Celebration in Art

February 5–March 5, 2023
Annual K-12 local student art exhibition

Image: Casey Lowry, Untitled, Jackson High School (Art Educator: Lisa Ayres), Oil pastel

Accessible Expressions Ohio

March 25–May 7, 2023
Juried exhibition created by artists with disabilities
Presented by Art Possible Ohio

To listen to a descriptive audio tour of the award winners, click here.

Jordi Rowe
Blueing of the Light: The Gloaming

February 4–26, 2023
Student exhibition of paintings

Image: Jordi Rowe, The Gloaming #7, oil, acrylic, pigment, and spray paint on canvas, 2022, 30"x30"

Podcast posting date: Tuesday, February 21, 2023, at Noon

Alison Alsup
Prairies to Peaks: Biking to Colorado's Tallest Mountain

March 11–April 2, 2023
Student exhibition of paintings and drawings

Image: Alison Alsup, Biking in the Dunes, Watercolor on paper, 2022

Davon Brantley: Awaken in the Garden My Love

April 15–May 28, 2023
Drawing, oil painting, sculpture, and installation

Artist's Reception: May13, 5-7pm

Podcast interview with the artist: Tuesday, May 9, 2023  at 12:00 pm

Image: Davon Brantley, Gluttony's Shock, Oil on paper, 2023

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Sarah Blanchette: All Shook Up

June 10–July 23, 2023
Textiles and mixed media prints

Image: Sarah Blanchette, All Shook Up (detail), Digital collage printed on velvet, cotton floss, cotton, vinyl, thread, 2020, 66.5”x47.5”x2”

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Hilary Gent: Waters of Motherhood

August 5–September 17, 2023
Paintings

Image: Hilary Gent, Waters of Strength, latex on canvas, 32” x 32” 2023

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Photography Gallery

Collection Snapshot: Faces of Massillon Business is an exhibition of photographs selected from more than 75,000 images in the Museum's permanent collection. The images highlight those hard workers who helped build a community filled with quality food and beverages, stylish clothing, fashionable hair, reliable news, and a place where the community could establish their savings for future generations. These images represent the faces of big industries and small businesses over the last one hundred and eighty years.  

Finding Identity: Heritage as Inspiration 

(exhibition continues in Fred F. Silk Community Room Gallery)

April 1–May 21
Northeast Ohio Asian American artists' work connects with Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu ● The exhibition features artists Aimee Lee, Chi Wong, and Jordan Wong.
For more information click here. 

Image: Aimee Lee, Glad, Natural dye on handmade papers including hanji, thread
 

Tigers vs. Bulldogs: Origins of a Historic Rivalry

February 11–July 2, 2023

Spanning the course of nearly twenty years in the early 1900s, professional football reigned supreme in Stark County. Massillon and Canton fielded powerhouse teams, bringing forth the best players money could buy and presenting stunning shows for thousands of spectators. The day of “The Game” was anticipated by crowds who attended to cheer on their teams, dressed to impress with pins and ribbons in orange and red. These teams would influence the local high school players, each of whom would adopt the former’s monikers as their mascots and continue the yearly tradition of battling for the championship. A rivalry for the ages, meetings between the Massillon Tigers and Canton Bulldogs are symbolic of Friday nights under the lights.

My Community: Through the Eyes of the 21st-Century African American Child: The Art and History of Soul Food

January 21–March 19, 2023
Student photography exhibition
Sponsored by the Kent Area (OH) Chapter of the Links, Inc.
In partnership with the Massillon Museum, grant funding was provided by Massillon Eagles Aerie #190.

Image: Seasoned with Love, by Bria Turner, Emmanuel Christian Academy

Finding Identity: Heritage as Inspiration

April 1–May 21
Northeast Ohio Asian American artists' work connects with Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
The exhibition features artists Aimee Lee, Chi Wong, and Jordan Wong.
For more information click here. 

Image: Aimee Lee, Glad, Natural dye on handmade papers including hanji, thread

Up to the Challenge

May 27–July 30, 2023
Artwork by members of the Canton Artists League

Up to the Challenge is on display now and will continue through July 30. Artists in this show include: Peter Castillo, Paul DeGarmo, Sharon Dulabaum, Jeffrey Foltz, Jane Heater, Thomas Kilpatrick, Pam LaRocco, Natividad (Suni) Lopez-Ortiz, Nancy Michel, Michelle Mulligan, Robert Nicoll, Lori Perry, Irene Tobias Rodriguez, Nancy Shernit, Sherry Grace, Yvonne Walter, Lynn Weinstein, and Gail Wetherell-Sack.

Art Educator of the Year Finalists Exhibition

March 21–April 8, 2023
An award in collaboration with the Canton Museum of Art and Canton Symphony Orchestra

Image: Hunter Metzger, Happy Meadows, Perry High School
(2022 Art Educator of the Year Finalist: Susan Rusu), Silk painting