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Ξ October 30th, 2008 | → 0 Comments | ∇ ALL POSTS, MUSIC, FILM, and MORE |
Celebrate First Friday with Eden
Ξ October 30th, 2008 | → 0 Comments | ∇ ALL POSTS, LOCAL EXHIBITIONS |
November 7th 6-9pm
Photography by Rachel Dare (new pix from India and Nepal)
Adams Ave across from the Bog in Downtown Scranton
Small House Available in Scranton
Ξ October 30th, 2008 | → 0 Comments | ∇ ALL POSTS, MUSIC, FILM, and MORE |
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On-line Print Sale at Camerawork Gallery
Ξ October 29th, 2008 | → 0 Comments | ∇ ALL POSTS, OPPORTUNITIES |
Camerawork Gallery launches its first on-line sale of photographs with prints by Ivana Pavelka, Michael Poster and Rolfe Ross at:
http://www.cameraworkgallery.org/print_sales/
The proceeds of the sale will go toward supporting the efforts of the
gallery. These are original photos printed to archival standards and signed
by the photographers. The pictures, as offered, are limited to editions of
20 each in an 11″ x 14″ overall print size and are only $30.00 each
including shipping.
A note about Camerawork operations: Ivana Pavelka, Rolfe Ross and Michael Poster are the managers of Camerawork. They organize, publicize and hang the shows; they receive no operating revenues or compensation other than the satisfaction of knowing that they have helped bring some good photography to the city of Scranton. Sales revenues are split between the exhibiting artist and the hosting gallery: Marquis Art and Frame receives a 40% commission on work
sold at the gallery; the photographer gets the balance of the sale. In
addition to handling transactions, the hosting gallery staff also make sure
that Camerawork is clean, accessible, well-lit and open to the public 6
days each week. Marquis is also the perfect place to have the Camerawork
prints matted and framed.
They are not asking for donations. Rather, they are proposing a
mutually beneficial transaction: you can own fine quality prints by
well-known, local photographers at unusually low prices; at the same time
your purchase will help Camerawork bring more great photography exhibits to
the city of Scranton.
The Allentown Art Museum Call to Artists
Ξ October 27th, 2008 | → 0 Comments | ∇ ALL POSTS, OPPORTUNITIES |
The Allentown Art Museum announces a call to artists for its 30th Juried Show. Deadline: November 3, 2008.
Exhibit Dates: February 1 - April 26, 2009
Fees: $30
Awards: $2,250
Submit: Digital image CDs or 35mm color slides, accompanied
by completed entry and notification forms and fee
Eligibility: Open to artworks in all media are eligible for consideration. All work must be original and made within the past two years. Works previously exhibited at the Allentown Art Museum are not eligible. Elevator size limitations: 9′H x 5′W x 6′D. Weight limitation per object: 300 lbs.
Website: www.allentownartmuseum.org
Contact: Allentown Art Museum, 31 N. 5th Street, Allentown, PA 18101
Phone: 610.432-4333
Email: Sofia Bakis SBakis@allentownartmuseum.org
ENDLESS MOUNTAINS BARNS
Ξ October 27th, 2008 | → 0 Comments | ∇ ALL POSTS, LOCAL EXHIBITIONS |
The Endless Mountains Council of the Arts (EMCA) presents ‘Endless Mountains Barns - Paintings of Local Barns by Local Artists’ at the Gallery in Tunkhannock There will be an opening reception on Sunday, November 2, 2-5 PM. This will conclude their celebration of the Year of the Barn.
For further information, call 836-3622 or http://emca.emcs.net.
AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME PRIZE COMPETITION 2008-09
Ξ October 24th, 2008 | → 0 Comments | ∇ ALL POSTS, OPPORTUNITIES |
One of the leading overseas centers for independent study and advanced research in the arts and humanities. Up to 30 fellowships for periods ranging from six months to two years. Stipends for fellowships: $12,500 for six months; $25,000 for eleven months. Each prize winner also receives meals, a bedroom, private bath and a study or studio. Awarded in the following fields: architecture, design, historic preservation and conversation, landscape architecture, literature, musical composition and visual arts. $25 application fee if received by November 1. No applications accepted after November 15. Find guidelines and application at www.aarome.org or contact the American Academy in Rome, 7 East 60 Street, New York, NY 10022-1001, Attn. Programs T: 212-751-7200, ext.47, info@aarome.org .
‘Drawing From Beneath the Skin’
Ξ October 24th, 2008 | → 0 Comments | ∇ ALL POSTS, OPPORTUNITIES |
‘Drawing From Beneath the Skin’ is an intensive drawing class designed around a nude model. This is a six week intro class, all classes to be held at Arts YOUniverse In Wilkes-Barre. More classes to be offered in an advanced succession after the commencement of the intro class, three in total, each six weeks long, class times range from two to two-and-a-half hours. The price is $225.00 per six-week session.This class will be packed with demonstrations and small lectures, as well as plenty of drawing time. All levels of knowledge and abilities will be catered to.
The teacher is Robert Cigarski, a living practicing artist currently living in Shavertown, PA. He has been all over the world learning, teaching and working. He has taught for six years through various state and private universities and worked for many prestigious museums though out the world. He has twenty one years of experience as a working artist and seventeen years devoted to strict anatomy.
For information contact Kathleen Godwin at Arts YOUniverse at 570-606-4668 or atarts@epix.net.
1st Annual “it’s all about art” Juried Exhibition
Ξ October 20th, 2008 | → 0 Comments | ∇ ALL POSTS, OPPORTUNITIES |
GREAT SHOW OPPORTUNITY - This one is open to everyone. Watch the deadline: Thursday, 5pm October 24, 2008. It is done completely on line, but also has fees of $25 per entry. YOU CAN ALSO ACCESS AN APPLICATION BY GOING TO: http://www.bucksmedia.com/CMS/2008-exhibition.
In January 2009 BUCKS Magazine will host the 1st Annual “it’s all about art” Juried Exhibition - to support and promote the visual arts in Bucks and Hunderton Counties. Selected artists will be included as part of a group exhibition in one of three venues located in Bucks County and Lambertville. In addition prizes will be awarded to the best in show and runners up.
COMPETITION DETAILS
Juried by:
Brooke Barrie- Independent Curator – Sculpture
Jeff Nathanson - Executive Director Arts Council of Princeton - conTEMPORARY Arts Center
PRIZES
• All inclusive trip to St Lucia - 5 days 4 nights (accommodations for 2 valued $10,000)
• One solo exhibition at the Bucks Gallery of Fine Art in Newtown, Pa
• All accepted works will be included in group exhibition
• 5 Gerveil watches ($4,000 value each)
• Gift certificates to Ventresca Tailors ($100 each)
• No cash awards
Exhibition to take place in the following venues:
New Hope Arts Center, New Hope, Pa
Bucks Gallery of Fine Art, Newtown, Pa
EVENT SCHEDULE
Application deadline – October 24th, 2008
Jury selection – November 2008
Notification of selections - December 1, 2008
Delivery of work – January 4-7, 2009
Exhibition dates - January 16, 2009-February 28, 2009
Pick up work – March 1-3, 2009
ELIGIBILITY
Open to all U.S. resident artists at least 18 years of age.
Eligible entries include paintings, mixed media, and works on paper, photography, sculpture, installation art and performance work. Installation work needs to be adaptable to the host venue. Open call to all artists, 18 years or older & citizens of the United States of America
Maximum (5) entries per artist
All media: Painting, sculpture, works on paper, photography, sculpture, installation art and performance work. All work must be the original work of the applicant and framed or suitable for gallery installation.
Entry fee: $25 per entry
Karl Neuroth and Kevin O’Toole at Laura Craig
Ξ October 20th, 2008 | → 0 Comments | ∇ ALL POSTS, LOCAL EXHIBITIONS |
Laura Craig Galleries in Scranton presents recent works by painter Karl Neuroth and sculptor Kevin O’Toole. There will be a reception for the artists on Friday, November 7, from 5 to 8 PM. The exhibition will run from October 18 through November 30. The gallery is located at 307 Linden St. For further information, call 963-7995 or lcraiggalleries@aol.com.
ANNUAL AFA HOLIDAY AUCTION
Ξ October 16th, 2008 | → 0 Comments | ∇ ALL POSTS |
The annual AFA Auction will be held at the AFA Gallery on Saturday, November 22, 2001, beginning at 6:00 P. M. There will be wonderful music provided by friends of Doug Smith. Elegant hors d’oeuvres and desserts will be available, together with champagne. There will be an open bar. The cost is $25 per person.
The featured artist this year is Barbara Remington, who has donated the raffle piece appearing on the invitation. It is a pen and ink drawing entitled “Miss Bewilda Spindrift”. Barbara Remington illustrated the original American editions of J. R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’. Raffle tickets cost $1.00 apiece and are available at the gallery.
Approximately forty-five works by AFA artists will be sold by live auction at the event. The works will be of all media and styles, and are works of some of the finest artists in northeastern Pennsylvania. The Auction can be an opportunity to acquire fine work at great savings.
The auctioneer this year will be Ken Rivenberg, who has been a great and popular success in appearances at the Auction in recent years. His charm and infectious enthusiasm make the event a fun one for all. Ken has his own auction gallery – Rivenburg Auctions - in nearby Nicholson with weekly auctions.
Decorations will be provided by Linda Welles, and although the theme has not yet been announced, flowers are always the highlight. The centerpieces will be sold at the end of the evening. One year the serving table floral centerpiece was spirited away by James Penedos, only to reappear as the subject of one of his colorful paintings!
The gourmet food effort will be led by Ann Marie Noone, Sue Penedos and Gretchan Ludders. Volunteers should contact Ann Marie at 222-4334.
The annual AFA Holiday Auction is the highlight of AFA’s year in two respects. Firstly, it is the most fun event at AFA, with great food, lively music, good company and the opportunity to acquire fine art at a festive occasion. Secondly, it is the financial backbone for AFA, serving as the primary fund-raiser for Artists For Art so that we can carry on our many activities.
First Friday Opening at STAR Gallery
Ξ October 16th, 2008 | → 0 Comments | ∇ ALL POSTS, LOCAL EXHIBITIONS |
For the First Friday in November, STAR Gallery will be open at the Steamtown Mall, next to Steve and Barry’s on the 2nd Floor at the permanent location.
Current STAR Members’ artwork will be on display there. fIRST fRIDAY IS nOVEMBER 7TH.
A New Paradigm: Recent Work by Ron Ehrlich at the Sordoni
Ξ October 16th, 2008 | → 0 Comments | ∇ ALL POSTS, LOCAL EXHIBITIONS |
The Sordoni Art Gallery will open the exhibition, A New Paradigm: Recent Work by Ron Ehrlich on Friday, October 17, with an opening reception on Friday, October 17, from 5-8 p.m. in conjunction with Wilkes-Barre’s Third Friday Celebration. The exhibition will be on view through Friday, December 12, 2008.
This exhibition features paintings by American painter Ron Ehrlich. Ron Ehrlich is known for achieving rich surfaces and subtleties of tone melding the techniques of vessel-making with the spontaneity and vitality of action painting. Working on panel, wielding a blowtorch as well as a brush, the brilliant colorist creates an art both vigorous and contemplative.
Born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1954, Ron Ehrlich received his BFA from Connecticut College in 1976. In 1979, he traveled to Japan to the Joji Yamasita monastery to study the art of Bizen pottery making. Intending to stay for five weeks, he stayed for five years. He returned to the US and studied at the Kansas City Art Institute and the Rhode Island School of Design. Ehrlich applied expertise in the techniques of three-dimensional work to two-dimensional painting resulting in a remarkable and unique body of work.
“THE EVERHART ROCKS”
Ξ October 16th, 2008 | → 0 Comments | ∇ ALL POSTS, LOCAL EXHIBITIONS |
The Everhart Museum invites you to “The Everhart Rocks”, a new exhibit entitled THE BEATLES; PHOTOGRAPHS BY HARRY BENSON, and the re-opening of the newly installed Rocks and Minerals Gallery.
There will be a benefit preview on November 8, 2008, from 6 to 8 PM. The cost is $30 per person.
THE BEATLES; PHOTOGRAPHS BY HARRY BENSON takes us back to a time when four cheeky lads from Liverpool forever changed popular music. Nearly 45 years after the Beatles began the British invasion with their historic Feb. 9, 1964 appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” the music world still stands in awe of their impact, and more importantly, their sound. This special exhibition celebrates what many consider to be the most influential event not only in rock ‘n’ roll history, but for American society as well.
The Rocks & Minerals Gallery reinterprets and presents a new and improved version of the “Rocks Room,” a well-known and beloved exhibit that was retired more than a decade ago. Created in the 1950s, the original “Rocks Room” was a small closet gallery featuring “glow-in-the-dark” rocks. It was a must-see experience for children from throughout Northeast Pennsylvania who visited during the 1960s and 1970s, and remained the most popular element of the Museum into the 1980s. The reopening of this permanent gallery cements the Everhart Museum’s commitment to featuring more of its natural sciences collection and awakening the wonder and magic of museums in the child still found in all of us.
‘Gimme Shelter’- Call for Proposals - Schuylkill Center
Ξ October 14th, 2008 | → 0 Comments | ∇ ALL POSTS, OPPORTUNITIES |
The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education’s Environmental Art Program has issued a Request for Proposals for a competition in sustainable design and building on a small scale. Artists, designers, architects, and students are invited to design and build semi-permanent, functional woodland shelters on the grounds of Philadelphia’s Schuylkill Center, using sustainable design and building techniques, for Gimme Shelter: Sustainably Designed Structures in an Urban Woodland. Deadline November 21, 2008. The competition aims to encourage collaboration between artists, designers and architects, to demonstrate and promote sustainable building methods, andto present the visiting public with a physical experience of the applied possibilities of sustainability to our lives and in our connection to the natural world. Up to six designs will be selected by a distinguished panel of jurors. For the complete prospectus visit www.schuylkillcenter.org or e-mail zcohen@schuylkillcenter.org
‘It’s All About Art’ Juried Show - BUCKS Magazine
Ξ October 14th, 2008 | → 0 Comments | ∇ ALL POSTS, OPPORTUNITIES |
BUCKS Magazine invites artists to submit work for its 1st Annual it’s all about art juried exhibition. Selected artists will be included as part of a group exhibition in one of three venues located in Bucks County and Lambertville, NJ; in addition prizes will be awarded to the best in show and runners up. Deadline October 16, 2008. Eligibility: Open to all U.S./Canadian resident artists at least 18 years of age; eligible media include paintings, mixed media, works on paper, photography, sculpture, installation art, and performance. Entry fee $25 for up to five images. For complete details, including online entry form and instructions, visit http://www.bucksmedia.com/CMS/2008-exhibition. For additional informaion, e-mail andrew@bucksmedia.com or call 215-862-9377.
“Here and There” at the Blue Heron Gallery
Ξ October 7th, 2008 | → 0 Comments | ∇ ALL POSTS, LOCAL EXHIBITIONS |
The Blue Heron Gallery in Wyalusing, PA, presents “Here and There”, recent landscape paintings by Steve Sliwinski of Troy, PA, a new group of pastels, watercolors and prints depicting views of Maine and Pennsylvania. A beautiful full color catalog is available for $15.
There is an opening reception on Friday, October 17, from 5 to 8 p.m.
The exhibit continues until November 30. Gallery hours are M-F, 9 to 4:30 and some Saturdays 10-2. Call ahead 570-746-4922 or wchamber@epix.net. Blue Heron Gallery, 121 Main St. Wyalusing, PA 18853. www.blueheronart.org
