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

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Sublime Brevities

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Sublime Brevities By Tom Wachunas “Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.” - Novalis – “Genuine poetry can communicate before...
Saturday, June 25, 2011

Their Rightful Place

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Their Rightful Place By Tom Wachunas “Some women like to sew to calm their nerves, but I paint books.” - Claude Raguet Hirst - ...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

For Brennis, Second April's Effluent Spiral of Friends

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For Brennis, Second April’s Effluent Spiral of Friends By Tom Wachunas Hanging in my home are still a few assemblages from 2001- 2002 th...
Monday, June 20, 2011

Oztensibly,Toto-ly Invigorating

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Oztensibly, Toto-ly Invigorating By Tom Wachunas There I was, on opening night of the Players Guild production of The Wizard of Oz, happ...
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Tangible Light, Solid Air

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Tangible Light, Solid Air By Tom Wachunas “I take pleasure in the beauty and wonder of earth. My sculptures are an expression of gratit...
Monday, June 13, 2011

A History Runs Through It

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A History Runs Through It By Tom Wachunas Historically, the potent efficacy of photography lies in its re-presenting a reality, whether ...
Tuesday, June 7, 2011

In Living Black and White

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In Living Black and White By Tom Wachunas “…everything looks worse in black and white.” - Paul Simon, from “Kodachrome” “A photogra...
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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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