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“Public Art Inventory catalogs more than 700 items across Akron”
– Signal Akron“The Flood Collection deck of cards will memorialize treasured lost Asheville artwork”
– USA Today / Citizen Times“Why artists in flood-ravaged Asheville are betting on playing card deck created in Akron”
– News 5 Cleveland“Where exactly is all of Akron’s public art? This team is pounding the pavement to find out”
– Cleveland Plain Dealer“Akron’s Public Art Inventory nears completion”
– Signal Akron“Akron artists to restore North Howard Street Black Lives Matter mural”
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“Falls grants to fund mural project”
– Akron Leader“Dragonfly mural is colorful new addition in Akron Zoo fountain”
– Akron Beacon Journal“Art x Love’s latest public art installation is a lesson in building community”
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“An outsider works with insiders: examples from Akron and Cleveland”
– Our Towns“Art x Love launches Akron on Deck II playing cards”
– Cleveland.com“We the People // Showing support through art”
– WKYC Channel 3“Akron artists are dealing up another deck of cards”
– WKSU“It’s About You // Akron on Deck”
– WKYC Channel 3“How a community art project added dozens of murals throughout Akron”
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“Art x Love fostering community through creativitym togetherness with @PLAY campaign”
– Cleveland.com“Akron artists are dealing up another deck of cards”
– WKSU“Akron on Deck's success sparks plan for new playing cards in 2022”
– Akron Beacon Journal“Akron Stories project brings rubber worker histories to life”
– Tire Review, What’s Treading Podcast“Civic consciousness guides Art x Love business model”
– Bath Country Journal“Rubber worker statue installation coming this Spring”
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“Community flush with pride over Akron on Deck playing cards”
– Akron Beacon Journal, January 29 -
“Four Murals and a Brick Wall: African American History on East Exchange”
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“Mac Love: ‘Art is as Essential as Going for a Walk in the Woods’”
– The Devil Strip“Akron is a Masterpiece // Art Collaboration as Big as the City Goes on Display Friday”
– Akron Beacon Journal“Creating Fun for Akron Neighborhoods with Mobile Splash Pads”
– WKSU“University of Akron Students, Local Artist to Create Mobile Splash Pad for Neighborhoods”
– Cleveland.com“Creative Force: Artists of the 330 Make Public Statements with Paint, Clay, Steel, and Words”
– Akron Life Magazine“Akron-centric Play Seeks to Bring City’s Neighborhoods Closer”
– Akron Beacon Journal“Knight Funds Art, Improvements at Akron Public Pools: Parties Planned Friday and Saturday””
– Akron Beacon Journal“How Did a Bike Ride Lead to a Park Makeover in Akron?”
– WKYC Channel 3“@PLAY brings Art and Activiteies to Akron’s Neighborhoods Throughout July”
– WKSU“Knight Cities Winner @PLAY Plans Busy July with Joy Park Bubble Fest and Swim Parties”
– Cleveland.com“StageFest Takes Over Highland Square”
– Akron Beacon Journal“Akron’s Northside District Gets Colorful Makeover, Thanks in Part to 80 Volunteers”
– Akron Beacon Journal“Local Artist Embarks on Journey to Bring More Art to Akron”
– Cleveland Magazine“Knight Challenge Winner @PLAY, Goodyear Heights Residents Create Water-Themed Murals to Revitalize Reservoir Park”
– Cleveland.com“Knight Cities Challenge Winner @PLAY Asks North Akron Residents to #CHIMEinAKRON”
– Cleveland.com“Vividly Painted Murals Go Up in Akron’s Middlebury Neighborhood”
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“Kenmore ‘Imagineer’ Coloring Book Contest Winners to Receive Cash Prizes”
– Cleveland.com“Share Your Vision for Kenmore Boulevard in ‘Imagineer’ Coloring Book”
– Cleveland.com“Successful Kenmore Better Block a Temporary Utopian Version of What Business District Might Become”
– Akron Beacon Journal“Meet Me in Middlebury Event Creates Temporary Arts District”
– Akron Beacon Journal“Mac Love: Fueling Akron Expression”
– The Devil Strip“Art x Love to Kick Off @PLAY, Knight Winner Mural Project, Sept. 2”
– Cleveland.com“Signal Tree Festival Takes Root: Akronites Find What They Love in Themselves and Their City in One Place, in One Mural”
– Akron Beacon Journal“Akron Social Entrepreneur To Create Neighborhood-Specific Art, While Working Towards His Mission”
– Forbes“Knight Cities Challenge Awards $500k for Innerbelt, Neighborhood Projects in Akron”
– Cleveland.com“Two Akron Projects Win Funding Through Knight Cities Challenge”
– Akron Beacon Journal