Jim Thorpe Artists

The Carbon County Cultural Project is pleased to announce a solo show of new
works by Joe Sweeney entitled "Summer Paintings". Opening reception for the
artist: Saturday, September 22 from 3 to 8 pm at the CCCP Gallery. The show
will run through the month of October.

Sweeney’s gorgeous depictions allow us to experience those places and
moments in light as they are preserved on his canvas much like Amber has
preserved ancient life for future generations. Joe Sweeney's work is about
finding a sense of place, the figure in landscape, man's relationship with
nature, and the effect that building has on the balance between nature and
man.

Joe Sweeney (b.1950) lives in Ardmore, PA and has shown his work nationally
and internationally over the last decade, including an important exhibition
at Haverford College entitled "Pennsylvania Landscape, Colonial to
Contemporary" where his work was on display alongside that of Andrew Wyeth
and . Many public and private institutions, private collections, and museums
own his works including AT&T, Bank of Tokyo, the Federal Reserve Bank of
Philadelphia, and The Pew Trust.

Sweeney has focused on the changing landscape in America -- since 1950, the
year he was born Pennsylvania has lost an area of farmland larger than the
states of Connecticut and Rhode Island combined.

"For me, reading a landscape, that is, painting a horizon, the trees, the
buildings, gives a special kind of information far beyond that which can be
gathered by written descriptions alone. The experienced observer can
determine the health of a place and its people by looking at the condition
of the land these people inhabit. It is with these things in mind that I
approach a landscape," Sweeney says.

Joe Sweeney teaches at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), and
the University of the Arts (UARTS). His plein air painting class which will
be held in Jim Thorpe at the end of October is eligible for 1.0 credit from
the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. Sweeney is currently
on show at the Shawinigan Space in La cité de l'Énergie and has been
organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

For further information please contact Joan Morykin +1 570 325 8284 or
info@thecccp.org.

THE ANITA SHAPOLSKY ART FOUNDATION WILL PRESENT MASTER ARTISTS, A THREE-PART EXHIBITION JULY 14-SEPTEMBER 9, 2007:

• GEORGE HARVAN, photos of Pennsylvania mines and miners, 1940s-1970s, including breakers, mine disasters, historical figures. A native of the area, Harvan became nationally recognized, taking 100s of photos which reflect the harsh reality of miners’ lives.

• YOUNG ARTISTS OF PENNSYLVANIA PRIZE SELECTIONS: Ryan Hnat, Andrew Hart and John Tronsor. Aged 28 and under, these artists are part of the “Innovation Generation,” having been influenced by growing up in the current technological era.

• PAINTINGS OF EMILIO CRUZ and JOHN HULTBERG, who both painted in an expressionist style using the figure as a central theme.

EXHIBITION OPENING SPECIAL EVENTS:

• SAT., JULY 14, 4:00 PM

• DOCUMENTARY FILM Hyam Plutzik: American Poet by Academy-Award finalist Christine Choy and Ku-Ling Siegel with literary researcher Ed Moran of Jim Thorpe. The film includes appearances by leading American poets, including US Poet Laureate Donald Hall, Galway Kinnell, Grace Schulman, Hayden Carruth and the late Stanley Kunitz. See www.hyamplutzikpoetry.com.

MORE….
EXHIBITION OPENING SPECIAL EVENTS Continued….

• PANEL DISCUSSION with
• Karen Blomain, playwright, poet and Kutztown University professor, author of Coalseam: Poems from the Anthracite Region.
• Bernie Barlow, president of Temple Israel of Lehighton (PA), Jewish scholar.
• Sarina Barlow, Jewish scholar.
• Miriam Kiss, Allentown poet.

• RECEPTION WITH LIGHT REFRESHMENTS.

Foundation hours: Weekends, Sat., 11:30am-5:30pm; Sun., 11am-5pm

Location: Anita Shapolsky Art Foundation, 20 W. Broadway, Jim Thorpe, PA. (570) 325-5815 or (570) 386-8850. www.asartfoundation.org.

Marjorie Reppert
of Rosemary Remembrances II
took Second place ($500.00)
for her "A Remembrance of Black Thursday"
a Molly Maguires Shadow Box assembaly

Jim Thorpe artist Victor Stabin won the top prize in
the NEPA Regional Art exhibit for 2006, a biennial art
show featuring the best work by artists from northeast
Pennsylvania and surrounding counties in New Jersey
and New York. Stabin won the $1,000 Best of Show cash
awards and an award for a one-person exhibit next year
at the AFA Gallery in Scranton.

The exhibit runs through Nov. 15 and is being held at
four galleries throughout Lackawanna County: the AFA
Gallery in Scranton, the Hope Horn Gallery at the
University of Scranton, the Linder Gallery at Keystone
College, and the Mahady Gallery at Marywood
University. Stabin has works in both the Mahady
Gallery and Hope Horn Galleries.

The juror for the 2006 Regional is J. Susan Isaacs,
curator at the Delaware Center for the Contemporary
Arts in Wilmington and professor of art history at
Towson University in Maryland. Professor Isaacs
selected Stabin's artwork as the "Best in Show" from
among hundreds of entries submitted earlier this year.
Jim Thorpe artist Joel LeBow also had two watercolors
accepted into the show which are on display at the
Hope Horn Gallery.

This year's Regional also featured a full-color
catalog of the works accepted into the exhibit. The
catalog will be available at each of the venues free
of charge.

JT Fringe 2006

In the spirit of Fringe festivals all over the world Jim Thorpe is inviting a group of innovative artists to share their insight and inspiration. For two days September 23 and 24, we will be presenting live stage performance and visual arts, performance art, spoken word, indie film and more.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2006

THE ANITA SHAPOLSKY ART FOUNDATION
(AS ART FOUNDATION), 20 W. BROADWAY, JIM, THORPE, PA, WILL FEATURE A TRIPLE DECKER, THREE-PART EXHIBITION JULY 15-SEPTEMBER 24, 2006:

LARGE ABSTRACT PAINTINGS (museum quality), upstairs and downstairs galleries

OF MICE AND MENDING, an installation of “mouse work” and the resulting “mended” paintings by Shirley Thomas on the mezzanine level

VINTAGE MOTORCYCLES throughout the first floor and grounds

HOURS: Saturday and Sunday 11am-5pm and by appointment.

SECOND SATURDAY CELEBRATION & RECEPTION: August 12,
11am-9pm

LARGE ABSTRACT PAINTINGS WILL INCLUDE WORKS OF:

Seymour Boardman
Ernest Briggs
Joel LeBow
Kyle Morris
Thomas Nonn and others

OF MICE AND MENDING ARTIST SHIRLEY THOMAS SAYS:

“The show offers a degree of whimsy but also a more serious idea – that of seeing something in a different way, be it mouse nest, mended object or simply a problem.” Thomas’ work includes pieces made of 50-year-old newspaper and sheetrock.

VINTAGE MOTORCYCLES, August 12-27, will feature members of the Perkiomen, PA, chapter of the Antique Motorcycle Club of America and Jim Thorpe area enthusiasts displaying their antique bikes:

Barry Algeo, Royersford, PA, 1930 Harley VL Flathead with sidecar
Bill Walker, Schwenksville, PA, 1940 Harley Model EL Knuckelhead
Austin Bott, Jim Thorpe, PA, 1942 Harley WLA .45 Flathead
Ronald Tighe, Gibbstown, NJ, 1951 Harley FL
Brad Konstas, Lehighton, PA, 1977 Triumph 750 Bonneville
Plus others

Always on view at the Anita Shapolsky Art Foundation’s 10,000 square foot exhibition space, a former Presbyterian church built in 1849, are the historic stained glass windows by Tiffany, LaFarge and others.

Opening Reception for Photographer David Edgar Guest from 7PM to 9 PM at Out Of The Blue II, 199 West Broadway, Jim Thorpe.

Carbon County Art League
SecondSaturdayGallery
At the Marion Hose Com.
16 W Broadway
Modern, Fine Art, Photography
(570) 386-5412
www.carboncountyart.org

CALL FOR ARTISTS:
"Old School, New School, No School"

The JT Fringe Festival and the CCCP (Carbon County Cultural Project) are now accepting entries for "Old School, New School, No School", an annual juried exhibition held September 23 - October 22, 2006 at the CCCP Gallery in Jim Thorpe, PA. Awards: $1000 plus purchase awards. Open to all artists, submitting in the U.S. and working in all media. All forms of art are eligible. Entrants must be 18 years of age or older to apply. 60" maximum for wall hung work, 48" for free standing sculpture. Juror: Marshall Arisman, Chairman of MFA program at School of Visual Arts, New York City. $25 for five images, $5 for each additional. Entry deadline: August 8, 2006.
Artists may download prospectus (requires Adobe Reader):
http://www.jtfringe.com/fringefestentry2006.pdf or send SASE to: CCCP, 268 W. Broadway, Jim Thorpe, PA 18229. For more info visit
http://www.jtfringe.com.
Questions? Contact Joan Morykin at
jmorykin@verizon.net or 570-778-2032.

Out of the Blue Presents the work of Artist Phyllis Moser. There will be an art reception welcoming the Berks County Artist on Friday May 12th starting at 8 PM at Out Of The Blue II , 199 West Broadway, Jim Thorpe PA. Phyllis is a luminest-abstract painter and collage artist.

The Dakota Ridge Gallery will present the work of photographer Ion Zupcu on Saturday, May 20 at an opening beginning at 7PM. The show, entitled “Works on Paper” will include a sampling of Zupcu’s current and older work. Zupcu, who emigrated to the United States in 1991 from Romania, is well-known for his poignant and emotional still life images. For more information, visit www.DakotaRidgeGallery.com and click the Upcoming Events link, or call (570) 325-2082 for information.

This is my second of a series of five novels already written. The first, MINDFLASH I, Korallia has been out for three years now. This continues the series with the heroes’ return to Earth. The next three will be numbered MINDFLASH Vol III, IV and V and will be named Asteroid, Creativity and The Sand Planet respectively. When these three are published, I will probably have another three or more already written. MINDFLASH Vol I has had a continual five star rating on www.amazon.com, and I hope this novel will be similarly received by my readers.

Terra Emota: The Photographs of Chip Forelli

Opening Reception at the Dakota Ridge Gallery
Saturday, December 10 at 7PM

Chip Forelli’s award winning photographic career encompasses 25 years as a professional photographer with publication credits including Communication Arts, Photo District News, Graphis, Archive, Black & White Magazine, Lenswork and Sierra Magazine. With lecturing and teaching credentials from the International Center of Photography and the Maine Photographic Workshops along with international gallery representation, Chip has received reviews from the New York Times praising his “otherworldly lighting” and “intense compositions.”

Chip Forelli lives in the Delaware River Valley of northeastern Pennsylvania with his wife Gloria and three sons Jake, Cris and Ryan.

Bands: Rusty Ole Geezers and The Three of Us

For YOU an INVITATION to the
Ultimate Holiday Art Bash
Ball Decorating Contest

Friday November 18th at the CCCP bring your “Ultimate Holiday Decorated Paper Mache Ornament Ball” and you are automatically entered into a drawing to win the Ultimate Holiday Gift Basket donated by JT local artists!   Plus your entry will be eligible to receive an additional “Artistic Achievement” award!

    Adherences: Entry must be done in paper mache. More than one entry accepted per guest; size of ball does not matter but must fit through doorway of 268 West Broadway. All
   Artists; inclusive of Jim Thorpe Art Walk Members, welcomed to enter. All entries ultimately become property of Jim Thorpe Art Walk!

Paper Mache is a great recycle craft! Make your own ornaments using recycled papers. You can use
Newspaper, stationary, gift wrap, or any paper you have left over. Once you make the mixture using one of the three recipes below,
   form the PAPER MACHE into shapes, let it dry, and paint it! For large items or particular shapes you can make the insides hollow
   by using cartons, cans, styrofoam or an air filled balloons on the inside,then forming your shapes around it! Balloons are particularly
   good for making ornaments that you would like to be shaped like a ball. Good luck and have fun!

   Paper Mache Recipes: You might choose from one of these three recipes:

THIS EVENT IS A FUND RAISING EVENT FOR JIM THORPE ART WALK there is a suggested donation of $10.00 at the door.   So Bring Your Balls and Come Join in the Fun with this Kickoff Celebration to The Holidays!

The organizers of JT Fringe will be hosting a fundraising party at 8 p.m. on
August 6 at the Mauch Chunk Museum located at 41 W. Broadway in Jim Thorpe.

Suggested donation $10 or purchase of Fringe Festival Event pass for $25.
Come enjoy the fun, we'll also have T-shirts and posters available for sale.

Release Date 7/30/05

Jersey Station
1930's Old Mauch Chunk, PA
By Emerson L. Freese Jr.

Join Jim Thorpe Artist Emerson L. Freese, Jr at Penn’s Peak, 325 Maury Road, Jim Thorpe,
for “Wine on the Mountain” sponsored by Lehigh Valley Wine Trail on July 30th and 31st.
Debuting at the Festival will be Emerson’s museum quality 13x20 limited edition Print of “Jersey Station”.
A hyper realistic mix media painting of 1930’s Mauch Chunk Train Station published by Out Of The Blue II LLC.
The breathtaking signed and numbered edition will be limited to 400 prints along with 40 artist proofs . This is sure to be a sought after collectible for train enthusiasts and history buffs alike.

"Emerson's painting evokes memories of a time long past in Jim Thorpe when the New Jersey Central
came calling." states Brian Manwiller, past President of the Washington DC Chapter of the National Railroad
Historical Society. "His painting captures the essence of what used to be a highlight of the day in an era when
the pace of life was slower and the mail arrived by rail." adds Brian.

Invited by Big Creek Vineyards of Kresgville, PA, Emerson will also be displaying several eminently collectable works of oringal art and some of his over 25 limited edition Prints.

We cordially invite you to enjoy this feast for your eyes and palette!
To take a sneak peak or a taste of Emerson’s work visit Out Of The Blue’s web site at http://homepage.mac.com/mysticart/blue Hope to see you there! If your schedule does not permit, you can still purchase a limited edition print from Emerson's home studio at Out Of The Blue, 199 West
Broadway, Jim Thorpe PA 570-325-5571.

Joel's large acrylic, figurative paintings will be on exhibit at the Pfenninger Gallery, 52 North Prince St., Lancaster, Pa now through July 30, 2005.

JURIED ART COMPETITION

C.C.C.P.

Deadline July 22nd.

Carbon County Cultural Project in conjunction with the J.T. Fringe Festival is pleased to announce “Old School, New School, No School”, an annual juried exhibition in conjunction with a three day arts festival (Sept.9-11th) featuring an expansive fine art show, music, theater, and dance. Open to all U.S. submissions. We are looking for diversity in artists and styles. Work will be displayed in multiple venues and curated appropriately by concept and content. Jurors are: Joe Sweeney, David Febland, Victor Stabin, and Tom Costa. $25 entry fee, 5 images ($5 for every additional image) slides, C.D.s, or printed images (8.5 x 11” or smaller) with S.A.S.E. Artists must be available for complex installation procedures. Selected artists will be notified by August 20th.

Download Prospectus: http://www.jtfringe.com/fringefestentry.pdf

Website: http://www.jtfringe.com

The work of Jim Thorpe, PA artist Nic East will be featured at the Opera House Gallery and will be on display for the month of June in conjunction with the JTAMS June concert series. On display will be a variety of Nic's work encompassing painting, stained glass and jewelry.

JIM THORPE ART SHOW FEATURES NOTED LOCAL ARTISTS

The Anita Shapolsky Art Foundation announces the opening of its 2005 exhibition season with Pennsylvania Artists, a show of paintings and sculpture by 9 internationally exhibited artists from eastern Pennsylvania – Stephen Binasiewicz, Joel Le Bow, Ed Meneeley, Hans Moller, Leonard Nelson, Florence Putterman, Shirley Thomas, and Jim Thorpe natives Martee Levi and Howie Lee Weiss. Exhibition dates are May 28-July 10, with an opening reception (free and open to the public) on Saturday, May 28, 3-6pm. Foundation hours are Saturday and Sunday, 11am-5pm, and by appointment.

For further information contact:
Shirley Thomas
(570) 386-2105
artsite@ptd.net

First Friday
May 6th in Jim Thorpe will be like no other we’ve seen yet. Under the Stairs Gallery, Moya, and Big Idea Gallery will all be exhibiting NEW WORK!

BIG IDEA has invited JON MANTEAU to share works on panel and paper. JON has evolved a fearless and highly skilled method for creating exacting and specific compositions, exploring sofisticated color relationships and the weight and mass of the medium in a way that is intuitive and truly adventurous. For those of you who had the chance to see Aillinn Brennan’s work this month, this instalation is a must. Both Aillinn and Jon work on ply and both Experiment with the application of medium on the surface. This is an excellent opportunity to see two very independent visionaries each stretching the limits of their craft and redefing material with such diverse results.

Photographer Steve Husted of Under the Stairs Gallery and Painter Stephenie Verme of MOYA will feature their current work. It’s a great opportunity to check out fresh pieces by these artists. Steve has captured amazing images of the area revealing the drama, atmosphere, and Charm of Jim Thorpe. Steve will also jointly present work by Jon Manteau Stephenie Verme uses her unique vocabulary of organic forms to create dynamic and vibrant canvases of color and light.

BIGIDEA 6:30-12ish

U.S. commemorative stamp
will be issued on May 4, 2005
By Jim Thorpe Artist
Victor Stabin

U.S. commemorative stamps portraying four American scientists will be issued on May 4, 2005. The stamps were designed by Jim Thorpe Artist Victor Stabin and feature geneticist Barbara McClintock, mathematician John von Neumann, physicist Richard Feynman and thermodynamicist Josiah Willard Gibbs.

Until recently, the works of wilderness photographer Terry Walker were unknown to the art world, but not unrecognized. A selection of his early work was singled out personally by Ansel Adams for publication in his book “Ansel Adams Polaroid Land Photography”, printed in 1978 by New York Graphic Society: Boston. Several of Walker’s other photographs are part of the permanent Polaroid Collection. However, reclusive by nature, Terry Walker then disappeared from the public world of photography for 20 years. Over that time, he focused on the issue that animates his art, the rapidly vanishing wilderness. His photographic work has only recently begun to circulate again and has found its way into several well-known galleries across the country.

Out Of The Blue II LLC; studio of artists Karen and Emerson Freese Jr., opens at 199 West Broadway. Realistic Artist Emerson and Karen a Nationally Certified Massage Therapist welcome you to visit their home studio to gain the best of both Art worlds the last weekend in March. The artwork of Emerson will feature recently finished mixed media painting of the Jim Thorpe’ Train Station, detailed bird portraits (a jump start to April/May Audubon Tours) and plenty more. Karen's photography and her self will be on hand (pun intended), to give you a tour of the relaxing “cloud massage therapy room” during the Open House on Saturday March 26th from 1 to 8 pm. Karen and Emerson are the newest members of Jim Thorpe's Artists and will be part of SECOND SATURDAYS art walk. Emerson's "Doors of Jim Thorpe" 1000 signed & numbered limited edition poster (which benefits local nonprofit organizations) is selling very well and is available at the Dimmick Library, the Mauch Chunk Museum the Asa Packer Mansion and the Mauch Chunk Opera House for only $10. Also 40 artist proofs will be available at the OPEN HOUSE. So put it on your calendar, you won’t want to miss it! Think Spring – It’s only a walk away