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The Large and the Small of It: John Bromberg & Trudy Gerlach

The Large and the Small of It: Drawings and Paintings by John Bromberg & Trudy Gerlach Please join us for an artist talk and discussion with John Bromberg and Trudy Gerlach on Saturday, February 8 from noon-1 PM at ArtWorks Gallery & Studio. The afternoon will begin with questions for our artists and commentary from local […]

Wrapping Up First Friday Scranton January 3, 2014

Here we are embarking on another year of First Friday Scranton and the second year of our foray with First Friday being a year-round event from January to December. Not bad for an independent organization run by volunteers. Of course for January we had another special “gust” join us – old man winter. Seems like […]

Wrapping Up First Friday Scranton December 6, 2013

Wintery…that would be an apt description of First Friday Scranton December 6, 2013. Mother Nature provided quite a backdrop for the last First Friday event for the year. It snowed, sleeted and was a brisk winter evening. Despite the conditions the venues that were open provide a safe haven for the artistically inclined. At the […]

First Friday Scranton Grants You…

Calling all experienced paint slingers, automatistic scrawlers, three-dimensional visionaries, and everything in-between. We want your art and we’re going to pay for it! First Friday is offering all qualifying an artists an opportunity to be awarded a grant for their talents. Check out the press release below and download an application: Grant Opportunity for […]

A Fluid Perspective

Following in the footsteps in a number of excellent exhibits this past year The Scranton Cultural Center – Shopland Hall (4th Floor) will be exhibiting Retrospective: Renee Emanuel; music by Merchants Of Groove. Renee’s drive to paint has spurred on through countless iterations in the medium of watercolor. In her own words: “Whether it’s the […]

Duality

The yin and yang of life; push-pull; consonance and dissonance, this is much of the discourse of modern art and well as commodification and a reliance on technology. Where do we fit in all of this. Sometimes as an observer documenting what is right in front of us hoping to reveal a new truth. Such […]

Wrapping Up First Friday Scranton October 2013

October saw First Friday at some of it’s most innovative, inclusive, and explosive (fireworks presented by Lackawanna College). It drew area visitors downtown with an expressive display of talent from a variety of sources. Lackawanna College celebrated by hosting an exhibit of student work that highlighted paintings and drawings by some of its current class […]

Call to Artists: Scranton Steampunk Exhibit

The Vintage Theater is dedicated to the cultivation and showcase of both the visual and performing arts in the greater Scranton area. It is their firm belief that the arts are more than recreation, they are necessary for any city to thrive. They strive to stimulate the creativity and the economy of the community with […]

Don't be a square: This one's for the people!

Shapes provide structure where there is none. They act as fences, defining the unknown and qualifying a meaningful space. Simply joining a series of edges together brings a sense of stability and presents a starting point for numerous interpretations. These constructions have a direct relationship to their perceived or actual function. The circle as a […]

Featured Artist: Ben Jackson

As part of an ongoing series of artist profiles, First Friday Scranton proudly presents Ben Jackson, one of the many artists represented at First Friday’s most recent annual art auction: Art can be viewed as inaccessible at times, a confusing, jumbled collection of unusual forms. What is it? How do you view it? How do you […]

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