First Fridays Youngstown “Date with an Artist” will be held on Friday, February 7, from 4:30pm-7:30pm at The Butler Institute of American Art. Enjoy an evening of art in the ambience of evening lighting, music, food, drinks, mingling, and a “Date with an Artist” where you’ll have the opportunity to get acquainted with the artists of The Butler Institute of American Art through a docent-guided tour or a self-guided tour using the gallery guides provided. Show your love by taking a cutout heart and placing it next to your favorite work at the museum.

Featured art at The Butler Institute of American Art:
Black History Month Exhibition: Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. “The Art is on the Wall, Not the Posters” in Segall Print Gallery in Butler North.
85th Area Artist Annual Exhibition
Charlee Brodsky- “The Audacity of the Mundane”
Pastel Society of America’s 52nd Annual Exhibition- “Enduring Brilliance!”
Art activities will align with the Sally Weber & Craig Newswanger “Entangled Attraction” light installation, Charlee Brodsky photography exhibition, and Black History Month exhibition.

Featured Live Artist: Daniel Rauschenbach who will be creating art on site during the event.
Featured Musicians: Violinist- Erick Ramos and Pianist- Aaron White

In addition, across the street:
McDonough Museum of Art (Open till 4pm) will be featuring their Spring Exhibitions:
Julia Betts | The Dams are Broken
Anna Chapman | Underworld/Otherworld
Emerging Artist Abby Cipar, | Sometime, Somehow, For You
Will Hutnick | QUEER HORIZONS
Sidney Mullis | Caught Skies and Pillowed Pines (Black Forest)

Solomon Gallery – Cliffe College – Department of Art – YSU (Open till 7:30pm) will be featuring a Black History Month Student Exhibition:
Crystal Miller- Adornment

The Ward Beecher Planetarium 8:00pm-9:00pm
We are Stars Planetarium Show

All ages welcome, free and open to the public. For more information, visit the First Fridays Youngstown website.