The Exchange
Dedicated to bringing the arts to all communities throughout our region.
The Exchange Gallery hosts shows year ’round with work by artists of all ages and levels of experience.
Our Art Cart helps bring out the beauty in each person, at venues ranging from childcare centers to nursing homes.
The Exchange produces the Destination Blues Music Festival and Bloomsburg’s ArtFest, coordinates Halloween window-painting, and collaborates on BOO!burg and other community events.
May 2019
Destination Blues Listening Room with Nick Andrew Staver
“It’s a heavy heavy world and it’s coming down on you.” Musically speaking. Nick Andrew Staver is trenching new roads to be paved with his sound, ripping out the traditional Blues seams and restitching them with his story. Behind the steam of his 2017 independent release YOPE, lovingly titled after a childhood nickname, Nick Andrew Staver is and has been touring the country to help fill in the gaps for those in need of a Blues fix. And some of…
Find out more »June 2019
Work due for “Mistakes” at The Exchange
Show runs June 1st through July 5th Reception 6-8 p.m. on Saturday, June 1st You may interpret the theme any way that you wish; all media accepted, 2D and 3D, including video and installations. "Mistakes open new doors. We can find endless examples of famous historical figures in science, art, education, engineering, and so on who have used the learning process from a mistake to impact the world for the better. If we as a community share our artistic expressions…
Find out more »Destination Blues Listening Room: Mystery Trayne
Williamsport-based acoustic trio Mystery Trayne is a harmonious gumbo of Delta blues, twang, and swing. Two of the members, Jay "Bone" Short and Cheryl "Miz Ida" Miller, have been fixtures in the area blues seen for decades. They have lived it and played it and share a rich history of making music together since the early days of the the burgeoning Billtown blues scene. They are joined by Jack "J.C." Reed, a Liberty-based multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and recording engineer. With a…
Find out more »July 2019
Destination Blues Listening Room
As part of its mission to bring the arts to all communities throughout our region, The Exchange hosts the Blues Listening Room in its storefront art gallery at 24 East Main Street in Bloomsburg on the last Wednesday of every month, from 7 to 9 p.m., as regional Blues and Americana musicians will perform in our intimate space , up close and personal. We feature a range of acts – solo artists and small bands, acoustic and electric – in…
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