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By Dorothy Shinn
Beacon Journal art and architecture critic
Published on Thursday, Jun 11, 2009
The Akron Art Museum will hold its 14th annual Wine Auction this weekend, kicking it off with a ''Napa Valley Experience'' wine tasting on Friday.
The wine tasting, featuring Michael Honig of Honig Winery, Napa Valley, Calif., will be at 9:30 p.m. Friday in the Beatrice Knapp McDowell Grand Lobby at the museum, 1 S. High St., and will include music, light refreshments and samplings of wine.
The wine auction will be at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Portage Country Club, 240 N. Portage Path, Akron.
Tickets for the wine tasting are $100 for patrons, $50 for guests. Tickets for the wine auction are at three levels: $500 for Grand Cru Platinum Patron, $375 for Grand Cru Gold Patron, and $225 for Honored Guest. To make reservations, call 330-376-9185 or go to http://www.akronartmuseum.org/wine/.
Handmade Nation, Faythe Levine's documentary film about a new wave of art, craft and design, inspired by America's do-it-yourself culture, will get a free, 2 p.m. screening Sunday at the Akron Art Museum.
Sponsored by the museum's Teen Council, the event will include a post-film craft session with local T-shirt designers, Campfire, who will help participants in silkscreening their own commemorative poster. Campfire will also debut its own museum Teen Council T-shirt at the event.
Levine's survey deftly interweaves the burgeoning blend of historic crafting techniques, punk culture and the DIY nation to demonstrate that buying handmade objects means buying local.
Levine traveled the U.S. to capture the tight-knit culture, interviewing in studios and homes of noted independent artists such as Jenny Hart, the Little Friends of Printmaking, the Dirt Palace, Kathy Beal, Nikki McClure, Deb Dormondy, Mandy Greer, Stephanie Syjuco, Kathy Sever, Buyolympia.com and more. She also demonstrates how Web sites, blogs and online stores have spurred a once-underground movement to expand and connect with the greater public through boutiques, galleries and fairs.
The screening will take place in the museum's Charles and Jane Lehner auditorium. For more information, call 330-376-9185 or go to http://akronartmuseum.org/calendar/list.php?catid=11.
Today
Workshop — Artist Sally Heston teaches a 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. three-day plein-air watermedia workshop today through Saturday at the Cuyahoga Valley Art Center, 2131 Front St., Cuyahoga Falls. The workshop, which costs $250 ($225 CVAC members), is being held in conjunction with CVAC's Floral Exhibition and Plein Air Festival, which will run through June 25. A 6 to 8 p.m. reception for the exhibit will be held Wednesday. For more information call CVAC at 330-928-8092 or go to http://www.cvartcenter.org.
Art Talk — Steve de Benedetto, visiting artist at Kent State University School of Art's Blossom Art-Painting, will give a 5 to 7 p.m. talk on his work today in Room 202 of the art building. New York Magazine says he pushes paint ''to the point of cognitive warpage.'' The Art School is also exhibiting artwork by Dana Depew, Liz Maugans and Joel Ross at its Downtown Gallery, 141 E. Main St., Kent. For more information, call 330-672-1369 or go to http://dept.kent.edu/art.
Friday
Reception — For Carolyn E. Lewis Paintings at Lawrence Churski Gallery, 3850 Granger Road, Bath Township, from 6 to 8 tonight. For more information, call 330-666-8732.
Saturday
Workshop — Artist Chris Leeper will teach a 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. one-day plein-air workshop sponsored by the Trumbull Art Gallery. The workshop will take place at Zipay's farm, 2280 State Route 7, Hartford (north of Yankee Lake). Cost is $20. Bring your own supplies and easel and pack a lunch and beverage. To register, call Judy Waid at 330-856-5498 or Trumbull Art Gallery at 330-385-4876.
Parade the Circle — The Cleveland Museum of Art will hold its 20th annual Parade the Circle celebration from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at University Circle. Admission is free, appropriate for all ages. The parade will begin at noon at the museum and proceed in a counter-clockwise direction along Wade Oval Drive and East Boulevard. Visitors can also participate in many hands-on activities sponsored by University Circle organizations in Circle Village. This year's theme is Chiaroscuro: Beguiling the Penumbra. For more information call 888-262-0033 or go to http://www.clevelandart.org.
Mews Snoop — No, it's not a peak at kitty litter, it's a tour of Cleveland's historic Herrick Mews and its new neighbor Kenilworth Mews on the top of Cedar Hill in Cleveland Heights between Cedar and Edgehill Roads. Sponsored by the Cleveland Restoration Society, the ''Snoop'' is a members-only tour held from 10 a.m. to noon. In its day impressive homes lined ''The Overlook,'' a prime location with a distant view of Lake Erie. Several of the homes remain in the Mews, a charming collection of carriage houses, stables and servants' quarters that once served these grand estates. Today, many of the buildings have been given new life as private residences. To make a reservation, call Ted Sande at 216-426-3103.
She's a Wheel Maker — Artist and potmaker Gina DeSantis will give wheel-throwing demonstrations from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Ohio City Open Air Market, Cleveland's only urban outdoor market, at Market Square Park, West 25th Street and Lorain Avenue, across the street from the West Side Market. DeSantis is sponsored by Art House Inc. For more information, call 216-398-8556.
Sunday
Sunday in the City — North Canton will sponsor a free cultural event from 2 to 5 p.m. on the square. More than 40 artists will exhibit their work, live music will be played, local restaurants and performance artists will participate and children's activities will be held throughout the afternoon. For more information, call David Angione at 330-323-6396 or go to http://www.artinthecitynorthcanton.com.
Monday
Take 'em to the Woodpile — Recycle artist Mark Reigelman will begin to construct Wood Pile at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Using some 18,720 recyclable pool noodles (about 12 inches long and four inches in diameter), Reigelman will create a sculpture stretching more than 470 linear feet along East Boulevard as part of the museum's East Wing opening, set for June 20, which also coincides with the museum's Summer Solstice Party. The artist, a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art, began building the wall in small sections on June 8 in the basement of the institute's Gund Building. He will continue to work on the wall until the Summer Solstice Party. The project is cosponsored by the museum, the Cleveland Institute of Art and Cleveland Public Art. Tickets to the Summer Solstice Party, which will run from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. have tiered pricing: $15 for entry after 10 p.m., after 7 p.m. $55 ($35 CMA members), and all night $150 ($100 CMA members). To buy tickets, go to http://www.clevelandart.org.
Wednesday
Handbag Art — ''The Quintessential Handbag,'' a fashion-oriented event coinciding with Pocketbook Anthropology: A Treasure of Handbags, will be held from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Canton Museum of Art. Tickets are $25 ($20 for museum members). For more information, call Lynn at 330-453-7666, ext. 104, by June 15.
The Akron Art Museum will hold its 14th annual Wine Auction this weekend, kicking it off with a ''Napa Valley Experience'' wine tasting on Friday.
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