Thu 10/15 @ 5-8PM
At the beginning of the summer, Summit Artspace in Akron debuted a new event called Summit After Dark, taking place on the second Thursday of each month. In addition to the opportunity to see the shows in its galleries and meet resident artists, it offers special programming including performances.
This month, it will also include the opening of its fall exhibitions which will be on view through December 29. The 24thannual Kaleidoscope juried exhibition will be on view in the Taylor Main Gallery. Kya Granger’s show, Grace Transcends the Withered Root, goes on view in the Welcome Gallery. The Intersections Gallery with feature work by members of Artists of the Rubber City; the Horizon Gallery will show Ryan Cermak’s The Campaign; and in the Forum Gallery, Bad Girls will include work by Adiah Bonham, Marrisa Cox, Yael-lee Israeli, Cassie Jeffries and Carla Wagner.
There will also be a special pop-up traveling exhibition focusing on the relationship between people of color and nature called Nature Includes You, which will be hanging in its first-floor hallways through November 1; a Nature Includes You artist panel featuring artists Anika Wild, Antoine Washington, Marlys Rambeau-General, and Ryan Harris, moderated by Arrye Rosser at 6pm; and a Zentangle drop-in workshop lead by artist April Couch in the community room all evening At 7pm, there’s be a Kaleidoscope awards ceremony honoring local artists in the Taylor Main Gallery.
It’s free and open to all.
summitartspace.org/upcoming-exhibitions/