Local Potter Selected as Featured Artist for 2025 Lewisburg Arts Festival
The Lewisburg Arts Council is pleased to announce its selection of Selinda Kennedy as the Featured Artist for the 2025 Lewisburg Arts Festival. Well-known locally and further afield for her unique line of redware pottery that beautifully blends traditional technique with contemporary styles, Selinda Kennedy has long been a fixture at the Lewisburg Arts Festival. …
Read MoreLetter from the President
Dear Friends of the Arts, After the Lewisburg Arts Council celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2019, the Board of Directors began thinking about what our next 50 years would hold. Of course, none of us had any idea of the challenges and changes that lay just ahead. When I stepped up as president in July…
Read More2024 Lewisburg High School Award Recipients
The Lewisburg Arts Council is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of our annual Performing Arts and Visual Arts Awards, Lewisburg graduating seniors Liam Shabahang and Owen VanKirk. Performing Arts We applaud the selection of Liam Shabahan as this year’s Performing Arts recipient. Liam is active musically, both as an instrumentalist and as a vocalist. …
Read MoreNancy Wentzler to Lead 10th Plein Air Workshop
Nancy Wentzler, a plein air artist based in Williamsport, will present the 2024 Plein Air Workshop at the Dale-Engle-Walker property on Saturday, May 4, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. The workshop is a popular start to the day for artists eager to see a fellow artist’s approach to painting en plein air. Artists participating…
Read MoreLewisburg Arts Council’s Annual Members’ Show Celebrates Tenth Year
“Rewarding” is the word volunteer Barbara Baker uses to describe her work as the organizer of the Lewisburg Arts Council’s Annual Members’ Show, which turns 10 this year. Baker has chaired the event since its inception in 2014 when she was approached by Director Roberta Greene, of the Public Library for Union County, about organizing…
Read More2023: Year in Review
It’s hard to believe another year is drawing to a close! This year saw the return of some much-missed favorites as well as new additions to our already-busy calendar. Our February Members’ Show at the Public Library for Union County featured even more work by more members – nearly 90 pieces – than last year’s. …
Read MoreNow Showing: Plein Air Art Show at the Public Library for Union County
As the “last hurrah” for this year’s Celebration of the Arts, hosted by the Lewisburg Arts Council, artists and art-lovers gathered at the Public Library for Union County to view work created during the two-week event. On display through June 29 at the library’s “Gallery 255” inside the main entrance, the artwork was created…
Read More2023 Lewisburg Arts Council Performing Arts and Visual Arts Scholarship Recipients
The Lewisburg Arts Council is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of our annual Performing Arts and Visual Arts Scholarships, Lewisburg graduating seniors Micah Zook and Hannah Kraus. Performing Arts We applaud Micah Zook, selected as this year’s Performing Arts recipient. Micah is a standout in the Music Department at LAHS because of his genuine…
Read MoreLewisburg Arts Council Selects Jane Albin as 2023 Celebration of the Arts Featured Artist
For her many contributions to our local arts community, the Lewisburg Arts Council has chosen Jane Albin as the Featured Artist for its 2023 Celebration of the Arts, held April 29 – May 13. Two of Albin’s paintings, depicting Virginia bluebells in full bloom along a woodland path at the Dale-Engle-Walker property, capture this year’s…
Read MorePress Release: Announcing the 2023 Celebration of the Arts
Saturday, April 29 – Saturday, May 13, 2023 Save These Dates! Spring is just around the corner, and so is the Lewisburg Arts Council’s annual two-week Celebration of the Arts, which runs from Saturday, April 29, through Saturday, May 13. We’ve filled these two weeks with opportunities and activities to inspire and delight you. And,…
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