The Lancaster Museum of Art’s “Show Up and Show Show,” held in conjunction with ArtWalk at the museum’s 215 N. Queen St. site, always draws a wide range of participants and there’s always something surprising, something a little offbeat, creations from young and old, amateur and professional in all kinds of media: encaustic, watercolor, screenprint, woodburning and old-fashioned “3D” pictures, made by layering cut-out elements on photographs. Here’s something so fresh it still has little green leaves: “Tumbleweed” by Judy Beck Lobos (above); see her blog for more information on her work. 
Heather Heilman Loercher, educational and curatorial coordinator of the Lancaster Museum of Art, brought in “Onward,” an assemblage of 20th century castoffs conveying a sort of post-industrial melancholy (right). There was little melancholy on the first floor, where children were painting on the wall, making monster masks and taking turns trying on Maurice Sendak-inspired costumes as part of the museum’s “Where the Wild Things Are” exhibit.
Coinciding with ArtWalk was Music Friday on North Queen Street: Cullen Miller performs in the 300 block (left). “Alternative Perceptions,” a group of photographs of Umbria and Tuscany by Bill Keihl, was on display at the White Elephant, 356 N. Queen St. All of the photographs take a close look at rows and ranks of everyday objects — food, hair ornaments, fabric, small decorative signs, a relief ornament above a wine-shop door – often bold in color, new and strange when seen out of context.
Those who drove to ArtWalk Saturday had a chance to get their car washed in the parking lot of Lebzelter’s, thanks to McCaskey students raising money for their post-prom party.
I’ll post more about ArtWalk tomorrow.
