Jime Grabowski will have a few select pieces on display at the Southern Union Building across the AFA during Friday Friday preceding the Jazz Festival.

Jime’s illustration was chosen to represent this years’ jazz festival.
Come see the original and say “HELLO!”
Don’t be shy, just poke her and say hi.

For centuries the artist has recorded, remembered and made work that honored and embodied the popular messages and less popular notions of the people. Poets, performers and painters have addressed important issues such as democracy, anarchy, peace or war through song and storytelling, object making and art. These times we now live in are filled with daunting challenges and exciting choices and it is important to exercise the role each of us can play in creating solutions. Speak Up.

Jurors- Elaine Daniels - ceramist
Dallas Piotrowsky - painter

• Eligibility: Exhibition is open to all artists working in any media. Innovative works are
welcome. All works must be for sale or available by commission. NHArts Inc. retains35% commission on all sales.
• Jury process: All works are judged in a blind jury process. Jurors consider works based on artistic excellence and aesthetic vision
• Application Procedure: Each artist may submit 4 pieces for consideration. In addition to a primary slide, artists may submit a second view or detail. All slides must be accompanied by an application form, current resume and artist statement. Entries must be postmarked by September 7, 2008.
• Exhibition space: The exhibition will be held at the New Hope Arts Center, located on Stockton Avenue, between Main Street and the Michener Art Museum in New
Hope, Pennsylvania. The 3000 plus square foot exhibition is well suited for larger works.
• Exhibition Schedule: Application deadline: September 7, 2008
Opening reception: October 4, 2008
For more information, 215-862-9606 Newhopearts@aol.com

ELIGIBILITY – All AFA members are eligible to submit art for the “2008 AFA Member Exhibit – Part II”. There is an entry fee of $10 for the first work, and $5 for up to two additional works. All work must be original; in any medium; not previously exhibited at the AFA Gallery; framed and matted (if appropriate); and ready to hang (with wire), if to be wall-mounted. All works are expected to be for sale.

JURYING – Jurying of all works will be done for space. At least one work of all artists submitting work will be hung.

DELIVERY – Works may be dropped off at the AFA Gallery, 514 Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton, on Friday, August 29th, or Saturday, August 30th, from 12 noon to 5:00 PM.

EXHIBITION DATES – The exhibit will be on exhibit at the AFA Gallery from Thursday, September 4th, through Saturday, September 27th. Gallery hours are from noon until 5:00 P.M. on Thursday, Friday and Saturdays. Artists must pick up their work after the exhibit on Saturday, September 27th or during Gallery hours the following week.

RECEPTION -A reception will take place on First Friday, September 5th, from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. at the AFA Gallery. It is expected that all artists in the exhibit will contribute food for the reception.

GALLERY SITTING - It is expected that all members in the exhibit will volunteer to gallery sit.

The AFA Gallery will exhibit the work of the members of AFA in its ‘2008 AFA MEMBER EXHIBIT – Part II’ during the month of September. The exhibit will run from Thursday, September 4th, through Saturday, September 27th. There will be an opening reception on First Friday, September 5th, from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M.

The exhibit will feature the works of artist members of Artists for Art, a regional, non-profit visual arts organization which operates the AFA Gallery. It is expected that works of approximately forty artists will be exhibited, covering a wide range of styles and subject matters. Work will include oils, pastels, ceramics and sculpture.

The AFA Gallery is located at 514 Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton. The Gallery is open on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from noon until 5 PM. Further information is available by calling the Gallery at 969-1040; contacting the Gallery by email at ArtistsForArt@verizon.net; visiting the website at ArtistsForArt.com; or visiting the blogsite at http://afa.jgrabowski.com.

Applications are now available for artists and crafts vendors at the North Branch Arts Festival. Most events occur all day Saturday, October 11, on Main Street in Wyalusing. However, art trail and other activities go on Friday through Sunday on Columbus Day weekend between Wilkes-Barre and Towanda and nearby towns. The weekend features galleries, museums and art studio openings in Wyalusing and throughout the region.

Arts and crafts fill Main Street on Saturday with an amazing line up of FREE entertainment including local singers, regional dance troupes, puppeteers, classical guitarists, folk music, gypsy jazz, pop rock, blues and swing. Barbeque Chicken served all day along with many other delicious treats.

Applications are now available for artists and crafts vendors. For information and to view the exciting schedule visit www.wyalusing.net or call 570-746-4922 or wchamber@epix.net.

THE BEST THING IN LIFE IS FREE ART - A Regional Open Call To Artists, Submissions Due Sunday August 10th between noon and 5pm

August of 2008 will mark the One Year Anniversary of Paper Kite Studio, Press, and Gallery at its current location on Main Street in Kingston. To celebrate, we’re making public and explicit our promise to bring arts to the community, and, making good on that promise by re-inventing the whole notion of how an Art Gallery works.

First, we are asking ANY area artists who are interested in being considered for a solo or group show during the 11 months after August to submit their portfolio, representative work, slides, or CD of images for consideration along with ONE display-ready piece. The display-ready pieces will be hung during the month of August, and will be available to anyone who wants it for FREE. Selections for solo or group shows for the next exhibition cycle will be made by the end of August. All future shows will be by artists who support our philosophy of giving back to the community by donating a piece of art to August Anniversary Shows.

Second, we are asking ALL area artists (or owners of art) to consider donating a display-ready piece of art to be given away at this event, even if you have no interest in being considered for a solo or group show at this time. Any and all artists who would like to share in this opportunity to give back to the community are invited to bring one to
three pieces of work to the Gallery on Sunday August 10th between noon and 5pm. All work will be hung during the month of August, and will be available to anyone who wants it for FREE.

For details on how to donate art, how to have your work considered for a future show, or others ways you can help support our initiative to give back to the community, please contact one of us:
Jennifer Hill-Kaucher, wordpainting@comcast.net,
Dan Waber, dwaber@logolalia.com
David Hage, Gallery Coordinator, info@davidhage.com
443 Main Street Kingston, PA 18704, USA, 570-328-8658, wordpainting.com

Once Again the North Branch Art Trail will offer a special bus trip between Scranton and Wyalusing. Hop on the bus Saturday morning, Oct 11 for a delightful and relaxed trip up US Route 6 to visit several of the studios with dinner at the Hotel Wyalusing and the street fair in Wyalusing as the final destination. Reservations are required. The Bus will depart
from the Everhart Museum at 8:00 a.m. sharp on Oct 11. For info and
reservations, call Judy Youshock at570-842-4133 or Kim Glemboski
570-241-6807.
Web: www.canterburyts.com
Email: kim@canterburyts.com

The American Watercolor Society is seeking entries for the 142nd Annual International Exhibition, Mar 31-April 26, 2009. Slide entries only, postmarked Nov. 15. For a prospectus, send a SASE to Richard Brzozowski at American Watercolor Society, 13 Fox Road, Plainville, CT 06062-1808, or download from www.AmericanWatercolorSociety.org.

Allied Artists of America seeks entries for its 95th Annual National Exhibition, Nov 13-Dec 2, 2008, at the National Arts Club, NYC. Media include watermedia, pastel, oil, graphic media and sculpture. For a prospectus, send a SASE to Rhoda Yanow, 19 Springtown Rd., White House Station, NJ 08889 or visit the web site at www.alliedartistsofamerica.org. Deadline: Sept 15.

The Barrett Art Center in Poughkeepsie, New York, is seeking entries for ‘New Directions ‘08′, its 24th Annual National Juried Contemporary Art Exhibition. The exhibit runs from Oct 25 to Nov 22, 2008. The juror is Asher E. Miller, Dept of 19th Century Modern and Contemporary Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Categories include painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography and mixed media. Entry deadline: Friday, Sept 12. Send SASE for prospectus to: Barrett Art Center, 55 Noxen St., Poughkeepsie, NY 12501 or see website at www.barrettartcenter.org.

The Cultural Council of Luzerne County is pleased to announce our Third Annual Juried Exhibition. The tradition of the CCLC Annual Exhibition began when the Cultural Council mounted a VIP exhibition in honor of the Governor’s Awards for the Arts which was held in Wilkes-Barre for the first time in June of 2006.

The theme of this year’s competition promotes the power of artistic expression to enhance awareness and stewardship of the Susquehanna River Watershed. Work does not have to depict the river.

Artist must be a resident of PA, NY or MD. Original work must have been created within the past three (3) years. A maximum of three pieces may be submitted and there is a $20 entry fee for each piece of work.

Work will be accepted in three categories:
Painting:
Oil, acrylic, watercolors, or mixed media, painted on
a two-dimensional surface.
Photography:
Black & white or color (digital or film) photography.
Works on Paper:
Prints, drawings, pastels or mixed media on paper.

Juror: ROB EVANS
Rob Evans, artist and curator of the Visions of the Susquehanna exhibition and a Wyoming Valley native, has work displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the National Gallery, among many others. His work is also represented in many private collections. www.robevansart.net

The exhibition will be presented at the Luzerne County Courthouse, which celebrates its centennial in 2009. There will be a gala opening reception on October 10th, and the exhibition will run through November 7th. Submissions must be postmarked no later than August 20th.

A total of $1,100 in awards will be presented in each of the three categories, as well as Best of Show.

Complete instructions and a form which must be submitted by all participating artists are available in the Call for Artists (PDF 548k). The Call for Artists may also be obtained by calling the Cultural Council at 570-408-4439. Please leave your name and complete address.

For additional information, email cclcarts@gmail.com

The 15th Annual North Branch Art Trail is set for the Columbus Day weekend
of October 10,11, and 12. The North Branch Art Trail is a weekend of
spectacular art, where the public is invited to visit the galleries, studios
and museums between Wilkes-Barre, Scranton and then on up Route 6, or
following the Susquehanna River to Wyalusing and other areas in Bradford
County and the northern tier. The weekend coincides with the peak of fall
foliage and the trail is along one of America’s most beautiful sections of
highway- US Route 6 and the North Branch of the Susquehanna River with
amazing views and panoramas. The weekend also coincides with the opening of
Northeast Regional Exhibit at four locations in Scranton. The Art Trail
weekend offers visitors a chance to see the very best art of the northeast
and see the artists’ studios where the art work is created. The weekend
includes the North Branch Arts and Music Festival in Wyalusing, which is a
street fair where jazz, gypsy swing, blues, blue grass, folk, and pop rock,
with dancing, singing, poetry, painting, theatre and dance instruction are
all offered free of charge. There is also a Triathlon on Saturday morning
in Wyalusing- great to watch or take part in.

BUS TRIP TOO- This year there will again be a chartered bus bringing a full
load of art enthusiasts to a select number of the venues. The bus will leave
from Scranton on Saturday morning and wind its way up US 6, stopping at a
few of the venues, with the final destination being the street fair in
Wyalusing and dinner at the Hotel. Details are being worked out- stay tuned.
Please call Judy Youshock (at 570-842-4133 or judithyoushock@comcast.net) to reserve your seat, as spots are limited.

For a free brochure with a map call the Greater Wyalusing Chamber of
Commerce at 570-746-4922 or wchamber@epix.net or www.wyalusing.net.

The STAR Gallery at the Steamtown Mall invites the public to the 5th Artist Market and Music Festival on July 19th, 11 am til 6 pm. Local artists will display and sell their art and local musicians will keep everyone entertained.
For the first time at the mall, a group of Argentinian Tango Dancers will perform for 2 hours. The group is called ‘Argentine Tango’.
Sligo Creek Band, a regular at our market, will play bluegrass music.
Local musicians in the Steamtown Rhythm Band will continue to entertain everyone with their music.

Tables to sell art are $25. If anyone is interested in selling art, call the Gallery at 969-2537

The 9th Annual Mudball Festival hosted by John Bromberg will take place on Saturday, August 23rd, and Sunday, August 24th, from noon until dusk each day. There will be two days of puppets and music.

The Festival will be held on the festival grounds at PMS Farms, 639 South Preston Road, Lakewood, PA, 20 miles north of Honesdale.

Camping is available. All activities are free. For further information, contact John Bromberg at 448-2033.

“A photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he’s being photographed, and what he does with this knowledge is as much a part of the photograph as what he’s wearing or how he looks. He’s implicated in what’s happening, and he has a certain real power over the result.”

~ Richard Avedon

The portraits in eyes of a stranger are the collaborative efforts between photographer and subject that Avedon is talking about. The photographer reacts to the subject through the lens of the camera; the subject reacts by presenting himself in a way that largely determines the outcome of the experience and the photograph.

“Rolfe Ross and I usually make our pictures quickly and without a lot of preparation,” says photographer Michael Poster. “We do not work in a studio, arrange lighting or dictate poses so the subject retains a substantial portion of control over the resulting image. It’s always surprising to me how generous and trusting strangers can be about offering themselves to the camera. Rolfe and I take that generosity and trust seriously; it inspires us to make honest pictures.”

eyes of a stranger
July 2 - September 2
Reception August 1, 6:00 - 9:00pm
Camerawork Gallery
Downstairs, in the Marquis Gallery
at the Laundry Building
515 Center Street, Scranton, PA 18503

The AFA Gallery will be exhibiting during the month of August drawings from its two drawing workshops, Sunday Night Drawing Social and the Tuesday Night Figure Drawing sessions. The exhibit is curated by Judi Keats, Assistant Professor on the art faculty at Keystone College.

The opening reception will take place on Friday, August 1st , from 6 to 8 PM as a part of the downtown Scranton’s First Friday event. The exhibit will run from August 1st until August 30th.

The AFA Gallery hosts two drawing workshops, the Sunday Night Drawing Social under the direction of Ted Michelowski, and the weekly Tuesday Night Figure Drawing sessions administered by Phil Marchese. The show promises to display a wide range of figure studies from croques to one-hour studies. A wide variety of styles are represented by the numerous artists in the two groups.

The genre of drawing is time-honored for its capture of mood, gesture and anatomy that living subjects and quick sketches impart. The show also features interesting variations that introduce elements of composition, color and a move toward surrealism.

For further information, contact the AFA Gallery at 570-969-1040 or visit its blogsite at http://afa.jgrabowski.com.