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Summit Artspace @summitartspace.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Join us for the Artist Open House: Mix & Meet on Saturday, October 25, from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.! Check our website for the latest information about participating art organizations, the speed coaching roster, critique schedule, registration, and more! www.SummitArtspace.org.

Poster for the artist open house mix and meet. blue, orange, green, and pink shapes text and a photograph of three people standing together smiling.

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Summit Artspace @summitartspace.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Natalie Grieshammer Patrick is an arts leader, artist, and curator from Akron, OH. Over the past decade, she has dedicated her visionary, results-driven leadership to serving local artists in Northeast Ohio. Read the full release: www.summitartspace.org/natalie-grie....

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Summit Artspace Announces Natalie Grieshammer Patrick as Executive Director - Summit Artspace

Akron, OHIO (September 19, 2025) — The Summit Artspace Board of Directors has named Natalie Grieshammer Patrick as executive director. The appointment follows a transitional leadership period after th...

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Summit Artspace @summitartspace.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

The Summit Artspace Board of Directors has named Natalie Grieshammer Patrick as executive director. The appointment follows a transitional leadership period after the departure of former Executive Director Heather Meeker in June.

A person with long brown wavy hair wearing white pants and a black and white polkadot blouse stands outside the Summit Artspace building between two large planters and underneath a colorful Summit artspace sign.

A person with long, brown, wavy hair wearing a black and white polkadot blouse leans against a light brown building and smiles at the camera.

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Summit Artspace @summitartspace.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

refinishing stairwells, gallery spaces, our 3rd floor event space, and our storefront,making it better equipped and more accessible to serve our 30 resident artists, 400 exhibiting artists, and 9,000 annual visitors.

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Summit Artspace @summitartspace.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

REMINDER! The building will be temporarily closed to the public until our construction project is completed, but our team will still be serving artists! We are beginning a transformative construction project to expand creative access, updating a host of areas throughout the building, including:

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Summit Artspace @summitartspace.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

By giving $25 to help local artists in 2025, you are investing in the growth of artists from all backgrounds, ensuring a future rich with imagination, innovation, and hope. Let's champion their voices and foster a culture that sustains creativity.

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Summit Artspace @summitartspace.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Help us directly support our mission of connecting artists to the resources they need to thrive this year! Artists act as agents of inspiration for positive change locally, nationally, and internationally. Visit summit-artspace.monkeypod.io/give/give-25... for more information and to donate today!

Children and adults stand and sit around a rectangular table dressed with a red and white checkerboard tablecloth with felted objects such as bacon and eggs, cookies, and strawberries on plates sitting on top. Two artists sit behind the table leading a felting activity.

Two artists, Janoi Daley on the left and Nick Lee on the right, stand together in front of Daley's vibrantly colored painting on the right in a gallery with an orange wall on the left.

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Summit Artspace @summitartspace.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Opening Friday, July 11, in The BOX Gallery! "Finding the Joy" features photographs by Don Parsisson, R. Reza Greer Sr., and Susie Lilley, which focus on finding joy and happiness in times of unease. Stop by for the opening from 5–8 p.m.!

Poster for the Finding the Joy exhibition in the box gallery inside Summit ArtSpace. Three photos layered on a grayscale marble background with text.

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Summit Artspace @summitartspace.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Five incredible NEW exhibitions open at Summit Artspace on Friday, July 11, 2025, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.! Summer exhibitions will be open during public hours on Fridays from Noon to 7:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. through Friday, September 13.

Poster for the Summer exhibitions opening on July 11 at Summit Artspace. Five different photos of artwork are displayed with accompanying text on top.

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Summit Artspace @summitartspace.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Join us on Thursday, June 12, from 5:00 – 9:00 p.m. for an Akron Bicentennial-themed ArtWalk! Admission is free and open to the public at participating venues. Visit www.summitartspace.org/akron-artwalk/ for complete information!

Poster for the June 12 Akron ArtWalk. Features an illustration of a blimp over the Akron skyline.

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Summit Artspace @summitartspace.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

You're invited to the Arts Alive Awards Gala on May 21 at House Three Thirty! Tickets are available at tinyurl.com/ywww3fpf. The registration deadline is May 13, 2025.

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Summit Artspace @summitartspace.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Our galleries throughout the building are closed due to exhibition changeover. Join us on Friday, April 11, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. for the Spring Exhibitions opening night featuring five new exhibitions on all three floors!

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Summit Artspace @summitartspace.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Our resident artists' studios are OPEN this weekend, and we encourage visitors from the public. Support local artists by learning more about their creations and purchasing some artwork! As always, we have free admission and parking. 😁

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Summit Artspace @summitartspace.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Join us on Thursday, March 13, from 5-9pm. The March ArtWalk is supported in part by Summit DD to Empower People of All Abilities! For a complete list of activities, visit www.summitartspace.org/akron-artwalk/. Artwalk is funded, in part, by a grant from the Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation.

Art Walk poster titled "Creative Voices: Empowering Artists of All Abilities" on March 13, 2025, 5-9 p.m., supported by Summit DD and various local organizations. Graphic created by Taylor Clapp

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Summit Artspace @summitartspace.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

When looking at his art, one can see the spirit, strength, and resilience of the African Diaspora. His work in various mediums underscores many years of development and training in honing his craft.

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Summit Artspace @summitartspace.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Celebrating Woodrow Nash this Black History Month! In 2024, Woodrow Nash was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Arts Alive Award through Summit Artspace! Woodrow Nash is a son of Akron. His art reflects more than his upbringing as a child in the late forties; it reflects the soul of his ancestors.

Woodrow Nash working on his sculpture of Sojourner Truth in his studio.

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Northeast Ohio Opportunities for Artists @neo.opportunities.art · 22/02/2025

#CallforArtists Artists who live, work, or attend school in Summit and surrounding counties are invited to submit to the juried exhibition Artists of Rubber City at Forum Gallery in Summit Artspace on exhibition April 11 - June 14, 2025. 🎨 Juror: Stephen Tornero bit.ly/neoart-SUMMIT

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Summit Artspace @summitartspace.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Watch Dove recite "Beside the Golden Door" from her most recent book, "Playlist for the Apocolypse," from PBS News Hour's arts and culture series, CANVAS. Thank you, Rita. youtu.be/7ekc1QiCdTs?.... #BlackHistoryMonth #RitaDove #CelebratePoetry #AkronProud

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WATCH: Rita Dove reads her poem ‘Beside the Golden Door’

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Summit Artspace @summitartspace.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Celebrating the incredible Rita Dove this Black History Month! As an Akron native, Pulitzer Prize winner, and the first African American to serve as U.S. poet laureate (1993–95), Rita Dove has influenced our local arts community—and the world—with her powerful voice and poignant storytelling.

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