This is a copy of a post from M. Ergezi:

"There is a Japanese contemporary art and pop 
culture exhibit through January 5, 2003 at the 
Akron Art Museum (Ohio).  Dubbed "My Reality" 
the display started in September and we finally 
had a chance to sneak over Thanksgiving weekend 
for a look.  We read in the paper that the grand 
opening of the exhibit was the most well 
attended event in the musuem's history!

It consists of sculpture, paintings, 
photography, video art (many by a talented 
artist Momoyo Torimitsu) and of course, cels.  
They were displayed in the manga (japanese 
graphic novel/comic book) reading room.  Though 
nothing rare or unusual (many of your 
collections outshine it by far I'm sure, but) it 
was nice to see the display of about 20 cels 
from Nadia, Cowboy Bebop, Escaflowne, DNA2, 
Magic Users Club, El Hazard,Photon and Maison 
Ikkoku. 

According to the brochure at the exhibit, the 
display will be traveling next to the Norton 
Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida 
(Norton Museum of Art) Spring 2003 and then to 
The Huntsville Museum of Art in Alabama Oct 2003-
Jan 2004.  There is a brief description of the 
exhibit on the curator's site 
http://www.ici-
exhibitions.org/Exhibitions/Reality/reality.htm.

The exhibit was not vast but fun and colorful.  
I encourage any of you in the area to attend 
(free admission).  This will help show that 
there is interest in anime and to keep displays 
like this in the limelight!  (As a side note - 
several terrific Warhol's are back out on 
display including Elvis and the Brillo boxes.  
The Akron Art Museum has limited space and needs 
to rotate pieces, but are making big plans to 
expand!)

Thanks for listening - feel free to call me with 
questions or call the museum at 330-376-9185 for 
details."

Hope some of you will be able to enjoy the 
exhibit!