First Night Artists
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Akron Society of Artists
Summit Artspace: 3rd Floor 5-9
The Akron Society of Artists gallery will feature works by members, with artists present and demonstrating their working process. Stop by from 5-7 p.m. to sit for a caricature by Dino Massaroni.
Premiere: First time appearing at First Night Akron!
This Site Sponsored By: Akron Beacon Journal
Artists of Rubber City: The BOX
Summit Artspace: 3rd Floor 5-11
Artists of Rubber City is a nonprofit arts group that advocates for the appreciation and ownership of local art. The group's new gallery, the BOX, is located on the third floor of Summit Artspace. Currently on view is the annual all-member show. Exhibitions of local and regional art will be ongoing in The BOX.
Premiere: First time appearing at First Night Akron!
This Site Sponsored By: Akron Beacon Journal
Carolyn E. Lewis Studio
Summit Artspace: 3rd Floor 5-9
Come enjoy "Painting the Night Away," with Carolyn E. Lewis featuring artists demonstrating oil painting landscapes. Lewis' latest artwork and the artwork of her students will also be on view.
Premiere: First time appearing at First Night Akron!
This Site Sponsored By: Akron Beacon Journal
Creatures of the Midnight Sun
Summit Artspace: 3rd Floor 5-11
This project follows First Night 2008 & First Night 2009's successful presentation of Land of the Midnight Sun and Return of the Midnight Sun, A Black Light Art Installation and Exhibition at Summit Artspace.
Premiere: Incorporating light and sound, Creatures of the Midnight Sun will premiere an animated two and three-dimensional work of art in the form of imaginary animals under a black light. Remember your camera to capture memories in the Family Photo Safari Adventure!
Stage sponsored by County of Summit.
This Site Sponsored By: Akron Beacon Journal
Elegant Ice Creations
Lock 3: Outdoor Stage 7-7:45
Lock 3: Outdoor Stage 8-8:45
Lock 3: Outdoor Stage 9:15-10
Olympic ice sculptor Aaron Costic and his crew will amaze you with their skills and designs! Watch as they sculpt blocks of ice into masterpieces!
Premiere: New Sculptures!
Site Sponsored by City of Akron
Field of Snow
Akron-Summit County Public Library: Amphitheater 5-11
A sound and light installation celebrating urban winter.
Premiere: A new installation!
This Site Sponsored by Acme Fresh Market
First Night Dragon
Main & Bowery 5-12
Catch a glimpse of the First Night Dragon.
First Night Luminaries
Around Town 5-12
The First Night Luminaries, designed by participants in the Summer Arts Experience program, light up the First Night footprint.
Holiday Window Displays
UA Polsky Building 5-11
Akron’s holiday displays are part of a countless number of families' holiday tradition. Beginning in the 1950s, Akron area families would flock to the animated holiday window displays in the O’Neil’s and Polsky’s building windows Downtown. The window displays were "unveiled" each Thanksgiving for the holiday season. It was a magical time. There was a period when the displays were brought inside the two department stores as part of their Santaland decor. By the end of the 1980s both O'Neil's and Polsky's stores were gone, leaving a void in local holiday family traditions. Downtown Akron Partnership brought the vintage displays back to the Akron community in 1999.
In 2005, because the former store fronts were utilized, leaving a void of this holiday tradition, the displays were set up inside the Main Library Downtown through the holiday season. DAP's collection includes a storybook display, Peter Pan, the Wizard of Oz, the Prince and Ice Princess, Santas of Christmas past, a train display and Raggedy Ann.
Scavenge the Summer: Summer Arts Experience Scavenger Hunt
Around Town 6-9
The fruits of Summer are all around us! Locate seven Summer Arts Experience installations by following the clues obtained from the docent volunteer at each of the locations. Complete your scavenger hunt and receive a free ticket to the Summer 2010 Lock 3 Live Concert Series (some exclusions apply). Find the first installation in the scavenger hunt by solving this clue: Its painted images reflect Akron as a resource for views picturesque, celestial, and local in flavor. Find it on the second floor of Downtown's greatest collection of resources.
Premiere: New First Night scavenger hunt!
Small-Field Studios: Beneath the Land of Ice and Snow
Akron Civic Theatre: Marquee 5-12
Following last year’s “Land of Ice and Snow,” artists Daniel Coffield and Kevin Smalley bring you a new vision, “Beneath the Land of Ice and Snow.”
Premiere: Small-Field Studio’s latest creation, a mixed media aquatic adventure featuring original music scores, exciting video, colorful lights and interactive animatronics by the artists.
Welcome to the Akron Art Museum & At One South High
Akron Art Museum: Corbin Gallery 5-11:30
The exhibition Welcome to the Akron Art Museum introduces the Akron Art Museum’s architecture and art through artwork by Akron artists. In the RagGonNon, At One South High, Miller South students depict their favorite works in the Akron Art Museum collection. The students took several tours of the museum with their teacher Julienne Hogarth, First Night Akron 2010 Button Artist, during the 2007-2008 school year.
Premiere: First time these two exhibitions will be on display for First Night Akron!