Call for Art Opens
Monday, March 2

Call for Art Deadline
Wednesday, May 13 midnight

Entry Fee
$15 for three pieces of art

Size Restrictions
None* Has to fit through a normal doorway

Qualifications
age 18+ (or with guardian permission)
LGBTQ+ and/or ally artists living or from NE Ohio
Artwork must be delivered to Akron (no mailed art)

Artist Notifications
Wednesday, May 20

Artwork drop off (21 N. Main St. Akron)
Friday, May 29 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Saturday, May 30 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Sunday, May 31 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Artwork Pick up
Saturday, June 13 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Sunday, June 14 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Monday, June 15 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Public Open Hours

Opening Reception Friday, June 5 7-10 p.m. 

Saturday, June 6 1-9 p.m.

Sunday, June 7 1-9 p.m.

Thursday, June 11 5-9 p.m. 

Friday, June 12 1-9 p.m. 

Saturday, June 13 1-9 p.m.   

Erykah Townsend, also known as E.T., is a conceptual artist whose work examines pop culture and the spaces it occupies in our lives. Using humor, narrative, and cultural icons, she turns familiar images into sharp, reflective critiques of the imaginary and the real. She recently exhibited at MOCA Cleveland and will begin her MFA in Chicago this fall.  

On March 11th, 1994, Dadisi Curtis Jr, was born to an interracial couple in Canton Ohio. Living within the city and experiencing numerous influential events has inspired him to share this unique perspective. Graduating from McKinley Senior high school in 2012 then with a bachelor’s in fine art from Kent State University. He has received both M.A. & M.F.A in Printmaking from the University of Iowa in 2022. He strives to challenging systems of oppression including: the prison industrial complex, classism, Eurocentric beauty standards and other systemic racial structures. One of the defining characteristics of the work is the use of black light or ultraviolet light as a framework for the alternative perspectives. Ultraviolet light is requiring a shift in how one views the world.

Print media is the primary form of execution, as it lends itself to mass production and establishment of a shared community.

Karl Anderson (he/they) is an artist, educator, curator and writer practicing in Northeast Ohio. A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art in Drawing, they have since received their MFA in Sculpture and Expanded Media from Kent State University. Karl was one of several founders and co-directors of FORUM artspace, an artist run gallery of nine years and have spent the last two decades working in the arts, facilitating exhibitions in almost every possible role. Andersons artistic practice focuses on the structures and intricacies of language, exploring how ideas are shaped, transmitted, and remembered, as well as the ways in which language fails to live up to its purpose.  They currently reside in Kent, OH and work as the Assistant Director of the Kent State Galleries and Collections.

 Liana Gonzalez (they/them) is a multidisciplinary artist currently living in Cleveland, Ohio. Having graduated in 2022 from the Cleveland Institute of Art’s Drawing and Sculpture & Expanded Media departments, they continue to create work constantly inspired by nature, the life cycle, & the magic within it all. A sense of familiarity is brought to the viewer through repeated motifs of common plants, such as clovers, as well as through their use of found objects, like old jewelry and forgotten textiles. Recently, their materiality seeks to elicit an alluring romantic quality through the use of dried flower installations, ethereal figures, and gold paint. They have exhibited work in Illinois and locally in group shows across northeast Ohio, having had their first solo exhibition FAERIES!!! in October 2024. Their curatorial project Love, Sex, & the Body is currently in its third rendition showing at Hildebrant artist collective Cleveland, Ohio with the opening reception set for Saturday, January 31st, 2026.

Taylor Clapp (she/they) is an award-winning graphic designer and artist residing in Akron, Ohio. Their artwork is generally a whimsical narration of the ups and downs of everyday life. Taylor strives to push themselves to use multiple mediums and styles to capture the life around them from the joys pets can bring to mental health struggles and chronic pain. Taylor grew up in rural Ohio and has always been interested in pursuing a life in the arts in some way. After earning their BA in Graphic Design from Central State University they moved to Akron, Ohio with their spouse and cat and soon adopted a dog. In November of 2020 Taylor decided to officially start freelancing and created their own company, Clapp for Art, LLC and June 2021 co-founded The Groundhog Show.

Meryl Engler grew up in Huntington Beach, California and moved to Akron, Ohio in fall 2019.  Meryl attended Syracuse University where she studied sculpture, printmaking, religious studies and history, while also competing on the women’s rowing team.  Next she went to graduate school at University of Nebraska-Lincoln for studio art with an emphasis in printmaking.  This is where she developed her love of colorful woodcut prints, often using pattern and repetition.  She is inspired by hidden landscapes in our environment and the relationships we form to it and each other.  She has shown both nationally and internationally. Meryl seeks to push the limits of printmaking and combine different art mediums in new and exciting ways.