Community Calendar

Mill Creek MetroParks presents the exhibit Through Our Eyes, through Sunday, July 6th, in the D.D. and Velma Davis Education & Visitor Center, at Fellows Riverside Garden, in Youngstown. Through Our Eyes features nature-oriented works in watercolor, acrylic, pastel and ink by artists Noreen Yazvac and Elizabeth Ford. The Davis Center is open Tuesdays through Sundays, 10 am – 5 pm. More information at millcreekmetroparks.org.

Both Yazvac and Ford are past presidents and current members of the Mahoning Valley Watercolor Society. Their artistic journeys began at Youngstown State University, where they honed their talents and developed their individual voices in visual art.

The Trumbull County Historical Society & Medici (meh DEE chee) Museum of Art present Science Fiction & Hollywood: The Art of John Zabrucky, an exhibition showcasing modern props designed by Zabrucky now on display at the Medici Museum of Art through June 28th. An American prop designer and co-founder of Modern Props Inc., Zabrucky contributed props to hundreds of films such as Ghostbusters and RoboCop, as well as films and TV series in the Star Trek, Marvel, and DC franchises. This exhibition is free and open to the public. More information medicimuseum.art.

The YSU McDonough Museum of Art presents its Summer Schedule with four exhibitions running through July 19th. Featured are regional artists Ronald Jason Van Hoose, Jeffrey S. Piper, Mike Egan, and students from the Inspiring Minds program. The galleries are free and open to the public, Tuesday through Saturday, 11 am to 4 pm. More information at ysu.edu/mcdonough-museum.

The Butler Institute of American Art presents the exhibition, Facing the Giant: 3 Decades of Dissent, by artist Shepard Fairey, Sunday, June 8 through Sunday, August 31. Featuring 30 large silkscreen and mixed collage works on paper, Facing the Giant is a curated selection of Fairey's works that highlight clear messages of empowerment. More information about this exhibit and others available at butlerart.com.

The Butler Institute of American Art presents the exhibition, Touched by Rauschenberg, which features the works of Rauschenberg and three artists who admired and celebrated him: Diana Levinson, Don Gummer, and Eric Forstmann, Sunday, June 8 through Sunday, August 24, at the Butler, on Wick Avenue in Youngstown. Rauschenebrg led the way toward Pop Art, Conceptual Art, Minimalism, and even the New Realism. More information about this and other exhibits is available at butlerart.com.

The Trumbull Art Gallery presents the exhibition Arcs/Angles/Sound, on display through June 27th, Thursdays and Fridays from 12-4 pm and Saturday from 11-3 pm. This exhibition pays tribute to Tony Armeni for his decades of work as an artist, educator, and musician in the Mahoning Valley. More information is available at trumbullartgallery.com

His sculptures are included in both national and local collections, such as the Butler Institute of American Art, the Ward Beecher Planetarium, and various locations in Youngstown.

Lit Youngstown and Youngstown Area Community Concert Band present: Poems Inspired by Broadway Classics, on Tuesday, June 17 at 7:00 pm, at the Austintown Park. This outdoor concert will feature music from West Side Story, Oklahoma, Annie, Lion King, Les Miserables, Jersey Boys, My Fair Lady, and Sound of Music. Six poems inspired by the music will be read throughout the evening. The concert is free but you will need to bring your own lawn chair. More information at lityoungstown.org

Mill Creek MetroParks presents the exhibit Through Our Eyes, through Sunday, July 6th, in the D.D. and Velma Davis Education & Visitor Center, at Fellows Riverside Garden, in Youngstown. Through Our Eyes features nature-oriented works in watercolor, acrylic, pastel and ink by artists Noreen Yazvac and Elizabeth Ford. The Davis Center is open Tuesdays through Sundays, 10 am – 5 pm. More information at millcreekmetroparks.org.

Both Yazvac and Ford are past presidents and current members of the Mahoning Valley Watercolor Society. Their artistic journeys began at Youngstown State University, where they honed their talents and developed their individual voices in visual art.

The Trumbull County Historical Society & Medici (meh DEE chee) Museum of Art present Science Fiction & Hollywood: The Art of John Zabrucky, an exhibition showcasing modern props designed by Zabrucky now on display at the Medici Museum of Art through June 28th. An American prop designer and co-founder of Modern Props Inc., Zabrucky contributed props to hundreds of films such as Ghostbusters and RoboCop, as well as films and TV series in the Star Trek, Marvel, and DC franchises. This exhibition is free and open to the public. More information medicimuseum.art.

The YSU McDonough Museum of Art presents its Summer Schedule with four exhibitions running through July 19th. Featured are regional artists Ronald Jason Van Hoose, Jeffrey S. Piper, Mike Egan, and students from the Inspiring Minds program. The galleries are free and open to the public, Tuesday through Saturday, 11 am to 4 pm. More information at ysu.edu/mcdonough-museum.