About us

THRIVING TOGETHER

Art x Love was founded by Allyse and Mac Love in 2015. Our 40 years of combined experience as artists, branding, and marketing professionals helps excel at problem solving, community engagement, and interdisciplinary art projects. We produce creative initiatives that inspire, educate, and endure. We thrive together.

 

ALLYSE LOVE

Owner, Co-Founder & Chief Operator

Allyse was born in Akron, has a BA in Communications from Denison University, and an MBA from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western University. She is a graduate of the Goldman Sachs 10KSB Program and serves on the board of Torchbearers, Akron Zoo’s Professionals Advocating for Wildlife (PAW), and the Akron Marathon. Allyse loves to pay artists.

MAC LOVE

Co-Founder, Chief Catalyst, & Lead Artist

Mac was born in New York City, grew up in Belgium, has a BFS in Fine Art and a BFA in Synaesthesis from Skidmore College, and an MFA from the Edinburgh College of Art. Mac is president of Leadership Akron Class 38, and serves on the board of Akron Roundtable and on the Akron Bicentennial Commission. Mac loves to encourage creativity.

We provide our clients with world-class ROI, and produce equitable projects that achieve a meaningful and enduring impact.

Art x Love's clients include Trust for Public Land, Nike, MLB, Knight Foundation, Akron Library, Akron Zoo, Cleveland Metroparks, City of Akron, Cleveland Library, and many more!

Our method of approach

BESPOKE CREATIVE

A project can be the same, but opportunities are not. We take a bespoke approach to every project, and plan our methodology with an iterative approach to optimize communication, experience, and deliverables at each turn.

Change can be scary, hard, inevitable, and necessary. We believe in evolution over elevator pitches, in substance over saturation, and in health over heart. We leverage the power of creative courage to makes things better. This is the Art x Love way.