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Calling All Artists

By First Friday Scranton | Published May 13th, 2010

First Friday Scranton is planning an art auction to be held during an upcoming First Friday art walk and we’re asking area artists to donate works to be auctioned off during the event.

Proceeds from the art auction will benefit the non-profit, volunteer-driven First Friday Scranton organization and will help support our monthly art walks and local artistic initiatives.

If you’d like to support First Friday Scranton by donating a piece of art for our art auction, please contact First Friday Scranton at 570-565-9006 or info@firstfridayscranton.com.

The Main Street Gallery to Hold an Art Walk

By First Friday Scranton | Published April 16th, 2010

In an attempt to bring the arts to downtown Carbondale, PA, The Main Street Gallery, Main Street, Carbondale, has collaborated with local businesses to create an Art Walk with art exhibitions that will appeal to a diverse spectrum of art lovers.

This event titled “We Got Art” will be held on Friday, May 28, 2010, from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. and will feature simultaneously held art exhibitions of regional artists at the following venues in town. Aimee and Company Beauty Salon, Art Strands Jewelry and Gift Shop, Barbour Bakery, BenMar Restaurant, Carbondale City Hall, Carbondale Public Library, Carbondale YMCA, Cozy Corner Restaurant, Deren Racing/Restoration, Elizabeth’s Salon, Front Porch and Upper Room Gallery, Magpie, Roselle Clothing, Scotchlas Funeral Home, The Main Street Gallery, Wallis Furniture.

Your experience will start at The Main Street Galley where participants will be given a map of the venues on the Art Walk. All art sites are in downtown Carbondale and within walking distance of one another. Participating sites will display the “We Got Art” banner.

The Main Street Gallery and their venues invite the public to come downtown and explore this hometown event. Refreshments and entertainment will be provided free of charge and all are welcomed. For additional information, please contact Joe Kluck at (570) 357-5245, Tony Pachick at (570)-877-9698, or the Greater Carbondale Chamber of Commerce at 570-282-1690.

First Friday – Art and Music from the Endless Mts.

By NLEB | Published November 20th, 2009

Join us December 4th for First Friday

Art and Music of the Endless Mountains, featuring

Watercolor Artist of the Month Marilyn MacDowall and Classical Guitarist Jay Steveskey.

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Marilyn MacDowall has lived in Northeast PA for 32 years and has painted here in watercolor for 10. A love of nature, color, and old buildings translates into scenes from a happy life. She is also enthused about St. Simon’s Island, GA and Cape May, NJ. Marilyn gives credit to well known artists Ruth Brunstetter and Tony Van Hasselt.

 

Jay Steveskey

Jay Steveskey is active as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher. Jay’s musical interests and repertoire range from the early Renaissance and Baroque masters to the Romanticism and Modern music of Spain, Latin America and around the world as well as Jazz and Popular arrangements for classical guitar.

He is founder and president of the and runs the Classical Guitar Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania and runs the Fiddle Lake Classical Guitar School located in Susquehanna County amid the  beautiful Endless Mts. of Northeastern PA.