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Pots & Pansies Paintings & Pots an Art Review A college reunion of sorts? Two Edinboro University students are currently featured at Meadville Council on the Arts’ Heeschen Gallery. Entitled simply “Paintings & Pots” the exhibit features oil paintings by Debra Shingledecker and pottery by Ron McCorkle. Approximately 60 “oils” of Shingledecker’s are on display;…

Connecting with the Collection:Photographic Portraits Opening its archives, the Erie Art Museum presents Connecting with theCollection: Photographic Portraits at its Frenzel Gallery. Approximately 40 images from classic to contemporary photographersare featured within the show. From Alfred Stieglitz and Edward S. Curtis tocontemporary images from area artists. Co-curated EAM Executive Director Laura Domencic and BrianCohen, a…

Invented Archives at Allegheny College Art features three female artists whose creations challenge our perceptions of our relationships with others in their own individual ways. Mitsuko Brooks unique art transforms the throwaway, the ephemeral, into long-lasting works. According to gallery information, Brooks was inspired by her life growing up in a military family and moving…

Sur(face): Portraits Re-Examined PennWest Edinboro’s (nee’ Edinboro University) current art exhibit brings out the heavy hitters from the school’s permanent art collection and contemporary artists to examine perhaps Man’s oldest artistic inspiration: the human face. Pablo Picasso!Edgar Degas!Jasper Johns!Fred Flintstone?> Approximately 30 artists within Bruce Gallery attempt to produce theirown interpretations of what makes us…

Round and Round She Goes The Works of Rachael Burke  an Art Review When one views Rachael Burke’s paintings this time of year one can’t help but think of a timeworn idiom: Timing is everything. Currently at Glass Growers Gallery, Burke’s work seems to reflect nature’s bounty as it slowly transfers from winter’s slumber to…