Akron ArtWalk

140 E Market St., Akron, OH 44308
Mark your calendars for the first Akron ArtWalk of 2025 on Thursday, March 13, and celebrate Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. The theme is Creative Voices: Empowering Artists of All Abilities. The event will take place from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. Supported in part by Summit DD to Empower People of All Abilities!

Visitors to Summit Artspace will find a host of inclusion-themed activities: 

-Information and activities will be available at Summit DD’s booth, where visitors can learn more about their services and supports.

-The Inclusioneers’ Mobile Sensory Bus, supported by Summit DD staff, will be available in front of the building for folks who need a sensory break from the activities.

-Resources from Akron Summit County Public Library’s Accessibility Library, a groundbreaking resource that enhances accessibility at festivals, performances, community gatherings, and cultural shows. Visitors can view and use Sensory Bags, mobility supports, and other items available for loan at no cost to users.

-A Quiet Room on Summit Artspace’s 2nd floor will offer a calming atmosphere and feature various Accessibility Library items.

As always, ArtWalk features opportunities for visitors to appreciate and purchase art and meet local artists: 

-Winter Exhibitions will be on view in Summit Artspace’s five galleries throughout the evening.

-Artist Robert Wright will demonstrate his gestural ink drawing technique inspired by the folks visiting the gallery for the duration of the ArtWalk. He will be in the Intersections Gallery alongside his exhibition, Over, Under, Sideways, Down.

-FRESH: Soft Offerings artist, Kimberly Wengerd will lead a felting activity in the Betty and Howard Taylor Main Gallery.

-Summit Artspace’s resident artists will open their studios to the public throughout the evening.

-Akron Bazaar vendors will sell handmade goods and artworks on Summit Artspace’s 3rd floor.

-Artists of Rubber City’s The Box Gallery located on the 3rd floor will feature the exhibition Faces, Faith and Fanciful Things by artist Bobbie Tiedt Donohew.

Please visit www.SummitArtspace.org/Akron-Artwalk/ for more information. For a complete list of partners and participating venues, visit https://www.downtownakron.com/.../your-guide-to-artwalk....

ArtWalk is funded, in part, by a grant from the Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation.

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