The Akron Art Museum partnered with the Gay Games 2014 Kickoff on Friday, July 18 . This event included a silent auction to win various signed movie posters, a live auction to win a ride on a Goodyear blimp, as well as a live band and food and refreshments.Gay Games 9 is being held in Cleveland/Akron August 9-16, presented by the Cleveland Foundation. GG9, known as one of the biggest sports/cultural festivals in the world, includes 35+ sports and cultural events.What is GG9?Including individuals and organizations