Artwork from the three campuses of Commonwealth University filled our gallery walls! We were honored to see students, families, faculty and community join us!
Our 2025 opener was a great time of sharing art and poetry!
Karen Elias and Marjorie Maddox joined together to create a new book of photography and poetry inspirations.
The Ekphrastic Exhibit was truly a creative INSPIRATION!
Poets, Artists and Friends gathered together to share their joint experiences with art and poetry!
The creative connections were wonderful! Thanks to all who participated! We hope to see you at the next one. Photos courtesy © CASC - Carol Cillo
Participants were:
ARTISTS
Karen Elias, Ted Forbes, Chad Andrews, Janet Sherman, Bruce Wallace, Anni Matsick, Jackie Thomas,Rita Bower, Deb Mezick, Steve Getz, Chuck Fong, Carol Cillo
POETS
Marjorie Maddox Hafer, Jared Conti, Dana Ciciliot, Gina Marie Thompson, Aidan Gscheidle, Shanna Powlus Wheeler, Marie Stout, Ted Forbes, Ryan Rose, Anthony James LaLota
Karen Elias, artist and Marjorie Maddox Hafer, poet
Anni Matsick, artist and Dana Ciciliot, poet
Chuck Fong, artist and Maria Stout, poet
2024 Exhibit Season opens with Commonwealth University Visual Arts Faculty
Friday, March 8 will be the Opening Reception for this exhibit. 14 Faculty members will be showing their artworks and meeting those who attend.
Kenneth Cobb / Stated Grounds
Michelle Lockwood / On My Way to Somewhere
Meredith Grimsley / Cycle Breaker
Night at the Gallery opening reception was a Frightening GOOD TIME!
Artists and visitors alike enjoyed the artworks in two ways: standard lighting and UV lighting!
Artists got a chance to try out fluorescent paints and bright ideas, as well! Many came in costume and enjoyed each other’s inventiveness.
participating artists visit the opening reception!
painting by Tommy Grieco
painting on cardboard by Jason Bronner
cat by Donna Britton
One of several Glowing abstracts by Janet Sherman
2023 juried regional 2D3D exhibit / winners
A fabulous exhibit of all sorts of media will be available for viewing at our Station Gallery until August 19. check out our hours on this web page! Congratulations to all who entered and to those who won awards. Thanks to our sponsor, the Wealth Factory and judge, Patricia House for making this an amazing event.
Steve Bower wins First Place with his watercolor
Jeff Mathison wins 2nd place with his watercolor, The Veterans Journey
Sierra Wenzel wins 3rd Place with her photograph, Reflection
Lynn Kibbe wins 4th Place honors with her scratchboard, Versatility
Amy Edwards wins Sponsor’s Choice award
David Becker wins Curator’s Choice award
Deb Mezick wins Honorable Mention with Puppy Love
Steve Bower wins Honorable Mention
2023 Ekphrastic Exhibit!
Poets and artists alike were excited to meet the person who interpreted their work! An evening full of revelation, elation and introspection…
The HOPE Center in the Lock Haven University hosted a Judy Chicago Dinner Party. The Dinner Party, an installation artwork originally produced by Judy Chicago in 1979, featured a long table, topped with illustrated plates representing 39 women of mythical and historical distinction. A re-creation of this exhibit had participants design a plate to recognize and celebrate an influential woman in their lives. Upon completion of the plates, the event culminated in an actual dinner party at the Station Gallery, where participants shared their artwork and the story of the woman they chose to honor.
CCAC Board Member, Jennifer Deitloff co-hosted the event with LHU’s Dain TePoel.
BLUE MORNING St. Patrick's Day Concert Raises Funds for CCAC and Energizes the Community
This past Friday night Lock Haven got a kick start to Spring with a special concert brought to the community by the partnership of the Clinton County Arts Council and Schlesinger Communications. BLUE MORNING, the great Foreigner tribute band from Warren, PA rocked the Roxy theater to the delight of an appreciative audience! A portion of the proceeds support the CCAC, but also our scholarship for the arts, the CCAC/Jeff Gummo Scholarship for the Arts.
Our organization will be awarding our first scholarship this year!
2023 Kicks off with Felted Heart workshop
Our workshop leader, Jackie Thomas, brought a new skill to fiber enthusiasts this past weekend!
Everyone tried their hand at needle felting, and had a great time catching up with one another…
stay tuned for MORE workshops to come throughout 2023!!!
Jackie Thomas, our instructor, in pink jacket. Thanks Jackie, and thanks to all who attended ;)
2022 INVITATIONAL FIBER EXHIBIT
Exquisite works by fiber artists fill the Station Gallery this month of August. Three SAQA artists show their works (Susan Ball Faeder, Dorothy Gerring, and Meredith Grimsley) as well as workshop instructors (Jackie Thomas and Carol Cillo) along with fiber workshop participants, Lynne Becker and Janet Sherman. The gallery will be open for viewing as volunteers are available on Saturday and Sunday hours, or by appointment.
Fiber art, EMOTIONAL SURGERY, by Meredith Grimsley at the Station Gallery, Lock Haven, PA
Quilt by Susan Ball Faeder, EMPRESS JINGU’S SACRED COMBS, at the Station Gallery in Lock Haven, PA
2022 Indigo Shibori and Dye Discharge workshop dipped into fiber awesomeness!
Artist & Educator, Deb Berkebile joined us again this year for an on site Indigo Shibori and Dye Discharge weekend! We all pulled out the creative energy from one another, producing such inspiring fabrics with every dip and every reveal as we unfolded, unstitched or rinsed out the prepared pieces.
Starting off dining together on Friday night, we really got the process rolling Saturday morning and got the blues out on the line to dry in the PERFECT weather!!! Continuing into Sunday morning, more and more exciting processes were revealed. Learning some new stitching techniques and layering the stunning blue indigo dye over top of the black discharged fabric created some amazing results.
We hope to create fiber projects in the near future with these jewels of creativity! Keep posted on our adventures in fiber. We have an Invitational exhibit coming up SOON!!! Thank you all who participated and the tent crew who helped us pull the day together. NEXT year we hope to get into some different techniques.
Black and Blue for healing the creative heart!
Smiles from the fabric creators!
FIBER WORKSHOP INSTRUCTORS; Picture in the center: Deb Berkebile traveled in from Ohio to teach us her fabulous fabric dyeing techniques! On far left, our Fiber workshop instructor, Jackie Thomas takes us through the year with interesting ways to make and handle fiber. Far right, Carol Cillo, also teaches a couple of fiber workshops during our season.
WONDERFUL Wild Art Wearables take over the exhibit space!
The CCAC Station Gallery proudly exhibits the works of artists celebrating the “wearable”.
Meredith Grimsley exhibited two sculptural pieces, bringing thoughtful reflection to social issues expressed in mixed media fiber creations.
Deb Berkebile’s quilts were part of the exhibit. She will be visiting from Ohio to conduct the Indigo Shibori Dyeing workshop on Oct. 8, 2021. Small weavings by Camille Orelli.
ABOVE: Janet Sherman “Free form” beaded bracelet
BELOW: Amy Edwards “Kept and Collared” / Cast silicon bronze, jeweler's brass, silver, citrine, porcelain, opal, horse tooth
SHOWN ON: Tom Svec “Live-Edge Slab Table/walnut”
It’s always great to get out with friends to see the exhibits at the Station Gallery!
Sharing the arts makes every day better.
Wild Art Wearables explores fiber and MORE
An exciting exhibit of wearables woven, stitched, embellished, fabricated, repurposed, and MORE! A fabulous grouping of creative thoughts from artists invited to share special ideas in art that could be worn, or came from wearables, or are portions of wearable techniques. Jewelry, clothing, cloth, sculpture are woven through the minds and artful products of these artists:
SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates) artists including Dorothy Gehring & Meredith Grimsley Camille Orelli and Brian Spies & Madeline Spies display quilted kimono and jacket,Station Gallery instructors from the Fiber Workshop series, Jackie Thomas and Carol Cillo, will show pieces along with some of the participants of those workshops: Carol Byrne, Janet Sherman and Becky Wall, and upcoming workshop instructor, Deb Berkebile.
The Clinton County Arts Council has oered ber workshops over the past couple of years, some of those being conducted via zoom during the pandemic shutdown. We have many dedicated ber enthusiasts, so we are oering a workshop this year in conjunction with this exhibit. You will see quilted works by Ohio artist Deb Berkebile in the exhibit, but she will also be our instructor for an Indigo Itajime Shibori Dyeing workshop to be held on Saturday, October, 9 at the Station Gallery.
Details will be posted on our website: stationgalleryccac.org
Look under the “workshops” tab.
This exhibit will also be showing a number of intriguing original jewelry pieces created by a student/professor group out of Millersville University; Kimberly Auger, Ashlyn Aumiller, Amy Edwards, Gail Bower Geist, Emily McComsey, Becky McDonah, Oscar McDonah, and Mary Kay Witmer. These highly skilled jewelers tell a story and delight the eye with fabricated metal jewelry.
winners of the 2021 2D3D regional exhibit
The theme of this year’s exhibit was “Memory” to support awareness of Alzheimer’s disease.
2D3D 2021 CCAC Regional Juried Exhibit
First Place - Anni Matsick, “Dreamscape with Rabbit” watercolor
Second Place - Steve Bower, “Guardian” clay and steel sculpture
Third Place - Jennifer Shuey, “Willow Reflections at Tallyrand Park” pastels
Fourth Place - Linda Hale, “Spinal Tap" sagger fired clay
Best of Theme - lynne becker, for the group of three works and writings “oasis, fractured memories and whimsey” encaustic and mixed media
Sponsor’s Choice - John McKaig, “Toastmaster” woodcut
Honorable Mention - Rita Bower, “Land of Magic” mixed media monotype
WE OPEN AGAIN IN MAY!
The Station Gallery will again be open with an exhibit for your enjoyment!
Join us on May 14, Friday night, from 6-9 PM. We will open the BIRDS exhibit, an invitational showing the works of a variety of artists and media. We will, of course, be following the CDC guidelines for safe viewing, so keep posted and please come to support these artists, and give yourself a treat after so many months without an exhibit at the Station Gallery.
As many other businesses and non-profits, we have had a difficult past year. If you can, please send a donation to help keep our gallery and organization open and active! Also, don’t forget to renew your membership or join for the first time. That is one way we keep our doors open and able to bring you all sorts of wonderful events promoting the arts! You can NOW join ONLINE at this website.
THANKS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL SOON!
Carol Cillo/President CCAC
2021 will begin CCAC exhibits again!
It has been a very different and difficult year in 2020. All of us have had to cope with much of our daily routine and relationship with our community in a very different way due to the pandemic. But now it is 2021, and we all need creative inspiration and support more than ever.
The CCAC Station Gallery plans to begin the exhibit year in May, and continue with scheduled opportunities till the end of the year. As we still don’t know when immunizations and normal schedules will be part of our lives, the exhibits will be shown in either a virtual way on our website, or as a physical exhibit in the gallery - depending on the current status of pandemic regulations.
We will have two OPEN CALL opportunities for artists to enter their works, one being the Regional Photo Exhibit and the other our Regional 2D3D exhibit. The Call for Entries rules will be coming soon!
We will also offer several Invitation Artist exhibits to share wonderful works curated into themed shows, some of which also will support workshop experiences. As we have offered some workshops online this past year, we are ready to offer those again if we cannot be in the gallery space together.
We can’t wait to see what you have been creating, and want to fill you with hope for more cultural opportunities to expand your horizons. Please donate, and/or join or renew your membership to make sure the Clinton County Arts Council and Station Gallery continue to bring this community the best of the arts!
Be well, stay safe, be creative!
Carol
CCAC President
STATION GALLERY REMAINS CLOSED DURING THE MONTH OF aPRIL
We sincerely hope this post finds you all well, staying at home and trying to pursue some of the creative projects you never had time for, new skills you just didn’t try, or beautifying your lawns and grounds as Springtime enters Clinton County. Even though it is hard to cancel and reschedule all the events and planning at our Station Gallery, all of us want you to know that we continue to plan for the future, and look forward to a time when we can share the arts together.
In accordance with the shutdown from Covid-19 precautions, all of our activities have been put on hold. As time permits we are trying to move art exhibits into other spots so that all the wonderful work being created can eventually be seen.
Keep positive!
UPDATE on CCAC activities:
The Clinton County Arts Council has cancelled all activities through the month of March.
We have also postponed our April exhibit into the May slot, so “The Birds” will still be seen, but a month later.
This action has also postponed the 2D3D juried Exhibit to occur in November along with our Poetry Symposium. This should give artists ample time to prepare a new piece for this show. It is a juried show with monetary awards, and is an OPEN CALL opportunity for artists within 150 miles of the gallery.
We wish you all well. Stay healthy and think smart so we can see you SOON! We have the wonder of the arts to pull us through these times of social distancing and stress.
Keep posted for any additional changes to our schedule.
Congratulate our winners of the 2020
Juried Photo Exhibit
Thanks to our awards sponsor, Mountaintop Insurance!
(ALL RIGHTS RESERVED and copyrights BY THE PHOTOGRAPHERS)
The show will be up through April 4th. Stop by and see it when you have the chance.
Best in Show: "New York City Model in a Clinton County Field" by Bruce Wallace
First Place: "Misogamy" by Linda Hale
Second Place: "Damaged Relationship" by Melissa Green
Third Place: "Spaces in Motion: Souk Sfax, Tunisia" by Philip Huber
Honorable Mention: "Fading Glory" by Lynne Becker
peoples choice AWARD
First Place (Tie): "Even Keeled" by Sandy Considine
First Place (Tie): "Danse Macabre" by Bruce Wallace
Second Place: "January Walk" by Karen Elias
Third Place (Tie): "Woolrich" by Sandy Considine
Third Place (Tie): "Sunrise / Sunset" by Marilyn Willis