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Tickets for the First Friday Scranton Art Auction on Thursday, June 10, from 6-9 p.m. at the Melberger Arts Center Gallery, 123 Wyoming Ave., Scranton, are not only available online; you can also purchase tickets at Outrageous, 515 Center Street, Scranton, and Duffy Accessories, 218 Linden St., Scranton.

Tickets are $20. The event will feature a live auction of artwork donated by local, regional and nationally known artists conducted by Ken Rivenburg, Wyoming county auctioneer, light fare from Accentuate Caterers, beer, wine and live music by the Doug Smith Jazz Trio. Proceeds will benefit First Friday Scranton’s monthly art walks and community arts initiatives. Major sponsors for the event are MAC Gallery and Penn Security Bank and Trust Company.

From left Maureen Duffy, Duffy Accessories; Paul Nardone, Outrageous; and Christina Hitchcock, First Friday board secretary

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.

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.

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Come join us at Northern Light Espresso Bar for April First Friday in Scranton. It is going to be a great month with the oil abstract work of the very talented artist, Michael Lambert; and the soulful sounds of the infamous Clarence Spady.

The title of Michael Lambert’s show is “Remedied Those Carnival Blues,” which references the 9 to 5 work grind (and then some – to attempt to make ends meet), struggling from paycheck to paycheck, and giving everything you can to take care of your family and set a good example. The reference to a carnival is both direct and metaphoric.

The works as separate entities begin as paint, surface and an innate drive to make paintings. As Lambert says, “there is no truer window for a cathartic and expressive act than painting.” His recent works express the meditative and subtle – but as an end result. The layer building is frantic and almost a reference back to action painting. Yet he slaps the paint on in just one color at a time. Layer after layer he uses different tools and methods to apply the paint to build somewhat of topography. The process then slows as the surface he wants is there, and then he begins to explore color.

How great!

So stop in, because you don’t want to miss this; or the infamous Clarence Spady!

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Twist your view of reality tonight with the amazing duo of Zak Zavada and Kristen Leonard, while Rupert Wates lays down his smooth sounds!

6 – 9pm at Northern Light Espresso Bar.

We look forward to seeing you all! So don’t miss it!

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For First Friday Scranton in May we have one of your favorite artists returning to Scranton’s favorite Art Gallery.  That’s right, Jennifer Hamby-Brandon is coming back with some exciting work.  So make sure to check back over the next few months for updates on this sure to please exhibition.

And for your musical enjoyment at Scranton’s finest musical venue, we will be featuring the folky sounds of Matt Burke.

And for more information on the May artists, see below:

Jennifer Hamby-Brandon

Originally from New York, Jennifer is now a local artist of the Scranton, PA area. She graduated from Luzerne Community College, and Marywood University with a BA in Illustration.

She credits her love for the arts to her Lord, Jesus Christ, whom she knows to be the source of her love and desire to work through the medium of paint and the power of design.

Her greatest inspirational moments are derived from trips to Sante Fe, where she studied under David Leffel, and Italy, where she stood before the great works of the masters, walked through the beautiful city streets, and relaxed amidst the stunning landscape of Tuscany.

Jen specializes in pet portraits, where she loves to express the individual personality of every pet. As a proud Dane owner and animal lover at heart, she thoroughly enjoys presenting fellow pet owners with an original oil painting of their loyal friend.

Jen is also a published illustrator of several children’s books. She is the Art Director of Lamplighter Ministries International, and works as a freelance graphic designer through her design company, Jaché Studio.

Whether through painting, illustration, or design, it is her desire to take part in, and share with you . . . a piece of a beautiful moment

Matt Burke

Nashville based folk-rocker Mat Burke is a blue-collar kid who wears his heart on his sleeve. His songs are short excursions on the well-traveled roads of pain, disappointment, heartbreak, and desperation. At 21, this old soul meets his audience in life’s darker regions where shadows appear real, then points to the light peering through the cracks above.

Raised on the streets of Philadelphia, Burke neared a breaking point at age 16 and left high-school for a short time. A caring teacher introduced him to the music of Bob Dylan. This proved to be a lightning strike across the bow of Burke’s wayward ship, and he returned to high-school with a new identity seared into the palm of his hands. Standing firmly on the shoulders of the folk giants, Burke inhaled all things Dylan then expanded his musical diet to include a long roster of folk-punk troubadours, most notably The Gaslight Anthem and UK-based Frank Turner. Following in the footsteps of Turner, Burke started playing basement house-parties in Philadelphia, and only twelve months later he was the only solo artist featured in the finals of the annual World Café Live “Philly Rising” contest in January 2008.

Relocating to Nashville in 2009, Mat Burke is about to release his debut full-length record entitled Kill or Be Killed. Relentlessly infectious, Kill or Be Killed is a seamless pastiche of traditional folk, folk-punk, and raw emo more reminiscent of Roger Waters than Conor Oberst. Early praise for Kill or Be Killed is pouring in, and the respected underground Nashville website Listen!Nashville calls Kill or Be Killed “a formidable debut from a young songwriter firmly rooted in the prophetic folk-rock tradition…both political and emotional, Kill or Be Killed will remain relevant for years to come….”

The official release date for Kill or Be Killed is March 2, 2010, which also marks the beginning of Mat Burke’s non-stop US tour in support of the record.

Praise for Mat Burke:

“Intelligent and thought-provoking, with stinging lyrics reminiscent of the early folk movement…. A formidable debut from a young songwriter firmly rooted in the prophetic folk-rock tradition…both political and emotional, Kill or Be Killed will remain relevant for years to come….” — listennashville.com

“[Burke’s] songs ring with the sincerity of a singer-songwriter who means what he writes and sings what he means.” – syracuse.com

“It was as if he had walked right out of the pages of Kerouac’s On the Road and climbed up on stage in Spring City with a guitar and started playing some folk songs.” – allaroundphilly.com

For booking please email Mat’s agent: bookingmatburke@live.com