The Akron Digital Media Center is celebrating its new location and wants the public to get in on the action.

The ADMC will host an open house event May 17 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the the Akron-Summit County Public Library. Admission is free and refreshments will be provided as well as the chance to win prizes.

The ADMC is a nonprofit digital media group that works to enhance coverage of community news and information. The media center launched in 2010 to help engage citizens in digital storytelling and the project has trained more than 550 Akron area residents. Training was previously conducted at the local newspaper, the Akron Beacon Journal. The center reopened in February in a newly created space in the Akron-Summit County Public Library's Main Library in downtown Akron.

Episode 10 and finale of season 1 of Web series "The Amerikans" debuts at Summit Artspace May 18

Art+Practice, a cinema site and film development company, announces the release of "Human Paintbrush," episode 10 and the closing installment of the first season of a web series available free online.

"Human Paintbrush" shares the worldview and artwork of Don Matis, a Hudson-based painter inspired by spiritual faith and talent to create original and striking canvases using his own body as an instrument of composition. Matis' life and work challenge our preconceptions about where lines are drawn, not only between artist and art, but also between suffering and healing, isolation and sharing.

Special Event: "Human Paintbrush" will have its world premiere May 18, at 7 p.m. at Summit Art Space, at 140 East Market St. in downtown Akron. The event is sponsored by Akron Film+Pixel. Matis' work will be on display, and he and filmmakers Mika Johnson and Jeffrey Pence will be present. Also to be shown are previous episodes of "The Amerikans."

Community members will have increased access to free digital media training and equipment, thanks to a new partnership between Akron Community Foundation and the Akron-Summit County Public Library.

The Akron Digital Media Center, funded by Akron Community Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, reopened today in a newly created space on the first floor of the downtown Main Library, offering another resource for library patrons and increased community visibility for the media project that has trained more than 500 residents.

The media center was launched in 2010 to help cultivate local storytelling and community news gathering. It offers free multimedia workshops in blogging, news writing, photography, videography and video editing, as well as one-on-one mentorships that train community members to serve as journalists and neighborhood storytellers in the digital age.