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  Coop Himmelb(l)au - Akron Art Museum :: arcspace.com
With the Akron Art Museum design, Coop Himmelb(l)au have proposed to intersect the new building and the old in a dynamic and intimate physical relationship that brings them together as one.
The museum of the future is a three-dimensional sign in the city, which transports the content of our visual world.
Museum events, such as live music and outdoor banquets can be hosted underneath the Roof Cloud in the Urban Sculpture Park and in the Event Space on the ground level.
www.arcspace.com /architects/coop_himelblau/Akron/index.htm   (756 words)

  
 Akron Art Museum
The expanded Akron Art Museum is expected to open in late summer 2006.
The architect's design for the new Akron Art Museum features three distinct elements: a soaring glass and steel "crystal" lobby; a large, flexible exhibition space called the Gallery Box; and the Roof Cloud, a large cantilevered structure that reaches over the existing museum and above the city's main artery.
Coop Himmelb(l)au was selected as the design architect for the Akron Art Museum project in September 2001 during a year-long architect selection process, which culminated with a competition that included three finalists: Coop Himmelb(l)au, UN Studio Van Berkel and Bos of Amsterdam and Snøhetta based in Oslo.
www.tfaoi.com /newsmu/nmus129.htm   (342 words)

  
  Akron, Ohio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Much of Akron's early growth was because of its location at the "summit" of the Ohio and Erie Canal (thus the name "Summit County") which at one time connected Lake Erie and the Ohio River.
Akron was incorporated as a village in 1835, and as a city in 1865.
Akron is unique in that despite its size, it does not form its own television market, primarily due to being less than 40 miles 64km from Cleveland.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Akron,_Ohio   (3474 words)

  
 Akron Art Museum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Akron Art Museum is an art museum in Akron, Ohio, USA.
The museum started in the basement of the public library in 1922.
A 65,000 square foot new building is being designed by the architecture firm Coop Himmelb(l)au, located next to the existing museum, a post office building dating back to 1899.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Akron_Art_Museum   (116 words)

  
 CoolCleveland.com - Hans Hoffman At The Akron Art Museum
Akron Art Museum has done a wonderful job hanging the exhibit in the space and provides ample explanatory text to introduce Hofmann's philosophy, artistic concepts and style to those who have not had the pleasure of experiencing this work.
Hans Hofmann was born in Germany in 1880 and went to Paris in 1904 for formal study in art.
Congratulations to Akron Art Museum for bringing this exhibit to the area, and to their excellent treatment of the works, information provided, and a great opening reception.
www.coolcleveland.com /index.php?n=Main.HansHoffmanAtTheAkronArtMuseum   (463 words)

  
 Morris Museum of Art: Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Memphis, Tenn.: Art Museum of the University of Memphis, 2004.
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 angle: a journal of arts and culture
Established in 1922, the Akron Art Museum is currently situated in downtown Akron in an 1899 Renaissance-revival building that was originally a post office.
The museum of the future is a three-dimensional sign in the city, which transports the content of our visual world." They conceived the new facility in three parts: the Crystal, the Gallery-Box, and the Roof Cloud.
All signs suggest that the new Akron Art Museum, scheduled for completion by the summer of 2006, is likely to be as magnificent as it is daring.
www.anglemagazine.org /articles/Creating_the_Future_The_Akron_2117.asp   (679 words)

  
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At least one museum is added per day, currently there are at least 56 museums with their own pages listed for Sweden alone, and the number in the US is more than in the rest of the world combined.
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 Akron Art Museum Expansion Program Begins March 28, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
AKRON, Ohio, Feb. 20 /Akron Art Museum/ -- Providing visitors an intimate setting for learning and discovery, the Akron Art Museum is a world-class institution showcasing regional, national and international artwork created since 1850.
The museum's own collection focuses on contemporary art and photography, while two to four major touring exhibitions a year share some of the most innovative artists of our time.
The Akron Art Museum offers a wide range of entertaining and educational programs, including poetry readings, gallery talks, lectures, outdoor summer concerts and family art classes.
www.dezignare.com /whatshot/2004february/20.Akron_Art_Museum.html   (198 words)

  
 Encyclopedia Of Art - Encyclopedia Shop   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
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 Cleveland Museum of Art - Membership
The Cleveland Museum of Art is temporarily closed for renovation and expansion (January–July 2006).
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 Akron Ohio Summit County links directory information resource
A rail and road center, Akron Ohio is a crossroads on the distribution routes between the East and Midwest.
Akron Ohio is a world center for research and manufacture of polymers, large molecules whose unique properties make them useful in making a variety of materials.
Akron Ohio was founded in 1825 by General Simon Perkins, an Ohio Canal Fund commissioner, and Paul Williams, one of the area's first settlers.
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 Akron Art Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Akron Art Museum photo by Richman Haire Akron, OH 330-376-9185 http://www.akronartmuseum.org In a Romantic Mood: American Impressionists and Their Era (5/30/03) Indivisible: Stories of...
One of the most popular works in the museum's collection, Linda, has returned home to the Akron Art Museum.
New Master Drawings An Akron Art Museum Exhibition at the Butler Institute of American Art/Salem.
www.65hopestreet.com /akronartmuseum.html   (281 words)

  
 Addition to The Akron Art Museum - [pushpullbar]2
The existing Art Museum is a nice romanesque style brick and stone three story building that COOP is proposing a freakish glass addition too.
Since its humble beginnings in the basement of the public library in 1922, the Akron Art Museum has played an increasingly vital role in the city of Akron.
In addition to the Akron Art Museum project, Coop Himmelb(l)au has won two other international competitions recently: the Musée des Confluences (a science center in France) and the BMW Event and Delivery Center in Germany.
www.pushpullbar.com /forums/showthread.php?t=662   (778 words)

  
 Jamaica Art Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
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Exhibitions DeCordova Museum; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska; Museum of Nebraska Art...
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 Akron Art Museum
The Akron Art Museum is housed in the Old Akron Post Office, a restored late l9th-century Italian Renaissance structure.
Exhibiting art from collections across the U.S. and abroad, the museum offers three floors of galleries and a sculpture courtyard.
The museum's own collection presents a distinctive look at some of the finest regional, national and international art from 1850 to the present, with a special focus on contemporary paintings and photography.
www.cwru.edu /affil/NEOIMC/institution-pages/Akron-art.htm   (121 words)

  
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Art from Africa at the Cincinnati Art Museum now through December 31 A colorful array of art objects mostly from West Africa are collected in "Art, African Voices: Long Steps Never Broke a Back," now...
Previously, she worked at the Columbus Museum of Art, Cincinnati Artists Group Effort, Cincinnati Art Museum and the Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center in Athens, Ohio, where she was executive director...
Art Academy of Cincinnati is a professional college of art and design affiliated with the Cincinnati Art Museum.
www.nationalmuseumindia.org /artcincinnatimuseum   (1220 words)

  
 Taft Museum of Art ::Museum News,
The exhibition, which runs from December 16, 2005 to March 12, 2006 examines American art at the end of the nineteenth century when many American artists retreated from the realities of the early modern era-with its burgeoning industry and crowded cities-and instead envisioned an American Eden.
Rather than drawing upon Impressionism, they sought artistic models in Barbizon painting, an earlier form of French art in which brushstroke and color are more subdued, and rustic figures inhabit an idealized countryside (Barbizon landscape paintings can be viewed in the Taft Museum of Art's own collection).
Paintings from the Akron Art Museum, an exhibition organized by the Trust for Museum Exhibitions, Washington, D.C. This exhibition is funded through the Institute of Museum and Library Services, by and Act of Congress, in accordance with the FY 2004 Consolidated Appropriations Bill.
www.taftmuseum.org /news/AmericanImpressions.htm   (656 words)

  
 Art Museum is Moving - Associated Content
Renamed the Akron Art Museum in 1981 they moved across the street to an old post office in what is now their current location.
It was not until recently on a trip back to Akron that I discovered that the museum was moving closer to the edge of downtown and had a new, visually aggressive design.
Coop Himmelb(l)au is the team behind the new look, unlike other museums in Ohio the Akron Art Museum is rather small, as only 1% of their entire collection can be shown in the current structure at any time.
associatedcontent.com /article/6445/the_akron_art_museum_is_moving.html   (363 words)

  
 Art Museum is Moving - Associated Content
Formerly the Art Institute, the museum has been in existence since the twenties and moved around a bit until it settled at 69 East Market Street.
It was not until recently on a trip back to Akron that I discovered that the museum was moving closer to the edge of downtown and had a new, visually aggressive design.
Coop Himmelb(l)au is the team behind the new look, unlike other museums in Ohio the Akron Art Museum is rather small, as only 1% of their entire collection can be shown in the current structure at any time.
www.associatedcontent.com /article/6445/the_akron_art_museum_is_moving.html   (370 words)

  
 Akron Art Museum in Akron, OH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Akron Art Museum in Akron, OH museumstuff.com :: museums :: Akron Art Museum
Our walls are filled with exciting pieces, from folk art and photography to sculptures and paintings.
PAGE OVERVIEW: -- Provides general information about Akron Art Museum, which may include web site and contact information, as well as description and collections info for those planning to visit Akron Art Museum..
www.museumstuff.com /rec/org_20020201_10109.html   (223 words)

  
 American Impressions: An Arcadian Vision, Paintings from the Akron Art Museum - Appleton Museum of Art - ...
They painted tranquil landscapes and dreamy portraits of women, aiming to fulfill the widely held belief that art should delight the senses and elevate the spirit.
They collected and in turn donated these paintings to the Akron Art Institute (now Akron Art Museum) when it was founded in 1922.
The patrons of the Akron Art Museum understood that the paintings’ lyrical expressions of beauty and refinement would provide pleasure to visitors through the industrial age and beyond.
www.absolutearts.com /artsnews/2004/12/22/32624.html   (733 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Akron Art Museum Art Since 1850: An Introduction to the Collection: Books: Mitchell Douglas Kahan,Jeffrey ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
One hundred paintings, sculptures and photographs from the collection of the Akron Art Museum are lavishly reproduced and thoughtfully discussed in this volume.
This is followed by one hundred full-page illustrations, each with a brief essay written by either a member of the Museum staff or one of 16 guest authors.
AUTHORBIO Barbara Tannenbaum is Chief Curator and Head of Public Programs at the Akron Art Museum; Mitchell D. Kahan is its Director.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0940665050?v=glance   (565 words)

  
 Akron: Photo Tour Akron Art Museum
The Akron Art Museum, established in 1922, is housed in this extraordinary Italian Renaissance Revival structure that was built in 1899 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The museum has an exhibition program of regional, national and international interest including comprehensive exhibitions as well as smaller, diverse shows organized by the staff.
The museum has a permanent collection of more than 3,000 paintings, sculptures, photographs and works on paper that are always on view.
www.ci.akron.oh.us /Tour/ArtMuseum.htm   (111 words)

  
 Akron Art Museum Readies For '07 Opening on PSFK
Holiday travels took us through Akron Ohio and hot on our to-do list was a progress check of the Akron Art Museum expansion by Coop Himmelblau.
The building makes a dramatic impression mostly for the section of canopy that hovers over the original museum building.
Driving through downtown, you see a huge section of it overhanging the road and it’s definitely got the look of a landing spaceship.
www.psfk.com /2007/01/akron_art_museu.html   (359 words)

  
 Akron Art Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Facility: The Akron Art Museum, which specializes in regional, national, and international art dating from 1850 to the present, officially closed for two years on March 27, 2004 as construction commenced on its $38 million expansion designed by the world-renowned architecture firm, Coop Himmelb(l)au of Vienna, Austria.
Current Project: The dynamic, soaring expansion will be built adjacent to the existing museum, effectively incorporating the new into the old.
Find additional websites with information on the Akron Art Museum
culture.ohio.gov /project.asp?proj=akronart   (166 words)

  
 Charity Navigator Rating - Akron Art Museum
The Akron Art Museum first opened its doors in 1922 as the Akron Art Institute.
In 2007, its eighty-fifth year, the museum more than tripled in size with the opening of the new John S. and James L. Knight Building, which adjoins the original building.
Spanning three centuries, like the museum's collection, together they symbolize the museum's dual role as preserver of the past and herald of the future.
www.charitynavigator.org /index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/6627.htm   (208 words)

  
 Akron Art Museum - Volunteer
Volunteers are an integral part of the Akron Art Museum.
Enjoy involvement in such events as the Akron Wine Auction and the Beaux Arts Ball; volunteers in this area help to continue the tradition of community support for the museum.
Help in all departments with typing, filing and other day-to-day activities that are such an integral part of the museum's success.
www.akronartmuseum.org /volunteer   (204 words)

  
 Akron Art Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
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