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Akron Arches

Category: Painting

Medium(s): Acrylic

Claire Cressler’s greatest emphasis was on realism and architectural form. During the 1980s, after his retirement, he began to observe and paint scenes of decay and demolition occurring in Akron. These works are a unique artistic expression of...

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Birth of Athena

Category: Indoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Glass ; Resin

Robert Morrow taught art at Kent State University for over thirty years and was a well-known muralist whose works appear nationwide. His local works include murals for Acme and the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music building at Kent State. Athena was...

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Books and the Universe

Category: Textile ; Wall Hanging

Karen Swanson was an instructor of weaving at the Akron Art Institute and the Cuyahoga Valley Art Center, and has exhibited and lectured widely. She is also the author of Rigid Heddle Weaving. Akron-Summit County Main Library West wall, science &...

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End of an Era (Quaker Oats)

Category: Painting

Medium(s): Acrylic

Claire Cressler studied commercial art at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and the Carnegie Institute. He had a long career as a commercial artist, designing billboards and creating artwork for company calendars. Akron-Summit County Main Library...

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Enter In

Category: Indoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Wood

Best known for her sculpture in a variety of materials, Sister Evangeline Doyle was also accomplished in oil painting, enameling, smithing, and ceramics. She entered the Sisters of St. Dominic after her graduation from Barberton High School and...

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Floating Sun

Category: Indoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Aluminum

Don Drumm Akron-Summit County Main Library Hung from ceiling outside Auditorium

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Flock O'Birds

Category: Indoor Sculpture

Ashtabula native Leroy Flint was the director of the Akron Art Institute from 1950 to 1965 and also taught at Kent State University and the Cleveland Museum of Art. He focused on subject matter found in nature such as mountains, canyons, sunrise and...

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Fragments of an American Dream

Category: Collage ; Wall Hanging

Medium(s): Collage

Jerry Domokur’s work has been featured in many area art exhibits, including Artists of Rubber City’s Open Show, Cuyahoga Valley Art Center’s Abstract Avenue Show, and Kaleidoscope: Alliance for the Visual Arts Holiday Shows. Akron-Summit...

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Garden Trio

Category: Indoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Wood

The wall mural is made of teakwood, hand rubbed with oil. Its theme is a quotation from Tennyson’s poem, The Flower: “Most can raise the flowers now, for all have got the seed.” The mural concerns itself with the concept of genetics, and its...

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Interior

Category: Painting

Medium(s): Oil on Canvas

William Schock studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and was a professor of art at Kent State University. Nationally recognized as a painter, one of his well-known local works is a series of murals depicting sports at Kent State’s Memorial...

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Ira Road

Category: Painting

Medium(s): Watercolor

Marc Moon is well known locally and nationally for his watercolor paintings, which often depict winter landscapes. He exhibited at many area art shows, winning numerous awards, and was an instructor and owner of Applied Art Academy. Ira Road is...

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Library Sun

Category: Indoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Aluminum

Don Drumm’s work can be found worldwide; locally, he has numerous works on display in many businesses and institutions, including the Akron Zoo, Morley Health Center, and Cascade Plaza. Akron-Summit County Main Library Paneled wall at entrance from...

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Lion

Category: Print

Medium(s): Wood Block Print

Barbara Morrow Akron-Summit County Main Library Children’s Library

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Peninsula Quarry

Category: Wall Hanging

Medium(s): Etching

Specializing in painting and printmaking, Dan Rohn received degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Art and the Yale University School of Art. He taught at Kent State University and conducted their Master’s program in lithography for many years....

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Photos of the U.S.S. Akron

Category: Photography

Medium(s): Photography

from the Bain E. “Shorty” Fulton Collection, Akron-Summit County Public Library. Photographer Unknown. Akron-Summit County Main Library South wall, special collections

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Picnic Table Under Maple Tree

Category: Painting

Medium(s): Oil on Canvas

Joseph O’Sickey was a graphic designer in the Cleveland area and a faculty member of Kent State University’s School of Art, where he also served as Chairman of the Division of Painting and Sculpture. His style is impressionistic, using light,...

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Playmakers

Category: Wall Hanging

East Indian wall hanging by unknown artist. Akron-Summit County Main Library North wall by windows on Main Street

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Sun Over a City

Category: Print

Will Collins was the director of the Akron Public Library during the 1930s and was also an accomplished artist whose specialty was linoleum printmaking. He developed a technique of using an old umbrella rib as a tool for cutting the linoleum, and...

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Thai Teak Elephant

Category: Indoor Sculpture

Medium(s): Wood

Unknown artist Akron-Summit County Main Library Corner of paneled area at entrance from parking deck

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The Thrift Shop

Category: Wall Hanging

Medium(s): Enamel on Canvas

Ronald Taylor studied at The Ohio State University and is Professor Emeritus at the University of Akron, where he taught painting and drawing for thirty years. He has works on display at the Akron Art Museum, the Butler Institute of American Art,...

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