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Akron-based artists have until Friday to apply for Knight Art + Tech Expansion funds
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAkron-based artists and nonprofit arts groups can apply for $25,000 to $100,000 from Knight Art +...
Akron artist Don Drumm celebrates the total eclipse and his 89th birthday with new art
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 2 months agoSometimes the planets just seem to line up. Such is the case for Akron artist Don Drumm and the...
Art meets aviation: New installation unveiled at Akron-Canton Airport by local artists
The Repository via Yahoo News· 10 months agoGREEN − Discarded and scrap airplane wings have been transformed into gleaming, vibrant and colorful...
Famed Pilobolus celebrates 50 years with stop at Akron dance festival
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor the artists of Pilobolus, dance is a universal language for everyone. The world-renowned,...
Group gives TLC to STEM plaza artwork celebrating roots of Akron's rubber legacy
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHarvon Hamilton was a student at the National Inventors Hall of Fame School for STEM Learning in...
University of Akron jazzed to bring local guitarist Dan Wilson onto program faculty
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 4 months agoSlowly but surely, the University of Akron is building up its jazz program faculty. The latest...
Local history: ‘Hee Haw’ star Grandpa Jones got his start on Akron radio
Gannett via AOL· 2 months agoMarshall Jones was a young man who aged prematurely. For gosh sakes, he became a grandfather at age...
Claes Oldenburg, sculptor of Akron Art Museum showpiece and Cleveland 'Free Stamp,' dies
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoClaes Oldenburg was known for his larger than life public sculptures, including the "Inverted Q" in...
Who is Canton hip-hop artist Nicasso Turpin? Award winner, new father, community advocate
The Repository via Yahoo News· 4 months agoCANTON − Nicasso Turpin considers his summer hip-hop performance at the Tacos & Tequila Music Fest...
Believe it or not! Akron appears often in Ripley’s famous cartoon
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoClouds formed inside the Goodyear-Zeppelin Airdock. A mouse imprisoned itself in a milk bottle. A woman owned a 119-year-old orange. A judge married the sister of his daughter-in-law and became ...