ART EXHIBITS
OPENING
13th Annual Morning Call Juried Exhibition: 100 local and regional artists. Opening reception with awards, 6-8 p.m. Aug. 15. Through Sept. 11. Baum School of Art Faculty and Staff Exhibition: Biennial exhibition. Opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Aug. 15. Through Sept. 11. Baum School of Art, 510 Linden St., Allentown. 610-4330032. baumschool.org.
Artist Journey Retrospective: Paintings, drawings and pastels by Gerald Simcoe. Reception, 2-4 p.m. Aug. 18. Opens Aug. 14. Through Sept. 23. The Rotunda Gallery, 10 E. Church St., Bethlehem. bfac-lv.org.
ONGOING
1869 LUCKENBACH MILL IN HISTORIC BETHLEHEM, 459 Old York Road, Bethlehem. 484-894-8689. The Lehigh Art Alliance’s Summer Juried Exhibition: Through Aug. 17.
ALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM, 31 N. Fifth
St., Allentown. 610-432-4333. An Essential Presence: The Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African-American Art: Spanning the late 19th century to the current decade, the show features work by such celebrated artists as Henry Ossawa Tanner, Charles White, and Elizabeth Catlett. Through Sept. 1. Deco After Dark: Evening Wear, 1920-1945: Vintage evening gowns’ glittering surfaces and refined silhouettes highlight a transformative era in design. Through Sept. 1. allentownartmuseum.org.
AMERICA ON WHEELS, 5 N. Front St., Allentown. 610-432-4200. Nicola Bulgari: “Lifetime Devotion to the American Automobile”: Nine classic cars, including a 1951 Nash-Healey Sports Car Roadster, 1935 Buick Model 96S Sport Coupe, 1942 Nash Ambassador 8 Sedan, 1922 Oldsmobile Model 47-F Super Sport Touring. Through Oct. 19. Automotive Portraits by Bill Bravo: A sampling of various themes as the cars are meticulously photographed outdoors under prevailing lighting conditions. Through Dec. 21. americaonwheels.org. ANITA SHAPOLSKY ART FOUNDATION, 20 W. Broadway, Jim Thorpe. 570-325-5815. Great Expectations: Group show brings together several young and mid-life artists with the great expectation of showcasing how the abstract tradition continues to influence contemporary art in surprisingly new ways. Through Aug. 11. asartfoundation.org.
ART SCHNECK OPTICAL COMPANY, 720 Harrison St., Emmaus. 610-965-4066. Catherine Rhoades: Paintings. Through Aug. 31.
BETHLEHEM AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY , 11 W. Church St., Bethlehem. 610-867-3761. Delaware River, en Plein Air: James Gloria’s series of landscapes documenting the Delaware River. Artist talk, 6:30 p.m. Aug. 26. Through Aug. 30. bapl.org. BRADBURY-SULLIVAN LBGT COMMUNITY CENTER, 522 W. Maple St.@ Bayard Rustin Way, Allentown. 610-347-9988. Venus: New watercolors by Britni Houser explore femininity and body positivity. Through Aug. 30. bradburysullivancenter.org.
BRANDYWINE RIVER MUSEUM, 1 Hoffman’s Mill Road, Chadds Ford. 610-3882700. N. C. Wyeth: New Perspectives :70 paintings and drawings selected from major museums and private collections. Through Sept. 15. brandywine.org.
BRICK AND MORTAR, 1247 Simon Blvd., Easton. 908-319-2914. A Collection of Lines: Selected small drawings and works on paper created by artists living and/or working within a 40-mile radius of Brick and Mortar Gallery. Through Aug. 24. brickandmortargallery.com.
DA VINCI SCIENCE CENTER, 3145 Hamilton Boulevard Bypass, Allentown. 484-6641002. Be the Astronaut: Celebrate the
50th anniversary of the lunar landing by exploring some of the challenges NASA astronauts had to solve to make it to the moon, with an interactive journey through space using state-of-the-art video game technology. Through Sept. 2. davincisciencecenter.org. DR. JEFFREY GROVE, 184 Main St., Emmaus. 610-967-4600. Liz Kenny: Through Aug. 31.
FOX OPTICAL & GALLERY, 28 E. Third St., Bethlehem. 610-332-2400. Visual Transformations: A way to see and interpret materials and techniques that were formerly something else by fiber artist Barbara Schulman. Through Aug. 31. foxoptical.com.
GLENCAIRN MUSEUM, 1001 Cathedral Road, Bryn Athyn. 267-502-2990. Hex Signs: Sacred and Celestial Symbolism in Pennsylvania Dutch Barn Stars: Explores themes of sacred and celestial imagery in the traditional arts of the Pennsylvania Dutch, with special emphasis on the decorated barns of Southeastern Pennsylvania. Through Nov. 3. glencairnmuseum.org.
HAWK MOUNTAIN SANCTUARY, 1700 Hawk Mountain Road, Kempton. 610-7566961. Moments: Kaitlyn Dougher’s collection captures the changing light, changing life, and changing weather on the Mountain. Through Aug. 31. hawkmountain.org.
JAMES A. MICHENER ART MUSEUM, 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown. 215-340-9800. The Color of the Moon: Lunar Painting in American Art: 50 works of art, highlight--
ing key painters who depicted the moon, from the early 19th-century masterpieces of Thomas Cole, the father of the Hudson River School, who embraced a kind of longing Romanticism that the astronomical body symbolized, to late works by famed illustrator Norman Rockwell, represented by his depictions of a long-held romantic yearning finally fulfilled by America’s triumphant lunar landing in 1969. Through Sept. 8. michenerartmuseum.org.
KEMERER MUSEUM OF DECORATIVE ARTS, 427 N. New St., Bethlehem. 610-882-0450. Artifacts Reimagined: A 5x5 Artist Exhibition: Richard Begbie (photography), James A. DePietro (painting), Barbara Kozero (mosaics/sculpture), Jacqueline Meyerson (pastels), and Pat Delluva (printmaking) exhibit of over 50 works of art displayed directly alongside corresponding objects from the archives of the Historic Bethlehem Museums and Sites Collection. Through Aug. 18. historicbethlehem.org.
LAURA’S CUSTOM FRAMING AND FINE ART, 1328 Chestnut St., Emmaus. 610-928-8622. Betty Allender: Through Sept. 30.
LEHIGH VALLEY HERITAGE MUSEUM, 432 Walnut St., Allentown. 610-435-1074. The American Presidency: Portraits, campaign buttons, commemorative pieces. How the Lehigh Valley Changed America: Historic contributions from the foundations of our nation to the present. The Life & Legacy of General Harry C. Trexler: Explore the life and legacy of the industrialist, conservationist and philanthropist. Native Americans: A Diverse & Elvolving History: Artifacts explore what archaeology tells us about the Native Americans of Eastern Pennsylvania. lehighvalleyheritagemuseum.org.
LUTHER CREST RETIREMENT COMMUNITY, 800 Hausman Road, Whitehall Township. 610-3918202. Sylvia Roth: Through Aug. 31.
MACK TRUCKS HISTORICAL MUSUEM, 2402 Lehigh Parkway South, Allentown. Keeping America Clean: The Evolution of the Waste Industry: Three antique Mack trucks and an interactive visitor education display showcases the history of refuse and recycling collection. Through June 30. macktruckshistoricalmuseum.org.
MENNONITE HERITAGE CENTER, 565 Yoder Road, Harleysville. 215256-3020. Food Heritage of Eastern Pennsylvania: Panels, information and artifacts on local foodways, beginning with the 17th century Lenape and moving chronologically up to the 21st century. Through Jan. 4. Food: Our Global Kitchen: Large-format, colorful exhibit panels created by the American Museum of Natural History with themes about the global food supply including Food Waste, Scarcity & Abundance, Crop Diversity, Trade & Transportation and the Future of Growing. Through Jan. 4. mhep.org.
MIXSELL-ILLICK HOUSE, 101-107 S. Fourth St., Easton. 610-253-1222. A Plethora of Petticoats: Loungewear & Intimates: Undergarments that created the fashionable silhouettes worn by Northampton County residents from the 1700s to the 1950s, along with some of the chic and comfortable at-home-wear they donned as they relaxed or went about their daily tasks. Through Sept. 26. sigalmuseum.org.
MUSEUM OF INDIAN CULTURE, 2825 Fish Hatchery Road, Allentown. 610-797-2121. Great Native American Toolkit: Ths exhibit tells the story of the creative genius of a diversity of North America’s first peoples and how, despite their differences, they shared a significant ability to survive and thrive in their native landscapes using tools invented from regional resources. Through May 1. museumofindianculture.org.
NATIONAL CANAL MUSEUM, 2750 Hugh Moore Park Road, Easton. 610-923-3548. “What the River Saw: mapping 200 Years of the D&L Corridor’s Living Landscape”: Explores the changes in landscape and development within the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor focusing on the Lehigh Tannery, South Bethlehem and Falls Township, Bucks County. Through Dec. 28. canals.org.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY, 511 E. Third St., Bethlehem. 610-694-6644. Don’t Touch That Dial: 100 Years of Radio: One hundred historic radios and radio components, including rare pieces from the Bethlehem Radio Corporation, ephemera from the now-defunct WKAP, one-of-akind artifacts from Bell Labs. Listen to early broadcasts, view an amateur radio operator’s station in action, try your hand at creating radio sound effects using the art of foley, and craft messages using Morse code. Through Nov. 3. nmih.org.
NORTHAMPTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE, DUNNING ART GALLERY, 3835 Green Pond Road, Tannersville. 610-861-5500. 5th Annual Pocono Art Collage: Works by members of the Pocono Arts Council, Pocono Mountain Arts Council, Pocono Mountain Arts Group, Pocono Painters, Pocono Club and Pocono Watercolor Association. Through Aug. 27. northampton.edu.
NURTURE NATURE CENTER, 518 Northampton St., Easton. 610-2534432. Forces of Nature: Animal Helmets by Dana Van Horn: Collection of mixed media helmets will be auctioned off to benefit the arts programming at NNC. Through Aug. 28. The Tribes and Ecosystems of Colombia: A Microcosm of Our World: Vannessa Circe communicates the stories, beliefs, hopes and struggles of the indigenous communities of Colombia through oil paintings depicting their natural territories and other pristine and at-risk ecosystems. Through Aug. 28. nuturenaturecenter.org.
PEARL S. BUCK INTERNATIONAL, 520 Dublin Road, Perkasie. 215-2490100. Building on the Dream: From Africa to Bucks County: Pays tribute to the lives, culture, accomplishments and contributions of African Americans in Bucks County, from their origins in Africa through the 21st century. Through Oct. 5. pearlsbuck.org. PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, Broad and Cherry streets, Philadelphia. 215-972-7600. From the Schuylkill to the Hudson: Landscapes of the Early American Republic: Explores Philadelphia’s key role in the growth of American landscape painting, which has never been the subject of a major museum exhibition. Through Dec. 29. pafa.org.
SLATE BELT HERITAGE CENTER, 30 N. First St., Bangor. 610-5994993. We the People: Folk Art for the Slate Belt: Folk art and crafts from the late 1700s to the present. Through Oct. 27. slatebeltheritage.net.
STEAMTOWN NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, 350 Cliff St., Scranton. 570-340-5206. Transcontinental Railroad Photography: Railroad and commercial photographer, Dan Troy highlights modern railroading through the west-central United States, which was first conquered with the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869. Through Dec. 1. nps.gov.
STROUD MANSION, 900 Main St., Stroudsburg. 570-421-7703. Leagues of Our Own: Sports uniforms, pennants, photographs, and memorabilia from various high school and league sports in Monroe County during the first half of the 20th century. Through Dec. 20. monroehistorical.org.
STUDIO B, 39A E. Philadelphia Ave., Boyertown. 610-367-8066. Experiments, Wanderings and Inquiries: Works on Paper: Ron Schira’s drawing, watercolor and mixed media pieces on paper. Through Aug. 23. Faces of Boyertown: Linda Bell’s photographic portraits of people who live, work, or visit the Boyertown community. Through Aug. 23. studiobbb.org.
TAMAQUA COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER, 125 Pine St., Tamaqua. 570-668-1192. Fashion & Travel: Work of Anita Huber. Through Aug. 31.
THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia. 215-2991000. Dinosaurs Around the World: View more than a dozen animatronic dinosaurs on a voyage from the ferocious plains of Africa and the tropical beaches of Antarctica, to the inland seas of North America and the polar darkness of Australia. Through Jan. 20. ansp.org.
THE BANANA FACTORY ,25W. Third St., Bethlehem. 610-332-1300. What is a Lemon?: Martha Rich art installation of the things we overhear, read, see and say, placed randomly as we experience them. Through Aug. 26. bananafactory.org.
THE GALLERY AT ST. JOHN’S, 330 Ferry St., Easton. 610-258-6119. In the Good Old Summer Time: Twenty area artists showcase artwork including paintings in oil, acrylic and watercolor, work in pen and pencil, colored pencil and pastels. Also digital art, photography, miniature gem trees, handpainted boxes and birdhouses, and fabric work. Closing reception Aug. 18 includes St. Joseph’s Men’s Chorus. stjohnseaston.org. TWISTED OLIVE, 51 W. Broad St., Bethlehem. 610-691-1617. Rose Mavis: Oil paintings that range from studio and plein air works of art. Through Aug. 12.
WILDLANDS CONSERVANCY ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER, 3701 Orchid Place, Emmaus. 610-965-4397. Betty Allender: Through Aug. 31. GALLERY840, 840 Hamilton St., Suite 101, Allentown. 484-866-2972. Dramatic Focus: Taryn Day, Molley Gilley, Lauren Kuhn, Elena Shakleton and Wendy Stoudt come together for visions of reflective surfaces, bold colors, and magnified views. Through Aug. 31. gallery840.net.