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Celebration of the Arts
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Music in the Park
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Sidewalk Chalk Festival
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Stroll through
the Arts
Music in the Park* 2021
*Due to construction in downtown Lewisburg, “The Park” this year is Lewisburg Area Recreation Park West, St. Mary’s Street & N. 15th Street, at the Shade Structure (opposite the tennis courts) Click here for a map of the park.
The 2021 schedule includes three concerts on the first Wednesday of each month, with performances by TWO bands each night. All concerts will begin at 7 pm.
July 14
- Strawberry Ridge
- Juliana Zafa with Billy Kelly
August 4 (rain date August 11; if inclement on August 11, the concert will be held indoors at Beaver Memorial United Methodist Church, 42 S 3rd St, Lewisburg, PA 17837)
- Nate Myers and the Aces
- Eric Ian Farmer
September 22 (if inclement on September 22, the concert will be held indoors at Beaver Memorial United Methodist Church, 42 S 3rd St, Lewisburg, PA 17837)
- Odyssey with Buzz Meachum
- Stacia Abernatha
- July 7/July 14: Cookin’ From the Hart, www.facebook.com/
Cookinfromthehart - August 4/August 11: Cookin’ From the Hart, www.facebook.com/
Cookinfromthehart - September 1/September 22: Kitch it to the Curb, https://kitchittothecurb.com/
If you're a music-lover and would like to help shape next year’s Music in the Park lineup, please email us at volunteer@lewisburgartscouncil.com.
Questions? Contact us at info@lewisburgartscouncil.com.
PHOTO: Brett Simpson
The Lewisburg Arts Council gratefully acknowledges the generosity of the Woodcock Foundation for the Appreciation of the Arts to support Music in the Park. The Woodcock Foundation’s mission statement:
So long as there are little children to be introduced to the creative arts and harried adults who missed exposure to great art and literature and timeless music to be shared across all age group, there will be a need for efforts to encourage the appreciation of the arts.
Thank you to the Borough of Lewisburg for its ongoing support of Music in the Park.
The Lewisburg Arts Council would also like to thank the First Community Foundation Partnership for their continued support of the Music in the Park summer concert series.
You can be a part of supporting the music that you hear—both now and for the future!
To see who performed in 2019, please click here.
Our 2021 Celebration of the Arts has officially ended, and we hope you enjoyed some of the many events and activities offered, from workshops and guided tours of "Modern Art Alley" to online plein air and photography exhibits and performances!
Mark your calendars now for the return of our annual one-day Arts Festival on Saturday, April 30, 2022!
If you missed the Arts Festival as much as we did, please consider joining our all-volunteer team and help make next year's Festival bigger and better than ever! Email us at volunteer@
Grab your bucket of chalk and head to downtown Lewisburg on Friday, July 9, to help turn the sidewalks into an open-air art gallery! The Lewisburg Arts Council invites artists of ALL ages to join us for our free, family-friendly Sidewalk Chalk Festival! (If the weather does not cooperate, the event will be postponed until Friday, July 16.)
Register in advance at http://bit.ly/LewisburgChalk and start working as soon as you arrive downtown -- no more waiting in long lines to get your registration number before you can begin!
Those who wish may register in person from 11 AM to 7 PM. Find us, as always, in front of Brushstrokes, 340 Market Street. If you don’t like the heat, arrive earlier in the day and work when it’s cooler!
To keep our youngest artists safe, we ask everyone to please wear a mask and practice social distancing.
Participating children 12 and under will receive a coupon for an ice cream treat courtesy of The Lewisburg Deli. The top three creations in each of the five age groups will receive prizes, courtesy of Brushstrokes, Purity Candy, Pelican's Snoballs, and Evangelical Community Hospital. Winners will be announced at 8 PM. You do not need to be present to win.
Throughout the day, stop by to watch our Featured Artist Colleen Walsh at work in front of the Post Office. Check our Facebook and Instagram accounts for progress photos!
From 6 PM to 8 PM, groove to our musical performers, DePotorLand. Find them under the apple tree in front of the Post Office. (Check out the awesome song they wrote for the Chalk Festival, illustrated with artwork from previous years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
For more information, please visit our website, www.lewisburgartscouncil.com, or check our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/
The Lewisburg Arts Council is grateful to Evangelical Community Hospital for sponsoring this event.
NOTE: If inclement weather requires us to postpone the event till Friday, July 16, we will announce this on the Arts Council’s Facebook page, www.facebook.com/
P.S. -- Don’t forget your chalk!
Are you a big fan of the Sidewalk Chalk Festival? Help make it happen! Please email us at volunteer@lewisburgartscouncil.com
Questions? Contact us at info@lewisburgartscouncil.com.
Believe it or not, it's time to start thinking about this year's Stroll! Please email us at stroll@
To contact last year's participating artists, please click here.
Please join the Lewisburg Arts Council and the Stroll Committee in applauding the following businesses and organizations, without whom last year's event would not have been possible.
We encourage you to support these businesses and organizations with your patronage, especially in these challenging times. Please consider stopping by to offer your thanks or posting a message singing their praises on social media.
To our Lewisburg Arts Council members, we offer our heartfelt thanks! Your financial support made last year's Stroll Through the Arts possible. We could not have done it without you!
Artists’ Guild of Lewisburg
The Artists’ Guild of Lewisburg is a group of visual artists whose mission is to form a community that strives to encourage, challenge, support and inspire its members. The Guild holds critiques, hosts trips, plans local events, has an annual members show, keeps members up to date on art shows in the area, and shares opportunities such as calls for artists, gallery notices, and teaching opportunities.
The Guild was started in 2012 when a group of artists and art lovers felt that more support was needed for the many area artists. Over the years we have sponsored a bus trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, informal plein air events at local natural sites, critiques in homes and art studios and during the pandemic online via Zoom, and beginning in 2015 an annual Members’ Show.
Additionally, the Guild has worked to match local artists with art opportunities such as teaching workshops, displaying artwork in local businesses, and participating in festivals. We have partnered with the Linn Conservancy to host a plein air event for high school art students with a featured artist from the Guild; with the Lewisburg Children’s Museum to offer art classes with children; with the Lewisburg Garden Club to place artists in neighborhood gardens for the garden tour; and with BRVA to offer art classes to the community.
We are continuously working to expand opportunities for artists and to support each other. Someday we hope to have our own gallery and show space. Please join us in making Lewisburg an engaging, supportive, profitable and joyful place for artists to live and work.
LAC Membership Form
Email: guild@lewisburgartscouncil.com
PHOTO: Brett Simpson
Lewisburg Photography Club
The Lewisburg Photography Club is for photographers, both amateur and professional, living in the Lewisburg area and surrounding towns.
The Lewisburg Photography Club’s mission is four-fold:
- to bring together photographers in the Lewisburg area
- to form a vibrant photography community that shares ideas, collaborates on projects, and mentors each other on different aspects of photography
- to promote and excite an interest in the art of photography
- to support and encourage photographers of all skill levels in an open learning environment
Education, hands-on learning opportunities, competitions, new experiences, field trips, and friendship among peers with similar interests and passions are just some of the benefits of joining the Photography Club. Have you ever wished you could find a person to talk to about photography or to get a review of your work to help you improve your technique? If your answer is yes — the Photography Club could be the perfect answer for you. The Photography Club has monthly meetings with speakers, holds critiques, photo walks, photo challenges, trips, and discussions on various aspects of photography. The club conducts workshops for the club as well as for Lewisburg and surrounding communities.
Currently, the Photo Club meets monthly at the Central PA Chamber of Commerce building in Montandon. For more details about upcoming meetings, photo tours, and events visit LewisburgPhotoClub.org.
To join the Photography Club, please fill out an LAC Membership Form
Email: info@lewisburgartscouncil.com
Mailing address:
PO Box 418
Lewisburg, PA 17837
PHOTO: Brett Simpson
About
Since 1968, the Lewisburg Arts Council (LAC) has helped to connect our community and the arts.
Our mission is to build recognition and support for all art forms and advance their exhibition and performance within our region.
To achieve this, we create an intersection of artists and art lovers, cultivating a community where artists can thrive, having suitable spaces to display or perform their work while enjoying the support of other artists. We act as a catalyst to present exceptional art that will inspire an audience of art lovers who possess endless curiosity regarding all art forms.
If you are passionate about the arts, please join us in making the next 50 years even more colorful!
Board Members
Della Hutchison – President
Ellen Flacker-Darer – Vice President
William Ledgerwood – Treasurer
Tiffany Demmon – Secretary
Barbara Baker
Sarah Binder
Sara Kelley
Perry Meadows
Constance Timm
BECOME A VOLUNTEER!
The Lewisburg Arts Council operates on 100% volunteer power!
We are always in need of volunteers, so if you'd like to make a difference in your community, please email us at volunteer@lewisburgartscouncil.com or fill out our Volunteer Opportunities form to see where your interests might best dovetail with the Arts Council’s needs. Someone from the Arts Council will be in touch soon!
PHOTO: Brett Simpson
Join
BECOME A MEMBER
We need your help in supporting our mission! Become a member of the Lewisburg Arts Council and support the arts in your community! Your membership will help support the four events LAC currently sponsors in town as well as scholarships for graduating high school seniors excelling in the arts and the LAC Endowment Fund.
Membership Levels:
Patron $20
Supporter $35
Benefactor $50
LAC Endowment Fund $100 or more
There are two ways you can donate (1) online via a credit card or (2) by sending a check via postal mail.
Please make checks payable to Lewisburg Arts Council.
Mail to:
Lewisburg Arts Council
PO Box 418
Lewisburg, PA 17837
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The Lewisburg Arts Council is a 501(c)3 organization. Your contribution is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Thank you for your support!