Akron Art Museum

This past weekend, I went to the Akron Art Museum for the first time. It is free on the first sunday of the month, so that's when I went. It is a pretty small museum, but the exhibit that was featured was interesting. It was about different fabrics and their use in art. A few of the pictures were made totally of fabrics, others had fabrics woven or dyed or had rhinestones on them. One really spectacular piece was made of sequined fabrics from a thrift store put patched together. After that exhibit was one that featured local photography from Ohio. It was a little older, and was weird to see popular landmarks from a few decades ago. There were some other really wacky and bright colored sculptures in the museum which made it more interesting than a regular art museum. They even had a few Warhols. Downstairs in the museum, they have less art and it all consisted of realistic paintings and portraits from local artists. Those were really pretty, but not as exciting as the pieces upstairs. The museum also has a cafe in it and a gift shop. It was a nice day so we walked around downtown Akron for a little. It looks like a miniature city and is really cute.