Area Art News
6th Annual High School Art Show Now On Display: Winners Announced
The Bloomsburg Children's Museum held its 6th Annual High School Art Show on Friday, March 4th. The show featured 54 pieces from local high school students. The event was sponsored by the Exchange in Bloomsburg. Prizes were sponsored by Blick Art Materials and Cheap...
Africa’s First Female Griot Kora Virtuoso Performs at Weis Center in Free Concert
Sona Jobarteh, the first and only female kora player educating the next generation about their West African traditions, will perform on Tuesday, March 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the Weis Center for the Performing Arts. The performance is free and tickets are not required....
Award-Winning Banjoist, Fiddler and Singer to Perform at Campus Theatre as Part of Weis Center Series
Traditional folk and roots musician Jake Blount will perform on Wednesday, March 30 at 7:30 p.m. at the Campus Theatre, 413 Market Street in downtown Lewisburg. Masks are required. Jake Blount is an award-winning banjoist, fiddler, singer and ethnomusicologist based...
Bloomsburg Children’s Museum and YMCA to Partner for Spring Events
Local non-profits announce collaboration on two annual programs For the first time, the Bloomsburg Children’s Museum and the Bloomsburg YMCA will be coordinating together for “Bloomsburg Mini Maker Faire” and “Healthy Kids Day” on Saturday, April 23, 2022 from 10 am...
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE EXCHANGE’S BOARD
The group of people who founded what has become The Exchange first met in the summer of 2009, and by the end of that September they had applied to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for incorporation; the application to the federal government for recognition as a...
THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS CORPORATE DONORS
As a 501(c)(3) non-profit, The Exchange can accept contributions that individuals and corporations may deduct from their federal and state tax obligations. We also gratefully accept donations from non-profit foundations. We have had many donors in each category since...
ART CART NOTES BY ANNE COSPER, FACILITATOR
I like Mondays. Mondays are spent with a young person, an Art Cart client, making, well, art. Few things can rival the sheer joy of putting paint on a blank surface – oh, those sweeping brush strokes – but there is more to the story. My student may be learning about...
THE EXCHANGE KEEPS THE MUSIC PLAYING
As COVID has waxed and waned over the past two years, our music programming has too: We closed entirely in early 2020, and our Listening Room missed its first months since we began the concerts in the Gallery in the summer of 2017. Opportunities for “Backstage Pass to...
“RAISE THE REGION” COMES UP ON MARCH 9TH AND 10TH
A project of the First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania, based in Williamsport, “Raise the Region” has for almost a decade helped hundreds of non-profits throughout northcentral Pennsylvania raise an aggregate of more than $12 million. Each year since...
“CASH & CARRY VII” SUCCEEDS SPECTACULARLY
At the Exchange Gallery, we believe that we open up the door to the “art world” to everyone and say “Welcome in.” For the eighth year of our “Cash & Carry” show, we gave away eight-inch-square panels – more than 400 of them. As always, not all of them came back, but...
Two Local Non-Profits Announce Upcoming STEM Collaboration: For The Cause Teen Center and Bloomsburg Children’s Museum Partner for the First Time
On Tuesday, February 22, the Bloomsburg Children’s Museum offered a Lego Robotics class at the For the Cause Teen Center located at 1130 6th Avenue, Berwick, PA 18603. The class was open to any student in grades 6-12 and was the first in a series of monthly programs...
Bloomsburg Children’s Museum Announces March 2022 Programs
The Bloomsburg Children’s Museum, 2 West 7th Street, is pleased to announce its March 2022 programs. The Bloomsburg Children’s Museum is open Monday through Saturday 10 am – 4 pm. SPECIAL EVENTS Let’s Rock! Geology Day Sunday, March 13th, 12-3:00 p.m. Learn about a...
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