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2011 ArtWalk – Gallery Registration
It’s time to start thinking about ArtWalk 2011. Submit your gallery, shop, store or organization’s intent now for the year and save.
Participating galleries receive:
- community involvement
- web listing on lancasterartwalk.org (avg. 1300 visitors/month, 900 per day leading up to event)
- inclusion in promotional materials (press releases, emails, etc.)
- listing in paper guide hand-out
- listing on interactive, online map
- quantity of postcards, posters and signage to help you self-promote
- access to design services for personalized mailings
- the backing of a well-advertised, annual event
- support of fellow participating galleries
- tips & assistance for promoting your events
- and more
Where will you start?
With 31 participating locations, which gallery is your first stop?
We can help you decide. Below is the participating gallery list again along with our online map. Scout out parking and plan your day. See you on Saturday 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday noon to 4 pm.
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View our full list of participating galleries.
Beyond Gallery Row – Part 5
Gallery Row receives all the attention. Deservedly so yet there’s always a lot of action just a block or two off Prince St. Here’s our final post featuring participating galleries in this year’s Lancaster ArtWalk.
Mulberry Art Studio – 19 N Mulberry St
Kids Cookie Creation Station!: A Decorate Your Own Cookie table will be set up in the Lobby of Mulberry Art Studios. 100% of proceeds benefit the Sweet Pea Project. Mulberry Art Studios will also feature several fine art exhibitions including Pamela A. Jacques: Colors of the Wind and Burt Aulisio’s Galactic Art.
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School District of Lancaster – Vine St entrance of LCCC
School District of Lancaster Fall Art Show: School District of Lancaster District Art Show, hosted by the Lancaster County Convention Center in the Vine Street Lobby (Vine St. @ Queen St.) featuring 2-D and 3-D work by our students in grades K-12.
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Garber/Shaw Studio – 213 N Concord St
Gene Shaw (woodcut prints and found-object furniture) and Tanis Garber-Shaw (jewelry and collage) will show their work at their Lancaster City home. This is a great opportunity to see artists in a personal setting.
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Tippitts/Weaver – 137 N Duke St
Independently and through the use of different media, Marion Tippetts and Toby Richards explore the interaction of light and shadow, line and form. Marion Tippetts, artist, designs and constructs white on white minimalist wall sculpture in relief using homasote and mixed media. Toby Richards, professional photographer, exhibits a collection of abstract black and white photographs documenting his experience living along the Susquehanna River.
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Mio Studio – 616 Columbia Ave
Don’t miss this popular jewelry workshop from the acclaimed Mio Studio. Buy a $10 (and up) jewelry kit and take part in this all ages jewelry lesson.
There’s only 4 days left! View our full list of participating galleries. And be sure to enter to win our $50 gift certificate.
On Gallery Row – Part 2
We left off at Pencilworks Gallery on the corner of Chestnut, let’s continue to head south and start with the center of Gallery Row.
Christiane David – 142 N Prince St
Always a powerful statement from the road looking in, Christiane David gallery is a mainstay of Gallery Row. This weekend you’ll catch Christiane painting and talking about her work. Take the time to browse and ask questions. Remember, ArtWalk is more contemplative than First Friday. You should linger and soak it in.
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Liz Hess Gallery – 140 N. Prince St
Just back from a painting trip to the Emerald Isle, artist Liz Hess unveils her latest collection of paintings featuring her signature red umbrella with Ireland Calling. Sweeping coastal vistas, rolling green hills, quaint hamlets, fields of sheep, and brooding, misty seascapes for which Ireland is known serve as the background for the solitary figure with the red umbrella as it takes the viewer on a journey through Ireland. Liz Hess will be present.
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Red Raven Art Company – 138 N Prince St
Always changing and ever-packed with new works, Red Raven is an aesthetic treat. “Stronger Yet…” explores watercolors by Matt Chambers. You can catch Matt on Saturday from 11 – 2 pm. Also showing is The Natural Cycle: oils by Brad Stroman.
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Pennsylvania Arts Experience – 114 N Prince St
This is an amazing gallery featuring members of the Pennsylvania Arts Experience Artisan Trail – a group focused on getting art-lovers into artists’ studios. Fiber artist Sue Reno debuts work from her new series, Flora and Fauna, where she examines in detail animals and plants commonly encountered in Lancaster County
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Criswell & Shreve - 112 N Prince St
Nearly next door continuing south on Prince, Criswell & Shreve is opening its collection for the weekend.
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Julia Swartz Art Gallery – 17 N Prince St
The last stop on N Prince Street, Julia Swartz Art Gallery is directly upstairs from Prince St Cafe. Pop on in to see Julia demonstrating her paintings and absorb the energy found in an artist’s studio.
Our next stops are off Gallery Row again. There’s now 5 days left! View our full list of participating galleries. And be sure to enter to win our $50 gift certificate.
Beyond Gallery Row – Part 3
The countdown begins. 8 days left until ArtWalk (remember to enter to win a $50 gift certificate). Here are five more participating galleries outside gallery row you can spend that money at. On Monday, we’re back on gallery row for another five stops.
Annex 24 Gallery – 24 W Walnut St
Annex 24 Gallery is hosted and curated jointly by two of Lancaster’s noteworthy artists; Vanessa Reisig & Kenny Kidd. Their art gallery combines not only photography, sculptures and paintings into a refreshing exploration of contemporary art. There will be pumpkin painting on both days and a live chainsaw carving on Sunday at 12 to 3.
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Lancaster Arts Hotel – 300 Harrisburg Ave
Personally, this will be my first stop because I come into Lancaster on Harrisburg Avenue. And it’s a great first stop and is featuring two concurrent exhibitions by Claire Giblin and Robert Heilman. Don’t miss Arts Hotel gallery.
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Mommalicious & My Aunt Debbie – 310 N. Queen St
With a name like Mommalicious, how can you resist? Salon Style Exhibition of Collages & Paintings by Alicia Byler: Alicia Byler (aka Mommalicious) has been painting for 20 years and will be delighted to show some of her favorite works during this weekend exhibit. Artist Under the Roof: Emily Truman: This Ol’ Thing? is created by Lancaster city-dweller Emily Truman. Her wearable accessories are fibery, funky, crocheted, knitted, and felted.
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The Framing Concept – 328 N. Queen St
Recent Works by Ray Wallace: Fantasy Landscapes done in a Mixed Media by Ray Wallace. The Framing Concept would also be a great place to spend the $50 gift certificate on custom framing.
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Barrick Design - 541 N Mulberry St
Those candles rock! And if you’d like your kid (ages 6 to 12) make their own candle, this is a stop you’ll want to make. All day Saturday and Sunday, Rick Faulkner and his staff will show you and your children how to dip their own candles in his showroom.
We’ll bring our tour back to N. Prince St on Monday. View our full list of participating galleries. And be sure to enter to win our $50 gift certificate.
Giveaway Reminder
Wow, there’s only one week left until ArtWalk and to win the $50 gift certificate good at any of the 31 participating stops.
Think about what you could do with that. You could buy ceramic earrings at Isadore Gallery, candles from Barrick Design or something else from any of our 31 participating galleries. It can also be donated to a museum or even to purchase services such as framing.
So how do you enter to win? There’s a couple easy ways. Each way gives you a couple entries into our random drawing:
- Get 1 entry if you follow us on Twitter
- Get 2 entries if you send a tweet that reads ‘I can’t wait for @lancartwalk on October 2 & 3′
- Get 3 entries if you sign up for our e-mails
- Get our thanks for following us on Facebook
If you win, you can spend it on whatever you want, you just have to spend it all at one place at one time and it must be at one of our 31 participating galleries. It’s valid until Saturday, October 16, so you won’t have to make your decision right away.
Giveaway drawing is September 29th. You will be contacted by email and the winner will be announced on Twitter, Facebook, this blog and by email.
On Gallery Row – Part 1
Things will be shaking on Gallery Row during ArtWalk on October 2 & 3. More details are here.
With 10 of the 31 participating galleries within the three block area, everyone is sure to descend upon Gallery Row to see what’s new. Today we’ll start at Walnut St and head south:
Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen – 252 N. Prince St
Currently running In the Kitchen, a collection of functional handmade crafts, the Guild is hosting Tracy Shue Cross on Sunday for a meet the artist event. Tracy is a maker of pewter children’s utensils with whimsical characters.
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Isadore Gallery – 228 N. Prince St
Only three or four doors down from the Guild’s store is Isadore Gallery featuring still life, landscape and figurative watercolors by local artist Denny Bond and ceramic plates, vessels and jewelry by Pennsylvania artist Klara Borbas.
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Pennsylvania College of Art & Design – 204 N. Prince St
PCAD is showcasing The Mosaic Project: Diane Edison & Jerry Pinkney. The Mosaic Project exhibit features intense and realistic portraits by Diane Edison and illuminating and introspective illustrations by Jerry Pinkney. Through their work, both artists explore themes of individual discovery and cultural identity. This is a powerful exhibit that everyone should be sure to see.
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Pencilworks Studios and Gallery – 154 N. Prince St
Best known as the brick building emblazoned with ‘Gallery Row,’ Pencilworks is the creation of 2-D artist Carl Woerner and features other resident artisans Christopher Fielding and Pat Rosenberger. All of them are on hand ArtWalk weekend to meet and greet and talk about their work. Stop in!
We’ll continue walking down N. Prince St (aka Gallery Row) in the coming days. View our full list of participating galleries. And be sure to enter to win our $50 gift certificate.
Water Street Ministries Family Day
On Saturday only, Water St Ministries is holding a Family Day event at 210 S. Prince St as part of ArtWalk, and promises to be a must-stop for children’s activities.
There will be a massive mosaic that people can participate in and it is going to be displayed on the building at another time. The prolific, local potter Kevin Lehman is assisting in the creation and installation of the mosaic. He is involved with Lancaster Fall Artwalk as well.
Aside from the mosaic, there will be a kids finger painting wall, free food, and music.
For more about the five divisions of Water St Ministries that will benefit from this project, visit http://waterstreetministries.org/Ministries.aspx.
Beyond Gallery Row – Part 2
We recently explored four galleries that reside off Lancaster’s Gallery Row. Today’s post digs into three more.
Kathleen Abel Studio - 309 East Chestnut St
A variety of shallow relief paper sculptures await you at Kathleen Abel Studio, just east of Musser Park.
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Veleska Jewelry – 348 West Orange St
This place is going to be jumping all weekend long. On Saturday, owner Kathryn Pearce is hosting Lancaster Creative Reuse and Heads-up Lancaster for a special hands-on craft project that benefits Heads-Up Lancaster 100% of proceeds. It’s a $20 donation. On Sunday, the local band Saint Eloise is performing. Make it to Veleska!
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Page 4 Art Boutique – 240 North Arch St
On display at Page 4 is an exhibit titled ‘This Side of the Horizon’ and includes art works by Mary Carmen, Patricia Kline and Wakin Torez. Wakin will be exhibiting Crack Glass scluptures. Mary will be showing Seven (7) new oil on canvas in addition to some of her older works. Patricia Kline will be exhibiting watercolors.
We’ll bring you another four featured galleries in the coming days. View our full list of participating galleries. And be sure to enter to win our $50 gift certificate.
