Stop. Look. Listen.

The Pennsylvania Academy of Music joins the First Friday lineup again for April, with its first community open house since its opening last June. The open house will take place 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and feature tours of the Philip Johnson-designed building, informal performances by student ensembles from the piano, voice, wind, string and […]

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“I’m making everyone work harder this time,” says Tim Nies, whose current show at the Mulberry Art Studios, “Dichotomy,” combines elements of installation, collage, found art and painting.
Dichotomy binds us together and tears us apart, Nies says in his artist’s statement: “Dichotomy describes plant and cell growth, astronomical phenomenon and the mutually exclusive contradiction of […]

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In “Paper, Light and Shadow,” artist A. Paul Lambert, inspired by Dale Chihuly and other glass artists, has created forms in paper that play off translucency and opacity in a similar manner, sculptures that are sometimes lit from within. “I really wanted the shadows to speak for themselves … I really like black and white,” […]

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Six emerging artists in residence are the focus of the EAR Show at Millersville University’s Sykes Gallery in Breidenstein Hall.  Sophia Flood, Lindsay Carone, Erin McSorley, Stan Sulewski, Matthew Jakielski and Ku Hsin-yi will show the results of a year’s work in ceramics, print and sculpture. A reception and artist talks will take place today […]

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This will be a deep blue Friday in Lancaster, with the Chameleon Club’s Blues Fest, with Johnny Winter, the Nighthawks, Blue Light Special & Ragtime Willie, starting at 7, and the last installment of the Lancaster Arts Hotel Gallery’s Midwinter Bluesfest, featuring the Billy Penn Project, starting at 5. The gallery also will be opening an […]

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In “Two Views,” now through March 28 at the Isadore Gallery, Aaron Brooks and Paul Manlove, who painted landscapes together in the Susquehanna Valley in 2008, present a double vision of similar scenes. Though there are differences in technique and artistic influences, both painters share a bold, colorful approach that has resulted in a very lively show, […]

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If I’m reading the Millersville University calendar correctly, three exhibits are opening there today (Monday, March 16):
1. Sculptor Greg Kline, “Great Job!”, Ganser Gallery. His “Trophies” use humor, cultural and architectural references to “explore issues of identity and history.” Through April 24.
2. A Showcase of Scholarship: Scholarly works, published and unpublished works, art, music, film […]

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Kutztown University student  Sarah Racine’s large-scale charcoal and pastel drawings put the focus on huge faces and hands, images drawn from many cultures that convey the message of “unity through humanity.” Racine’s exhibit, “Imago Dei,” is on display through March 28 at the Heitmann Atelier and Gallery on the second floor of 104 W. Chestnut […]

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Carol Piersol at F&M — today (March 12) at 4:30 p.m.
Virgil Marti at Millersville University — Wednesday, March 18, 7 p.m.

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Bob Redcay, Pam Potts, Laura Walters, Don Kelly and Stanley Newcomer are all featured in this month’s exhibit, “Artisans of Mount Joy,” at State of the Art Gallery, 1945 State St., East Petersburg. The show runs now until March 28, and gallery hours are Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

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