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Fundraiser will feature three themed events, dancers and music; tickets start at $100
By Dorothy Shinn
Beacon Journal art and architecture writer
Published on Thursday, Nov 05, 2009
The big art event this week is the SWITCH fundraiser, three parties in one from 8 p.m. Saturday to 1 a.m. Sunday at the Akron Art Museum.
Themes for this year's funding fete are 1950s, 1990s and contemporary culture, with Rock Around the Clock from 8 to 9 p.m., Party on Dude! from 9 to 11 p.m. and MiTunes from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m.
The theme of the music, dancers and decor will change three times during the evening, but the attire throughout is ''upscale chic.''
No kidding. Reservations begin at $100, the ''Guest'' level, and go up from there. ''A-List'' reservations are $250 and ''Superstar'' tickets are $750.
As in the past three years, the privileges begin at the lowest level and build from there. At $100, a guest is entitled to valet parking, an open bar, hors d'oeuvres, live music, entertainment and dancing; the $250 folks also get access to the VIP lounge and a gift; the $750 crowd has that plus limo pickup and drop-off, a bottle of champagne and a gift basket.
Three raffles will be held during the parties: a gift card tree; two round-trip coach airline tickets anywhere AirTran Airways flies in the United States from Akron-Canton Airport; and a baseball signed by Cleveland Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera.
All funds raised go to the exhibitions and education programs of the museum at 1 S. High St.
There may still be time to make reservations. Call 330-376-9186, ext. 242, or go to http://www.akronartmuseum.org.
Today
Museum Book Club — Seven Days in the Art World by Sarah Thornton will be the focus of the 6:30 p.m. meeting of the Akron Art Museum Book Club. Thornton's novel explores art during an economic boom; how people define it; and how artists, critics and curators struggle with it and relate to one another. The museum has the book for sale. The club meets in the museum's Martha Stecher Reed Library. The program is free, but registration is required. For information and to register, call 330-376-9186, ext. 230.
Get Your Work Exhibited — William Busta, director of William Busta Gallery in Cleveland, will give a talk at 6 p.m. for professional artists at Art House, 3119 Denison Ave., Cleveland. He will talk about how to get work exhibited in prestigious galleries and prominent venues. The evening will begin with a tour of work by Hildur Asgeirsdottir Jonsson of Iceland and Cleveland, followed by a sit-down with Busta who will explain the curatorial process, how artists are considered and evaluated and the intimate details of professional and personal relationships between artist and gallery. Admission is $15 ($5 for SPACES and SEAN members). For information, call 216-398-8556.
Friday
Opening — Harris Stanton Gallery, 2301 W. Market St., Akron, will hold a free opening from 5:30 to 9 p.m. for the 22nd Annual International Exhibition, featuring glass by Zachary Thomas Compton.
Studio tour — Studio Arts & Glass will offer tours of its facility during its annual holiday open house, Friday through Nov. 22, at 7495 Strauss Ave. NW, Jackson Township. For information, call 330-494-9779. The studio was responsible for restoring the 100-year-old stained-glass skylight from the old Finley Elementary School building in Akron, which was installed in the school's new building at 65 W. Tallmadge Ave.
Friday-Saturday
Collection Management — Kent State University Museum will offer the first in a new series of workshops on museum collections. Museum Collection Information Management is a two-day workshop from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the KSU Museum's Murphy Auditorium. The course is geared toward current and emerging collections professionals. Cost is $185 for this noncredit workshop. More information at http://www.ccs.kent.edu/museum.
Saturday
Silhouettes, anyone? — Silhouette artist Terry Bramble will be on hand from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Learned Owl Book Shop, 204 N. Main St., Hudson. Bramble is known for his children's portraits, as well as family groups and pets. Individual portraits are $20 with any bookstore purchase of $15. Sittings take about 30 minutes, so children under three cannot be done. To make reservations for a sitting, call 330-653-2252.
Art classes — Massillon Museum will offer intermediate wheel throwing classes from noon to 2 p.m. for four Saturdays. Cost is $59 ($49 museum members) and includes a 25-pound bag of clay. Class size limited. Information at 330-833-4061.
Spaces benefit — Spaces, Cleveland's oldest artist-run gallery, will hold its annual benefit and art auction, Erie Prom: Enchantment Under the Lake, from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Spaces Gallery, 2220 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland. Tickets range for $50 to $135 each. For information, call 216-621-2314 or go to http://www.spacesgallery.org.
Sunday
Reception — An opening reception for Six Local Artists: Debra Thompson, Spike Neilson, Ray Muniak, Carol Tomasik, Elsie Consilio and Jim Porterfield will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. Paul's Episcopal Church Gallery, 1361 W. Market St., Akron. For information, call 330-836-9327 or go to http://www.stpaulsakron.org.
Opening — 18th Annual Women's Invitational: A Woman's Intuition and Men's Invitational: Mental Mapping will open with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. at Ursuline College's Florence O'Donnell Wasmer Gallery, 2550 Lander Road, Pepper Pike. For information, go to http://www.ursuline.edu/wasmer.
Tuesday
Art talk — Photographer Philip-Lorca deCorcia will give a 6:30 p.m. talk on his work in the auditorium of the Akron Art Museum, 1 S. High St. DeCorcia has received artist grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. His photographs are collected by major museums worldwide. Admission is free. For information, call 330-376-9185.
Wednesday
Reception — The Women's Art League will hold an opening reception from 2 to 4 p.m. for its annual members' show, The Best of WAL, at Laurel Lake Art Gallery, 200 Laurel Lake Drive, Hudson. For information, call 330-867-8796 or 330-659-4301.
Recognizing artist educators — Robinson Memorial Hospital, 6847 N.
Chestnut St., Ravenna, is showing the work of county art educators in Smart Art: Showcasing the Talents of Portage County Art Educators through Nov. 29 in the hospital's rotating Art Gallery. A reception for the artists and their guests will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the hospital's main lobby. For information, call 330-297-2592 or e-mail shaskell@rmh2.org.
Author talk — Jonathan Lopez, art historian and author of The Man Who Made Vermeers, will give a talk at 7 p.m. in the Lecture Hall of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 11105 East Blvd., University Circle. Lopez took three years to conduct research in five nations on the Dutch art forger Hans van Meegeren, who specialized in forging painters of the Dutch Golden Age. A ticket for his talk, sponsored by the museum's Painting and Drawing Society, is $15 ($10 student). The talk will be simulcast in the museum's recital hall. For tickets, call 888-262-0033 or go to http://www.clevelandart.org.
Deadline
Friday — for artists to submit work for the Stark County Artists Exhibition at the Massillon Museum. All media will be considered, from current and former Stark County residents 18 or older. Up to three works completed in the past two years may be submitted by digital filing. Digital images must be 300 dpi ande-mailed to sthouvenin@massillonmuseum.org. To submit by disc, send it to the museum, 121 Lincoln Way E., Massillon, OH 44646 or deliver it by hand during museum hours. Entry fee is $5 per work and is due at time of filing. The exhibit runs Jan. 16 to Feb. 28, 2010. For information, call 330-833-4061 or go to http://www.massillonmuseum.org.
Dorothy Shinn writes about art and architecture for the Akron Beacon Journal. Send information to her at the Akron Beacon Journal, P.O. Box 640, Akron, OH 44309-0640 or dtgshinn@neo.rr.com.
The big art event this week is the SWITCH fundraiser, three parties in one from 8 p.m. Saturday to 1 a.m. Sunday at the Akron Art Museum.
Themes for this year's funding fete are 1950s, 1990s and contemporary culture, with Rock Around the Clock from 8 to 9 p.m., Party on Dude! from 9 to 11 p.m. and MiTunes from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m.
The theme of the music, dancers and decor will change three times during the evening, but the attire throughout is ''upscale chic.''
No kidding. Reservations begin at $100, the ''Guest'' level, and go up from there. ''A-List'' reservations are $250 and ''Superstar'' tickets are $750.
As in the past three years, the privileges begin at the lowest level and build from there. At $100, a guest is entitled to valet parking, an open bar, hors d'oeuvres, live music, entertainment and dancing; the $250 folks also get access to the VIP lounge and a gift; the $750 crowd has that plus limo pickup and drop-off, a bottle of champagne and a gift basket.
Three raffles will be held during the parties: a gift card tree; two round-trip coach airline tickets anywhere AirTran Airways flies in the United States from Akron-Canton Airport; and a baseball signed by Cleveland Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera.
All funds raised go to the exhibitions and education programs of the museum at 1 S. High St.
There may still be time to make reservations. Call 330-376-9186, ext. 242, or go to http://www.akronartmuseum.org.
Today
Museum Book Club — Seven Days in the Art World by Sarah Thornton will be the focus of the 6:30 p.m. meeting of the Akron Art Museum Book Club. Thornton's novel explores art during an economic boom; how people define it; and how artists, critics and curators struggle with it and relate to one another. The museum has the book for sale. The club meets in the museum's Martha Stecher Reed Library. The program is free, but registration is required. For information and to register, call 330-376-9186, ext. 230.
Get Your Work Exhibited — William Busta, director of William Busta Gallery in Cleveland, will give a talk at 6 p.m. for professional artists at Art House, 3119 Denison Ave., Cleveland. He will talk about how to get work exhibited in prestigious galleries and prominent venues. The evening will begin with a tour of work by Hildur Asgeirsdottir Jonsson of Iceland and Cleveland, followed by a sit-down with Busta who will explain the curatorial process, how artists are considered and evaluated and the intimate details of professional and personal relationships between artist and gallery. Admission is $15 ($5 for SPACES and SEAN members). For information, call 216-398-8556.
Friday
Opening — Harris Stanton Gallery, 2301 W. Market St., Akron, will hold a free opening from 5:30 to 9 p.m. for the 22nd Annual International Exhibition, featuring glass by Zachary Thomas Compton.
Studio tour — Studio Arts & Glass will offer tours of its facility during its annual holiday open house, Friday through Nov. 22, at 7495 Strauss Ave. NW, Jackson Township. For information, call 330-494-9779. The studio was responsible for restoring the 100-year-old stained-glass skylight from the old Finley Elementary School building in Akron, which was installed in the school's new building at 65 W. Tallmadge Ave.
Friday-Saturday
Collection Management — Kent State University Museum will offer the first in a new series of workshops on museum collections. Museum Collection Information Management is a two-day workshop from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the KSU Museum's Murphy Auditorium. The course is geared toward current and emerging collections professionals. Cost is $185 for this noncredit workshop. More information at http://www.ccs.kent.edu/museum.
Saturday
Silhouettes, anyone? — Silhouette artist Terry Bramble will be on hand from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Learned Owl Book Shop, 204 N. Main St., Hudson. Bramble is known for his children's portraits, as well as family groups and pets. Individual portraits are $20 with any bookstore purchase of $15. Sittings take about 30 minutes, so children under three cannot be done. To make reservations for a sitting, call 330-653-2252.
Art classes — Massillon Museum will offer intermediate wheel throwing classes from noon to 2 p.m. for four Saturdays. Cost is $59 ($49 museum members) and includes a 25-pound bag of clay. Class size limited. Information at 330-833-4061.
Spaces benefit — Spaces, Cleveland's oldest artist-run gallery, will hold its annual benefit and art auction, Erie Prom: Enchantment Under the Lake, from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Spaces Gallery, 2220 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland. Tickets range for $50 to $135 each. For information, call 216-621-2314 or go to http://www.spacesgallery.org.
Sunday
Reception — An opening reception for Six Local Artists: Debra Thompson, Spike Neilson, Ray Muniak, Carol Tomasik, Elsie Consilio and Jim Porterfield will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. Paul's Episcopal Church Gallery, 1361 W. Market St., Akron. For information, call 330-836-9327 or go to http://www.stpaulsakron.org.
Opening — 18th Annual Women's Invitational: A Woman's Intuition and Men's Invitational: Mental Mapping will open with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. at Ursuline College's Florence O'Donnell Wasmer Gallery, 2550 Lander Road, Pepper Pike. For information, go to http://www.ursuline.edu/wasmer.
Tuesday
Art talk — Photographer Philip-Lorca deCorcia will give a 6:30 p.m. talk on his work in the auditorium of the Akron Art Museum, 1 S. High St. DeCorcia has received artist grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. His photographs are collected by major museums worldwide. Admission is free. For information, call 330-376-9185.
Wednesday
Reception — The Women's Art League will hold an opening reception from 2 to 4 p.m. for its annual members' show, The Best of WAL, at Laurel Lake Art Gallery, 200 Laurel Lake Drive, Hudson. For information, call 330-867-8796 or 330-659-4301.
Recognizing artist educators — Robinson Memorial Hospital, 6847 N.
Chestnut St., Ravenna, is showing the work of county art educators in Smart Art: Showcasing the Talents of Portage County Art Educators through Nov. 29 in the hospital's rotating Art Gallery. A reception for the artists and their guests will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the hospital's main lobby. For information, call 330-297-2592 or e-mail shaskell@rmh2.org.
Author talk — Jonathan Lopez, art historian and author of The Man Who Made Vermeers, will give a talk at 7 p.m. in the Lecture Hall of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 11105 East Blvd., University Circle. Lopez took three years to conduct research in five nations on the Dutch art forger Hans van Meegeren, who specialized in forging painters of the Dutch Golden Age. A ticket for his talk, sponsored by the museum's Painting and Drawing Society, is $15 ($10 student). The talk will be simulcast in the museum's recital hall. For tickets, call 888-262-0033 or go to http://www.clevelandart.org.
Deadline
Friday — for artists to submit work for the Stark County Artists Exhibition at the Massillon Museum. All media will be considered, from current and former Stark County residents 18 or older. Up to three works completed in the past two years may be submitted by digital filing. Digital images must be 300 dpi ande-mailed to sthouvenin@massillonmuseum.org. To submit by disc, send it to the museum, 121 Lincoln Way E., Massillon, OH 44646 or deliver it by hand during museum hours. Entry fee is $5 per work and is due at time of filing. The exhibit runs Jan. 16 to Feb. 28, 2010. For information, call 330-833-4061 or go to http://www.massillonmuseum.org.
Dorothy Shinn writes about art and architecture for the Akron Beacon Journal. Send information to her at the Akron Beacon Journal, P.O. Box 640, Akron, OH 44309-0640 or dtgshinn@neo.rr.com.
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