ART EXHIBITS
OPENING
Finding Aesop’s Fables: Dan Welden’s series of symbolic gestures which employ visual opposites, including the hare and the tortoise and the grasshopper and the ant, as metaphors for the Yin Yang philosophy. Opening reception, 6-9 p.m. Sept. 17; one-to-one conversations, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 17-18; closing reception, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 12; concert by Nathaniel Gooseen followed by artist reception, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16, St. John’S United Church of Christ, N. Whiteoak and W. Walnut streets, Kutztown, $5, free members. Through Dec. 12. New Arts Gallery, 173 W. Main St., Kutztown. 610-683-6440.
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ONGOING
ARTHAUS AT THE MEZZ, 12 N. 7th St., Allentown. 610-8414866. dreams, memories, reflections: Judy Targan and William Hudders. Through Sept. 12. facebook.com.
ALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM, 31 N. Fifth Street, Allentown. 610-432-4333. Roots: Sources for American Art and Design: Looks at what happens when a cultural group’s artistic work collides with mainstream art and raises important questions about inspiration, appropriation, and identity. Through Sept. 12. Sleep Tight! Bedcovers and Hangings from Around the World: Brings together textile masterpieces such as embroidered suzanis from Central Asia, hand-painted Japanese futon covers, and Pennsylvania-German quilts, some of which have never been shown at the Museum before. Through Sept. 12. The Threads We Share: Community-based art project explores American heritage, tradition, and culture through quilting circles where participants learn quilting techniques while sharing stories that highlight our shared experiences and celebrate the
difference that make us unique. Through Sept. 26. allentownartmuseum.org.
ALLENTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY, 1210 W. Hamilton St., Allentown. 610-820-2400 ext 2. September 11, 2001: The Day That Changed the World: Explores the consequences of terrorism on individual lives and communities at the local, national, and international levels, and encourages critical thinking about the legacies of 9/11 as told through the personal stories of those who witnessed and survived the attacks. Through Sept. 30. allentownpl.org.
AMERICA ON WHEELS, 5 N. Front St., Allentown. 610-6536464. Philadelphia, Bethlehem & New England (PBNE)
Railroad Display: Robert Wil’s HO scale replicas of Bethlehem Steel locomotives, Bethlehem Steel cars, and cars made from other manufacturers to accurately represent the variety of locomotives, railroad cars, raw materials, and goods being shipped inside and outside the plant. Co-sponsored by the Steelworkers’ Archives. americaonwheels.org.
BANANA FACTORY, CRAYOLA GALLERY, 25 W. Third St.,
Bethlehem. 610-332-1300. 2021 Resident Artist Annual Exhibition: A showcase of work by teachers, entrepreneurs, mentors, innovators and community leaders. Through Oct. 24. bananafactory.org.
BAUM SCHOOL OF ART, 510 Linden St., Allentown. 610437-3369. Body Language: Emily Strong’s figurative landscapes, celebrating humanity and form, explores the many complexities of physical relationships with self and others. Closing reception, 6-8 p.m. Oct. 21. baumschool.org.
BETHLEHEM TOWN HALL ROTUNDA GALLERY, 10 E. Church St., Bethlehem. . Still Life Paintings: Jan Crooker and Kristine Miller-Siple high contrast paintings with an emphasis on common everyday objects. Closing reception, 1-3 p.m. Sept. 19. bfac-lv.com.
BOYERTOWN MUSEUM OF HISTORIC VEHICLES, 85 S. Walnut St., Boyertown. 610-367-2090. A Rosie Outlook: WWII & the Girls with a Star-Spangled Heart: Boyertown built WWII vehicles as well as a Rosie the Riveter Rose Garden planted in front of the Hafer Building, information on Pennsylvania/local involvement in the war, Army-Navy awards, vehicle development and production, more. boyertownmuseum.org.
CARBON COUNTY ART LEAGUE, Palmerton. Virtual 39th Annual Art Exhibition: A broad range of works by Carbon County Art League members in a variety of mediums. Through Oct. 31. carboncountyart.wixsite.com.
DOYLESTOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 56 South Main St., Doylestown. 215-345-9430. The Doylestown Historical Society and Delaware Valley University: 125 Years of Experiential Learning and Doylestown Agriculture, 1896 to 2021: Collaborative exhibit features the University’s growth and expansion from the National Farm School to a college and then, to a university and examines the University’s relationship to Doylestown and how the school fits into local history. Through Jan. 29. doylestownhistorical.org.
KALMBACH MEMORIAL PARK COMMUNITY CENTER, 200 Cotton St., Macungie. 610-9651140. Liz Kenny: Through Oct. 31.
KEMERER MUSEUM OF DECORATIVE ARTS, 427 N. New St., Allentown. Art at Home: Artwork on loan from private collections and spotlights of the local artists who loaned their time and talents in support of HBMS’mission. Advance tickets required. Through Jan. 29. historicbethlehem.org.
LAURA’S CUSTOM FRAMING AND FINE ART, 1328 Chestnut St., Emmaus. 610-928-8622. Gloria Hasel: Through Sept. 30.
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY ART GALLERIES, 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem. 610-758-6880. The Teaching Museum: Selections from the Permanent Collection: A rotating selection of works on view, including George Bellows, Gustave Courbet, Jack Whitten, Marsden Hartley, and Kathe Kollwitz among others. Through Dec. 4. luag.lehigh.edu.
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, ZOELLNER ARTS CENTER, 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem. 610-758-3615. Thinking Through Drawing: Works on Paper, Drawings, and Sketchbooks from the Collection and Community: Works by Natalie Alper, Keith Haring, Jose Clemente Orozco, Yingyi Cao, Maurice Prendergast, George Segal, Anita Weschler, and others. Reception, 6-7:30 p.m. Oct. 1. Through Dec. 3. luag.lehigh.edu.
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY, DUBOIS GALLERY, MAGINNES HALL, 9 W. Packer Ave., Bethlehem. 610-758-6880. Gloria Naylor: Other Places: The exhibition will feature primary source materials from the Naylor archive, as well as creative response and community engagement from a range of perspectives. Through May 27. Hear Me Roar: Women Photographers Part I: A series of exhibitions focusing on individual women photographers represented in its collection in honor of the 50th anniversary of the first class of undergraduate women at Lehigh University. Through May 27. luag. lehigh.edu.
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY, FAIRCHILD-MARTINDALE STUDY GALLERY, 8 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem. 610-758-6880. Hear Me Roar: Women Photographers Part IV: A series of exhibitions focusing on individual women photographers represented in its collection in honor of the 50th anniversary of the first class of undergraduate women at Lehigh University. luag.lehigh.edu.
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY, SIEGEL GALLERY, IACOCCA HALL, 111 Research Drive, Bethlehem. 610-758-6880. Hear Me Roar: Women Photographers Part III: In honor of the 50th anniversary of the first class of undergraduate women at Lehigh, LUAG presents a series of exhibitions focusing on individual women photographers represented in its collection. Through May 27. luag.lehigh.edu.
LEHIGH VALLEY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS, 321 E. Third St., Bethlehem. 610868-2971. The Unconscious Call to Adventure and the Poetry of Life: 30 works showcasing a selection of large and small paintings, plus several drawings by Dorian Vallejo. Opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Sept. 3. Through Oct. 15. charterarts.org.
LUTHER CREST RETIREMENT COMMUNITY, 800 Hausman Road, Whitehall Township. 610-391-8202. Betty Allender: Through Oct. 31.
MADELON POWERS GALLERY, EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY, Normal and Marguerite streets, East Stroudsburg. 570-422-4383. Joni Maya Oye: 25>: Sculptures from Oye’s major series window, niche, and dwelling as well as vessel forms. Her work is primarily raku and sawdust fired, and often incorporates other materials. Through Oct. 1. esu.edu.
MARTIN ART GALLERY, MUHLENBERG COLLEGE, BAKER CENTER FOR THE ARTS, 2400 Chew St., Allentown. 484-664-3467. A Map is Not the Territory: Sandra Eula Lee, a multidisciplinary artist who employs a range of unconventional artistic processes to pose questions about form and materiality. Her works use raw elemental materials, which she transforms through a series of deliberative steps, these materials are combined then burned in kilns, smashed together, or otherwise manipulated into a range of creative artifacts. Artist talk, 6 p.m. Sept. 23, Center for the Arts Recital Hall. Through Oct. 30. Home: Amy Burke uses traditional photographic processes such as wet collodion, tin type, pin-hole photography, and other filmic methods, creating staged portraits of her daughters. Artist talk, 6 p.m. Oct. 7. Recital Hall. Through Oct. 30. muhlenberg.edu.
MORAVIAN MUSEUM OF BETHLEHEM, 66 W. Church St., Bethlehem. 610-691-6055. The Moravian Legacy: Explores the continued impact of Moravian settlement in Bethlehem and connects themes including equal education, innovation, and the arts from the early settlement to Bethlehem today featuring over 60 new objects on display including maps, artifacts from missions around the world, and artwork and letters that speak to the influence of Moravians on Bethlehem’s development. Through Sept. 26. historicbethlehem.org.
MUSEUM OF INDIAN CULTURE, 2825 Fish Hatchery Road, Allentown. 610-797-2121. The Great Native American Toolkit: Tells the story of North America’s first peoples and their ability to survive and thrive using similar tools made from regional resources featuring prehistoric stone tools and pottery used by the ancient Mississippian (Mound Builder) cultures, Northeastern Woodland (Lenape / Delaware / Iroquois), Southwestern cultures (Anasazi / Pueblo), and ancient bone fishing tools carved by Alaskan Natives. Through Dec. 31. Women Warriors: Resilience, Leadership and Activism: Native American exhibit celebrates the formidable women who have fought fearlessly in battle, undertook dangerous journeys, and who continue to serve as committed leaders. Through Oct. 1. museumofindianculture. org.
NURTURE NATURE CENTER, 518 Northampton St., Easton. 610-253-4432. Perspectives: Migrations: Works by Linda Ganus, Anna Kodama, Tom Maxfield, Jackie Lima, Aine McDevitt,
Genna Burglund, Melissa Bensinger-McGlynn, Pam Danko-Stout, Don Wilson, and Mary Budkoski. Through Oct. 8. nurturenaturecenter.org.
PENN STATE LEHIGH VALLEY RONALD K. DELONG GALLERY, 2809 Saucon Valley Road, Center Valley. 610-285-5261. Documenting the Moment:
A Visual Journal: Works in ink and graphite by Jason Travers. Artist reception, 5-7 p.m. Sept. 23. Through Dec. 17. lehighvalley. psu.edu.
PENNYPACKER MILLS, 5 Haldeman Road, Schwenksville. 610-287-9349. Greetings from Schwenksville: Images from the collection of Pennypacker Mills, showing Schwenksville and the surrounding area at the turn-ofthe-twentieth century when it was considered a resort town. Advanced reservations required. Through Jan. 28. montcopa.org.
READING PUBLIC MUSEUM, 500 Museum Road, Reading. 610-371-5850. Katharine Hepburn:
Dressed For Stage and Screen: The exhibit, drawn from the collection of the Kent State University Museum, includes a range of costumes and fashions that were instrumental in shaping some of the most memorable characters Hepburn portrayed over her long career. Through Jan. 9. readingpublicmuseum.org.
READING RAILROAD HERITAGE MUSEUM, 500 S. Third St., Hamburg. 610-562-5513. The Unseen Engineers of the Reading Railroad: Vintage maps and drawings of stations and structures, some recently acquired from the Smithsonian, drafted by the innovative Engineering Department of the Reading Railroad. readingrailroad.org.
RICHARD A. AND RISSA W. GROSSMAN GALLERY, WILLIAMS VISUAL ARTS BUILDING, 243 N. Third St., Easton. 610-330-5000. tracing a wound through my body: Works by Emilio Rojas spanning the past decade includes film, photography, poetry, sculpture, installation and live performance, including a new commission within his series “m(other)s which employs the 19th-century Victorian genre “Hidden Mother” photography and features immigrant mothers and children from the Northampton and Lehigh counties, and his live performance Heridas Abiertas (to Gloria) in which a local tattoo artist, Victor Nieto traces the U.S.-Mexico border down Rojas back. Through Nov. 13. galleries. lafayette.edu.
SCHWENKFELDER LIBRARY AND HERITAGE CENTER, 105 Seminary St., Pennsburg. 215-679-3103. Farm Life:
Berks County artist Jon Bond exhibit of 50 original works includes egg tempera, oil, watercolor, and silverpoint featuring farm life on the Pennsylvania Dutch farmsteads that surround his northern Berks art studio. Through Oct. 3. jonathanbond.com.
STONY RUN WINERY, 150 Independent Road, Breinigsville. 610-533-5345. Parkland Art League Exhibit:
All member juried show. Reception, 6-8 p.m.
Sept. 15. Through Oct. 3.
STOVER MILL GALLERY, 852 River Road, Erwinna. 215-2304111. Pieces and Places of Bucks County Art Show: Award winning artist and author Ilene Rubin and award-winning sculptor Kathleen McSherry. Through Sept. 26.
STUDIO B FINE ART GALLERY, 39 E. Philadelphia Ave., Boyertown. 484-332-2757. Abstract, Impressions & Reality: Works in all media. Through Nov. 28. studiobbb.org.
TAMAQUA COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER, 125 Pine St., Tamaqua. 570-668-1192. Pieces of Me: Jillian Franko acrylic and watercolor paintings, as well as colored pencil and marker drawings. Through Sept. 24. facebook.com.
THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia.
215-299-1000. Gideon Mendel: Drowning World: A unique photographic exploration of the impact of flooding on communities around the world due to climate. Advanced times tickets. Through Oct. 17. Permian Monsters: Life Before the Dinosaurs: Blends artwork, fossils and scientifically accurate models of moving beasts to recreate this relatively unknown period when the greatest mass extinction wiped out creatures that will never be discovered. Through Jan. 16. ansp. org.
THE BANANA FACTORY HALLWAY, 25 W. Third St., Bethlehem. 610-332-1300. Ifeatuanya Chiejina:
Transforming and Becoming: Works by the Queens-based artist explores themes of transformation, identity, and self-discovery. Through Oct. 17. Teaching Artist & Staff Exhibition: Through Oct. 3. bananafactory.org.
THE GALLERY AT RAUCH BUSINESS CENTER, LEHIGH UNIVERSITY, 621 Taylor St., Bethlehem. 610-758-6880. Hear Me Roar: Women Photographers Part II: A series of exhibitions focusing on individual women photographers represented in its collection in honor of the 50th anniversary of the first class of undergraduate women at Lehigh. Through May 27. Through April 12. luag.lehigh.edu.
WHARTON ESHERICK MUSEUM, virtual, Paoli. 610-6445822. Wood And...:
The 27th Annual Juried Woodworking Exhibition: Virtual exhibition of 26 artworks that reflect a broad array of approaches to combining materials in exciting ways. They represent vastly different perspectives, creative visions, and fields, ranging from furniture to sculpture to design. Through Sept. 12. whartonesherickmuseum.org.