To the Members and Friends of the Art Community: Have you seen the new pop up art gallery window located at 602 Main Street? This is a beginning effort to remain viable in our community following the move to 701 Main Street. Many thanks to board members and volunteers for creating the space. If you attended this year’s Spring for the Arts, you were greeted by artwork voluntarily exhibited by some of our member artists. I was pleased to welcome so many of our members and friends last month at ... Continue Reading »
2019 Suzanne Anderson Scholarship Recipients
Suzanne Anderson was a strong supporter of all the arts, but especially music, having served as president for many years of the Music Study Club and active in the Pocono Arts Council’s Youth in Music Excellence Awards. Upon her death in January, 2013, she included the Pocono Arts Council in her will to “establish a scholarship for a student majoring in the arts in college.“ At the 2019 Spring for the Arts event, PoconoArts will honor Suzanne’s wishes by awarding two $500 “Rising Star” ... Continue Reading »
ArtPop 2019 Winners Exhibition
May 18 – Sept. 15, 2019 | Alvin H. Butz Gallery | FREE An exhibition featuring the work of the twelve area artists, including one high school winner, selected to have their work featured on Adams Outdoor Advertising billboards in 2019. 2019 #ArtPopEasternPA Billboards & Artists Amy Alessi John Cheer James Chesnick Dana Hess Marlana Holsten Jon Montenegro Lucille Norella Lee Riley Craig Werkheiser Mallory Zondag Hannah Hess Joe ... Continue Reading »
Fall 2019 Dunning Gallery Art Exhibition
Submission Deadline Extended! This year’s Fall Dunning Gallery Art Exhibit at Northampton Community College’s Monroe Campus will be a photographic exhibition tentatively titled: Monroe County Past & Present: Resorts, Ruins, and the Rural Landscape – and it will be presented in partnership with the Monroe County Historical Society. The show will be a photographic exploration of Monroe County’s history, featuring contemporary photographs alongside historical photos and artifacts provided and ... Continue Reading »
Winners of Members’ Exhibition 2019
The Pocono Arts Council is pleased to present the Members' Exhibition 2019 to be held at 701 Main Street, Suite 402 in Stroudsburg, May 18-June 8, 2019. Gallery hours are by appointment. Held every May, this celebration of members’ creativity is a Pocono Arts Council tradition. This year, 50 member artists participated, competing for awards in eight categories. Jurors for the show were Cole Hastings Goldstein and Ryan Ward, both from Scranton, PA. A special artists’ reception will be held ... Continue Reading »
Spring for the Arts: Tickets on Sale
Join us June 8th! Our largest fundraiser, Spring for the Arts, will take place at 610 Main St., Stroudsburg. The event gives us an opportunity to celebrate the success of our regional artists and support the Pocono Arts Council. Ticket price includes hors d'oeuvres, libations, silent and live auction activities, a raffle, presentation of the “Rising Star” Suzanne Anderson Student Scholarships, followed by live music at 8:30pm by popular Lehigh Valley band, The Foztones! Plus, you’ll be able ... Continue Reading »
A Letter from the Director
To The Members and Friends of the Art Community: Spring greetings from the new Pocono Arts Council office high atop downtown Stroudsburg. Many thanks to our board members, staff and volunteers for their countless hours helping to downsize and move from 18 North 7th Street to 701 Main. We are ready to welcome you in May and June! Our annual members’ exhibition in May will be held on the 4th floor of 701 Main to give our members and the public an opportunity to see the space and celebrate ... Continue Reading »
Earth Speaks V: A Juried Exhibition on the Environmental Crisis
The Earth Speaks V: A Juried Exhibition on the Environmental Crisis, is on exhibit in The Dunning Gallery at NCC Monroe from April 6-May 23, 2019. The Earth Speaks is an artist’s means of capturing their concern regarding the climate crisis and how it is affects our planet, as well as an opportunity to offer possible solutions. Forty artists submitted 70 pieces to be juried. 50 works were selected to be included in the show from artists residing in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, ... Continue Reading »
Grant Writing Workshops for Community Art Projects in 2019-20
PA Partners in the Arts, Project Stream Grants, and Pocono Arts Council announce grant writing workshops for organizations and artists interested in small grants for community art projects in 2019-20. The Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA) program, a regrant initiative of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA), a state agency, administered in northeastern PA by the Pocono Arts Council (PoconoArts), is now accepting applications for PROJECT STREAM grants for art projects in ... Continue Reading »
Thank You March & April Volunteers!
THE GREAT BIG MOVE! – We are so grateful for the many helping hands who pushed and shoved and made the move to 701 possible. Tom Ando, Michele Buzzelli, Justin Doomes, Yvonne Doomes, Dale Foley, Kelly Foley, Tim Kratzer, Julie Golin, Martelle Jones, Rachel Keslosky, Ben MacHale, Jane MacHale, Jon Moeller, Judy Moeller, Karl Moeller, Linda Reif, Aidan Reish, Brandon Reish, Will Rothfuss, Jody Singer, Jill Swersie, Jack Swersie, Sean Turrell, Suzanne Werfelman. A special shout out to the crew ... Continue Reading »
Open Studio Artist: David Palmer
Join us for a sneak peek into the life and work of David Palmer, Fine Artist at Open Studio Tour location #5! David Palmer is a creative person who enjoys painting, ceramics, knitting, gardening and exhibition design. After graduating from Wilkes University with a BA in Art, he continued is education at Drew University where is received his MTS. David worked at the Newark Museum for thirty years and retired as Director of Exhibitions in 2004. David paints icons in both egg tempera and ... Continue Reading »
Open Studio Artist: Doug Gilbert
Join us for a sneak peek into the life and work of Doug Gilbert, Fine Artist at Open Studio Tour location #3! Doug Gilbert was born and raised in Manhattan and Queens in New York City. He graduated from Hoftstra University with a BA in Fine Arts - Painting, where he took classes with Perle Fine and Howard Buckwald. Needing to support his wife and daughter after graduating, he found employment as a drummer in rock bands, a technical illustrator for major textbook publishers, authors, and ... Continue Reading »
Open Studio Artist: Alice Prall
Join us for a sneak peek into the life and work of Alice Prall, Fine Artist at Open Studio Tour location #6! A native of Northern New Jersey, I moved to Pennsylvania in 1984. I worked in graphic and commercial art and then developed Countryside Samplings, an herb and dried flower business. I then returned to fine art. I suppose I am a sort of hybrid with genetic material of the farming kind and of the artist. Before the artist emerged, I was a passionate gardener since childhood. I ... Continue Reading »
Open Studio Artists: Marcia Flammonde & Heidi Hooper
Join us for a sneak peek into the life and work of Fine Artist Marcia Flammonde and Heidi Hooper the "Dryer Lint Lady", on the Open Studio Tour at location #9! Marcia Flammonde Heidi Hooper After dozens of operations and radiation treatments, the cancerous tumor in Heidi Hooper’s upper right arm was finally killed, taking with it most of the arm itself. Another operation removed a muscle from her back and placed it on the arm to protect the bone, but provided no other ... Continue Reading »
Open Studio Artist: James Gloria
Join us for a sneak peek into the life and work of James Gloria, Fine Artist at Open Studio Tour location #4! After finishing his BFA in Scenic and Costume design for theater at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, James continued work as an apprentice designer and painter. In 1989 he started his own decorative arts business, painting murals and faux finishes throughout the East Coast of the U.S. A desire to extend his arts education led James to fresco classes at Parsons ... Continue Reading »
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