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Commentaries and critiques on the visual and performing arts in the greater Canton, Ohio area

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Wellsprings of a Soul

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Wellsprings of a Soul By Tom Wachunas “Do not copy nature too much. Art is an abstraction.” – Paul Gauguin – “The best, most compell...
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Monday, March 28, 2011

A Sublime Balance of Power

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A Sublime Balance of Power By Tom Wachunas One element that contributes greatly to a satisfying evening in Umstattd Hall with the Canton...
Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Grace, Guts, and Giggles

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Grace, Guts, and Giggles By Tom Wachunas It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a Canton Artists League (CAL) show with as much depth of ...
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Saturday, March 19, 2011

Negotiated Unsettlement?

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Negotiated Unsettlement? By Tom Wachunas Sandwiched somewhere between the wry political cynicism, and the conversational frivolity in L...
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Monday, March 14, 2011

Friendly Strange

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Friendly Strange By Tom Wachunas The final offering in this season’s afternoon Aultman PrimeTime chamber series by the Canton Symphony O...
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Friday, March 11, 2011

Reconcilable Differences

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Reconcilable Differences By Tom Wachunas “The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s...
Monday, March 7, 2011

A Superb Chronicle of a Pioneering Year

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A Superb Chronicle of a Pioneering Year By Tom Wachunas Say what you will about the utilitarian values of archived texts and images on t...
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Tom Wachunas
Canton, Ohio, United States
Visual artist, journalist and teacher Tom Wachunas received his BFA (1973) and MFA (1975) degrees from The Ohio State University. From 1977 through 1991 he resided in New York City, where he painted and exhibited extensively and curated shows for “alternative” galleries. During much of that time he was the assistant artistic director of the Diane Jacobowitz Dance Theatre, designing sets and composing sound scores. He has been an accomplished arts journalist since 1986, writing hundreds of reviews and features on the visual and performing arts for numerous regional and international publications. Locally, since 2001, he has had one-man shows at Millworks Gallery (Akron), the Canton Museum of Art, Kent State University Stark, Malone University, The Little Art Gallery (North Canton) , Second April Galerie and Patina Arts Centre in downtown Canton. He is a regular exhibitor in many area group shows. He was curator of Gallery 6000 on the Kent State University at Stark campus from 2009 to 2018, where he was also an assistant professor teaching Art History and Art as a World Phenomenon from 2007 through 2024.
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