June 01 – September 01, 2024
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This exhibition features artworks by local individuals who, although past the usually accepted retirement date, possess the passion to communicate their continuing creativity. Guest-curated by Gary Sojka. Presented in collaboration with the Stadler Center for Poetry and Literary Arts.
*Barbara Johnson,Harnessing the Past, 2018, Mixed media, Courtesy of the artist
Related Events:
Continuing Creativity Poetry Night
June 05, 2024, 5:15 p.m.
Campus Theatre
413 Market St, Lewisburg, PA 17837
The Stadler Center for Poetry & Literary Arts and the Samek Art Museum are pleased to present “Continuing Creativity,” a multimedia art exhibition in downtown Lewisburg featuring the poetry and artwork of senior members of the Susquehanna Valley community. The Stadler Center will host a poetry reading by selected writers at the Campus Theatre on Wednesday, June 5, at 5:15 pm, after which the Samek (416 Market Street, Lewisburg) will host an opening reception across the street at 6:00 pm featuring works by selected visual artists.
The featured artists will be Linda Godfrey, Carol Ann Heckman, John Peeler, Ann Keeler Evans, Michael DeMarco, Sharlene Gilman, Guy Graybill, Barbara Ross, Sue Travis, Sylvia Denger, E. Richard Bonham, Robert Hughes, Barbara Johnson, Peg Lowmiller.
Curatorial Text:
Continuing Creativity
This show features artworks by local individuals who, although past the usually accepted retirement date, possess the passion to create in a variety of media. The intent of this exhibition is to showcase the work of people who would not be generally considered professional artists in the sense that they did not make their principal living through the type of creative work featured in this show and, yet, whose rich experience elevates their craft. What we hope will become apparent is that each of these artists is attempting to express their artistic impulses in ways that are satisfying to them, unfettered by the marketplace, but which also allow them to communicate with others through their continuing creativity.
Guest-curated by Gary Sojka.
Presented in collaboration with the Stadler Center for Poetry and Literary Arts.
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