Akron Art Library
The Akron Art Library is a collection of original artworks, paintings, prints, photographs & mixed-media created by local, regional & international artists.
The Akron Art Library is displayed at the Akron-Summit County Public Library Main Library, across from the reference desk in the Culture and AV department on the second floor. Artwork is available for four-week check out periods with up to five renewals if the work has not been reserved by another library patron.
The Akron Art Library aims to enrich lives through contemporary art & encourage participants to collect art & engage with local artists & programs as they curate their own lives. As part of this lending program. the museum will offer programs about collecting. displaying & caring for art.
Artists whose work has been included in the first iteration of the art library include Butch Anthony, Melissa Markwald, Micah Kraus, Natalie Lanese, Angelo Merendino, Kadir Nelson, Jenny Schmid, John Sokol, Shane Wynn and many others.
Learn more about the participating artists and their works below:
Featured Collection
Angelo Merendino
ARTIST
Parents Waving Goodbye at Door, 2013
TITLE, DATE
Inkjet print
CATEGORY
Christine Paringer
ARTIST
Untitled Collage, 2010
TITLE, DATE
Mixed media collage
CATEGORY
Emily Sullivan Smith
ARTIST
Plight of the Passenger Pigeons, 2015
TITLE, DATE
12 color screen print with gold leafing
CATEGORY
Jay Croft
ARTIST
Dont Worry We Can Still Be Friends, 2012
TITLE, DATE
Screenprint on paper
CATEGORY
John Sokol
ARTIST
Rita Dove as Mother Love, 1999
TITLE, DATE
Screenprint on paper
CATEGORY
Kristina Paabus
ARTIST
along with, 2017
TITLE, DATE
Etching, aquatint, and lithograph
CATEGORY
Mark Mothersbaugh
ARTIST
Ashtabula Perambulator, 2007
TITLE, DATE
Epson giclée print
CATEGORY
Micah Kraus
ARTIST
PUI Madrid, 2017
TITLE, DATE
Laser engraved acrylic ink on rag paper
CATEGORY
Michael Loderstedt, Craig Lucas
ARTISTS
R from Bestiary, 1999-2000
TITLE, DATE
Screenprint and relief on paper
CATEGORY
Natalie Lanese
ARTIST
Mountain High, 2017
TITLE, DATE
Gouache and collage on paper
CATEGORY
The Akron Art Library is a project of the Akron Art Museum in partnership with the Akron-Summit County Public Library.
