Let’s be frank: tattoos are just another form of art. Massillon’s Art Bomb Tattoos once again is reminding everyone of that by hosting the Classy and Sassy show, featuring work by artist Whitney Garey. Art Bomb has been tattooing and piercing since 2003, having moved to Massillon in 2008. For the past four years, they have featured local artists on their walls and regularly host shows for local work. If the name Whitney Garey sounds familiar, you’ve probably seen her pieces at Thirteenth Floor last summer — where Art Bomb first came across her. Garey’s art will be gracing the...
The Ananda Center for the Arts will host ArtSyrcus on Saturday, August 18, from 1:00 to 8:00 p.m. Duncan Plaza in Massillon will be a colorful collage of arts activities—a free day of family-friendly fun—punctuated with cotton candy, popcorn, balloons, and face painters. Organizers are now seeking dancers, art vendors, and musicians, as well as clowns, stilt walkers, and similar entertainers who are willing to showcase their talents to help present a community event brimming with creativity and energy. A circus theme will prevail, but performances and artwork are not required to relat...
Massillon’s most creepily cool art gallery will be moving to a new location soon. On Saturday, April 28, you can check out Thirteenth Floor’s new digs on Erie Street at the grand reopening soiree. This week, fans of the gallery’s macabre style and locally mined selections will be stopping by the old storefront (located at 28 Charles Street) for a moving sale, scheduled to run March 28 through 30. Original artwork and prints, posters, shirts, sculptures, masks — even more utilitarian items like store fixtures and tables will be up for grabs. Following the sale, the gallery, run by...
Local artists Ron Copeland and Dave Desimone have been to cities like Buffalo, NY; Pittsburgh; Youngstown; Akron; Gary, Ind.; Detroit and Flint, Mich., all of which have endured the hardships of job loss, population decline and urban decay. It’s a pattern they know well. “When I was about nine years old, I witness the collapse of the steel industry … The once prosperous steel valley region deteriorated and rusted away with it tens of thousands of good paying jobs and a way of life for so many people,” Desimone said. Growing up around boarded-up houses and buildings, he realized and ...
December 31 - Cleveland - Grog Shop Join The Coventry Kids at the Grog Shop on New Year’s Eve and kick-off 2012 (or kick-out 2011) with a dance party full of Cleveland’s best and a free champagne toast. DJ Self Help and Nathan Sloan will be headlining the event. DJ Self Help is energized following the release of “This Is An Emergency,” his first EP, and Nathan Sloan will be ready to reproduce the fantastic results from last year. Joining them onstage will be DJ Lo Bear (DJ for the Muamin Collective), Rhyme x Reason, Freeze-Tag and Mr. Indubitably. The night will be full of dance...
GREAT ART at GREAT PRICES For the second year running, Anderson Creative is proud to present their December exhibit, DECK THE WALLS. They've asked 20 or so local artists to clean out their studios, empty their closets and just generally bring artwork that they're ready to part with at perhaps reduced rates. Then, to sweeten the deal, as a thank you to the artists and clients, for one month only, Anderson Creative agrees to reduce their commission rate to 10%, resulting in even greater savings to their loyal patrons. The result: tons of great work adorning the walls just in time for the holida...
November 26 - Akron - Musica Crafty Mart in Akron features some of the city's finest artists and craftsters. The show grew from the idea to give local artists, who may not have a retail space, a place to display their work in a large setting. The show features unique and affordable jewelry, prints, clothing and holiday gifts in both new and retro styles. The show will have food for sale provided by Urban Eats and drinks from Musica. The show runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and parking is free. Get your holiday shopping done early....
November 5 - Akron - Art Walk! The Akron Art Walk is scheduled for this Saturday, November 5,from 5-10 PM. Visit galleries, studios, and cool shops filled with original art by local artists. There are also great places to eat and listen to live music while you are here. Ride the FREE trolley provided by the City of Akron. There's something new every first Saturday of the month- tell your friends! For more information on the Art Walk go to: www.downtownakron.com/enjoy/artwalk Stop by the Akron Glass Works Gift Shop for FREE glassblowing demos and a large selection of gift items an...
Currently running at Anderson Creative, next to our own Buzzbin Art and Record Shop, is an exhibit entitled Blind/Sighted: The Perceptions Project that is definitely worth a look. Local painter Marti Jones Dixon and filmmaker Andrew Rudd took on a daunting challenge. It all started with 9 Canton residents - men and women, Black and White, young and old, from all walks of life, economic brackets and ethnic backgrounds. Each of these folks agreed to be interviewed for one hour, answering questions about how they perceive themselves and how they believe other people perceive them. They then tu...
By Daena Urbanski Breakneck Gallery recently took over what was known as “The Pop Shop” on the corner of Cordova and Madison Ave in Lakewood. New owners, Sean and Kristen Burns, are making new changes to the space but keeping to some of the ideas The Pop Shop left behind. The grand opening celebration on Friday, October 7th from 6-9 pm will be the opening reception of the “Cinematic Redux II” art show. Cinematic Redux II is a sequel show to an open artist call The Pop Shop held in August of 2010. Local artists were invited to recreate and redesign posters for their favorite Holl...
Sherry Groom, Founder 122 E. College St., Alliance, OH 1-800-768-6447 sherry@suburbandestiny.com Arts for Alzheimer's and Canton Palace Theater presents the showing of The Troll Hunter, a Norwegian action thriller film. The showing is to promote the awareness of the Art for Alzheimer's opening exhibit "Troll Hole Folk Art Gallery " in historic downtown Alliance art district. The Troll Hunter is an independent film about a group of scientist searching to debunk the mythical existence of trolls. The film is a cross between the Blair Witch Project and Twister (the tornado chasers). Come out...
(Disclosure: Buzzbin sponsors this event, holmes.) This event was organized to give the Art Quarter project in Massillon an extra boost to help get things moving. It's very important to the community that show is success and can set a small example of what's to come in the near future for our Downtown. Thirteenth Floor Presents the Massillon Art Mixer On September 17th we will be blocking off a portion of a Downtown Massillon. Vendors will be lining the Charles Ave SE with arts, crafts, jewelry and much, much more! Here's a list of what will be going on: - Arts, Crafts and more for ...
First Friday is one of the biggest events in downtown Canton, whether it’s the art studios that draw you or the bands playing or the drinks, it’s just something to check out. But this month’s First Friday has something a bit extra. Trialogue Studio’s opening coincides with the event. Trialogue Studio is brought to you by local artists Sue Steiner, Sarah Winther Shumaker and Laurie Grace Fife Harbert and its public opening will be Friday, Aug. 5. Steiner and Shumaker originally had their art displayed upstairs at 2nd April Galerie but were moving their art into a space downsta...
So Buzzbin cartoonist/beer reviewer and all-around-swell-guy Ryan Lynn decided to start pitting local artists against each other in a timed battle that is judged by local celebrities and involves heavy drink. What's not to like? Despite the fact that one of the artists nearly caught the bar on fire during his last performance, the venue is still allowing him back to compete in the Final Event. ...
It wasn’t too long ago that the Collinwood neighborhood was considered a good place to become the victim of a strong-arm robbery. The streets were largely deserted after sundown. Beyond the lights of the Beachland Ballroom, nightlife was nil. But an enterprising group of artists, musicians and entrepreneurs saw potential in the rough-looking neighborhood. Soon new shops, galleries, restaurants and bars began springing up, mostly around the Beachland and specifically along Waterloo Road. The Collinwood neighborhood became a magnet for those looking for a place to claim their own, away...
Over the past few years, we’ve written quite a few features and interviews about the amazing artists, galleries and venues in Northeast Ohio. And while the articles have (hopefully) offered insightful views into the sometimes peculiar, always entertaining minds and methods of these hardworking individuals, we felt as though it might be about time that we started pulling our own weight a bit. Beginning, well, now, we’re going to be doing some down-and-dirty, roll-up-your-sleeves-and-slap-on-a-smock interviews where — you guessed it — we work alongside local artists while they g...
Ever try to use canned food in place of your legos as a kid? Well, a handful of local artists, architects, contractors, companies and engineers have done just that to create work for CANstruction. Six teams are using 16,000 cans to create six unique designs including a VW bus, a ballpark mascot and a spiral. All cans will then be donated to the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank. Build day occurred earlier this week at We Galley on 20 N. High Street in Akron. The Akron ArtWalk will take place this Saturday between 5-7pm and will make a stop at the location. The exhibit is free and open to the p...
“Cellar Door Records Volume III” Eight years ago, a small coffee shop in Madison, Ohio opened its doors, hoping to give local bands a place to play. Cellar Door Coffee had a 135-person capacity and two visionaries at the helm: college students and musicians Justin Markert and Rick Fike, who wanted to bring the electricity of local music to their small town. Since then, Cellar Door has attracted the likes of Oh My God, The Detachment Kit, Hero Pattern, The Heavenly States, Xela and The Pink Spiders. Their coffee shop had an organic vibe that could encompass whatever act caught their e...
The Chinese general Sun Tzu earned his legendary reputation writing about the art of war. But for the next few months in downtown Massillon, new legends will be forged in a war of art. The Massillon Art Battles, judged in part by Buzzbin Magazine, pit two local artists against one another in a live art-making showdown, with the winner advancing to semifinal and final rounds. The first battle took place January 26 at Bender’s in downtown Massillon, when local talents Bili Kribbs and Scott Alan Evans threw down their berets before a packed house and matched brushes for an hour. The artis...
By Anne M. Snyder The Red Light is located upstairs from the Northside Bar and Grille, in the same block as Luigi’s. Other galleries and studios line the district, which is also home to Chrissie Hynde’s Vegiterranean restaurant. It’s curated by Bernadette Glorioso, assisted by photographer Jody Hawk. In addition to managing the gallery, Glorioso and Hawk are artists in their own right. Hawk, who specializes in urban landscape photography and teaches at the University of Akron, recently held a showing of her work, “Auto Evolution”, at the Kent State University Trumbu...
