Arts & Culture in the Community
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What’s hot at Art Plus Gallery
here’s always something new at Art Plus Gallery, 604 Penn Avenue. The exhibit in the main gallery changes every two months to showcase new work from all 25 members of the artist cooperative. On top of that, each month their Featured Exhibit Gallery is devoted to a single artist or group. Art Plus Gallery is open every day except Monday. For hours and special events visit www.artplusgallerypa.com.
Extended exhibit runs June 21 through July 31 at Art Plus Gallery, Say Cheese! and the West Reading Tavern. Reception: Friday, July 8 at Art Plus, 5-8pm.
JULY FEATURED EXHIBIT
Plein Air West Reading 2022 The center stage of Art on the Avenue gets an extended show at Art Plus The 7th annual Plein Air West Reading competition drew artists from six states to capture the character of Berks County on canvas. Following the Patrons Preview and Awards Ceremony on Friday, June 17, the exhibit moves out to the heart of Art on the Avenue, in a 50’ tent in front of the Olympian Ballroom. And the show goes on. Following Saturday’s street festival, the exhibit will be showcased in three 600 block venues through the remainder of June and the month of July: the Gallery Room at Say Cheese! Restaurant, the main dining room of the West Reading Tavern, and as the featured exhibit at Art Plus Gallery.
David Finnell’s watercolor “Cherry Street Sunrise” earned a first place award in the 2021 competition.
AUGUST FEATURED EXHIBIT Double Exposure: The Real and The Surreal Photographs and Paintings by Jay Ressler
Another new feature of this year’s event will be the first “West Reading Paint Out!” On Friday afternoon, all 50+ artists who applied for the juried competition will be given three hours to start and finish a painting anywhere in between the 400 and 800 blocks of Penn Avenue and Cherry Street. The exhibit will open to the public at Art on the Avenue, in a tent in the 400 block. The entries will be judged by Allison Shannon, artist and owner of Allison’s Clothing Company at 522 Penn Ave. Following Art on the Avenue, the artwork will join the juried Plein Air paintings for the extended show at the West Reading Tavern.
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Avenues Summer 2022
Long known for his award-winning multilayered pictures, encaustic works and infrared photographs, Jay Ressler introduces yet another dimension to his artistic repertoire: oil paintings.
