The 1st Annual BE Arts Festival is hosted by the Black Artist Experience and co-sponsored by the City of Akron. BE Arts Festival (Black Experience) is a community driven festival that combines a variety of fine arts and cultural experiences into a single day to inspire, support and showcase black artists. The BE Arts Festival is curated to bring awareness to Black artists, to ignite creative inspiration and to build networks that can last a lifetime. BE Art Festival supports art forms such as art installations, interactive art experiences, inspiring talks, culinary pop-ups, intimate live concerts, wellness sessions and education.