Electric Theatre Company (formerly known as The Northeast Theatre) is the Mayor’s pick this year to host a party celebrating the arts in Downtown Scranton. This is the party of the year, a midsummer masquerade. Black and white attire is required, but creative interpretation of black and white is encouraged… anything from formal wear to black jeans and t-shirt. Prizes will be given to the most creative takes on black and white and the party includes a fabulous buffet of food and beverage by Vida Tapas Bar, live music by Trio Barocco and Cuban Tres, clowns, buskers, acrobats, plus dance music by NEPA’s top deejay, Conor McGuigan, and more.
Each year, the Mayor and his wife Donna choose a not-for-profit arts group and host a party. This year, in part because The Northeast Theatre is changing its name, they chose Electric Theatre Company. And the folks at the Theatre have taken the Mayor’s choice as both as an occasion to honor him, and a challenge to themselves; they aim to make it the best party Scranton has seen in years. The name of the event is Sparks & Feathers! and it is described as A Midsummer Masquerade. Those attending are required to dress in black and white, but are thereby encouraged to interpret that dress code in whatever way their whim may take them, from donning formal wear to black jeans and t-shirts. (Prizes will be awarded to the most imaginative interpretations.)

When and Where -Electric Theatre, 326 Spruce Street 2nd Floor, Downtown Scranton
Saturday, July 19, 6 to 9 p.m.
Admission-Tickets in Advance are $50, Tickets at the Door are $60
ing at 5:30 p.m. Only students 25 years and under are eligible for rush tickets.
No one will be admitted who is not dressed in black and white
Buying Tickets
Tickets may be purchased by phone at 570-558-1515, or online at www.electrictheatre.org

Join us at our studio as Ted demonstrates woodturning and metal
spinning as part of the Wayne County Arts Alliance Open Studio Tour.
Ted’s studio is open Friday, July 25 through Sunday, July 27 11am -
6pm, with demos all day. Browse the gallery and enjoy a snack on the
deck. Saturday 6pm to 7:30 enjoy wine and cheese and conversation with
the artist on the deck. Call for directions: 570-937-4527, or go to
www.sokolowskistudios.com for more info.

Smithville Mansion Annex Art Gallery in Eastampton, NJ invites photographers from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware to submit work for its annual juried photo exhibition. Open to traditional photographic prints or high quality digital prints from either film or digital capture, with any type camera or film. Submitted work must be framed, wired, and ready to hang; no clip frames or center hangers. Mats and glass must be clean and frames in good condition or they will not be accepted for exhibit. Juror: Stephen Perloff, founder and editor of The Photo Review, editor of The Photograph Collector, and editor of Focus Magazine. Entry fee $12 for up to three works. Jurying will be by actual works, which must be dropped off on July 7 between 11am and 5 pm; artists will be notified of juror’s decision by e-mail on Tuesday, July 15. For complete details and to download a prospectus visit www.burlcoarts.com/Opportunities.htm. Deadline July 07, 2008.

“Three-Way Street” a mixed-media exhibit by local artists Tobi Balin Grossman, Bob Heim and Brad Earl will take place at Marquis Art & Frame Second Floor Gallery, 122 South Main St, downtown Wilkes-Barre, from July 18th through August 30th. Featured works include oil, acrylic and pastel paintings and cartoons. An opening “Meet the Artists” reception will be held on July 18th from 5:30pm-8pm. Reception is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Monday – Saturday 10am-6pm. Call 823-0518 for more info.

To celebrate the grand opening of ArtHouse Lounge, located in Harrisburg, PA, artists 17 years of age and older residing in Pennsylvania, Maryland, or D.C are invited to submit work for a 2D art exhibition. 2D works in the following media will be considered: paintings in oil, acrylic, watercolor and gouache; drawings in pencil, pastels, pen & ink; printmaking & mixed media also considered. No giclee prints. Juror: Evan Summer, MFA, Yale University. One piece each from the top finalists will be displayed in the gallery up to & during Gallery Walk, August 10 - September 8, 2008; the top three artists will win awards. Size limitations: 40″ including frame. To apply, submit JPGs under 1MB each via online entry. Entry fee $25 for up to three; $5 for each additional image up to five total. For a prospectus, visit http://www.arthouselounge.com/events.asp.
Deadline June 15, 2008.

Call for entries for the 5th Annual Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibition at the Main Line Art Center in Haverford, PA 19041
N O V E M B E R 7 - 2 6. Artists must submit application by July 28, 2008.
J U R O R - William Pym, Curator, writer and former director,
Fleisher/Ollman Gallery in Philadelphia. William Pym is a critic and curator
and former director of the Fleisher/Ollman Gallery in Philadelphia. Notable
recent curations include Fabulous Histories: Indigenous Anomalies in
American Art, a taut argument for the blurring of lines between outsider and
insider art assignation that showed at the Carpenter Center for Visual
Arts at Harvard University and was reinterpreted for Art Basel 36; 2000
Years of Sculpture, a sprawling survey at Fleisher/Ollman of 60 works from
Han Dynasty pottery to Nikki De Saint Phalle and Joseph Beuys; and the 5
annual installments of new discoveries in Philadelphia contemporary art.
William is a staff writer for artforum. com and has written over 100
catalogues, treatises, critiques, diary entries and reviews, most recently Ye
Are Many, They Are Few, the University

A W A R D - $1000 Betsy Meyer Memorial Award

F E E S - For Main Line Art Center members there is a $15 entry fee. Non-members - $25 entry fee. New members are welcome to join.

R E Q U I R E M E N T S - Open to artists living in PA, NY, DE, NJ, MD and
DC working in all media.

For further information, go to www.mainlineart.org

Lizza Studios in Tunkhannock is presenting ‘Enduring Traditions in Realism’, an exhibit of the works of Thomas Wise and Brian Keeler. The exhibit opens on Sunday, June 29th, with a reception for the artists from 2 PM to 5 PM, and will continue through September 13th.
Shared pasts and a common path have led former teacher Thomas Wise and student Brian Keeler to a place of genuine respect and admiration for each other’s visions and artistic accomplishments. The landscape, still-life and figurative works featured in this exhibit are a tribute to their 25 year association and their enduring belief that the depth of our experience finds vehicle for expression in the traditions of realism.
The exhibit was curated by Betsy Greene and Laura Craig. Lizza Studios is located at 155 Bridge St., Tunkhannock, PA 18657

Artists and Educators,
Please accept this letter of introduction from a new and thriving
convergence of schools and individuals active in the visual and
performing arts. The Harris Conservatory for the Arts is a community
of some of the finest educators and artists currently working in
Northeast Pennsylvania. It is becoming known as the area’s “one stop
shop” for the arts.
Walking the halls of the 20,000 square foot facility brings to mind
images of the popular movie “Fame” based on the school for performing
arts in New York City. Stretching dancers grace the bright and
spacious dance studios, professional paintings create a gallery along
the hallway, a piano plays a classical melody, athletic tumblers do
breathtaking acrobatics and the tone of an operatic solo fills the
air.
This unique collaboration of professional schools and artists have now
created a vibrant and flourishing community with literally an excess
of a thousand guests weekly. We are now searching for new members to
join a family. Tenants can rent space in the building on an hourly,
monthly or yearly basis and can meet any artists budget. Rental fees
include just about EVERYTHING, and with the guaranteed traffic of
artistically interested students and their families, this conservatory
provides a truly exceptional opportunity for growth and development of
new and existing programs.
The conservatory is centrally located in Luzerne just off the Cross
Valley Expressway and Wyoming Avenue. Among the building’s many
features is its 1,800 sq ft rehearsal area. For those groups who may
require even more space, the gymnasium allows enough room to suit just
about every need. A new parking lot has recently been constructed to
meet the demands of the every growing weekly visitors to the
conservatory.
The main tenant of the facility is the Joan Harris Centre. This
nationally recognized school of dance has a 25-year history of
educating budding dancers in its family friendly atmosphere. Many of
the Joan Harris Dancers have gone on to dance with professional dance
companies performing at the Lincoln Centre, on Broadway, and across
the east coast. Their enrollment of nearly 700 students come from all
across the Northeastern Pennsylvania and range in age from 3 through
adult.
Many other noteworthy groups such as the nationally recognized
Northeast Mustang All-Star Cheerleaders, Christine Leandri School of
Music, Miss Kimberly’s Studio of Vocal Arts, Kindermusik of Wyoming
Valley, a theatrical school Back Stage Pass, and various other artists
join the dancers. Wyoming Valley Art League has adorned the walls with
paintings created by their members.
There are many openings for schools and individuals to join our
family. Perfectly suited for the center is string musicians and
schools, martial arts instructors, and physical fitness trainers in
aerobics, Pilates, yoga. We are interested as well in building up the
visual arts offerings at the conservatory with painters, potters,
sculptors and other mediums. The conservatory is open to all sorts of
new concepts since our mission is to be as diverse as the arts
themselves. We believe that through cross-pollination of ideas and
ideals we can create something magnificent.
The Harris Conservatory for the Arts is open to visual and performing
artists interested in becoming a part of this unique community. The
conservatory is located at 545 Charles St. in Luzerne. For more
information please call 570-718-0673 or feel free to stop by any
weekday between 2:00 and 9:00 PM and Saturdays from 10:00 AM to 3:00
PM. Also, feel free to call my cell phone 262-3874.
We are looking forward to meeting you!
Sincerely yours,
Nancy Kingsbury
Director of Development
Harris Conservatory for the Arts

COME join us on the Shikellamy State Park Overlook of the confluence of the North and West branches of the Susquehanna River at Sunbury, PA. Yes, it’s a special place. A special place for our settler forefathers and Native Americans, a place of gathering, a place of Ceremony, a place of watch.

REMEMBER; Mother Earth is single minded, purposeful,
proactive, results orientated. Her focus and objectives change with
each Season. Summer is Her time to grow Her crops, Her work of the
year. Summer too is our easy time to work our purpose, our projects,
our personal undertakings for this good year. Summer is our time to
create value in our lives, to grow our Souls, so that the Creator
might choose to invest the Life Force in us for yet another year. Come
join Mother Earth in working our common fields of consciousness in
this good Summer Season.

FAR BELOW US; Great Sister Water, the big veins of the
Susquehannas join together, washing away our fatigue, our heartache,
our fears; and bringing us sustenance, compassion, renewal. Long ago
the Susquehanna was our vehicle of trade and travel. Today She gifts
us with recreation and memories. Remember your River Song. Remember,
listen to the River singing, listen to the River singing.

IN CEREMONY; Earth Spirits of Place help us remember our
Heritage, the Heritage of Earth, the River, our Peoples, and your
personal Heritage too. Father Fire, the Sacrament of the Summer
Season,helps us recognize the shallowness of “living in the now”. The Green
Corn People and the Old Ones of the South help us reconnect with
Heritage and regain our Power to grow our lives, our Souls, to live
totally in this wonderful, marvelous, this good Summer Season. Come,
sit by the Fire; sit by the Fire by the River, it’s been so long, so
very long, come, remember.

NOTE that the work is neither religious nor Pagan in any
way. It’s timeless, essential Spirit stuff, and common to all.
Remember, without Spirit, you’re road kill.

TIME AND DATE: Saturday, June 21, 2008, Ceremony at 4:00 pm sharp.

LOCATION: At the Shikellamy Overlook (named in honor of
the Iroquois Chief Shikellamy, a statesman and friend to both the
Colonists and Native Americans) on the Western shore of the
Susquehanna, just off of RT 15, going South from Northumberland, or
North from Shamokin Dam. BRING: Folding chairs,
cushions, Ceremony stuff, drinking fluids. Note that clique sticks
will be provided so that everyone will “have a drum”. No alcohol,
drugs, or pets. Come early and help set up the poles and ribbons.

SPONSORED BY: “Friends of Shikellamy State Park”.
www.FriendsofShikellamyStatePark.org. AND YES; it’s
a full day of MUSIC, POETRY, FOOD, COOL STUFF. For information,
schedule of events, directions, contact Mark Cox, Event Coordinator at
Tel: 570.274.6907 or Email Mark at sunburycox@verizon.net, and on the
web; www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/shikellamy.aspx

CONTACT: Joseph for program details and free information
about our work; Tel: 570.454.6491, or Email jburinsky@psu.edu

This is an invitation from the director of C.A.U.S.E., Coalition of
Artists United for Social Engagement.
I took it upon me to create a new project centered around the cruel
issue of cluster bombs. In short: cluster bombs are bombs containing
hundreds of smaller bombs and once exploding the smaller bombs spread
the area and cause hundreds of victims of which 30 % are children.
This is not only during impact itself but also after, meaning that not
all explode immediately but often then when children play on
playgrounds; fields and farmlands causing severe disability or death.
An absolutely unacceptable situation!

At present there are a number of international conferences aiming at
putting a complete ban on the production and use of cluster bombs. The
final conference will take place on December 2nd and 3rd in Oslo,
Norway, and to support an NGO especially centered around creating
awareness and acting as a pressure group I decided to create a new art
project titled “They bomb children, don’t they?”.

I therefore would like to invite you to participate and to visit a
specially made information digital document where you will find
extensive information about the issue itself, as well as how you can
participate and contribute. You can view this at
www.the-cause.org/clusterinfo.swf
Note: if it opens in your browser chance is it will look too small. To
view it full screen choose in your toolbar ‘view’ and ‘full screen’.

I look forward to hear from you and to your participation.

Sincerely,

Gino d’Artali
Director C.A.U.S.E.
www.the-cause.org
info@the-cause.org

The STAR Gallery at the Steamtown Mall invites artists and the public to join us for our 4th Artist Market & Music Festival on June 21st (11am to 6pm).
For any questions, the Gallery’s phone number is 969-2537.

Listed below the upcoming exhibits for the Northeast Photography club for the remainder of the year. For further information, please contact Mandy Welman,
Northeast Photography Club, 570.687.0545.

Dates: June 12 6-8pm runs until July 11
Location: Waste Management Office on Main Ave in Old Forge across from Brownie’s Pizza
Theme: Nature Photography
Opening Night will feature awards, door prizes and refreshments.

Dates: August 21 6-8pm runs until September 24
Location: Gallery 408, 408 Lackawanna Ave., Olyphant
Theme: Unseen Club Photography
Opening Night will feature awards and refreshments.

Dates: October 3 6-8pm runs until November 2
Location: AFA Gallery, Lackawanna Ave, Scranton
Theme: Unseen Club Photography
Opening Night will feature awards and refreshments.

Dates: November 7 6-8pm runs until December 5
Location: One Point Showroom, 101 Pittston Ave, Scranton
Theme: Unseen Club Photography
Opening Night will feature awards and refreshments.

The “Moscow Train Station”, a mural by Mark S. Ciocca, will be presented at the Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum, McDade Park, on Sunday, July 13, at 2:00 pm. The event and museum admission is free for those attending. The mural is sponsored by the Scranton Area Foundation. For further information, contact the Museum at (570)963-4804.