Dear readers, you are nearly out of time to see Gan Yu’s Footprints Across The Ocean: From Social Realism to Visual Realism at the Schmucker Gallery at Gettysburg College. The exhibit closes on Dec. 6, so don’t dawdle. It is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm. Although every building on campus is
The Majestic Theater held its long-awaited Centennial Celebration yesterday, welcoming patrons to a red-carpet evening of music, history, and community pride that Executive Director Brett Messenger described as “a bold vision made into an artistic reality.” Searchlights lighted the sky as guests entered the historic downtown Gettysburg theater on a Hollywood-style red carpet, where photographers
The 18th annual Foothills Artists Studio Tour will be held November 22 and 23, the weekend before Thanksgiving, at various locations in and around the western Adams County (PA) communities of Fairfield, Orrtanna and Cashtown. Fourteen artists will be participating in a special pre-holiday show and sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.
Wendy Halperin’s solo exhibition at the Adams County Arts Council (ACAC), “Women in Menopause: Portraits in Natural Light,” offers black and white photographs of women. Each carries an emotional resonance. Smitha, for example, depicts physician Smitha Nair reclining on a boulder, having an absolute blast. This piece is particularly poignant to me because boulders are
As part of Gettysburg’s First Friday activities, Historic Gettysburg Adams County (HGAC) will present “An Evening with the Murals: The Wistful Work of Virginia Jacobs McLaughlin.” In 1990, after a two-year restoration of the Grand Army of the Republic Hall (G.A.R. Hall) in Gettysburg, noted itinerant artist Virginia Jacobs McLaughlin painted a series of murals
An offbeat but compelling traveling exhibit is taking up much of the front lobby exhibit space at the World War II American Experience museum in Gettysburg. Between now and the end of October, “The Longest Yarn; a Thread Through History” will show in crocheted and knitted objects a detailed survey of D-Day and the first
Hello friends, Your local artist, former art professor, and occasional house painter is here to review four newly opened visual art exhibitions in Gettysburg. September, the official start of gallery season in New York, has also graced Gettysburg with some fantastic shows. The Adams County Arts Council is hosting three solo exhibitions. In the Reception
Aaron Ulish will present his first solo exhibition, First Cut: Color, Concrete, and Chaos, at the Adams County Arts Council beginning Friday, September 5. The month-long showcase highlights the Gettysburg-area artist’s distinctive palette knife technique and his passion for capturing both emotion and architecture. Ulish began painting eight years ago following the birth of his
The Majestic Theater Art Gallery opened its newest exhibition, Sarena Johnson: A Love Song, with a public reception this evening. The show will remain on display through August 18. Johnson, a Philadelphia and Connecticut-based painter, uses her work to explore and celebrate femininity in all its dimensions. Her latest collection is described as an act
The 21st Annual Adams County Juried Art Exhibition opened Saturday at a new venue: the Wolf House at United Lutheran Seminary. The highly competitive show, which runs through June 28, features 50 works selected from over 330 submissions by 120 artists from across the region and beyond. Juror Ann Tarantino, a nationally recognized artist known
More than 120 artists from up and down the East Coast submitted 330 entries for this year’s Juried Art Exhibition, making it an incredibly competitive year. Fifty pieces were selected by juror Ann Tarantino and will be on exhibit from June 14-28 at Wolf House, United Lutheran Seminary. EXHIBIT DATES: JUNE 14-28, 2025 Wolf House,
Come celebrate Adams County’s great old barns and the artists who have captured them in painting and photography! See more than 100 works of art by 50 artists at Historic Gettysburg Adams County’s 17th annual BarnArt Show & Sale. The three-day show will be held at the G.A.R. Hall on 53 East Middle Street in
The Adams County Arts Council will open its most anticipated show of the year on Saturday, June 14, with the launch of the 21st Annual Juried Art Exhibition—an event that will also spotlight emerging talent and honor the legacy of three influential local artists. This year’s exhibition, sponsored by Scott & Co. Fine Jewelers, will
A new photography exhibit celebrating the voices and identities of LGBTQ+ youth and young adults in Adams County will ope on Thursday, May 30 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Waldo’s and Company in Gettysburg. The event will feature powerful portraits by local photographer Wendy Halperin and serve as a fundraiser supporting organizations that empower
Award-winning local artist Dorothea Barrick will be holding a First Friday Artist Reception at Waldo’s & Co, located at 17 Lincoln Square in Gettysburg, on Friday, May 2nd, 2025, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Barrick’s new exhibition, “Painterly Monotypes & Etchings,” will be composed entirely of artworks in hand-pulled monotypes and etchings, highlighting the beauty
Works by the late Gettysburg artist Dixon Brady will be on display in the Stahle Parlor of The Memorial Church of the Prince of Peace, Gettysburg’s Episcopal parish, now through May 14. The church is located at 20 West High Street in Gettysburg. Brady, who died earlier this year, sculpted in wood and stone, painted
The Portray Art Show opened at the Gettysburg Majestic Theater Gallery last night. Portray features sixteen female artists from across the Eastern United States with works inspired by or paying homage to other women – both as artist and muse. The artists interpreted the open call in vastly different ways and with wide range of artistic
The Memorial Church of the Prince of Peace, Gettysburg’s Episcopal parish, will showcase the art of the late Sallie Metz Biddle in the parish’s Stahle Parlor now through the end of February.The church is located at 20 West High Street in Gettysburg. Free parking is available in the rear of the church. Visitors are welcome
The Adams County Arts Council will celebrate the exhibitions of Carol Williams, Barbara DeUgarte, and Heather Sefcheck with an opening reception on Friday, January 3, 5-7:00 p.m., at the Arts Education Center, located at 125 S. Washington Street, Gettysburg. The reception is free and open to the public. Carol Williams, from Shepherdstown, W.V., quilts and sews
The 17th annual Foothills Artists Studio Tour will be held November 23 and 24, the weekend before Thanksgiving, at various locations in and around the western Adams County (PA) communities of Fairfield, Orrtanna and Cashtown. Fourteen artists will be participating in a special pre-holiday show and sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.
The Adams County Arts Council, 125 South Washington Street, Gettysburg, will feature collections of artworks by Gina Robertson and Sarah Maclay, and a selection of work from the private collection of Bob Prosperi during the month of September. A First Friday opening sponsored by Advent Partners is scheduled for Friday, September 7, 5-7:00 p.m. is
Humor and history are on full display in a new exhibit, Peaceable Kingdom in the gallery at Gettysburg College’s Majestic Theater. This solo exhibit opens on Thursday, September 5 with a free public reception with the artist from 6-7:30 p.m. This survey unites works from over two decades of artistic output exploring our common history
Schmucker Art Gallery A Portrait of the Artist, 1525-1825: Prints from the Collection of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation (Main Gallery) Curated by Cyndy Basil ’25 and Isobel Debenham ‘25 September 4 – December 14, 2024 Gallery Talks and Opening Reception: September 4, 4-6 pm Lecture: “‘Extravagant genius’? A Portrait of the Artist,” by James Clifton, Director
The Adams County Arts Council, 125 South Washington Street, Gettysburg, will feature collections of artworks created by Kim Robinson, Gabe Clarke and Emily Clarke, and ACAC summer camp artwork curated by Sydney Beard, at the center during the month of July. A First Friday opening reception is scheduled for Friday, July 5, 5-7:00 p.m. and
This weekend, come celebrate Adams County’s great old barns and the artists who have captured them in painting and photography at the 16th annual Historic Gettysburg Adams County (HGAC) BarnArt Show & Sale. The exhibit – which features more than 100 works — will be held at the G.A.R. Hall on 53 East Middle Street
The Adams County Arts Council, 125 South Washington Street, Gettysburg, will feature a collection of oil paintings by Cook Island artist, Rick Welland, artwork by Gettysburg High School AP students, Amy Dreves, Teacher, and paintings by Lynn James, throughout the center during the month of June. A First Friday opening reception is scheduled for Friday,
Featuring the Art Work of: Alison Bordeaux Leo Sattamini Emma Wylam Brendan Stray Alexandria Yao Wednesday May 1st Talks and Reception 4:00pm-6:00pm
The Juried Art Exhibition celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, and once again, a stunning exhibit is planned at Gettysburg College’s Schmucker Art Gallery for the month of June. Juror, Jessica Ambler, PhD, Director of the Martin Art Gallery at Muhlenberg College, has chosen 47 pieces for the exhibit, which will be open from June 1-21,
Gettysburg College Schmucker Art Gallery Exhibits now through April 13: Ansel Adams: Manzanar (Main Gallery) From Mountains to City: East Asian Landscapes (Project Space) Senior Capstone Exhibit- Opening May 1st at 4 pm with talks and a reception to follow until 6 pm. Senior studio art majors present their independent capstone work in a variety
After displaying an exhibit of beautiful pastel paintings created by Links resident and artist Wanda Snader Dehan at the Adams County Arts Council (ACAC) in January, Dehan graciously granted ACAC permission to use some of her works depicting landscapes of The Links to bring attention to ACAC’s 9th Annual Tee it Up FORE the Arts golf
The Adams County Arts Council will feature their annual Instructors Show and All County Student Show during the month of February. A First Friday opening reception is scheduled for Friday, February 2, 5-7 p.m. and is open to the public. The shows will remain up through the end of the month. The Instructors Show, exhibited
Gettysburg College Schmucker Art Gallery, Schmucker Hall Wednesday January 31st- Talks and Opening Reception: 4pm with reception to follow until 6pm Ansel Adams: Manzanar (Main Gallery) Curated by Emma Wylam ’24 and Sophia Crawford ’24 under the direction of Interim Gallery Director Sarah Kate Gillespie In 1943, Ansel Adams (1902-1984), one of America’s most well-known
Watercolors & Prints, a selection of pieces by area artist Anne H. Finucane is on display in the Majestic Theater art gallery daily through the end of February. Admission is free. Artist Statement My inspiration comes from nature – our landscape and the living things within it – and my mediums have changed from acrylics
The 16th annual Foothills Artists Studio Tour will be held November 18 and 19, the weekend before Thanksgiving, at various locations in and around the western Adams County (PA) communities of Fairfield, Orrtanna, and Cashtown. Fourteen artists will be participating in a special pre-holiday show and sale both days from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Gettysburg College’s Schmucker Art Gallery has announced a series of shows during 2023-24: Drawing on the Susquehanna (Main Gallery) September 6 – December 8, 2023 September 13, opening reception October 27, Multi-disciplinary panel discussion, 5 p.m. Curated by Rob Evans, the exhibition Drawing on the Susquehanna features eighteenth- and nineteenth-century prints, paintings, books, and objects
According to the Adams County Arts Council newsletter, the following shows will be displayed this fall. The Bluebrick Gallery The Bluebrick Gallery, an artist co-op featuring seven Adams County artists, opened its doors on June 5, 2009. The artists—Owner Lisa Gohr Harman, Shawn Heiges, Wendy Spicer Heiges, Sarah Schaeffer Maclay, Jill Rakowicz, Amy Thrush-Dreves, and
“Reading Mary Margaret Stewart” will be on display from Sep. 6 – Nov. 11 at Gettysburg College’s Schmucker Art Gallery. Curated by Miriam Glatfelter ’24, this exhibit will examine literary themes in works from Stewart’s collection.
Two art exhibitions exhibiting works from the collection of Mary Margaret Stewart (1931-2021) continue on the Gettysburg College campus. Stewart was a professor of English at the college from 1959 until she retired in 1996. Stewart passed away in 2021, leaving her sizeable art collection of 187 two-dimensional artworks and 23 pieces of sculpture and
Schmucker Art Gallery, Schmucker Hall, 300 N Washington St, Gettysburg, PA 17325, USA Hours: Tues. through Sun. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Closed Mondays. The Adams County Arts Council’s 19th Annual Juried Art Exhibition will run June 1 – June 23, 2023 in the Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg College. The juror for the competition will be
The Adams Rescue Mission’s Upcycled Art Show and Silent Auction features recycled art from local crafters and artists. The show is held at Waldo’s & Company (17 Lincoln Square, basement, Gettysburg, PA 17325), and will run through April 30. Hours are Wed-Fri 10a-10p, Sat 8a-10p, Sun 10a-4p, closed Mon & Tues. All items are up
Outstanding artwork created by Gettysburg College students during the 2022-2023 academic year is selected by artist Frederick Wright Jones, Associate Prof. of Art, Muhlenberg College. Juried Student Exhibition will be held in the Main Gallery with works on display March 24 – April 15, with a Juror’s Talk and awards set for March 24 at
The Gettysburg WWII American Experience kicked off Women’s History Month on Saturday with an exhibit celebrating the inspirational and unprecedented contributions of women supporting the military efforts during World War II. Featuring many authentic original artifacts, vehicles, uniforms, pictures, storyboards, and activities for children and adults, the exhibit highlighted the important roles that nearly 350,000
The Land Conservancy of Adams County will introduce its 26th Annual Art Auction with a wine-and-cheese First Friday Artists’ Reception at the Adams County Arts Council (125 S. Washington St., Gettysburg) from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, April 7. This is your chance to meet many of this year’s generous donor-artists and see the artwork
The Adams County Arts Council will feature the opening exhibitions of Geoffrey Thulin, Sally Becker, Dan Bielecki, and Judy Pyle on Friday, March 3, from 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. at the ACAC’s Arts Education Center, 125 S. Washington Street, Gettysburg. The reception is free and open to the public. Of Earth and Cosmos, a collection of
The Adams County Arts Council is accepting entries to the 19th Annual Juried Art Exhibition to be held June 1 – June 23, 2023, in the Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg College. Any person over the age of 18 is eligible to submit work for consideration by juror Lauren Nye, Director of Exhibitions, Susquehanna Art Museum. The
The Adams County Arts Council will feature its annual Instructors Show and All County Student Show during the month of February. A First Friday opening reception is scheduled for Friday, February 3, 5-7:00 p.m. and is open to the public. The Instructors Show, exhibited in the Gallery, features 2D and 3D artwork by sixteen ACAC
This exhibition, on display at Schmucker Art Gallery on the Gettysburg College campus, features the work of contemporary photographers Manal Abu-Shaheen and Aisha Mershani who examine how specific locations in the Arab World are marked by social, political, and environmental changes. Taken together, their photographs of architectural ruins, commercial billboards, border walls, and empty streets
Let’s Play! Sports and Games in Art and Culture will be on display December 6, 2022 through March 3, 2023. With this exhibition, it’s not a matter of winning or losing, but how student curators interpret and perhaps also play the games on display. Under the direction of Prof. Yan Sun, Gettysburg College students examine
Artist Dorothea Barrick will present a show entitled “Variable Pallettes” at the Adams County Wine Shop at 25 Chambersburg St. on the Gettysburg Square. The show will run through Jan. 6. Hours are Sunday through Friday, 11:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m. and Saturdays 11:00 am. to 6:00 p.m.
Prof. Kateryna Dovgan of McDaniel College will offer a lecture, “Ukrainian Icons,” as a benefit for victims of the Russo-Ukrainian War, on Sun., Nov. 13, from 2:00-4:00 p.m., at Mount St. Mary’s University’s Knott Auditorium, in Emmitsburg. Prof. Dovgan, an art conservator, teaches art and art history at McDaniel and hails from Kyiv, Ukraine, where
The Adams County Arts Council, 125 South Washington Street, Gettysburg, will feature a collection of oil paintings by Philadelphia Area Artist Ellen Hall during the month of November in the Studio of the Arts Education Center. A First Friday opening reception is scheduled for Friday, November 4, 5-7:00 p.m. and is open to the public.
November 19 & 20, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Meet the artists and tour their studios nestled in beautiful western Adams County, PA, just a few miles from Gettysburg. This popular tour, located in the historic Fairfield and Cashtown areas, is self-guided and may be completed in any order. Please visit www.foothillsartists.net for more information.
Spray paint artwork by Gabe Clarke and fantasy photographic artwork by Melissa Ring will be featured in the reception hall and the gallery at the ACAC’s Arts Education Center, 125 South Washington Street, Gettysburg, during the month of October. A First Friday opening reception is scheduled for Friday, October 7, 5-7 p.m. It is free
“Emanations,” a collection of abstract figurative portraits of Abraham Lincoln by artist Wendy Allen, is on display at the Majestic Theater’s art gallery now through the end of November. The gallery is open daily during Majestic business hours. A public reception with the artist will be held Friday, Sept. 9, 5:30-7 p.m. “I set out
This fall, Schmucker Art Gallery at Gettysburg College presents an exhibition of text-based works by significant artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including Elizabeth Catlett, Deborah Dancy, Nekisha Durrett, Guerrilla Girls, Glenn Ligon, Carl Pope, Jr., Faith Ringgold, Hank Willis Thomas, and Carrie Mae Weems. Confuse the Issues: Art, Text, and Identity is on
Exhibition on view Aug. 31 through Oct 1, 2022, in the Gettysburg College Project Space. The exhibition is curated by Elinor Gass ’24 under the Direction of Professor Yan Sun. A gallery talk and opening reception will be held on August 31, 5:00 p.m to 7:00 p.m. The tomb rubbings on display in this exhibition convey
Confuse the Issues: Art, Text, and Identity features text-based works by prominent contemporary artists of color who demonstrate the power of languag will be on view at the Gettysburg College Schmucker Art Gallery from August 31 through Dec. 31. An opening reception will be held on August 31 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. This exhibition
Artworks by Littlestown native Sarah Jacobs will be on display at the Adams County Arts Council (ACAC) Gallery from June 1 through August 26. The opening reception will be on Friday from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. The work, from Jacob’s “The Cave” and “Depth” Series are part of an exhibition entitled Homecoming. Jacobs’ work will
The Adams County Arts Council will present its 18th Annual Juried Art Exhibition at Gettysburg College’s Schmucker Art Gallery, 300 North Washington St., from June 2 through June 24, 2022. A preview tour of the artwork will be held June 3 at 4:00 p.m. Opening Reception: Friday, June 3, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Awards will
The Adams County Arts Council, 125 South Washington Street, Gettysburg, will feature an exhibition of paintings in oil entitled Reunion by Robyn Jacobs during the month of May and June. A First Friday opening reception is scheduled for Friday, May 6, 5-7:00 p.m. and is open to the public. The show will remain up through
The Adams County Arts Council will feature an exhibition of mixed media by Wendy Spicer Heiges and Shawn Patterson Heiges during the month of May. A First Friday opening reception is scheduled for Friday, May 6, 5-7:00 p.m. and is open to the public. The show will remain up through May 26. Artists and sisters-in-law Wendy
The Adams County Arts Council invites participants, their families, and the community to join us for the Youth Recyclable Art Contest/Exhibit awards ceremony taking place at 6pm on April 21, 2022. Over 70 entries from county-wide students, kindergarten through twelfth grade, will be awarded cash prizes for first, second, and third place winners in five
The 2022 edition of History Meets the Arts will be held Friday April 8 from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Saturday April 9 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Gettysburg Fire Company Community Room, Rear 35 N. Stratton St., Gettysburg PA 17325 . Admission is free. The event is presented by Lord Nelson’s Gallery
Three art exhibitions, each with a different approach, background, and raison d’être opened on last night’s First Friday. At Gettysburg College’s Schmucker Art Gallery is the Spring 2022 Juried Student Exhibition and a collection of works by Baltimore-based artist James Williams II. Williams was the show’s juror for the artwork created by students during the
Gettysburg college students will display their artworks at the Schmucker Gallery on the Gettysburg College campus from March 25 through April 30, 2022. The juror’s talk is on April 1 at 5:00 p.m. and the opening reception is April 1 from 5:30-7:00 p.m. The juror for the show, Baltimore-based artist James Williams II, will be
“Eastern Characters, Western Characteristics,” a display of paintings by Shuchen Udden contemplating Eastern themes rendered in Western art forms, is on display daily at the Majestic Theater’s art gallery now through the end of May. Born and raised in Taiwan, Udden has lived most of her adult life in the United States, where she also
The Adams County Arts Council will feature oil paintings by Anita Williams and acrylic paintings by the Carella Family during the month of March. A First Friday opening reception is scheduled for Friday, March 4 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. and is open to the public. The program, “Forces of Nature,” will be featured in
The Adams County Arts Council will feature Ecoscapes, an exhibition of photographs by Jody Shealer and ceramics by Shawn Heiges during the month of March. A First Friday opening reception is scheduled for Friday, March 4, 5-7:00 p.m. and is open to the public. Ceramic artist Shawn Heiges is inspired by the interdependent and changing
The Adams County Arts Council will feature their annual Instructors Show and All County Student Show during the month of February. A First Friday opening reception is scheduled for Friday, February 4, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. and is open to the public. The Adams County Arts Council will be participating in the First Friday Chocolate walk.
View all Adams County Art Exhibitions A selection of recent works by Gettysburg College’s studio art faculty – Mark Warwick, Tina Gephart, Austin Stiegemeier, John Kovaleski, Henry Gepfer, and Amanda Berg – will be on display at Schmucker Art Gallery starting January 28. Gallery Talk: January 28, noon-1pm Opening Reception: January 28, 4:30-6:30 pm Schmucker
The Adams County Arts Council, 125 South Washington Street, will be celebrating the opening exhibitions of Bermudian Springs High School, Littlestown High School, and Alloway Creek Elementary School student work, along with works by Warren Tracy Davis and Elsie Shackleton on Friday, January 7, 5-7:00 p.m. for a First Friday opening reception. The shows will
John Kamerer, a local Gettysburg photographer, has been photographing flowers for over 20 years and displays his photographs at his gallery, Monumental Photography Gallery. “I worked in advertising at J. Walter Thompson for over 40 years,” said Kamerer. “There, I made television commercials for well-known brands and then moved to Gettysburg in 2003.” After retiring
December 7 through March 4, 2022 Gallery Talk with student curators: December 7, 2021, 4:00 p.m. Opening Reception: Dec. 7, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Under the direction of Prof. Yan Sun, Gettysburg College students examine diverse depictions of workers and scenes of labor to consider issues of identity, equality, and injustice across cultures and
On display at the Gettysburg Majestic Theater Art Gallery through November are a series of works by Gettysburg College Adjunct Assistant Professor Robert Patierno. Patierno is an internationally renowned printmaker, draftsman, and painter whose strongly graphic and powerful works have been exhibited throughout the United States and across Europe. Patierno’s prints, paintings and drawings reside