Things You Should Know

The newsletter will be published in a few days…. It’s not too late to send me your news.

The Mid-Winter Show closes this week. Please pick up your art this Saturday, April 28th

Photographers take note of this contest by the National Wildlife Federation….
Information here

Summit ArtSpace Events:

April 18: 1-3pm People & Pets From Photos To Art

June 26 - Aug 1
Plein Air Exhibition including work by Ann Kah

Start planning for the Clothesline Art Show – the show hangs June 18th – 20th

Art at Hudson Library

Beginning on Tuesday, March 31, the Hudson Library & Historical Society will be presenting a spring series of art programs. The art of the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA) will be featured when Megan Lykins, Director of Education and Associate Curator will show highlights of the museum’s current exhibit, “Superlight”.

Reich says Superlight is an exhibition of outstanding work by artists from around the world working at the intersection of art, technology, and digital culture. “Using humor and popular culture, their art addresses such critical issues as the effects of a global economy, climate change, psychological warfare, environmental degradation, and colonialism.” Ranging from video installations to a luminous environment of activated found objects, the art is passionate and critical without being heavy or polemical, serious and "superlight" at the same time.

On April 21, The Executive Director of the Canton Museum of Art, M. J. Albacete, will discuss the artifacts found in Tomb of Tutankhamen. Albacete’s slide show will follow archaeologist Howard Carter “from the exciting moment of discovery through the removal and conservation of many items found in Tut’s tomb.” He has made several visits to Egypt and will show the most important artifacts discovered in addition to bringing a model of the tomb. This program is made possible with the help of a grant from the Ohio Humanities Council.

The last program in the series is on May 5 and features the Master Paintings of the Butler Institute of American Art of Youngstown. The Butler collection includes works from four centuries of art from Master Artists such as Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt, John Sloan, Robert Rauschenberg, and Jacob Lawrence.

All three programs begin at 7 p.m. and are free. No registration is required. Questions may be directed to the Reference Desk at 330/653-6658 x 1010, askus@hudson.lib.oh.us or visiting our web site at www.hudsonlibrary.org.

Gloss Blowing

Heres a link to a video of Bob the Glassblower at the Peninsula Art Acaemy. The PAA is a great venue for all artists- Bob's work is so beautiful. There's a number of weavers and potters and painters all showing their crafts.

http://videos.ohio.com/vmix_hosted_apps/p/media?id=3475479&item_index=&genre_id=00002843

If you are visiting the area the Academy is behind the Winking Lizard - one block north of Rt 303

Akron Art Happenings

Juried Student Exhibition
Art of students from the University of Akron.
March 14-April 18
Public Opening

Fri March 13, 5-7pm

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Opportunities for Artists
March 2009

Tallmadge Community Expo. Offering Space for Artisans

April 4 10:00am-4:00pm

The Talmadge Community Expo. is offering space for artist vendors to
display their work at their one-day community wide event held on April
4. Held at the Talmadge Recreation Center, the event allows exhibitors
to showcase their merchandise, services and programs. For more
information please contact Mary Cea at 330-618-7770 or
marycea@sbcglobal.net.

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New Volunteer Coordinator

Volunteer Coordinator Position

Filled at Summit Artspace

Susan Yatsu has taken on the position of Volunteer Coordinator of Summit
Artspace. Summit Artspace is excited to have Susan organizing and
coordinating the people volunteering at the gallery. For more
information on volunteering at Summit Artspace contact Susan Yatsu at
330-869-5318 or syatsu5@yahoo.com.

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New Face at Summit Artspace

New Office Manager Hired



Rachael Hinton has been hired as the new Office Manager for the Akron
Area Arts Alliance. She is an added liaison to Summit Artspace and
plans to help out in anyway. Rachael is from Oklahoma and has lived in
Akron for the past eleven years. For more information regarding the
Akron Area Arts Alliance or Summit Artspace feel free to contact Rachael
Hinton at 330-376-8480 or akronareaarts@sbcglobal.net.

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Odds and Ends

A big thank you to Linda for a great demo Monday night.

Remember April 6th Lori Hess will be our guest speaker.

Those of you who were at the meeting got your membership directory. I will have the rest in the mail this week so be on the look out for it.

I posted the link to the Reminderville Show on the left.

The MD Garage opens next month! Interested? Call Sally Heston or Anne Kah.

Cherish the Whites

Linda Hutchison demonstrated th art of painting a shape, focusing on lost and hard edges, textures and saving and cherishing the whites.