Pen and Brush, Inc., 16 E. 10th St., NYC 10003 (212) 475-3669. Seeking entries for An All-Media Exhibition Juried by Morley Safer, Nov 6-Nov 30, 2008. SASE to NEWS or website for prospectus. info@penandbrush.com. www.penandbrush.org. Deadline: Sept 29.
Hudson Valley Gallery, 246 Hudson St, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY 12520 (845) 534 5ART Seeks submissions of 1î x 2î stretched canvas paintings for exhibit Dec 5-31. Send Sase to gallery or download prospectus from website. www.hudsonvalleygallery.com
American Watercolor Society, 47 Fifth Ave, NY, NY 10003. Call for Entries, 142nd Annual International Exhibition, Mar 31- April 26, 2009. SASE to American Watercolor Society or download from website. WWW.AMERICANWATERCOLORSOCIETY.ORG. Slide or Digital entries postmarked no later than Nov 15.
NEPA REGIONAL ART 2008, the fifth regional juried biennial exhibition for Northeastern Pennsylvania and surrounding counties will run from October 11 through November 21. There will be progressive openings and an Awards Ceremony on Saturday, October 11th, beginning at 2 PM at the Hope Horn Gallery at the University of Scranton; 3 PM at the Afa Gallery at 514 Lackawanna Ave, Scranton; 4 PM at Mahady Gallery at Marywood University in Scranton; and 5:30 PM at the Linder Gallery, Miller Library at Keystone College in La Plume.
NEPA REGIONAL ART 2008 is a juried exhibition open to artists living or working in the Northeastern Pennsylvania counties and adjoining counties of New York and New Jersey. The works at the various venues will be exhibited as follows -
‘PALETTE’ - Painting at Hope Horn Gallery, University of Scranton
‘LENS’ - Photography at Linder Gallery, Keystone College
‘FUSION’ - 2-D / Mixed Media at Afa Gallery
‘DIMENSIONS’ - 3-D Mixed Media at Mahady Gallery, Marywood University
The work was juried by Mary F. Holahan, Ph.D., who is the Curator of Collections and Exhibitions at the Delaware Art Museum in Wilmington. Recent exhibitions she has curated include a major retrospective of the work of Fernando Botero, featuring paintings, sculptures, and drawings chosen from Botero’s private collection, and an exhibit of Nickolas Muray’s photographs of Frida Kahlo and her circle.
The opening exhibit will conclude with the awards announcement at Evans Hall at Keystone College at 6 PM. Awards will include $1,000 Best of Show, along with other cash and merit awards. All entry fees go directly to the prize awards. A one-person show at each of the venues will also be awarded. A full-color catalogue featuring selected works from the NEPA Regional 2008 will be published in conjunction with the
exhibit.
There will be an exhibit of the sculptures and drawings of Howard Tran at the Linder Gallery in the Miller Library at Keystone College in La Plume. The opening reception will be on Sunday, September 7, from 4 PM to 6 PM. There will be an artist’s talk open to the public on Monday, Sept. 8, at 9 AM. The exhibition will continue through October 3, 2008.
Howard Tran received his MFA from Boston University, and is currently a professor of art at Lycoming college in Williamsport. His grandparents were from China, but he spent his early years in Vietnam, before emigrating to the United States when he was 12. His work explores the cultures and traditions of all three countries.
What are you doing Columbus Day Weekend?
If you’re an art lover and have a car and a few friends who would enjoy traveling around a beautiful rural county looking at autumn color, eating good food, talking to creative people and perhaps going home with a new piece of original art, you should attend the 12th Annual Artists’ Open House Weekend, October 11, 12 and 13!
This self-guided tour to nineteen locations throughout Susquehanna County will introduce you to the studios of twenty-six artists, whose work ranges from traditional watercolors, to sculpture in wood and marble, to oils, acrylics, collage, stone-wall building, and pottery – both functional and decorative. All studios are open from 10am – 6pm daily. Monday is designated “Demo Day” when many of the artists will show the public how they do what they do.
New to the tour this year are Pamela Earnshaw Kelly, a celebrated artist whose Raku-fired clay sculptures reflect her Susquehanna County roots, and George and Ben Manns, father and son woodworkers who create artistic, functional home furnishings.
How do you start? There are 15,000 brochures floating around at numerous locations throughout Susquehanna County and beyond. There is also a website, www.artiststour.com, where you can read about the tour and download a map. You can also start driving around and come across a bright pink arrow – they lead the way to all studios. Lost? Just ask someone – this is a huge, fun-filled, county-wide event and people are very friendly.
The Artists’ Open House Weekend has many sponsors who see the value of art and who also see the economic contribution that the tour makes to the county, attracting hundreds of people who need food, gas and lodging over a three day period. The artists are honored to know these sponsors and hope you will patronize them while you are here.
Participating artists also give back to the county by donating a portion of their sales to three county nature areas – Woodbourne Forest and Wildlife Preserve in Dimock, Florence Shelly Preserve in Thompson, and Friends of Salt Springs Park in Silver Lake Township.
So if your Columbus Day Weekend isn’t already booked, try something new. Meet great people, see great art, and enjoy a beautiful county – all less than a tank of gas away.
The Hexagon Project Exhibit features visual art and text by students from Africa, Australia, Asia and the United States. Its purpose is to invite the youth of the world to thoughtfully and creatively address the themes of Global Interdependence. Th Exhibit is a part of Interdependence Day events.
The exhibit opens on First Friday, September 5, from 6 PM to 8 PM at the Melberger Gallery at 123 Wyoming Ave. in downtown Scranton, and will continue through September 19. The opening night program will include:
“POW-WOW” Percussion of the World/Woodwinds of the work, drumming by Mountain View Jr.Sr. High School Students
Heart to Art: “Envision Interdependence: Hands-on Community Painting Experience”
Awards Ceremony - &:00 PM
Performance by the Diversified Children’s Chorus
Georgiana Cray Bart is having an exhibition entitled ‘Recent Works’ at Laura Craig Galleries in Scranton. The exhibition will run from August 1 through September 21, 2008. There will be a reception for the artist on First Friday, September 5, 2008, from 6 PM to 8 PM.
A resident of Wilkes-Barre, Georgiana’s masterful use of brilliant color in thoughtful, restrained compositions (most often still-life) has earned her the respect and admiration of peers, colleagues and numerous collectors regionally and nationally. An elected member of Salmagundi Club and an elected Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America, Georgiana credits her former teacher, mentor and friend, the late Hope Horn of Scranton, with providing much of the guidance that inspired her to pursue her own, now well established career as an artist.
Laura Craig Galleries is located at 307 Linden Street in Scranton. For more information, cal 570-963-7995.
The visual Arts Center of New Jersey has announced its 23rd International Juried Show. The exhibit will take place from February 13 until March 27, 2009. The works will be juried by Adelina Vlas, Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Best in Show includes both $1000 in cash plus roundtrip travel and accomodations for one night in Summit, New Jersey and a lunch with the juror. Deadline for submissiions is December 1st, 2008.
For further information, call 908-273-9121, ext 46; email mari@artcenternj.org or visit www.artcenternj.org.
Caitlin Scott will be presenting a series of silkscreen prints entitled ‘Scranton Life’ at the Bog, 341 Adams Avenue in Scranton. The opening will be on First Friday, September 5th, beginning at 6:30 PM. The works were inspired by life in Scranton, the Electric City. The exhibit will run through September 30th.
Deadline: September 29, 2008
Exhibit Dates: November 6 - 30, 2008
Location: New York, New York
Venue: Pen & Brush Gallery
Fees: $50 for NonMembers, $40 for Members
Awards: Certificates for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and two honorable mentions.
Submit: Up to 3 images as slides or digital images on a CD.
Eligibility: Open to All Women. All Media. Work that interprets or relates to current or historic events.
Commission: 25%
Website: www.penandbrush.org
Contact: In the News, The Pen and Brush, 16 E. 10th St., New York, NY 10003
Phone: 212-475.3669
Email: Jonah Rosen, Senior Associate jrosen@penandbrush.org
The George Segal Gallery at Montclair State University announces a call to artists for “Art Connections V”.
Deadline: September 16 , 2008
Exhibit Dates: January 18 - February 21, 2009
Location: Montclair, New Jersey
Venue: The George Segal Gallery
Fees: $40
Submit: up to five jpeg images on one CD. Images must be at least 300 dpi up to 8 inches. Number all images to correspond to the entry form. Include a resume and contact info.
Eligibility: Artists in all media may submit. All artwork submitted must be for sale.Work must be
original. Accepted work must be professionally presented and installation ready. Sculpture must not exceed 7′H x 3′W x 3′D nor weigh over 100 lbs.
Commission: 50%
Website: www.montclair.edu/segalgallery
Contact: George Segal Gallery, Montclair State University, One Normal Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07043
Phone: 973-655.5113
Email: Teresa Rodriguez rodriguezt@mail.montclair.edu
Arts YOUniverse will host the Almost-Fall Folk Festival on September 6, 2008, featuring music by Acoustic Stew, KJ, Lorne Clark, Jerusalem, and Fiona Siobhan Powell. The festival will take place from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Arts YOUniverse on Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre. General admission is $10. Admission for students and seniors is $8.
For more information, call (570) 606-4668, or visit www.ArtsYOUniverse.com.
An exhibit entitled ‘Connected to the Earth’ opens at the Butternut Gallery in Montrose on Saturday, August 23. It features the works of Matt Povse (sculpture/ceramics), Lisa Hinkle (photography) and and Sandra Povse (mixed media constructions). The exhibit was guest curated by Gretchen Ludders and Robert Fleece. There will be a reception for the artists on Saturday, August 23 from 6 - 8 PM.
On Sunday, August 24th, photographer Lisa Hinkle will give a talk about the ways Nature inspires the art and artist in the exhibition.
The Butternut is open Wednesdays through Saturdays 11-5 and Sunday 12-4. It is located at 42 Church St, (second floor), Montrose.
Hazleton Art League 50th Regional Art Exhibit.
Entries should be hand delivered to 225 E. Broad St., Hazleton, PA. on August 23rd or August 24th from 10:30 am to 4:00 pm. Juried competition with awards of at least $4,500. Interested artists should call V. O’Grodnich for prospectus covering details at 570-788-2232.
Telephone: 570-454-0092
Email Address: www.hazletonartleague.org
‘The Twilight of the Gorilla’, an exhibit of paintings by Bob Ziering will take place at the Mahady Gallery at Marywood from August 28 through October 2nd. There will be an Artist’s Reception on Wednesday, September 10th, following The Dian Fossey Gorila Fund International Illustrated Lecture at 6PM.
Powerful and haunting pastel paintings of the majestic and imperiled mountain gorilla underscore their endangerment, and challenge the viewer on many levels. The images convey a poignant familiarity and provide an arena for dialogue about our symbiotic relations with natural habitats.
The lecture, “The Mountain Gorilla in 3 Dimensions”, will be given by Dieter and Netzin Steklis, Affiliate Scientists, in the Latour Conference Room They are frequent collaborators on research projects concerning mountain gorilla behavior, biology and conservation.
The 16th annual Susquehanna River canoe trip for artists, musicians (and others who love theriver) will be happening again this year, but moved to August 16 and 17th. As usual we will start at the bridge in Ulster, PA, around noon on Saturday and camp at the mouth of the Towanda Creek, then continue on to finish at the PA Access point in Terrytown on Sunday afternoon- about 25 miles in all.
Come for it all or any section. A great opportunity to paint the river and
enjoy the beauty of the Endless Mountains. Call Brian Keeler if you’re
interested in coming and reserve your kayak or canoe from David and Melody
Buck at Endless Mountains Outfitters in Sugar Run at 570-746-9140 or
kayaks@ptd.net or www.emo444.com
♪♪ Late Summer II – 2008 ♪ ♫♪ ♫
Our schedule is now appearing on our website: www.lexingtonentertainment.org. All concerts free to the public except where noted.
Friday, August 1 DOUG SMITH JAZZ TRIO 9:30 P.M. – 12:30
Scranton Jazz Festival – Jazz Walk
Southern Union Building
Lackawanna Avenue
Scranton, PA www.pajazzalliance.com
Saturday, August 2 DOUG SMITH’S DIXIELAND ALL-STARS 4:00 – 4:45
Scranton Jazz Festival
Radisson at Lackawanna Station
Lackawanna & Jefferson Avenues
Scranton, PA www.pajazzalliance.com
Sunday, August 3 COLEMAN SMITH BLUEGRASS BAND 2:00 – 3:30
Sunday Concerts in the Park
Nay Aug Park
Scranton, PA 570-343-5656
Sunday, August 10 DOUG SMITH’S DIXIELAND ALL-STARS 12:00 – 2:00
Musikfest
Main Street Stage
Bethlehem, PA www.musikfest.org
Wednesday, August 13 DOUG SMITH ORCHESTRA (7-Piece) 7:00 – 9:00
Wednesday Night Concert Series
Nay Aug Park (beyond pool area)
Scranton, PA 570-348-4165
Friday, August 15 DOUG SMITH’S DIXIELAND ALL-STARS 7:00 – 8:30
Dazzlin’ Dalton Concerts
Streamside Park Pavilion – Light refreshments
Mill Street, Dalton, PA 570-563-1181
Sunday, August 17 MAGIC MOMENTS (formerly the Magics) 6:00 – 8:00
Featuring Paulette Costa
Music on the Lawn + Car Show at 4:00
Waverly Community House
Waverly, PA 570-586-8191
Saturday, August 23 JOHN BROMBERG’S PUPPET FESTIVAL All Day
Sunday, August 24 Lakewood, PA 570-448-2033
Saturday, August 23 DOUG SMITH’S DIXIELAND QUARTET 10:00 – 11:45
Heritage Explorer Train to Carbondale’s Pioneer Days Festival
Departs from Steamtown
Scranton, PA 570-963-6730 x 8227
Saturday, August 30 FERDIE BISTOCCHI MEMORIAL ORCHESTRA Noon – 1:30
La Festa Italiana
Courthouse Square
Scranton, PA www.lafestaitaliana.org
