Plein Air Exhibit – Lewisburg Arts Council

View the beauty of Union County through the eyes of Plein Air artists
featured in Gallery 255 at the Public Library for Union County throughout
the month of June. Plein Air artists experience and capture the environment
in a painting.
The exhibit is the outcome of the ninth Annual Plein Air Event that was
held on Sunday, April 30 and the Lewisburg Arts Council’s annual
Celebration of the Arts held April 29 – May 13, for artists of all ages and
abilities.
The Plein Air Event is a partnership of the Merrill W. Linn Land and
Waterways Conservancy, the Lewisburg Arts Council, the Artists’ Guild of
Lewisburg and the Union County Historical Society. The goal of the event is
to preserve, with artwork, a present moment at various Linn Conservancy
sites. Artists from the region painted at four Merrill Linn Conservancy
conservation easement properties: Dale/Engle/Walker property, Shikellamy
Bluffs at Shikellamy State Park, Koons Trail in Mifflinburg, and Turtle
Creek Park in East Buffalo Township.
Alternative Plein Air events included photographers taking pictures at the
four Linn Conservancy sites during the two-week celebration as well as an
Urban Sketching Workshop led by artist and urban sketching enthusiast, Jane
Albin.
Throughout the month of June, the Plein Air artists share the work created
to build a community of artists and citizens passionate about the
preservation of these sites for future generations. Representatives from
the Artists’ Guild of Lewisburg and the Lewisburg Photography Club will be
at the exhibit every Tuesday in June from 11 am to 1 pm to answer
questions. A reception is scheduled for Monday, June 5 from 5:30 pm to 7:30
pm. The reception is free and open to the public.
Artists and organizations are encouraged to apply to exhibit items of
artistic, cultural and intellectual interest in the library’s gallery
and/or display cases. Information about exhibiting can be found on the
library’s website,http://www.unioncountylibraries.org.