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From the Executive Director
Here we are again - twice in a week! (Don't get used to it). The reason we are back so soon is that there is so much going on! In this issue we report on the opening reception of our exhibition at the Luzerne County courthouse and then highlight a varied and exciting menu of events in this place where "there's nothing to do." (Yeah, right.)
So let's get ON with it!
Mike Burnside
ps: Don't forget to list your event on the ArtScene Calendar at WVIA. Instructions are on the left, as always.
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Inspired by the Susquehanna Winners and Reception Redux
Our third annual juried art exhibition opened with a delightful reception at the courthouse last Friday. Click HERE to see a brief slide show.
And the winners are:
Honorable Mention - Works on Paper: Tom Raski for Breslau Bridge
Best in Category: Natalia Kerr for Last Light
Honorable Mention - Photography: Jim Landon for Tranquility
Best in Category: Chuck Allabaugh for West Side Story (shown below)
Honorable Mention - Painting: Vyacheslav Shevchenko for Reflection
Best in Category: Andrezek Szynal for Susquehanna Landmarks
(Note: This is an exquisitely textured painting in the pointillism style. Soon after it was hung, we noticed that people kept walking up and touching it. I put up a sign - "PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH" - but it didn't work. We finally had to rope it off!)
Best in Show: Brian Keeler for Solstice River Clouds. This is a wonderful work that captures the elusive, ethereal light and character of of the river by a Wyalusing artist whose every work is an inspiration in the best sense of the word.
The Cultural Council is proud to extend the tradition of art work inspired by the Susquehanna River that dates back to Benjamin West and Jasper Cropsey, and We are pleased to announce that we have obtained a grant from the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts to publish a catalog of the exhibit, believing that it will become an enduring part of the historical record. Stay tuned.
You still have a chance to see, and BUY, the original art! The exhibition is open during normal courthouse hours - Mon - Fri - 9am - 4:30 - until November 7th. Price lists are available in the rotunda.
Special note to our artists:
You must pick up your work at the courthouse on November 8th or 9th, from 2-4pm.
HOWEVER, if you would like to avoid this inconvenience, please consider donating your work to the Wyoming Valley Art League's fundraiser, in which case we will take care of the transfer in your name. As noted in the article below, the works will be auctioned off, and you may choose to retain 40% of the sale price or donate it back to the Art League.
Here's the scoop from the Art League:
"We are inviting you to participate in this event by contributing a piece of artwork. Works will be juried into either a silent or live auction by a professional judge. Upon the sale of your work you will receive a 40% commission unless you wish to contribute the commission back to our art league. We thank you in advance for supporting this important initiative."
If you want to take advantage of this option, you MUST contact the Cultural Council by the end of the day on November 6th by emailing us at cclcarts@gmail.com or calling Mike Burnside at 570-690-2876. Specify the name of the work as well as your name, address, email address (if you have one) and phone number.
For additional information about all this, including purchasing the works, email cclcarts@gmail.com
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HAVE FUN UNDER THE SUN!
The Wyoming Valley Art League is planning a fund raising event on Friday, November 7, 2008, 5-9 p.m. at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. As the Wyoming Valley Art League celebrates 54 years of providing programs of support to the Fine Arts within our local Valley communities, many community leaders have come to realize that the Art League is a valuable cultural asset to each and every one of the residents of our Great Wyoming Valley.  The event will feature an exhibition and live auction of fine art works from various local and nationally known artists. There will also be food, music, a raffle and silent auction. Tickets are $30 each. The Wyoming Valley Art League hosts a spring and fall exhibit and participates in community celebrations such as First and Third Friday and the Fine Arts Fiesta. Artists also hold workshops and classes in painting, colored pencils, jewelry making and other fine art techniques. All activities including bus trips are open to the community.  Your contribution will enable us to fund a capital campaign so that we may find a permanent space for our art league. We need this home to continue our work in the arts, and to enrich the beauty of our community through exhibits of local and regional artists, as well as workshops, the Fine Arts Fiesta, guest artists both local and national, children's educational classes, jewelry making, supporting local organizations like Verv Vetue, the Greenhouse, Art for Arts and the Third Friday Art Walk held each month. The art will be on view at the Mid-Town Gallery until the event at Mohegan Sun. So stop in tomorrow and get a preview (and buy your tix!). For more information, please visit the Wyoming Valley Art League web site.
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Cider Painters of America at Vgogh
The Cider Painters of America (or CPA) was founded in 1983 in Dallas, Pa. with the idea of creating public awareness and enjoyment of miniature art. It is a group with a light-hearted name and serious purpose. Our group is unique in that we have a size restriction for our work to be smaller than 3" X 5". With this in mind we have become one of the societies with the smallest paintings. We only accept painting medias or other non-traditional medias handled in a painterly way. Our members paint in the tradition of miniaturism following the belief that any subject suitable for a larger work may also be used to create a masterpiece in miniature.
A unique art exhibit representing over 200 artists both locally as well as around the world. Hundreds of original paintings all 3" x 5" and smaller. Meet many of the artists at the exhibit reception on Sunday, October 19th from 2-5 at the Vgogh Gallery, 281 Wyoming Ave in Kingston (across from the Hoyt Library). We plan on having refreshments and a guitarist during the reception.
We are also on the gallery walk this Friday night in case you can't make the Sunday Opening.
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THE SORDONI ART GALLERY PRESENTS THE EXHIBITION A New Paradigm: Recent Work by Ron Ehrlich
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.
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Paper Kite Press
Art for a Good Cause (yet again!)
Help the folks at Paper Kite Press help local poet Jennifer Diskin who is currently undergoing cancer treatment. We're asking for your art, music and poetry! Here's the concept:  Jennifer chose Otis Redding's Blue album. You volunteer to draw, photograph, paint, sculpt, write, compose in response to the album's art and/or music. Donate your work to the Cover to Cover to Cover benefit. Sing, perform, read at Cover to Cover to Cover. Attend Cover to Cover to Cover November 15 @ Paper Kite Press Studio & Gallery. DEADLINES:Friday October 17th Contact us with your commitment to donate art, perform or submit a poem Sunday Nov. 2nd Last day for visual art donations to be dropped off at gallery Friday Oct. 24th Last day for poems to be submitted for chapbook. Email poems to: jhillkaucher@comcast.net All proceeds go directly to Jennifer Diskin. Call Jennifer Hill-Kaucher at 570-328-8658 or email jhillkaucher@comcast.net to get your name on the volunteer list, then get starting making your art, writing your poem or practicing your music for the event! Paper Kite Press Studio & Gallery in collaboration with Wilkes University's Creative Writing Program will host the benefit, auction artwork and publish and sell a chapbook of Cover to Cover to Cover poems. |
Robert Dale Chorale Presents TIME PIECES October 25-26
On Saturday and Sunday, October 25 and 26, the Robert Dale Chorale will present TIME PIECES, the first program of their 2008-2009 concert season. Saturday's performance will be held at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Wilkes-Barre at 7:30 pm, and Sunday's performance will be held at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Scranton at 3:00 pm. Tickets are $15 general admission, $12 for seniors and WVIA members, and $7 for students. Children under 12 will be admitted free when accompanied by a parent. The first half of the program features patterns of cyclical time, with works about day, night, and the seasons. Pieces on the first half include Monteverdi's Ecco mormorar l'onde, Rheinberger's Abendlied and Look to This Day, a work composed for the Chorale by music director Steven Thomas. The second half of the program features several of Benjamin Britten's Choral Dances from Gloriana as well as a set of four Time Pieces by Canadian composer Stephen Chatman. The program concludes with several time-themed spirituals. For more information about the Robert Dale Chorale, to reserve tickets, or to order a copy of the Chorale's CD, please contact the Chorale office at (570) 586-3921 or visit Robert Dale Chorale. Parking information and directions are also available on the website, as is information about the Chorale's upcoming events: the Annual Pasta Dinner on November 8 and Joyeux Noël: A French Christmas on December 6-7. |
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The Cultural Council
