Museum inks new leader

With a strong curatorial background and over two decades of art management and community development experience, Mark Masuoka becomes the new CEO of the 91-year old Akron Art Museum and…

WHERE: Akron Art Museum. WHEN: On view through November 3, 2013. TITLE: Line Color Illusion: 40 Years of Julian Stanczak BRIEF ABOUT: This exhibit invites viewers to immerse themselves in…

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WHERE: Akron Art Museum. WHEN: On view through January 20, 2013. TITLE: Robert Stivers: Veiled Image BRIEF ABOUT: From the AAM’s photography collection, this exhibit in the Fred and Laura…

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WHERE: Akron Art Museum. WHEN: Through May 27, 2012. TITLE: Ray Turner: Population BRIEF ABOUT: In the Judith Bear Isroff Gallery, this exhibition features an ever-expanding series of portraits by…

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WHERE: Akron Art Museum WHEN: Through July 8, 2012. TITLE: String of Hearts: Photographs by Bea Nettles BRIEF ABOUT: In the Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell Gallery, works from her…

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WHERE: Akron Art Museum WHEN: On 2012 view BRIEF ABOUT: In the Sandra L. and Dennis B. Haslinger Family Foundation Galleries, recent museum purchases by contemporary artists Kiki Smith and…

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WHERE: Akron Art Museum WHEN: October 29, 2011-February 5, 2012 TITLE: Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism BRIEF ABOUT: A broad survey of landscape painting as practiced by leading French…

Blue Star Museums

(PNAN-US) – A program of free admission to children’s, fine art, history and science, and nature centers for all active duty military personnel and their families  through Labor Day, September…

WHERE: OHIO: Akron WHEN: Sunday, July 3, various times and venue locations. TITLE: Sunday Sampler BRIEF ABOUT: A day of free family events at these various locations: Akron Art Museum …

WHERE: OHIO: Akron Art Museum WHEN:  Opens Thursday, June 16 through October 16, 2011 TITLE: The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States BRIEF ABOUT: The remarkable…

Rare Monet on view

     (AAPNW-OH) –  Through February 11, 2011 at the Akron Art Museum, Claude Monet’s “Wisteria” is on view in the C. Blake McDowell, Jr. Gallery. The work, which is on…

     (AAPNW-OH) – Born in the ‘Big Apple’ in 1945, Bob Gruen is best noted as both John Lennon’s personal photographer as well as their friendship. One of his photographs…

     (AAPNW-OH) – The Akron Art Museum teams up with the Akron-Summit County Public Library and Summit Artspace for a day of free family events during October’s Sunday Sampler.     …