Past Exhibitions

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  Picturing the African American Experience: Children's Book Illustrations by Kadir Nelson

  Oct 6, 2007 - Jan 6, 2008, Corbin Gallery

  Illustrator Kadir Nelson addresses the African American cultural experience by creating contemporary folk tales and bringing historic figures to life. More info...
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  Women at an Exhibition

  Jul 17, 2007 - Nov 9, 2007, Jerry Shaw Video Box

  Commissioned by the Akron Art Museum to celebrate its collection, Women at an Exhibition is a collaborative work by composer Randall Woolf and filmmakers Mary Harron and John C. Walsh. More info...
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  Prized Images: The Knight Purchase Award for Photographic Media 1991-2006

  Jul 17, 2007 - Oct 14, 2007, Arnstein, Bidwell and Isroff Galleries

  Prized Images features photographic works from the museum's collection acquired through the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Purchase Award for Photographic Media. More info...
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  Building the New Akron Art Museum

  Jul 17, 2007 - Sep 30, 2007, Corbin Gallery and Jerry Shaw Video Box

  Building the New Akron Art Museum chronicles the progress of the Akron Art Museum's new building from its conception through its construction. More info...

• Indivisible: Stories of the American Community

  Dec 16, 2000 - Feb 25, 2001
  With images and words that stir the heart, Indivisible: Stories of American Community celebrates the lively state of documentary photography in America and the remarkable success of grassroots social movements across the country. More info...

• Photo/Graphic: Reading Postmodern Photography

  Sep 9, 2000 - Feb 4, 2001
  With beautiful, moving, and sometimes challenging, imagery, postmodern photographers draw the viewer into a dialogue with their work. More info...

• The museum collects John Sokol

  Jun 1, 2000 - Sep 17, 2000
  Akron artist and writer John Sokol has received national recognition for his innovative painting, drawing and printmaking. More info...

• Lee Krasner

  Jun 10, 2000 - Aug 22, 2000
  Lee Krasner is the first full-scale retrospective of the major American painter Lee Krasner (1908 - 1984) since her death. Krasner was the only female associated with the first generation of the New York School. More info...

• Drawings by Dr. Seuss

  Apr 22, 2000 - Aug 13, 2000
  The works of Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known to generations as the beloved Dr. Seuss, have entertained and educated children and their parents for over half a century. More info...

• The End is Here: New Museum Exhibition Looks at Art at the End of the Millennium

  Jun 19, 1999 - Sep 5, 1999
  Showcasing the most widely recognized and significant American and European artists of our time, Art at the End of the Millennium: Contemporary Art from the Milwaukee Art Museum, on view at the Akron Art Museum June 19 through September 5, provides an extraordinary overview of recent developments in art.
  Unusual among major American museums, the Milwaukee Art Museum possesses near encyclopedic holdings of contemporary art. More info...