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Greetings! ,
Spring at last! Even if that little bit of summer we had a week or so ago was just a teaser, spring is indeed upon us! Things are sprouting up all over. Here at home, we're pulling early weeds and dodging mayflies in between meetings on River Common programming, the longest list yet of things to do during RiverFest weekend and moving the Arts SEEN Gallery.
That's right, Rob Finlay has rented our original digs (Did I hear "BAKERY"?!?!) and we've moved next door into the old M&T branch bank on Public Square. We have more space, which means more artists and more art, and a real good reason to have another GRAND re-OPENING! So come on down on Friday evening from 5 to 8pm. It's THIRD FRIDAY and the Art Walk is more fun than ever - not even counting the cute little bridges over the torn-up sidewalks. We'll have some as of yet undetermined munchies, and folks from the Little Theater for some music, and our own gallery-meister, Charlie O'Donnell, will be reading a little poetry!
This Friday evening is definitely the time to be downtown!
Below we'll highlight a few opportunities of special interest, but please don't forget to visit the WVIA Events Calendar (See info at left) - as well as the Cultural Council's new Facebook page, kept up to date by Sharon Hourigan, our multi-talented board chairperson. Believe it or not, more people subscribe to Facebook than this newsletter, and so it just makes sense for maximizing exposure for our regional happenings of note. You can get to the page by clicking HERE, and you DON'T need to be a Facebook subscriber to try it. Let us know what you think!
And if you haven't seen the article about us in last Sunday's Times Leader, you can read it HERE. We're most grateful to the TL for helping us get the word out about the Council so we can be more effective in serving YOU!
Mike Burnside Executive Director
More Calls for Artists!
Recycled ART - last day to submit!
The
Green Initiative at King's College, Arts YOUniverse, and the Cultural
Council of Luzerne County invites submissions from all Luzerne County
students and residents of all ages to the E-ART-h
Day
Recycled Art Exhibit.
This exhibit opens during the Third
Friday Art Walk on Friday 16 April
at Arts YOUniverse, the Art Seen Gallery, and King's College;
artworks will be exhibited at various locations around town through
mid-May. You
may submit any piece of original artwork that uses RECYCLED and/or
ORGANIC materials.
RECYCLED
means any material that has been "repurposed" from its
original use -- soup cans, hubcaps, forks, to name a few-- while
ORGANIC materials are those that are found in nature, such as leaves,
soil, and rocks.
Guidelines: Artworks
can be either two- or three-dimensional, and they must be able to
fit through a standard size doorway and weigh no more than 50 lbs.
The
recycled and/or organic materials must be a major/significant
part of the artwork.
Please
be sure to attach your name and phone number to your work!
All art should be submitted by Wednesday
14 April.
Artwork
can be delivered to either Arts YOUniverse (47
N. Franklin St, Wilkes Barre)
OR
Art Seen Gallery (21
Public Square, Wilkes Barre),
from Saturday 10 April through Wednesday 14 April between the hours
of 12 noon and 4 PM, and you must fill out a form available at both locations with information about you and your work.
Want an opportunity to join other artists and crafts persons offering their work on the new River Common? On RiverFest weekend?
We thought that might get your attention. The plan is to have a big tent - much like the Fine Arts Fiesta - where work can be enjoyed by the thousands of people who attend RiverFest - June 19th & 20th.
The cost to participate is $55.00 ($35.00 for required Vendor's License included), but you can bring just about anything, as long as you can carry it.
Unless you've been asleep or out of town for the last two RiverFests, you know that this event grows every year and this year it's going to be bigger than ever! So get the RiverFest Confluences Art Show Application (PDF)right now!
If you know anyone who would be interested in participating in either of these two shows, please forward this newsletter to them!
PPA/PCA Grant Workshop
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2010 AT 6:00
P.M. Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of
Business and Industry, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre
The
Scranton Area Foundation is one of the 16 regional service providers
throughout the Commonwealth that has been selected by the
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA) to facilitate the Pennsylvania
Partners in the Arts (PPA) Program. The Scranton Area Foundation has
been working in partnership with the state in designing and creating
initiatives on a regional level to make significant impact on the
arts and cultural opportunities in Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties.
2010 is the tenth year of the project, which is funded in part by a
grant from the Scranton Area Foundation.
Through
this collaborative effort organizations or individual artists within
Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties are eligible to apply for grants up
to $3,000.
A total of
$711,588 has been distributed through Lackawanna and Luzerne counties
since the partnership began in 2001.
Grants
are available for projects occurring from September 1, 2010 -
August 31, 2011.
All
applicants must apply using the egrant for PPA Project Stream
available in mid-May on the PCA website:http://www.pacouncilonthearts.org
For further information on the
2010-2011 grant cycle please contact: Cathy Fitzpatrick, PPA
Coordinator at the Scranton Area Foundation office (347-6203). Application
deadline: June 18, 2010
What's Better than a Stradivari Violin? TWO of them!
The Wyoming Seminary Music Department will
present "The Voice of the Stradivari" on Friday, April 16 at 8:00 p.m.
in the Great Hall of Wyoming Seminary, 228
Wyoming Avenue, just north of Kingston Corners.
This special
fund-raising performance will feature twoStradivarius violins from
Chicago and all proceeds will benefit the Sem Music Department and its
programs.
Sem artist-in-residence and violinist John Michael Vaida will
join fellow musician Colin Maki from Chicago in performing works by
Bach, Vivaldi, Prokofiev and Wieniawski on the instruments. The Sem
orchestra and Madrigal Singers will accompany the violinists on some of
the works. Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for students. For information
and tickets call 270-2190.
What's Better than a Concert? (You knew this was coming, didn't you?) TWO of them! The Wyoming SeminaryMusic Department will
present its annual Spring Concert on Friday, April 30 at 8:00 p.m. in
the Great Hall of Wyoming Seminary, 228 Wyoming
Avenue, just north of Kingston Corners. The Chorale will present a wide
selection of choral repertoire including works by Mendelssohn, Faure and
Rachmaninoff, while the Madrigal Singers will perform music from their
upcoming concert tour in Germany in June. The orchestra will feature
works by Debussy, Whitney and Stravinsky. The Wyoming Seminary percussion ensemble, string ensembles, flute quartet and chamber
ensemble also will perform. This concert is free and open to the public.
For more information call 270-2190.
And just to make sure we don't forget... On Monday, May 10th at 8pm, in the Great Hall, there will be a FREE concert consisting of the music of Verdi and Puccini. All your favorite arias, duets, choruses and overtures by these two great Italian masters of the operatic art will be presented by some of our region's own masters of the art.
If you can't make it on the 10th, there will be an encore performance at the Houlihan-McLean Center at the University of Scranton the next night at 7:30pm. Also free. Free opera - now THERE'S something to sing about!
The Cultural Council
