Excellent place for framing and local art!! They are very helpful and kind. Highly recommend for…read moreyour art needs.

Great place for art in a broad range of prices and styles. Super fun events, good people.read more

The Looking Glass is an absolutely wonderful store. Anytime I am looking for a gift or just want to…read moreDillydally, this is the first place I go. Most of, if not all of their art/jewelry is made from local artists. Everything is so unique, colorful and beautiful and definitely one of a kind. Their staff is also very helpful and kind.

So many beautiful and original pieces of art. Great places to find one of a kind gifts and I love…read morethat they had sale items easily listed. I will be back for myself soon. And the manager was so helpful and friendly!

This was a really cute store located in downtown Akron. There is a TON and I do mean a ton of clay…read moreitems. There is also jewelry there, which I feel is expensive given the quality. I believe the handmade goods are the reason for the increased prices. The guy at the register was very friendly. I smelled some great soaps but didn't purchase anything. There were some very cute items here. Nice store and very clean.

A terrific gallery hidden in Akron's Northside District. Michael and Claudia have been throwing…read moreclay here for over 20 years, and in recent years have grown the space into a seriously great craft gallery with gifts for just about anyone. In addition to their own work, they show work by other artists and designers. Lovely people,too!

My favorite art gallery of all times. It's a gem. Don't tell people about this spot. I have a…read moregrowing collection of Don Drumm pieces and did 90% of my Christmas shopping here. Tons of jewelry, ceramics, and unique art for all ages.

I cannot get service here. I have come in here multiple times wan to buy something. The staff are…read moregossiping , anything but helping customers. I was the only one there for a half hour.

They are currently closed until the 6th of January, fyi! (2020) in case you were making a stop…read moreexclusively there. Excited to schedule a class, soon! I've heard great things.

You don't have to know me that well to get a sense that I'm no artist. I had trouble with…read morepaint-by-number, for the love of Dali. I do, though, have lots of great, artistic friends, and they took me to the Cuyahoga Valley Art Center. What a delight. It is in the old First Akron Bank building, right on the mall on the north end, just before it becomes a street again. Chock full of student-created work, there is a huge gallery, several class rooms, studios, a kitchen, on and on and on, all for the local artist. It reminds me exactly of my college campus art building, but with way more people of other ages, from teens to near hundred-and-teens. Two other great reasons to love this place. It is non-profit. AND it is self-sustaining, through membership and their classes and workshops. When I hear discussions of what it takes to revitalize a downtown, I imagine a bunch of places just like this one: using an older building (you kids would know it as "re-purposing") for a newer idea, in this case art, but also music, and library, and metal shop and... oh, sorry. I went back to high school for a minute, there. Keep our downtowns from falling into ruin. Consider enrolling in a class here, but at least visit the place for a tour or an exhibition. (Oh, and there are a few off-street parking spaces in back, along the river, if you can find them.) Ars longa, vita brevis.

Beautiful and charismatic place! Small inside but lots of room to sit and have a nice time. They…read moreoffer a decent size menu ranging from quick bites and shareables to pizzas, salads, sandwiches and more. The place was decorated so sweetly for the Christmas time and the service was amazing. People were very friendly. The food and wine was okay, nothing to scream and shout about but the ambiance was awesome. A nice quiet place to meet with people and share food and drinks. Definitely stop in for a charming experience. I didn't have any of the pizza but glancing at tables it looked good and will have to give a try. We got a Greek salad but they didn't offer Greek dressing, but their Italian was awesome! Loved the bread and oil as well.

We stopped in with a group of 6 and tried each of the wines. Red were ehh, but the whites smarter…read moregood so we ordered 3 carafes. The bruschetta, pizza, and meatballs were yum for the appetizers. Plus, there are benches on the outside lawn area where dogs are allowed. Parking was easy and staff were pretty helpful no matter what our questions were. Best was just walking in the vines.