The 2014 Kaleidoscope Art Show will take place Saturday, Nov. 29 at Summit Artspace, 140 E. Market Street.

The opening reception will be 5-9 p.m. There’ll be refreshments and voting on the various art works. Winners will be announced later in the evening.

2013 winners included “Redemptionscape” by Susan Mencini, Tallmadge Cornerstone Community School art teacher; Cheryl Townsend’s digital photo, “Parking Lot Ferris Wheel,”  Ted Lawson's watercolor, "First Light," and “Hall of Mirrors” by Michelle Knapper.

A 2012 winner was "Watching the Shadows Dance" by Carol Klingel.

Former BJ editor/columnist Connie Bloom again is the driving force behind the latest art show.

In January Connie whipped together eight local artists for an art show, “Upstairs, Downstairs,” all Penthouse Artists in Summit Artspace – Connie (quilt fabric art); Joan Colbert (printmaking); Cari Miller (mixed-media); Terry Klausman (sculpture/drawing); Carolyn Lewis (painting); Katina Pastis Radwanski (painting/sculpture); Bradley Hart (photography); and Ron White (sculpture/drawing).

In September the 3^rd annual Akron Art Prize handed out $10,000 at the Akron Art Museum with the grand prize going for “Between Here and There by” Lisa Demagall.