Past Exhibits: 2021
First Floor Galleries
Aultman Health Foundation Gallery
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Stark County Artists ExhibitionOctober 16, 2021–January 16, 2022 The Massillon Museum has held this annual juried show for more than 30 years. In order to apply, you must be a present or former Stark County, Ohio resident, or currently work in Stark County, Ohio. Explore the Stark County Artists Exhibition Social Story by clicking here.
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A Thrilling Act: The Art of Anthony EterovichJune 12—September 26, 2021 |
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Women of ResilienceMarch 27—May 23, 2021 This exhibition features 25 women artists, curated by Priscilla Roggenkamp, Judith Sterling, and Patricia O’Neill Sacha. The Women of Resilience exhibition is part of local and national celebrations of the centennial of women’s suffrage. Twenty-five artists have explored a variety of topics in traditional and non-traditional media. These topics include: personal empowerment, overcoming barriers, the capacity to recover, acts of strength and resistance, and healing the world and ourselves. |
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Celebration in ArtFebruary 7—March 7, 2021 |
Second Floor Galleries
Flex Space Gallery
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Studio M Gallery
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Charles Mintz: Lustron StoriesJanuary 9-February 28, 2021 in Studio M Lustron Corporation manufactured porcelain baked enamel coated, all steel houses between 1948 and 1950 in Columbus, Ohio. One hundred and twenty-five residents and owners of Lustron homes in fifteen states were photographed and interviewed by the artist for the exhibition. Join us from 5-7 PM on Saturday, February 27, 2021 for an extended viewing of Charles Mintz: Lustron Stories. Click here to register. |
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Alana Cartwright: Clothed in ResilienceMarch 6-28, 2021 Clothed in Resilience is a visual diary expressing peoples' journeys to reclamation after experiencing sexual violence. Learn more about the exhibition here. Click here to register for Extended Hours with the Artist, Saturday, March 27, from 5:00-7:00 pm Image: Alana Cartwright, Detail of Vehemence, Archival pigment print, 2019 |
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Andrea Palagiano: Self-ConsciousApril 3-25, 2021 Self-Conscious is a painting exhibition that examines where social conformity meets self-identity. Podcast interview with the artist: April 13, Noon, EST Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Spotify Click here to register for extended hours with the artist: April 24, 5:00-7:00 PM |
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Rebecca Cross: Suspended AnimationsMay 8 –June 16, 2021 Through large scale drawings and installations, Suspended Animations considers the current moment, in the context of an environmentally fragile world. Learn more here. Podcast interview with the artist: May 18, Noon EST Reception with the artist: June 12, 5:00-7:00 PM
Image: Rebecca Cross, Detail, Horizon series, Burnt Mountains, silk, dyes and pastels, 2021 |
John Chang: In Ink—Transformation of CalligraphyJune 26–August 11, 2021 In Ink—Transformation of Calligraphy accentuates the visual and human aspects of the characters, the mark, and the gesture, in order to transcend the text and the medium, extracting from language meaning beyond its surface value. Podcast interview with the artist: July 20th, Noon EST Extended gallery hours July 31st, 5:00-7:00 pm
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Judi Krew: Hoard Couture, Where Art Meets FashionAugust 21–October 6, 2021 This ongoing wearable art series uses clothing design to creatively display a collection of items, explore contemporary social issues or work with unconventional materials as textiles. Krew uses the mantra of reuse, repurpose, reconsider and reimagine to guide the overall concept of each piece.
Image: World Adventure Ceremonial Gown, Bedsheet, deconstructed paper petals, glass beads, denim remnant, pillow covers, 2020 |
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Amy Swartele: SupernormalOctober 16–December 1, 2021 The paintings in Supernormal playfully meld the familiar and the strange: they dismantle the false dichotomy of “normal vs. “weird”.
Image: Amy Swartele, Detail, Egg and Spoon Fed, Oil and mixed media on canvas, 2018
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Susan Byrnes: The Viscosity SeriesDecember 11, 2021–January 26, 2022 Susan Byrnes’ most recent works from the Viscosity Series are vividly colored “sculptural drawings” inspired by landscape that are made from transparent and opaque polyurethane, cast into a shallow mold.
Image: Susan Byrnes, Detail from Pink Prairie, cast polyurethane rubber, 2021 |
Paul Brown Museum Gallery
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Paul Brown's Pro Teams:
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Massillon's Pro & Semi-Pro Teams, 1890-1926February 6 - July 3, 2021 Massillon has a rich history of football, with over 60 semi-professional teams of all ages and weight classes that organized at the turn of the 20th century, and documented in Massillon's local paper, The Evening Independent. Many of these teams had sporadic seasons with gridders that jumped each week to different teams in order to play as much as possible. These gridders were former high school or college stars, and some were even just local businessmen looking for a hobby in a new sport. The teams - especially those that attracted the big ticket games - played powerhouse grid teams from Akron, Cleveland, and Columbus, with some team managers going so far as to source players from out-of-state that were renowned in skill during their college days. To learn more about the Paul Brown Museum, click here.
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Play Like a Girl:
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Flu and FootballJuly 31, 2021–January 9, 2022
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Fred F. Silk Community Room Gallery
[Lower Level]
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My Community: Through the Eyes of the 21st-Century African American ChildSponsored by The Kent Area (Ohio) Chapter, of The Links, Incorporated February 7-March 21, 2021 Photography by Stark, Summit, Portage and Medina County Students Learn more about the exhibition here.
Image: Jade Hilton Tipton, Reflectio |
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Myths and MonstersMarch 27–April 25, 2021 The Massillon Museum invited students in kindergarten through twelfth grade in Northeast Ohio to submit their original two-dimensional artwork inspired by mythology or monsters for this exhibition in the Fred F. Silk Community Room Gallery! This exhibition is held in conjunction with the fourteenth annual NEA Big Read in Massillon. To view a virtual tour of this exhibit on YouTube, click here. |
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Accessible Expressions OhioMay 1–June 2, 2021 Annual juried exhibition of art created by artists with disabilities.
Image: Kelly Quinn, Animatronic Gallery |
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Canton Artists League: The Show Must Go OnJune 8–July 25, 2021 Canton Artists League is a welcome forum for all visual artists to meet and help further their creativity through exhibits, workshops, and a shared bond of talent and imagination. Extended gallery hours: June 12, 2021 5:00-7:00 pm Reserve your timed ticket here. June 26, 2021 5:00-7:00pm (No reservation needed.) Image: Gail Wetherell-Sack, Mystical Moment, paper collage, 2021 |
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Photography by Supporters of Relay for LifeJuly 31–September 8, 2021 Sale of donated photographs benefit the American Cancer Society. |
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Artwork by Members of the Boys and Girls Club of MassillonSeptember 18-January 9, 2022 The twenty first annual exhibition showcases youth art, grouped by media category, from youth ages 6-18. |
Lower Level Lobby
Art Educator of the Year Finalists' ExhibitMarch 16–28, 2021 Each artwork was created by a finalist or finalist's student. The finalists for the 2021 Art Educator of the Year Award are: -Amy Eibel—Visual Art Teacher, Faircrest Memorial Middle School, Canton Local School District -Ashley Kessler—Art Teacher, Oakwood Middle School, Plain Local School District -Denise Boyd—Visual Arts Teacher, Greentown Intermediate School, North Canton City School District -Jennifer Holland—Art Teacher, Fairless High School, Fairless Local School District -Matthew J. Ferrell—Career Technical Education Instructor, Media Arts & Communication, Washington High School, Massillon City School District Co-sponsors: Massillon Museum, Canton Museum of Art, and Canton Symphony Orchestra |