The exhibit opened with a reception on Friday, June 24, 2022. A virtual tour and awards ceremony was held on Facebook LIVE, archived as a Facebook event HERE!
Amy Muzopappa of Muzo Media Productions hosts the art tour. The exhibit will run through August 21, 2022.
Art Awards
“Hot Gator Love”
Composite photograph, Jay Ressler
“Gone Fishin’”
Watercolor, Rebecca Rohrbach
“Open Field”
Marilyn Basehoar, Oil and Cold Wax
“I Really Don’t Know Clouds”
Walnut and Basswood, Amy Forsyth
“Joke’s on Them”
Oil, Laura Gelsomini
Writer Awards
“Burned House”
Reflective essay
Dr. J. Wesley Bahorik
“Kairos”
Reflective essay
Jen Gittings-Dalton
“The Argument”
Reflective Essay
Patrick Klimcho
“Progressive Lenses”
Poem
Philip Repko
“Love”
Poem
Ron Schira
“Run with the Wolves”
Poem
Dora Siemel
“Sargasso Sea”
Poem
Elaine Soltis
The exhibit is accompanied by the release of the studio’s 9th book of poetry, prose, and art entitled Transforming Moments: Finding Our Voice. Over 50 local and international writers contributed to the anthology that is edited by Jane E. Stahl, Studio B’s Director of Community Relations and former teacher of English, and Mish (Eileen) Murphy, book reviewer, visual artist, editor, teacher, poet, and Florida resident. Murphy will be traveling from her home in Florida to attend the Friday opening and Saturday’s reception for writers.
The exhibit opening and writers’ reception are free and open to the public.
ARTISTS’ JUROR: Suzanne Fellows, (who lives and breathes creativity) is a painter, printmaker, musician, teacher, designer and gardener. Her work often evokes her feelings about nature, activism, and life. She single-handedly saved 20 elephants from extinction with her art project “99 Elephants a Day.” She holds a BFA from Kutztown University and an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Art. Suzanne is an acting professor of fine art & design at Reading Area Community College. She is one of the select studio artists at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts.
WRITERS’ JUROR: Susan LeClair. For over twenty-five years, LeClair taught English at the high school and college levels in Virginia, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, served as librarian at Boyertown Senior High School, and was a faculty member in the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for Teaching. LeClair earned her BA in English from Illinois Wesleyan University with a BA in English and her Master’s Degree in Education from Seton Hall University. An avid traveler, LeClair toured widely nationally and internationally. A love of art surfaced while growing up in Chicago where she took art lessons at the Art Institute.
We appreciate your patronage of our facility and do the best to promote all of our artists with respect. We CELEBRATE the diversity of People and artistic genres our local artists offer.
Featured Image: Rhonda Counts “Redwing Fields”
