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Connecting Arts, Culture

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Photos (Left to Right): Akron Children's Museum, photo courtesy of Akron Children's Museum; Cultural Plan focus group in 2019 with Torchbearers, photo courtesy of Shane Wynn Photography; Hope Mural installation at Park East, photo courtesy of Ilenia Pezzaniti; Himalayan Arts Language & Cultural Academy, photo courtesy of Aimee Juarez
 

ArtsForward Webinar 2024
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ArtsForward applications are still being accepted! ArtsForward is a grant program that aims to provide resources that support the Akron/Summit Cultural Plan's ten key priorities. Have a question about your idea or project? Watch the webinar that occurred on April 10. 
 

Creative Investment Grant Recipient
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Jess is one of our Creative Investment Program grant recipients! They will be attending the Wells College Book Arts Summer Institute. This Summer Institute brings instructors, artists, and participants from across the country to learn with book artists, printers, calligraphers, and paper artists a stone’s throw from beautiful Cayuga Lake.
 

Patron Spotlight
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Patron spotlight! Phil Montgomery and Andrew Schuellerman live in Highland Square with their two daughters, Adrionna and Brooklynn. As a family, they love trying new things and exploring all the arts and culture sector in Summit County has to offer. 
 

Upcoming Events
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Dementia Friends

Dementia Friends

Wed., May 1 • 3:00 - 4:30pm

• Akron Art Museum

Join Barb White as she discusses the dramatic increase in dementia diagnoses in Ohio and across the country. Barb will delve into the ways we can become a Dementia Friend and discover the important role you and organizations can play in building the dementia-inclusive community.
 
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Photo courtesy of Victor Samalot
 

Guitarist Victor Samalot Live At El Patron Tequileria!

Sun., May 5 • 1:00pm - 4:00pm

• El Patron Tequileria,    Downtown Akron

Join Victor Samalot for a special Cinco de Mayo performance at El Patron Tequileria in Downtown Akron!
 
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Photo courtesy of ABAG
 

Sat., May 11 • 1:00 - 4:30pm

• Akron-Summit County Public Library, Highland Square Branch

Join Charisse M. Harris, M.F.A. as she provides local artists with valuable professional resources that will help propel their artistic careers. 
 
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Do you have a project or update about the arts and culture sector that aligns with our 10 priorities from the Akron/Summit Cultural Plan? Fill out the quick form below to have your project or update featured on our website!
 
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Photos (Left to Right): Akron Children's Museum, photo courtesy of Akron Children's Museum; Cultural Plan focus group in 2019 with Torchbearers, photo courtesy of Shane Wynn Photography; Painter Dray Evans, photo courtesy of Aimee Juarez

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