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THREE FOR THURSDAY! 🎨🎭🎶

Another week, another slate of fun arts & culture events happening around the county that caught our eye from our online events calendar.

📍 Rockin' Rooftop
Presented by ArtsinStark
📅 Thursday, August 20 | starting at 7pm
Join us for a FREE rooftop concert featuring Tommy Lehman. Cash bar and snacks available.

📍 Kat Francis: SOLSTICE exhibit
Presented by Market Street Art Spot
📅 Currently on view | THURS - SAT, 11am - 5pm
Head to this little gem of a gallery, located in Minerva, for a show by local artist Kat Francis.

📍 Good Times: The Artistic Journey of Ernie Barnes
Presented by the Canton Museum of Art
📅 Currently on view | weekend hours: Saturdays 10am-5pm, Sundays 1pm - 5pm
Be sure to check out this exhibit of work celebrating the art of sports, music, and Black culture.

Three events. One weekend. Lots of ways to experience arts & culture in Stark County! ❤️

Have an event coming up? Make sure to submit it to our ArtsinStark events calendar for a chance to be featured in a future Three for Thursday!

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What a day! 💛 Kids’ Art Mart still has us in all our feels!

A huge THANK YOU to all of the vendors who shared their creativity with us—you were AMAZING! And thank you to everyone who came out to shop, cheer them on and support these young entrepreneurs. Your steady stream of smiles, encouragement and purchases made the day so special.

We’re also incredibly grateful to our friends at EN-RICH-MENT for helping to bring Kids’ Art Mart to life. (And to our generous donors who really made this all possible!)

Perfect weather, an amazing group of young vendors and a community that showed up to support them…we’d call that a pretty great day. ❤️

Already looking forward to next year! 🎨✨

Enrichment Arts Education Center
Young Entrepreneur Institute
Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital
Stark Community Foundation

Some thank-yous deserve something extra special. ❤️

Leading the Campaign for the Arts is a BIG lift — events, speeches, phone calls, asks…and a whole lot of rallying the troops. And our 2026 Campaign Chair Sue Grabowski did it all with grace, class and plenty of energy!

So how do you thank someone who gave so much? With ART, of course! 🎨

We surprised Sue with an original piece created by our very own ArtsinStark Board member Chris Auman — a one-of-a-kind gift for a one-of-a-kind Campaign Chair.

Sue, thank you for leading the way and making this year’s campaign such a success. We are incredibly grateful for YOU! ❤️

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The artwork of Ernie Barnes outshined his pro football career. Barnes' acclaimed work, including "The Sugar Shack," will be showcased in Canton. See link below ⬇️

📸 Ed Balint / Canton Repository

✨ SELF PORTRAIT: THERESE COOK ✨

Meet artist Therese Cook, whose creative journey took an unexpected path—and proves it’s never too late to discover a new creative chapter. 🎨

In our latest Self Portrait, Therese shares a little about her work, her inspirations and the experiences that have shaped her artistic journey.

Get to know more about Therese. 👇

Therese Cook | Self Portrait Artist Interview | ArtsinStark, Stark County’s Arts Council With a background in design, Therese Cook’s work in encaustic explores how structure and spontaneity coexist. Each piece begins with a sense of place or memory and unfolds through layering, mark-making and revision, becoming a quiet meditation on balance, disruption and renewal.

THREE FOR THURSDAY! 🎨🎭🎶

Looking for something fun to do in Stark County this weekend? Here are three arts & culture events happening around the county that caught our eye!

📍 Second Friday
Presented by The City of Louisville Ohio
📅 Friday, August 14 | 5–10 PM
Head to downtown Louisville for an evening of art, music, shopping, food and fun!

📍 Massillon Fun Fest
Presented by Massillon Museum, Massillon Parks & Recreation and the Massillon WestStark Chamber of Commerce
📅 Saturday, August 15 | 10 AM–2 PM
A FREE fun-filled day celebrating all things Massillon with activities, art, entertainment and more!

📍 Kids' Art Mart
Presented by Enrichment Arts Education Center and ArtsinStark
📅 Saturday, August 15 | 10 AM–1 PM
Stop by the ArtsinStark park (at the Cultural Center for the Arts) and find your next treasure - with an entire market of youth makers and artisans!

Three events. One weekend. Lots of ways to experience arts & culture in Stark County! ❤️

Have an event coming up? Make sure to submit it to our ArtsinStark events calendar for a chance to be featured in a future Three for Thursday!

We get to work with this one every day! 💛

Becky brings the fun, the funny, and a whole lot of heart to ArtsinStark. From leading our amazing SmARTS program to dreaming up events, building community partnerships and jumping into just about every initiative we throw her way, she makes our work—and downtown Canton—better.

We’re pretty lucky to have her on Team ArtsinStark. And apparently, we now know exactly where to find her when she disappears at lunchtime. 😂

So glad to see Becky getting some well-deserved Downtown Canton love!

We have some pretty amazing people who live and work in our Downtown Canton Community! One of those people is Becky DeHart, Director of Education & Community Engagement at ArtsinStark!

Becky has worked in Downtown Canton for over 7 years, the last 2 being with ArtsinStark! When asked what her favorite thing about downtown was, she said, "The people. There are so many people and organizations doing amazing things, and they are all so passionate about their work. Whether an artist, gallery, restaurant, or non-profit, everybody down here really has a heart for the city. Oh, I also love the Mush, Stout & Swiss slider at Unfused Brew Hall. Literally the best."

Thank you, Becky, for helping make our Downtown Community a fantastic place to be!