The Art Institute at The University of Akron

01/08/2025

08/13/2024

Some motivation to enroll your young artist in class! Click here to enroll ages 7-18. Classes begin 8/26 on campus at The University of Akron! https://akron.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2mMQye8ovFYHtMW

08/05/2024

Fall classes for students ages 7-18! Register today, pay later: https://akron.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2mMQye8ovFYHtMW

05/14/2024

Pop-Up art class for students ages 7-12! $10 per student at The University of Akron in Guzzetta Hal room 298. Come create with us! Email: [email protected] for details. Enroll Here: https://akron.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2mMQye8ovFYHtMW

05/06/2024

Our Teen Studio spent last Monday on elements and principals of art and design work and created product design sketches. Looking for art classes for your teen? Check us out! https://www.uakron.edu/arts-academy/

04/16/2024

Classes class started yesterday at !! Instructor, Dan Coffield, led the students through the gallery and began building their art portfolios. We can't wait to see their work! Do you have a teen artists that is interested in studying with us?

Click here to enroll: https://www.uakron.edu/arts-academy/art-institute/art-institute-enrollment-payment-and-policies

04/11/2024

Do you have a student between the ages of 11-14? Try this NEW art class on campus at The University of Akron. Miss Taylor has created a great curriculum which will explore drawing through still life and beyond! Enroll today: https://www.uakron.edu/arts-academy/art-institute/art-institute-classes

04/10/2024

Details about our NEW Art Exploration class for ages 7-10! Miss Taylor has created an exciting curriculum with Watercolor Self-Potraits, Hope Printed Wing Banners, Pixel Art Paper Collages, Family Woven Textiles, Worry Sculptures and more!

Enroll today: https://www.uakron.edu/arts-academy/art-institute/art-institute-classes

04/10/2024

Attention High-School Art Students!! We have two awesome programs for you! Spring Classes begin next week-Enroll Here: https://www.uakron.edu/arts-academy/art-institute/art-institute-classes

Then check out this great summer program from our friends at https://www.uakron.edu/art/makeitatmyers/

04/06/2024

Meet Taylor Gosseck

M.A Ed Kent State University, B.A. in Art Education Kent State University

Teaching Elementary Art Exploration and Drawing Fundamentals at Guzzetta Hall: https://www.uakron.edu/arts-academy/art-institute/art-institute-classes

Taylor Gosseck, brings with her nine years of expertise in teaching visual art. Her teaching journey spans Shoreview Elementary School and currently Field Middle School. Taylor earned her Bachelor's Degree in Art Education from Kent State University in 2015, followed by her Master's of Arts in Art Education from the same institution in 2021. Beyond teaching, she likes to work with clay, textiles, and paint, alongside her passion for cake decorating. Her family consists of a two year old son, her husband, two dogs, three cats, and a clown fish

04/05/2024

Meet Daniel Coffield

M.S. Curriculum and Instruction with Visual Arts Licensure University of Akron, B.F.A. Painting and Drawing University of Akron, B.F.A. Printmaking University of Akron

Teaching Teen Portfolio Studio locates at the Myer's School of Art: https://www.uakron.edu/arts-academy/art-institute/index.dot

Daniel Coffield is a full time artist and national award winning art educator currently teaching at The Akron School for the Arts at Firestone High School. He double majored in fine arts from The Myers School of Art as well as went on to pursue his Masters of Science in Curriculum and Instruction with Visual Arts Licensure from The University of Akron. Daniel's art is in private and public collections both nationally and internationally. His award-winning multi-media art has been exhibited across the country and in local prestigious venues such as The Akron Art Museum, The Akron Civic Theater, E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, Spaces, The Morgan Paper Conservatory, Summit Art Space, and The National Inventors Hall of Fame S.T.E.M. School. Over the last decade as a teacher he also has been part of many community organizations and has had a hand in creating over twenty public art projects throughout Akron. His students have consistently been recognized as outstanding young visual artists being awarded prestigious national and Gold and Silver medals, National Portfolio Medals, and received multiple National American Vision Medals in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. His students also have a long history of exhibiting work at the local, state, and national levels while accumulating well over a half a million dollars in grants, scholarships, and college tuition.

04/04/2024

The supplies are unpacked and we are ready to create!! Enroll today: https://www.uakron.edu/arts-academy/art-institute/index.dot