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10.10.2005

Akron Area Arts Alliance Press Release

Summit Artspace is housing the Akron Area Art Alliances' "Out of the Box" exhibition. This will be a nice art fix since we're still sans an Art Mueseum. Though it is coming along pretty well. For the record, I really miss Soft Inverted Q.

Out of the Box Exhibition Opening at Summit Artspace Gallery
Out of the Box, an exhibition of more than 50 decorative boxes designed by local artists, will open with a public reception from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, October 27th at Summit Artspace, 140 E. Market St., Akron. Many of the artists will be on hand to talk about their boxes, which will be on display October 25 - November 1, 2005.

The Out of the Box exhibition is a sneak preview of the boxes that the Akron Area Arts Alliance will auction during its Arts Alive! benefit gala on Saturday, November 12, from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel Akron City Centre.

In addition to the auction, the gala will include an Academy Awards-style ceremony to announce the recipients of the 2005 Arts Alive! Awards. The Akron Area Arts Alliance has named 68 nominees in 13 categories spanning visual and performing artists to arts educators and volunteers. The November 12 gala will also include a cocktail hour, dinner and grand dessert.

Tickets for Arts Alive! 2005 are $125. To receive an invitation, contact the Akron Area Arts Alliance at 330-376-8480 or akronareaarts@bright.net.

This is the Akron Area Arts Alliance's third Arts Alive! benefit gala and awards ceremony. The first, in 2001, honored such award recipients as sculptor Don Drumm and pianist Margaret Baxtresser. In 2003, award winners included Dolores Parker Morgan, painter Craig Lucas, and Ann and David Brennan.

The Akron Area Arts Alliance was founded in 1991 by Ann Amer Brennan and Mary Ann Jackson to foster cooperation among arts and cultural groups in the greater Akron area of Summit, Portage, and Medina counties. The membership has grown to include 41 area museums, theaters, performing and visual arts groups, educational arts programs, and 58 individual artists and arts supporters.

For $125 bucks a ticket, it better be one hell of a "grand dessert".

Akron Area Arts Alliance

(joe :: Akron Area Arts Alliance Press Release)

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