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New York City-based photographer Lori Nix has great fun setting up her tabletop dioramas of death and destruction and photographing them. Her large-format prints are on display through Feb. 20 at the Pa. College of Art & Design in “The City and Other Places.” I visited the exhibit Friday, Feb. 6 for an interview with […]

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A fair number of galleries are opening shows this weekend. Here are some highlights:
“Clockwork,” paintings by Aaron Brooks, at the Hess Gallery in Elizabethtown College’s Zug Memorial Hall. An opening reception and artist talk will take place 5-7 p.m. Friday evening. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 1-5 p.m. […]

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Take time for a show now and beat the holiday rush! From now through Jan. 9, the PCA&D Faculty Biennial will display the work of the school’s instructors, including two founding members and many new to the college, in photography, painting, printmaking, mixed media,  graphic design and illustration. Here’s a list of those participating: Pam […]

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Art in the Alley will mark its second First Friday (June 6) with a show of chairs from the Sitting Machine Project.
The “sitting machines” were created by Debbie Smith’s fifth-grade class at Fairview Elementary School in the Elizabethtown School District. (For a story on the project, click the link above.) Jerry Greiner, who designed the […]

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Want to see new and interesting objects in the Lancaster cityscape? Artist and public art consultant Renee Piechocki will give a talk on “Public Art & the City of Lancaster” today at 5 p.m. at the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design. Piechocki, the founding director of the Office of Public Art in Pittsburgh, is […]

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As graduation nears for area colleges, they’re also giving over gallery space to students. In some cases the exhibits don’t run for very long, so hurry!
The Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, 204 N. Prince St., will display a selected work from each graduating senior in its main gallery until May 23. In addition, the entire school will […]

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From kinked spines to the Twisted System: For the past year, First Fridays have seen the Jemison Chiropractic office at 148 N. Prince St. transformed into a small gallery showing some very diverse works. I recently checked in with Evan Kitson of Twisted System to find out a little about the gallery.
Kitson, a Pennsylvania College […]

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