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URL:https://coolcleveland.com/events/akron-soul-train-showcases-alumni-mem
 bers-and-a-new-resident-artist/
SUMMARY:Akron Soul Train Showcases Alumni\, Members and a New Resident Arti
 st
DESCRIPTION:\n[caption id="attachment_171398" align="alignnone" width="676"
 ] Maddie McSweeney[/caption]\nFri 3/13 @ 5-7:30PM\nWhen Akron Soul Train h
 osts a reception this week to kick off its 10th anniversary season\, it wi
 ll be showcasing its past\, present and future in a pair of shows: Togethe
 r\, Here\, featuring work by Akron Soul Train alumni and members\, and a s
 olo installation by 2026 Emerging Series Artist Maddie McSweeney. The alum
 ni/members show features work by nearly 60 artists in a variety of discipl
 ines\, including photography\, painting\, performance and installation\, a
 t different stages of their careers. That show\, they say\, reflects “th
 e creative ecosystem Akron Soul Train has cultivated over the past decade 
 — one rooted in shared space\, experimentation\, and sustained connectio
 n.”\nMcSweeney’s show Untitled (Jam) pt. 2\, is an example of Akron So
 ul Train’s core mission: providing artists with short-term residencies t
 o create specific projects. McSweeney is a young multi-disciplinary artist
  with who earned her degrees at the University of Akron in 2024.  They te
 ll us that the work created during her current residency “expands artist
 ’s ongoing investigation into spectatorship\, intimacy\, and participati
 on.” It builds on a recent performance McSweeney did at the Akron Art Mu
 seum\, consuming jam while people watched. At Akron Soul Train\, it’s th
 e viewer who will be invited to consume jam inside the constructed space.\
 nThe exhibit will be on view through Saturday April 11. The reception and 
 the shows are free and open to the public.  For more information go to ak
 ronsoultrain.org/events.\n[mappress mapid="4567"]
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CATEGORIES:college,Photography,Culture,Education,Performance,Film,Visual
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