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Akron Art Museum’s “Glow: Neon & Light” exhibit will be on display in the Arnstein Galleries from Sept. 21 through Feb. 9, 2025.
Enter under the giant statue holding a welcome sign into a sea of neon lights. The museum – which saw 60,000 visitors in 2023 – covers more than 100 years of American sign history in an ...
Enter the nondescript Neon Works warehouse in North Oakland, and you’ll find yourself suddenly immersed in rainbow light. It’s as if a time-warping tornado from the 1950s Bay Area wrapped all ...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Neon signs used to line highways and Main Streets across America. Now, tradespeople who make and service those signs are dwindling, even as their nostalgic glow has become ...
His neon art includes replications of some of his photography created with neon tubes. Wartman, meanwhile, finds the glow of neon comforting and meditative. "I always akin staring at a neon sign ...
The iconic neon ... Lights Executive Artistic Director Lisa Mallette will have her coasters, photo cards and tea lights for sale; Marketing Director Rebecca Wallace will be marketing collage art ...
"Neon really hit the U.S. in the late 1920s," Swormstedt says. "By the early to mid-1930s, every small town had at least one neon sign." Keeping the trade alive. By the late 1960s, the introduction of ...
“The past two decades or so were dominated by a glorification of fast-paced ‘hustle culture’ — trends like cottagecore and coastal grandmother are evidence that the pendulum’s swinging toward taking ...
Made in New England: The art of neon sign collecting and creating Old Signs N Stuff in Gardner, Massachusetts, builds neon signs exclusively for private collections and museums. Updated: 8:00 PM ...