Massillon-based artist Emily Bartolone explores, through her artworks, the intersection of shape and color and how those elements can express human experiences and relationships encountered in daily life. Emily Bartolone obtained her BFA from the University of Dayton, and her MFA from Kent State University. Her artwork has been shown at Project Gal…

Raw Material is a solo exhibition by Katie Davis that explores themes of feminism and domesticity. Davis is a mixed media painter and installation artist. Her color choices and visual language have a direct relationship with her materials, which are sourced from retro interior design trends and textiles. The artwork uses formalism and abstraction, …

On view in Studio M from April 6–May 19, 2024 Portrait of US is an evolving audiovisual archive of intimate stories told by ordinary people. The artists Monica Jane Frisell and Adam Scher create the audiovisual portraits in their Nomadic Photo Ark, a roaming black-and-white darkroom and art studio, as they weave across the United States. Frisell an…

McDonald creates large-scale oil paintings that are tied to reality, but exist in a different place. In Another Life: A Tale of Love, Loss, and Living explores the artist's inner world and how it has been affected by her experiences. She is influenced by religious texts, mythology, and pop culture. In her paintings with vivid colors, she depicts wo…

Elena Masrour, an Iranian artist now based in Birmingham, Alabama, works as a visiting assistant professor at Birmingham Southern College. She received a master of fine arts in painting from Kansas State University in 2022 and a bachelor of fine arts in fabric and textile design from the Tehran University of Art in 2013. Drawing inspiration from he…

Set the Twilight Reeling is poised to be an emotional experience for visitors. Carlson (1954–2020) communicated using a language of line, colors, space, form, contrast, and gesture to express narrative, and above all, feelings. The artwork draws in visitors and reminds us to recognize the experiences of others and find ways to connect. Carlson wrot…

Born in 1982 and raised in the Midwest Rust Belt, Ish Ishmael is a documentary-style photographer, an installation artist, and a vagabond. Infatuated with exploring the diverse approaches that humans take in late-stage capitalism, Ishmael traverses the arteries of the USA in her Toyota minivan, seeking disparate threads of commonality through the c…

Hilary Gent, a Cleveland artist who works with oil and latex mediums, is inspired by the urban and natural landscape. She earned her BFA from Kent State University in 2003. Gent’s paintings are included in public collections such as The Cleveland Clinic, Summa Hospitals, Sherwin Williams, cARTa, Hilton Hotels Corporation, and numerous private colle…

Sarah C. Blanchette is a photo-based fiber artist who works out of the Detroit area. Through repetitive acts of hand and machine sewing and physical manipulations of the self-portrait, she documents her coming of age in a digital world while embarking on a journey toward growth and autonomy in womanhood. Since establishing her studio practice in 20…

The exhibition analyzes "shadow selves” and their relationship with the “seven deadly sins” and how each is necessary in coming to terms with true balance, even though the process may cause internal conflict. Davon Brantley reflects on personal narratives and experiences to shape his body of work. Using an amalgam of materials, he heightens meaning…

Prairies to Peaks features detailed watercolor paintings, and pen, ink, and graphite drawings recounting the artist’s 1,000-mile solo bicycle trip from Cleveland to a summer job, where she worked and lived on Mt. Elbert—Colorado’s tallest peak. Viewers are invited to contemplate women in adventure sports, the beauty within stranger interactions, th…

“Imagine walking into a space dominated by tactile and juicy paintings, surrounding the viewer in an immersive paint and process experience,” says Jordi Rowe of her Studio M exhibition, Blueing of the Light: The Gloaming. A dozen of her paintings are on view from February 4–26, 2023. Rowe is a painter, pathologist, and mother who alternates between…

Coty Giannelli’s photography has been seen previously in Massillon Museum exhibits Massillon Tiger Football Boosters and Tiger Legacy: Our Tiger Football Family, both in 2012, and the 2019 Stark County Artists Exhibition, when he was awarded an Honorable Mention. Giannelli earned the “Rich Mahan Best Student Portfolio” honor in the 2013 Atlanta Pho…

Get to know current Studio M artist Barrie Kaufman on a new episode of our MassMusings podcast! Her exhibition, A Fragile Environment, is on view through November 30, 2022. In the exhibition, Kaufman interprets the natural world with a sense of wonder while addressing its fragility. Barrie Kaufman is an award-winning, international artist from West…

Amber N. Ford is an artist and freelance photographer based in Cleveland, Ohio. She holds a BFA in Photography from the Cleveland Institute of Art. Her work explores Blackness, identity, and culture while questioning the accepted idealized conceptualization of “truth." Ford's images are featured in "Missing History of Massillon: Unheard African Ame…

Get to know current Studio M artist Daric M. Gill on a new episode of our MassMusings podcast! His exhibition, The Absolutes: Big Small Stories is on view through September 21, 2022. Gill holds a master of fine arts degree from the University of Cincinnati in sculpture and interdisciplinary art, and a bachelor of fine arts degree from Columbus Coll…

In this episode of MassMusings, we interview current Studio M artist Steven Mastroianni about his exhibition, Scurograph, on view from June 11 through July 27, 2022. Mastroianni’s current work explores the intersection of drawing, printmaking, and photography. Scurograph, according to the artist, is evocative of watery depths, imaginary galaxies, a…

Our MassMusings podcast season 2, episode 2 features a conversation with photographer and educator Gary Harwood alongside the Museum's Curator of Football Heritage Bailey Yoder, and our Archivist Mandy Altimus Stahl. Gary Harwood worked with the Massillon Museum on the original Tiger Legacy exhibition, which opened in November of 2012, and the subs…

Welcome to season two of MassMusings! In this episode of we interview current Studio M artist Michael Gill about his exhibition "The Grownups Keep Talking/Nobody Knows Why" which is on view through June 1, 2022.By Massillon Museum

"Alex Vlasov: I Promise to Make a Fabulous PTG Tomorrow" is on view in the Massillon Museum's Studio M gallery from February 5 through April 6, 2022. Vlasov is pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Cleveland Institute of Art with a Major in Painting and a Minor in Art History. The Museum presents this university student exhibition in Studio M …

Join us for a special conversation with past Studio M artist, Carole d'Inverno. Carole exhibited "Transumanza: Massillon, Ohio" in the Museum's Studio M gallery from December 7, 2019, through January 26, 2020. "Transumanza" is an Italian word that loosely translates to crossing the land. “As a child growing up in Italy, each Spring during the full …

"Susan Byrnes: The Viscosity Series" is on view from December 11, 2021, through January 26, 2022, in the Massillon Museum's Studio M. "The Viscosity Series" includes vividly colored artworks inspired by landscapes that are made from transparent and opaque polyurethane cast into a shallow mold, a process of the artist’s own invention. Although the a…

Amy Swartelé: Supernormal is on view in the Massillon Museum’s Studio M from October 16 through December 1, 2021. Amy Swartelé lived in five countries before the age of 18, a nomadic experience that evolved into her love of travel and the strange. She learned early that what was considered normal or valuable in one place, was strange or devalued in…

Learn all about "Hoard Couture: Where Art Meets Fashion", on display in the Massillon Museum's Studio M until October 6. Judi Krew's ongoing wearable art series uses clothing design to creatively display a collection of items, explore contemporary social issues, and works with unconventional materials as textiles.…

A few weeks ago we had the pleasure of speaking with Carlos Jones from Carlos Jones & The PLUS Band for a new episode of our podcast, MassMusings! We had such a wonderful conversation, and are excited to share it with you.By Massillon Museum

This episode of MassMusings features a conversation with internationally acclaimed artist John Chang. Born and raised in Shanghai, China, the artist is currently based in Southern California. His solo exhibition in MassMu’s Studio M runs through August 11, 2021. In Ink—Transformation of Calligraphy accentuates the visual and human aspects of the ch…

Join us for MassMusings Podcast Episode #3, our in-depth conversation with CAN Triennial Exhibition prize winner and current Studio M artist Rebecca Cross. Cross exhibits her artwork nationally and internationally, including in New York City, Sweden, Paris, Budapest, and Nagoya, Japan. Cross is fascinated by mining the ephemeral potential of transf…

Join us for a conversation with our current Studio M artist Andrea Palagiano! Palagiano's exhibition "Self-Conscious" is on view in Studio M through April 25, 2021. Her exhibition reflects the relationship between introversion and projected self. Palagiano’s references to mythology dovetail with MassMu’s 2021 NEA Big Read, which is based on "Circe"…

Studio M Coordinator Emily Vigil and Administrative Assistant Anna Young from the Massillon Museum interview photographer and current Studio M artist Alana Cartwright. Cartwright speaks about her new exhibition, Clothed in Resilience, on view from March 6 through March 28, 2021. Please note this episode contains discussions of sexual violence.…