For more information, photos, and videos, please visit www.starknakedsalon.com, the official Stark Naked Salon website.

“Stark Naked Salon,” which is co-curated by Alexandra Nicholis (Massillon Museum Curator) and Dan Kane (Canton Repository Arts and Entertainment Writer), will be an eye-popping exhibition featuring the work of eleven emerging artists from Stark County. The work will literally fill the Museum’s main gallery, floor to ceiling in the style of the Parisian salons of a century past, but with a clear focus on cutting-edge art of today.

Bili Kribbs, Scot Phillips, Steve Ehret, and Derek Zimmerman of Massillon; Marti Jones Dixon, Nick Brewer, Joseph Close, and Dylan Atkinson of Canton; Thomas R. Wentling of Brewster; Erin Mulligan from Minerva, and Ron Copeland of Pittsburgh (formerly of Massillon) will be included in the show.

Opening Night Party: Saturday, August 22 from 6-10pm

“Stark Naked Salon” will open in the Massillon Museum’s main gallery on Saturday, August 22, with a free public party on the lawn, from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. No reservations are necessary.

Opening night will include live music by the band, Hooked on Tonics, and performance art by XainGO! About magazine, opening sponsor, will provide complimentary popsicles; the Chit Chat Coffee Shoppe will offer summer food, and a cash bar will be available. Guests will be able to watch a “Stark Naked Salon” film and pose for their own photos in Nick Brewer’s photo studio.

Also on Saturday, August 22, the Canton Artists League’ exhibition, “A Splash of Color,” will open in Studio M in the lower level of the Massillon Museum, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. That opening reception is also free and open to the public.

Other Events:

Many events will add to the excitement of the exhibition throughout its run: “Do the Mu!” Mega Murals with Bili Kribbs, free family activity, noon to 2:00 p.m., on August 1; free showing of “Rock-afire Explosion” at the Lions Lincoln Theatre on September 10, 7:00 p.m.; six-week Oil Painting Class with Dylan Atkinson, beginning on August 29 (advance registration required); “Do the Mu!” Ephemeral Art with Scot Phillips on September 5, a free family activity; free showing of “Beautiful Losers” on September 17, 7:00 p.m., at the Lions Lincoln Theatre; three-week Figure Drawing class with Marti Jones Dixon beginning on September 12 (advance registration required); and the free “Stark Naked Salon” Gallery Party on October 1 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Visit starknakedsalon.com for details.

The Massillon Museum receives funding from the Ohio Arts Council and Arts in Stark.

The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way East (Ohio Route 172) in the heart of downtown Massillon. For more information, contact the Museum at 330-833-4061 or visit www.massillonmuseum.org.

The Massillon Museum is open from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. A visit to the Massillon Museum is always free.