Downtown in Akron in Summit County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Artists in the Plaza
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2026
1. Artists in the Plaza Marker
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Artists in the Plaza. .
Woodrow Nash Bronze Statue "Sojourner Truth". Born in Akron, Ohio in the late 1940s, Woodrow Nash works in the tradition of the greater masters to build a sense of mystery and charisma into each of his sculptures. Through his pieces, Nash achieves his goal of integrating expression, complex symbolism and sophisticated aesthetics to yield striking embodiments of the human soul and sensuality. Today, the work of Woodrow Nash is collected internationally. His collectors' demographics have no racial boundaries and include everyone from working professionals to affluent sports figures and entertainment superstars.,
Alexandra Couch Impala Lily Metal Art "A Long Way To Go". Alexandria Couch is a visual artist from Akron, Ohio. She received her BFAs in printmaking and painting at The University of Akron Myers School of Art and an MFA in printmaking and painting at Yale University. She has been an artist fellow at the NXTHVN residency in New Haven, Connecticut and has shown her art in multiple exhibitions across Connecticut and New York. During recent years, Alexandria has had the honor of working on multiple local art projects including her mural with Land Studio in Cleveland and the "We Are" project with artist Micah Kraus through Downtown Akron Partnership.,
Derin Fletcher Mural "Women Of Valor". Derin Fletcher is from Akron, Ohio. She became serious about pursuing an art career during her senior year at Firestone High School. After receiving a BFA in industrial design from Savannah College of Art and Design and an MFA in studio art, she returned to Ohio and became a freelance artist and designer, working with prestigious brands and companies including Hulu, Dove, the NBA and more. She resides in Northeast Ohio where she continues to connect and create artwork within the community.
Woodrow Nash
Bronze Statue
"Sojourner Truth"
Born in Akron, Ohio in the late 1940s, Woodrow Nash works in the tradition of the greater masters to build a sense of mystery and charisma into each of his sculptures. Through his pieces, Nash achieves his goal of integrating expression, complex symbolism and sophisticated aesthetics to yield striking embodiments of the human soul and sensuality. Today, the work of Woodrow Nash is collected internationally. His collectors' demographics have no racial boundaries and include everyone from working professionals to affluent sports figures and entertainment superstars.
Alexandra Couch
Impala Lily Metal Art
"A Long Way To Go"
Alexandria Couch is a visual artist from Akron, Ohio. She received her BFAs in printmaking and painting at The University of Akron Myers School of Art and an MFA in printmaking and painting at Yale University. She has been an artist fellow at the NXTHVN residency in New Haven, Connecticut and has shown her art in multiple exhibitions across Connecticut and New York. During recent years, Alexandria has had the honor of working on multiple local art projects
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including her mural with Land Studio in Cleveland and the "We Are" project with artist Micah Kraus through Downtown Akron Partnership.
Derin Fletcher
Mural
"Women Of Valor"
Derin Fletcher is from Akron, Ohio. She became serious about pursuing an art career during her senior year at Firestone High School. After receiving a BFA in industrial design from Savannah College of Art & Design and an MFA in studio art, she returned to Ohio and became a freelance artist and designer, working with prestigious brands and companies including Hulu, Dove, the NBA and more. She resides in Northeast Ohio where she continues to connect and create artwork within the community.
Location. 41° 5.16′ N, 81° 30.873′ W. Marker is in Akron, Ohio, in Summit County. It is in Downtown. It is at the intersection of North High Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard, on the right when traveling north on North High Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2026
2. Artists in the Plaza Marker
address: 37 N High St, Akron OH 44308, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Greater Cleveland and in the Western Reserve. It is also in the American Midwest. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
(was approx. Ό mile away but has been confirmed missing).
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2026
4. Woodrow Nash Bronze Statue "Sojourner Truth"
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2026
5. Alexandra Couch Impala Lily Metal Art "A Long Way To Go"
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2026
6. Derin Fletcher Mural "Women Of Valor"
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 13, 2026, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 13 times since then. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on June 13, 2026, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
