Artist-in-Residence Ron Copeland, Emerging Artist Cory Sheldon to be featured
AKRON — Akron Soul Train will present two new exhibitions featuring Artist-in-Residence Ron Copeland and Emerging Artist Cory Sheldon, on view Aug. 5 through Sept. 12.
The exhibitions open with a free public reception Aug. 7 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at Akron Soul Train, 191 S. Main St. Guests will have the opportunity to meet both artists and experience two distinct bodies of work that examine memory, place, storytelling and the ways we construct meaning through the environments around us.
In “Casual Recollections,” Copeland explores time, place and memory through the visual language of typography, signage and the evolving built environment. Working across painting, photography, screen printing, sign painting, sculpture and assemblage, Copeland transforms found materials — including weathered signs, industrial artifacts and salvaged objects — into layered installations that blur the boundaries between documentation and imagination…