The Everhart Museum will open ‘Ancient Microworlds’ on June 12, 2009. Applied science collides with the visual arts in ‘Ancient Microworlds’ as the high-tech practice of macro photography introduces viewers to a new way of appreciating fossils – magnified over 30 times their true size. The exhibit showcases the combined talents of Giraud Foster, a retired physician, archaeologist, and photographer and Norman Barker, a scientific photographer, and their desire to introduce people to the world of fossils as seen through the lens of a microscope. Theirs is an ancient world as artfully beautiful as it is scientifically engaging. Ancient Microworlds marries paleontology with photography to attain an intriguing exploration of past life. Foster and Barker, who collaborated on this 12-year project, demonstrate that fossils can dazzle the mind and the eye. Many of the fossils depicted here are older than dinosaurs and feature unique and aesthetically beautiful patterns, gemstones, and colors.
The exhibit is on loan courtesy of Ancient Microworlds and is complemented by the Everhart Museum’s collection of Carboniferous period fossils, found locally in regional anthracite coal mines, together with fossils from other eras and regions. Carboniferous fossils were created over 350 million years ago and feature the first plants, insects, and reptiles known on the planet.
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The Lackawanna County Department of Arts and Culture will be hosting an Arts Breakfast on Friday, September 25. We will be inviting arts organizations, artists, business and governement and community leaders for a presentation by the Company Steel Stax, an arts centric redevelopment project in Bethlehem and also a discussion on how we can develop arts projects in our region.
We are looking for artists who would be interested in decorating a table or exhibiting artwork at this event. We have 7 round tables that will need to be decorated. These spots are first come first serve. You will receive $25.00 to buy supplies for your table.
A. Table Decoration-e-mail Nicole Sawicki at sawicki.nicole@gmail.com with your name, phone, address, and the type of artist you are and, if available, a link to any website if you have one, and if you have any ideas for a theme for your table.
B. If you are interested in exhibiting work, send name, phone, address, type of artist you are, what you would like to display (one piece per artist) and what kind of set-up you would need.
Please respond by July 10, 2009, if you are interested in decorating a table or exhibit.
Visit ‘Isaiah’s Corner: Dino Nation!’ at the Everhart Museum’s Interactive Gallery for Children, opening June 12, 2009.
Looking for a place where children can learn about natural history, science and art in an interactive setting? Come and visit Isaiah’s Corner at the Everhart Museum where children can experience an exhibit space designed with our youngest visitors in mind. The theme of Isaiah’s Corner changes with and complements each of the museum’s temporary exhibits, so there is always a new environment with fresh topics for children to learn about in a hands-on way.
Beginning June 12th and continuing through September 7, 2009, let your need to explore lead you to Isaiah’s Corner: Dino Nation! where you can find fossils, rocks, and dinosaurs! Investigate fossil records, solve puzzles, create fossil art, and more in our hands-on activity center for children. Touch, play, create, and learn about the underground world captured in our Ancient Microworlds exhibit!
For more information, contact the museum at 570-346-7186 or email general.information@everhart-museum.org.
Allied Artists of America ic seeking entries for the 96th Annual National Exhibition to be held Nov 13- Dec1, 2009 at the National Arts Club in New York City. The deadline for entries is Sept. 14. For a prospectus, go to www.alliedartisofamerica.org.
The Countryside Conservancy, a nonprofit land and water conservation organization, invites artists to donate original work to its Tenth Annual Auction. This year’s Auction will take place on Saturday, July 11, on the lawn of the Allied Services corporate offices in the Abington Executive Park, Clarks Summit.
The Conservancy has protected almost 1,200 acres in and around the Tunkhannock Creek Watershed, in Lackawanna, Susquehanna and Wyoming Counties. Over 300 acres of these lands are open to the public for recreation and education.
The Auction is the Conservancy’s main fundraising event. Over 200 guests gather to wine, dine and bid on silent and live auction items. The Auction is noted for highlighting original work of area artists, and is a great opportunity for artists to become better known among local patrons of the arts. Donations are highlighted on the Conservancy’s Auction webpage in the months leading up to the event, and the Conservancy links from its website to the websites of donor artists (visit www.countrysideconservancy.org/links.htm and scroll down to “Contributing Artists”).
If you’d like to donate a piece, please contact Executive Director Mary Felley at 945-6995, or cconserv@epix.net., or contact Tom Noone or Gretchen Ludders
The Red Shoes Dance Company will present “Kaleidoscope” on June 20th at 7:00pm at the Scranton Cultural Center’s Shopland Hall. Tickets are 12.00 for adults and 8.00 for children and a special price for seniors.
Guest Artists include Sujata Nair-Mulloth, Sabah, Mark Wodyatt, Rainey Walsh and Dancers, and Tres Cubanes.
There will be a chance to meet the Red Shoes afterward with an art exhibit including works by members of the AFA Gallery.
AFA members Fran Douaihy and Mark Ciocca were invited to exhibit their artwork at the Sanolfi Pasteur “Meet the Artists” juried show and reception at their Swiftwater facility in April.
Also Member Fran Douaihy was awarded second place in the photography division of Wilkes-Barre’s
Fine Arts Fiesta l for her photo “NEPA Parking LOT”. Also her photo “Ivy”, along with Bernie Andreoli and his photo “Iguana”, each won the Commission on Economic Opportunity Purchase Award/ Ending Childhood Hunger. Bernie also won an honorable mention for his photo “Iguana”, and Mark Ciocca won Honorable Mention in Graphics for his linocut entitled “Kids for Cash”.
The 10th Annual Will’s Creek Survey is a juried art exhibition that is open to visual artists from across the United States. The exhibition is held in the Allegany Arts Council’s Saville Gallery, located at 9 North Centre Street in Downtown Cumberland’s Arts & Entertainment District. More than $6,000 in cash awards will be presented during the 2009 exhibition. This year’s juror will be Phyllis Rosenzweig. Rosenzweig is Curator Emerita of the Smithsonian Institution’s Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden.
If you would like to request a copy of the prospectus and application for the 10th Annual Will’s Creek Survey, you may do so by emailing your (1) name, (2) address, and (3) phone number to Emily Thomas at ethomas@allconet.org, or by calling her at 301-777-ARTS (2787). You may download a copy of the prospectus from this web site -www.alleganyartscouncil.org.
The Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony for the 10th Annual Will’s Creek Survey will be held on Saturday, September 12, from 5-8PM, in conjunction with the Saturday Arts Walk in Downtown Cumberland’s Arts & Entertainment District.
Deadline for slide entries is July 1. The exhibition will run from Sept. 12 thru October 9.
Lake Carey Painters, a group of painters from Lake Carey (near Tunkhannock) are having an exhibit at the Wyoming County Courthouse in Tunkhannock from June 12 - July 27. There will be an opening reception on Friday, June 12, from 4 - 6 PM. Artists in the exhibit are Kittie Roemer, Jane Shoemaker, Doris Williams and Terry Proctor.
‘The Wyoming Massacre’, a series of paintings by Eileen Potter Kopelman, will be on exhibit at The Endless Mountains Council of the Arts (EMCA) from June 7 thru June 28. There will be an Opening Reception on Sunday, June 7, from 2-5 PM.
The Wyoming Massacre occurred after Washington’s Committee of Inspection rounded up Tories in Tunkhannock, then part of Connecticut, in 1777 and put them in Connecticut prisons. This outraged other Tories, and a force of Tories, Indians and British invaded to fight 350 old men and boys who had been left to defend Wyoming in the Massacre of Wyoming on July 3, 1778. Outnumbered, the Connecticut settlers lost the battle & fled.
Eileen Potter Kopelman grew up in Susquehanna County about thirty miles from Wilkes-Barre. While doing research, she learned of the Massacre and the painting project ensued. She know lives in new Kensington, PA
The SCDA’s Harvest of the Arts Committee is planning the Third annual 2009 Susquehanna County Harvest of the Arts on September 19th and 20th. We are inviting regional artists to join. We have had a wonderful response during our first two years and will expand this year’s event to include:
-A Fine Arts & Crafts Exhibit - Regional Artisans are invited to exhibit their work at the historic Starrucca House. The work will be professionally displayed and available for viewing by the public Saturday, Sept. 19th from 10 AM – 5 PM. On Sunday, September 20th the Exhibit will be open at 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM followed by a Cocktail Reception and Fine Arts & Crafts Auction.
-A Juried, Outdoor Fine Arts & Crafts Show & Sale. Distinguished judges for awards.
-An open air International Food Festival, showcasing the talents of the Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center.
-Live Music, Wine Tasting, Demonstrations
-A county wide youth art show, with participation from each of the (6) county school districts.
-Kid’s Corner Including a magic show, story telling, face painting, a puppet show, tye-dye T-Shirts and more.
The Fine Arts Exhibit application can be accessed at our web-site www.susquehannadepot.org
For further information, call Margaret Biegert at 570-853-5016
TheSTAR Gallery at Steamtown in Scranton will have an opening on June 5th for the First Friday entitled “Summer Blues Tones”. Artists participating in this show will be current STAR Gallery members and Guest Artist, Carol Gressell. There will also be a “Musical Jamming Cafe” where local musicians are welcome to join in and play music.
Albert Ondush, a local award-winning artist will be showcasing his watercolor paintings at Danielle and Company at 831 Adams Ave in Scranton on Friday, June 5 from 6 PM to 9 PM. There will be a Wine and Cheese Reception. He will also be teaching a Summer Watercolor Painting Series every Saturday starting June 6th and ending August 8th.
The Maryland Federation of Art is calling for artists for its 9th Annual American Landscape exhibition. Deadline is June 30. $2000 in awards. The juror is Claudia Rousseau, educator, art historian and critic. The exhibit will take place September 11 to October 18 at the MFA’s Circle Gallery in Annapolis, Md. Prospectus is at www.mdfedart.org or call 410-268-4566 or email info@medfedart.org.
There will be an Open Studio at Burti Ceramics Studio and Supply on Saturday, May 23rd, from 10 AM to 5 PM and on Sunday, May 24th, and Monday, May 25th, from 12 PM to 8 PM. Works by Nan Burti, Ruth janiszeski, laurel Burgin, Julianna Brazilll, mark Chuck, Paul Deluca, Amy Ross, Maggie Niles, Carol Steele, Terry Velardi will be on exhibit. The Studio is located in Fleetville, PA. For further information, call 945-5139 or email burticeramics@yahoo.com
‘Focus’, an exhibition exploring our regional sense of place, will ran at the Butternut Gallery in Montrose from May 16th through May 31. The exhibit features regional artists juried by Betsy Green, Kathleen Harwood and Orazio Salati. The exhibit coincides with the the annual Chocolate and Wine Festival in Montrose. All proceeds from the sale of work will benefit the Susquehanna County Library and Endless Mountains health Care Building Funds. The Butternut Gallery and Second Story Books is located on the 2nd floor at 42 Church St. in Montrose. For further information call 570-278-4011.
The Endless Mountains Council of the Arts (EMCA) will hold its 7th Annual Art Auction on Saturday, May 30, 2009. It will take place at the EMCA Gallery at 302 East Tioga St in Tunkhannock. Works will be on view at EMCA Gallery from May 15 to May 30. The auctioneer will be Jerry Burke. There will be a preview party beginning at 6 PM with music by Ed Cole on dulcimer, and the Auction will begin promptly at 7 PM
‘everything here is free’, an exhibition of the works of Cassie Rose Kobeski and Terra Steele, will be held at the AFA Gallery from Thursday, June 4th, through Saturday, June 27th. There will be an Opening Reception on First Friday, June 5th, from 6 to 9 PM, with an Artists’ Talk at 5:30 pm.
The paintings and drawings of Cassie Rose Kobeski are of various media: oil, gouache, and watercolor. All are representational and are influenced by the cartoon universes of Ub Iwerks. Cassie’s multi-media pieces are what she is best known for and ‘everything here is free’ will show an installation piece of fabric, wax, and found objects.
Terra Steele describes her works on display as a series of explorations, translating moments, glimpses, and emotions into something visual – hopefully something striking, yet subtle – that can be slowly tasted, taken in, and enjoyed, like the best piece of chocolate. She says, “I am interested in pattern, the play of color, and the subtle energy that runs through everything, emerging in momentary glimpses of beauty that can make one smile even on the worst of days.”
Terra received her Associate Degree in Fine Arts at Keystone College, and her BA in Art History and minor in World Religion from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. She currently resides in Dunmore, PA; is the Director of Interpretive Programming at the Everhart Museum; and is involved in the local arts & culture community. In addition to painting, printmaking, & design-work, Terra teaches art history and karate.
Cassie Rose Kobeski received her MFA from Parsons School of Design in Manhattan where she was a teaching assistant for the undergraduate program. She has received her BFA from Marywood in Painting and Art History. Cassie has exhibited in various arenas in Manhattan such as the Chelsea gallery district, the National Arts Club in Gramercy Park, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Center, and independent galleries in Brooklyn and Soho. She has also shown work in Florence, Italy.
Cassie is currently an instructor inthe Art Departments of Marywood University and Keystone College. She has also been an artist-in-residence with the Everhart Museum, teaching painting, drawing, and multi-media approaches to the museum’s collection. Cassie is also co-founder of an independent record label, Summersteps Records. For the past eleven years it has fostered emerging recording artists and avant-garde musicians, and has produced records with national recording artists.
Artists, All Media: The Art Center of Northern New Jersey, 250 Center St., New Milford 07646. Seeking entries for 18th National Juried Show. SASE Attn: “ACNNJ=NJS ‘09” or download from web site. www.artcenter-nnj.org. Deadline Jul 31.
Soft Pastel Artists: Pastel Society of America. Seeks entries for 37th Annual Open Juried Exhibition at National Arts Club, Sept 8-27, 2009. Send SASE (#10) PSA, 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY 10003 for prospectus. Info: 212 533 6931 or download from website. pastelny@juno.com. www.pastelsocietyofamerica.org. Deadline for Slides: Jul 1.
Artists: Oil, Watermedia, Pastel, Graphics, Sculpture: Allied Artists of America. Seeks entries for 96th Annual National Exhibition Nov 13-Dec 1, 2009 at National Arts Club, NYC. SASE to Rhoda Yanow, 19 Springtown Rd., White House Station, NJ 08889 or website for prospectus. www.alliedartistsofamerica.org. Deadline: Sept 14.
National Watercolor Society 89th Annual Exhibition, DEADLINE: Sat, June 27, 2009. Slide/Digital deadline June 27, 2009. Show opens October 10, 2009. Original watermedia on paper. $25…
Original watermedia on paper. $25,000 in awards. Free Catalog for entering artists. For prospectus, download at www.nationalwatercolorsociety.org or send SASE to: NWS, 915 S. Pacific Ave, San Pedro, CA 90731
Contact:National Watercolor Society | | www.nationalwatercolorsociety.org |
The Church of St. John on the Mountain’s 29th Mountain Art Show, located at 379 Mt. Harmony Road, Bernardsville, NJ 07924, continues as a premier local exhibition and sale of artwork by both regional and nationally recognized artists. The show attracts patrons from the prestigious Somerset Hills and beyond, who are rewarded with a large juried exhibition of artwork, as well as a selection of non-juried “small treasures.” The exhibit will take place October 23, 2009 - November 1, 2009. Deadline for entries is August 28, 2009. A $1000 “Best in Show” cash award, several $250 “Awards of Excellence”, as well as “Honorable Mention” citations will be presented during the Artist’s Reception October 25th.
Judges for 2009 - Dr. Holly Pyne Connor is The Newark Museum’s Curator of 19th Century American Art. Dr. Connor was the Assistant Curator at the Brooklyn Museum in the Department of Painting and Sculpture.
Amze Emmons received a BFA with a concentration in Painting and Printmaking from Ohio Wesleyan University and received his MFA in Print from the University of Iowa.
Sarah McKenzie received her BA in Film Studies from Yale University, her MFA in Painting from the University of Michigan, and was a professor on the faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Art.
Please contact us by email with your questions at:
mountainartshow@yahoo.com or visit www.mountainartshow.org
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There will be an exhibit of recent oil paintings by Pocono artist Jill Swersie at Jeffrey Creedon’s Flower Shop and Art Gallery. The exhibition will run from May 1 to May 30. Creedon’s is located at 323 North Washington Avenue, Scranton. For further information, call 343-3563.
