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In the spring of 2021, Patterson Park Community Center launched open mic night every Friday evening from 6-7:30pm. The Community Center is creating a space for poets and spoken-word artists to come together, share readings, and create community.
Read MoreReelAbilities Film Festival is the largest festival in the US dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories, and artistic expressions of people with different disabilities through award-winning films by and about people with disabilities
Read MoreIn honor of Sojourner Truth, and in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, a committee of local Summit County women are raising funds to commission local artist Woodrow Nash to create a statue.
Read MoreOne of the Guild’s first action items was inviting civil rights leader Lisa Scails, who currently serves as executive director of the Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut, to facilitate a discussion for the Black Artist Guild entitled How to Mobilize the Movement as Black Artists.
Read MoreDuring a community forum in the summer of 2019, local artists Dara Harper and Diane Johnson suggested the concept of a Black Artist Guild as a networking association and support system for Akron's Black creative talent, and on February 3, 2021, that idea sparked as part of the Akron cultural planning process is coming to life.
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