Stop. Look. Listen.

A good principle for First-Fridayists: try to go somewhere you haven’t been before. There’s usually something new, like the Painted Desert Gallery, 227 North Duke Street. It’s a gallery with a southwestern flavor, now showing “Cancer in Death Valley,” photography and journal entries by David Nutter.  Also on display are some paper and photo collages by […]

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… and onto the corner of Chestnut and Prince streets for First Friday.

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OK, the rain’s cleared up and I’m hopeful it will stay that way, because it’s First Friday and time to check out what the galleries have in store. As always, LancasterArts has its First Friday guide here. A few highlights: Live 1940s pin-up girls at Annex 24, 24 W. Walnut St. … Youth art, dance and […]

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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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Just a sampling: for a more complete list check LancasterArts.
Brooklyn artist Martha Walker will discuss her large-size metal sculptures and the methods (puddling, welding) she uses to create them at the Phillips Museum of Art at F&M College at 4:30 p.m. …. The Infantree Gallery, 21 N. Prince St. (fourth floor), is re-introducing itself with […]

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…or, more First Friday snapshots.
Here’s Nicole Longenecker, emerging artist of the month at the Red Raven Art Company, 138 N. Prince St., with some of her mixed-media works. “Geometric Obsession” (right) features acrylic paint and fabric recycled from other sources (including an old pillowcase) hand-stitched onto the canvas, part of her continuing experiments with new textures and […]

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February’s First Friday is tomorrow (details here). A few notes:
Power sculpture: Chainsaw woodcarver Dean Fox will be returning to the Annex 24 Gallery, 24 W. Walnut St. from 6 to 9 p.m. Let the wood chips fly!
Clearing the walls: Artwork from the collection of Andrea and Tyko Kihlstedt will be on display and sale at Frank […]

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The Heitmann Atelier & Gallery just opened in December on the second floor of 104 W. Chestnut St., directly above Metropolis on Gallery Row. Cassi Heitmann is not only showcasing her own bright, colorful works in this bright space but also is showcasing exhibits by other artists. This month, Lauren Pfeiffenberger (shown at left with one of her works) […]

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H. Dean Fox chain-saws a log into a bear during a First Friday demonstration in the garage next to the Annex 24 Gallery on West Walnut Street Jan. 2.
(Edited Jan. 6 to correct location of gallery) 

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Holiday Hangover Party — demonstrations, workshops, J.P. McCaskey cumulative art show – at Building Character. Also, not too far away, Circa Antiques and Historical Artifacts at 351 N. Market St. (behind the Alley Kat) will be “pre-open” tonight. (Thanks to Citydweller for the tip.) There’s also a new stop on the art tour: the lounge at the Hotel Brunswick, 151 N. […]

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