‘Line Items’, an exhibition of photographs by Philip A. Dente, will be on view at the Melberger Arts Center Gallery at 123 Wyoming Ave, Scranton, from June 6 through August 1st. There will be an opening reception on First Friday, June 6, from 6 to 8:30 PM.
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A free grant workshop for folk and traditional artists will be held from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 12, at the Electric City Trolley Station and Museum, 300 Cliff Street in Scranton on the campus of Steamtown National Historic Site.
The workshop is for artists practicing a living, traditional art in their community. Examples include embroidery or lace making, traditional dances, wood carving, herbal remedies, songs sung in church or temple — the kinds of arts that are passed on from one generation to the next and reflect the values of the community.
Lisa Rathje of the Institute for Cultural Partnerships will lead the workshop about the various grant programs for individual traditional artists that are offered by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. These include the 2009 Fellowships in Traditional Arts ($5,000) and 2009 Apprenticeships in Traditional Arts (up to $4,000). The application deadline for these grant programs is August 1, 2008.
Come learn about the grant process, ask questions about your ideas, and get hands-on help with your grant application. To make the most of this technical assistance workshop, download the application and bring your questions to the workshop. Guidelines and application forms will be available in early June at www.culturalpartnerships.org or www.pacouncilonthearts.org.
Folk and traditional arts are alive and well in Northeastern Pennsylvania, and this is a great opportunity for these artists. Please help us spread the word by passing this email along to friends, family members and co-workers.
The workshop is hosted by the Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority and the Lackawanna County Office of Arts and Culture. To register, call the Electric City Trolley Station and Museum at (570) 963-6590.
Gallery Aferro in Newark, NJ invites artists working in any and all media to submit existing work, or propose new work, in response to the following: #1-Tabula Rasa: |ˈtäbyoŏlə ˈräsə; ˈräzə| an absence of preconceived ideas or predetermined goals; a clean slate. The human mind at birth, viewed as having no innate ideas. ORIGIN Latin, literally ’scraped tablet,’ denoting a tablet with the writing erased. #2- René Descartes, Aristotle, John Locke #3- Denying what is obvious. #4- Nothing is new, nothing is original. #5 Existentialism and the nothingness of existence, ennui. The exhibition is curated by Evonne M. Davis and will be on display September 6 - October 4, 2008, with full color catalog. For submission guidelines, visit www.aferro.org. Deadline July 15, 2008.
Maryland Federation of Art in Annapolis is accepting entries for its 8th Annual American Landscapes exhibition, which takes place September 5 - October 12, 2008. Juror: F. Lennox Campello. Open to all media depicting the American landscape. Entry fee: $25 for up to two images; additional four entries $5 each. Awards totalling $1,500 will be presented. For prospectus, send SASE to MFA Circle Gallery, Dept. RAL, 18 State Circle, Annapolis MD 21401; e-mail info@mdfedart.org with subject line American Landscapes Dept. AA; or download from www.mdfedart.org. Deadline June 30, 2008.
