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"Emotional Creatures," the Senior BFA Exhibition in Jewelry & Metalsmithing from James Edwards will be on view at the Cummings Center Institute for Human Science and Culture April 29–June 12, 2022.
The culmination of the past two semesters of work, this body of work is made up of metal sculptures that personify emotions and states of mind into physical beings.
Congratulations, James!
Join us for an opening reception featuring four our our graduating seniors on Friday, April 29 from 4–7 pm. The Cummings Center is located at 73 S. College Street, Akron, Ohio, 44325.
Gabrielle Zink presents her BFA in Photography: "The Feminine Image" April 29–August 27, 2022 at the Cummings Center Institute for Human Science and Culture.
From the artist statement: "Through today's media, women are portrayed through a hyper-feminine lens of perfection. The idea of “the perfect woman” is engraved in the minds of society. This collection of photographs investigates the portrayal of the feminine image. These characters represent women who have succumbed to the unrealistic standards of social media."
Congratulations, Gabby!
Join us for an opening reception featuring four our our graduating seniors on Friday, April 29 from 4–7 pm. The Cummings Center is located at 73 S. College Street, Akron, Ohio, 44325.
Zachary Tyler Gill's Senior BFA Exhibition in Painting & Drawing "Songs of Travel": A Visual Journey will be on view at the Institute for Human Science and Culture April 29–June 12, 2022.
Inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1896 poetry book “Songs of Travel and Other Verses”, followed by Ralph Vaughan William’s vocal adaption made between 1901 and 1904, these works are an attempt at adapting music and poems into a visual narrative.
Congratulations, Zachary!
Join us for an opening reception featuring four our our graduating seniors on Friday, April 29 from 4–7 pm. The Cummings Center Institute for Human Science and Culture is located at 73 S. College Street, Akron, Ohio, 44325.
Have an experience! The number of cool things to do downtown grows every day, from Tea Time with the Ohio Tea Lady, to striking a pose with some amazingly artful backdrops at OH SNAP Photo Lab, The Great Escape Room adventures, acclaimed movies at The Nightlight, Curated Storefront's Clayton Bailey exhibitions in the Polsky Building & at the Institute for Human Science and Culture (not to mention
[email protected] at Akron-Summit County Public Library & family fun at Akron Children's Museum).
Best of all, you're invited to try as much of it as you want. Check out our events calendar for more things to do downtown
http://bit.ly/DAP_Calendar
Horn dogs! Jaw harps! Mutant heads! Bigfoot’s skeleton! Join us at the Cummings Center’s Institute for Human Science and Culture for a wild evening in renowned ceramist and prankster Clayton Bailey’s World of Wonders.
Friday, January 28, 4 - 7 pm
An opening reception for the exhibit, brought to Akron by Curated Storefront and featuring Bailey’s one-of-a-kind Kaolithic curiosities, will be held at the Cummings Center on Friday, January 28th from 4:00pm – 7:00pm. Visitors will enjoy a free mockumentary screening followed by a guided tour of the exhibit hosted by research assistants of Bailey’s frequent collaborator/alter-ego Dr. Gladstone. Learn more about these wonderous curiosities from the world’s foremost Kaolithic experts!
Screenings of the 30-minute mockumentary will begin at 4:00pm, 5:00pm, and 6:00pm. After each screening, visitors will be invited into the gallery for a 30-minute tour. Light refreshments will be offered throughout the evening.
Visitors are asked to RSVP for a timed ticket to this event via Eventbrite.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/opening-reception-clayton-baileys-world-of-wonders-tickets-231888774567
"Dumpster Dive" is a site-specific work created by students in response to the environment of the Institute for Human Science and Culture’s 3rd floor atrium. Students used non-traditional materials to create their sculptures and to think outside the norms of 3-dimensional art, enveloping the installation's environment in a manner reminiscent of everyday encounters.
Students who helped create this work are part of the Art Installation course offered by the Myers School of Art, where they learned through lectures and studio practices about the medium, history, and evolution of installation art and its use by contemporary artists.
Join us for the opening reception for this work, along with the launch of Birds of Paradise by choreographer Pioneer Winter, at the Cummings Center for the History of Psychology on Friday, December 3 from 4–7 pm. The event is free, but tickets are required:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/opening-reception-birds-of-paradise-dumpster-dive-tickets-201813368217?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=escb
Happy Friday, October 1, 2021 Everybody! It's looking like a gorgeous weekend, so get out there & enjoy. If you need some ideas, inspiration for your weekend, look no further:
1. Akron Children's Museum is back & open to all visitors starting today. Schedule a visit with your family today!
Also today: the new exhibition, Lakota Wiá by Claire Heldman opens at the Institute for Human Science and Culture (part of the Cummings Center for the History of Psychology) with a reception from 4 - 7 pm.
OH SNAP Photo Lab hosts their 1st Friday Divas in Denim night out from 7 - 9 pm. Akron-Summit County Public Library presents Late Night at the Library from 6:30 - 10:30 pm. Plus: live music at Jilly's Music Room & NOMZ. That's just Friday!!!
2. On Saturday, bring the family to Akron-Summit County Public Library for Touch-a-Truck on Main Street from 2 - 4 pm. All manner of cool vehicles will be there, along with fun activities and Akron Children's Museum's van with magnet-blocks, too.
Also on Saturday: Check out Akronym Brewing's Oktoberfest in the new biergarten. Akron Civic Theatre presents Cabaret, old chum. Plus, achieve dance enlightenment at Musica and Baxter's Speakeasy with 90s Dance Night and Techno Masquerade, respectively. Or, enjoy the amazing music of the The Happy HiFis w. Peep at Jilly's
3. On Sunday, get your brunch on at Akronym Brewing or NOMZ. Ohio Tea Lady is hosting Teatime from 1 - 2:30 pm (be sure to register by the end of the day today (Friday)). Akron Art Museum hosts Family Day: Cardboard Challenge from 11 am to 2 pm, which will be 100% fun for all ages.
Head over to Guzzetta Hall for the The University of Akron School of Music Wind Symphony (7:30 - 9 pm). Galen Karriker conducts the Wind Symphony’s first “in person” concert titled, “Healing, Hope, and Peace.”
🥯🥖🍰🍪 BONUS: Sweet Mary's Bakery is OPEN this weekend: Friday 10/1 & Saturday 10/2, 8 am - 4 pm, Sunday 10/3, 9 am-3 pm.
Whew, that is a lot! And it's not all. Not even a part of it. Get the whole picture from DAP's event calendar:
http://bit.ly/DAP_Calendar
This weekend is Native American First People’s Day! Join Institute for Human Science and Culture for a weekend full of history, art, and amazing food!
Ending soon! Don't miss your chance to see Growing Pains by Anika Calcei, closing Saturday, September 11th.
Growing Pains is a multimedia observation of the simultaneous presence of grief and nostalgia that comes with the loss of childhood—whether it be people, objects, or memories—that part with us as time moves forward, becoming unreachable. These unreachable entities shift like waves that rarely hold permanence in the forefront of our minds, but that also intricately lace themselves in our lives. Bringing attention to these moments interwoven with our deepest memories is a way to acknowledge and accept these ever-changing lives we lead, filled with grief and pain and joy and love.
Image description: Collage of photographs. The largest features a plastic basket of laundry at the bottom of the stairs; three smaller photographs each feature a person sitting in a folding chair. Text on the collage reads: "Growing Pains, Anika Calcei. Exhibition Closes: Saturday September 11, 2021."
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