May 23 - 28, 2004
9th Annual Bucks County High School
Art Exhibition

Reception: Sunday, May 23, 2 - 4 p.m.

High school art teachers throughout the county select their students' works for display.

September 3 - October 18, 2003
Enhancements: Handcrafted Functional Objects

Reception and Gallery talk: Wednesday,
September 24, 4-7 p.m.

An outstanding survey of some of the finest work being done today in the applied arts. The exhibition features more than 100 objects by 30 contemporary artists in a wide variety of media, including glass, wood, metal, fiber, paper, leather, basketry, and wax.

November 5 - December 18, 2003
Biennial Arts Faculty Exhibition

Reception: Wednesday, November 5, 4:30 - 7 p.m. (Gallery closed November 26 - 30)

Featuring the work of full-time and adjunct faculty in the Department of the Arts.

January 21 - February 25, 2004
An Historical Look at Visual Communication

Reception:   Tuesday, February 3, 5 - 7 p.m.
Gallery talk by Craig Alan Johnson at 6 p.m.
 
Selected from the permanent collection of the Society of Illustrators Museum of American Illustration, this exhibition examines the changing role of the illustrator throughout the 20 th Century.   Among the 50 original works on display are early black and white illustrations by Charles Dana Gibson and Henry Patrick Raleigh . . . story illustrations by John LaGatta and Saul Tepper , . . . advertising art for cigarettes, automobiles and travel . . . 50's story art by Coburn M. Whitmore, Jon Whitcomb and Joseph Bowler. .   . and current stars such as Gary Kelley, Elaine Duillo , Bernard Fuchs and Mitchell Hooks.

March 3 - April 6, 2004
Vanity and Industry:   Women's Work

Reception:   Wednesday, March 3, 5 <96> 7 p.m.
Curator's gallery talk:   Wednesday, March 3 at 6 p.m.

Slide lecture: Wednesday, March 3, 12:30 <96> 1:30 p.m. in Penn 2 57 Merill Mason will discuss her artist residency in the Arts/Industry Program at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, where she worked in the foundry casting lace collars and other objects into iron.
 
Beauty and vanity, obsession and industry; in a culture where we work hard for perfection, what is too much?   Artists Candy Depew, Merrill Mason, Martha McDonald, Stuart Netsky , and Pam Taggart negotiate this line to discover a satisfying tension between beauty and obsession, vanity and industry.   Curated by Janet Samuel.

April 25 - May 11, 2004
39th Annual Student Exhibition

Reception: Sunday, April 25, 1 - 4 p.m.

A showcase of the best work made by Visual Arts students in the Department of the Arts including painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, digital media, two-dimensional design, three-dimensional design, sculpture, fine woodworking, ceramics, jewelry, glass, web design and graphic design.

Fall 2002 - Spring 2003

August 28 - October 19, 2002
Michael Brolly: Cradle to Cradle

Reception: Thursday, September 12, 5 - 7 p.m.

Gallery talk by the artist at 6 p.m. (gallery closed August 31 - September 2)

A mid-career retrospective by a Pennsylvania artist, Michael Brolly, featuring 39 wood sculptures.
 
Michael Brolly will give a presentation about his work on Monday, September 23 at 7:30 p.m. in room 130, Hicks Art Center.

November 4 - December 16, 2002
Faces of AIDS: Photographs by Harvey Stein

Reception:  Wednesday, November 20, 5 - 7 p.m.
Gallery talk by the artist at 6 p.m.(gallery closed November 27 - December 1)

January 22 - February 20, 2003
Bucks County Artists: A Cross Section

Reception: Wednesday, February 5, 5 - 7 p.m.

Gallery talk by guest curator, Linda Guenste, at 6 p.m.

March 3 - April 9, 2003
Hot Off the Press: Collaborative Ventures in Printmaking

Reception: March 12, 5 – 7 p.m.

Curator’s gallery talk: March 12, 6 p.m.

April 27 - May 13, 2003
3 8th Annual Student Exhibition

Reception:  Sunday, April 27, 1 - 4 p.m. 

A showcase of the best work made by Visual Arts students in the Department of the Arts including painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, digital media, two-dimensional design, three-dimensional design, sculpture, fine woodworking, ceramics, jewelry, glass, web design and graphic design.

May 27 - June 1, 2003
8th Annual Bucks County High School Art Exhibition

Reception:  Sunday, June 1, 2 - 4 p.m.
 
High school art teachers throughout the county select their students' work for display.

Fall 2001 - Spring 2002

        
This exploration into medium of the book, curated by Barbara Korb, features 50 works from 19 artists. The exhibition investigates the concept of the movement and unfolding of an artist's book and it's sculptural transformation.

Reception: Tuesday, February 12, 5pm - 7pm

Dozens of French and American posters selected from the Bucks County Community College collection are on display. Red Cross, Liberty Bonds and Loans, U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, Food Administration, War Saving Stamps and Recruitment posters are represented along with many others.

February 11 though Friday, February 15, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Ten Tibetan Monks will create a sand mandala for world healing in the Gallery from Monday, February 11 though Friday, February 15, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Performance of traditional music, chanting and richly costumed dance on Tuesday, February 12 at 7 p.m. in the Library Auditorium.

"The Grand Illusion", a pacifist film on World War I by Jean Renoir will be shown in the Library Auditorium on Wednesday, February 13 at 7 p.m. Discussion will follow.

World War I poetry performance on Friday, February 22 from 9 to 9:50 a.m. in the Gallery.

Reception: Sunday, June 2, 2pm - 4pm

High school art teachers throughout the county select their students' work for display.

Fall 2000 - Spring 2001

        
Featuring four women artists whose work examines body image distortions. These artists explore internal experience and anxiety about the body in relation to our culture's focus on the physical ideal.

        
An exhibition featuring five artists working in a variety of media.

       
A showcase of the best work made by Visual Arts students in the Department of the Arts including painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, digital media, two-dimensional design, three-dimensional design, sculpture, fine woodworking, ceramics, jewelry, glass, web design and graphic design.