Bloomsburg, PA – “The Journey Continues” is the latest exhibition of fine art featured at Artspace Gallery. The exhibition features painted and calligraphic work by Annie Barnhardt and ceramic and mixed media art by Deb Stabley, both of whom are member artists of the cooperative gallery.

October 5 – November 12, 2023

Annie Barnhardt is an artist who teaches. Before moving to Bloomsburg, she taught at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), the Rochester Museum School, and was a frequent artist-in-residence in the Rochester area public schools. She has taught at International Calligraphy Conferences and continues to teach workshops in the United States. Clients include individuals, universities, businesses, public institutions, and a greeting card company. The Newberry Library of Chicago owns and holds one of her artist books in its permanent collection. Her calligraphy has been published in calendars, journals, and textbooks.

Themes in Annie’s calligraphic and visual work include the natural world, peace, life philosophies, and love. She is moved by the power of words and interprets them calligraphically with images. With a particular focus on portraits, places, and bird life, Annie’s journey as an artist continues moving full circle, creating work in oil, acrylic, and a variety of drawing media.

Annie loves the challenge of finding new (and old) materials to use and discovering hidden creatures in her abstract backgrounds.

Deb Stabley’s long career continues to evolve. She has created work for galleries, shops, invitational shows and for the public setting. Deb has taught art in a variety of venues and has helped move the arts forward in her community in various ways, including operating a community clay studio for several years. She is currently a member of two artist co-ops.

Deb continues her long artistic journey with new 2D and 3D mixed media work. Deb’s themes are nature-based but her approach is non-traditional, combining materials such as clay, wood, hard-backed book covers and found objects from nature.

Deb has found, and prepared, all the natural objects used in her sculptures, including two turtle shells. She is always on the lookout for nature’s treasures and enjoys the process of creating a new life for those objects.

Artspace Gallery is one of the region’s oldest established fine art and craft galleries. For over 20 years the gallery has been open to the public and has exhibited and sold original pieces by local artists. As a cooperative, the member artists share in the tasks of running and maintaining the gallery year-round. Together, they keep Artspace a thriving business that has turned into the destination for art-lovers who seek beautiful, locally made art. The works exhibited include ceramics, drawings, encaustics, fiber art, fused glass, jewelry, paintings, photography, prints and woodwork. Every 6-8 weeks the gallery features a new exhibit by a member(s) or regional guest artists or arts organizations. Throughout the year the ever-changing gallery brings a new and creative vibe to the downtown. Special events, demonstrations, and exhibit openings are always a “Can’t-Miss”.