Fine Art Events Spring 2022
GALLERY HOURS: MONDAY–FRIDAY 9AM to 8PM; WEEKENDS 1–5PM
May 1 - May 21, 2022
2022 Senior Show
May 1 - May 21, 2022
The Annual Senior Exhibition will take place in Lyet Gallery, Leffler Chapel & Performance Center or Hess Gallery, Zug Memorial Hall from May 1 through May 21, 2022. Opening Reception May 1, 2022 1:00-3:00 p.m.
April 21, 2022
Helen Berggruen Public Talk and Reception at Elizabethtown College
April 21, 2022 4:00 PM Brinser Lecture Hall, Steinman Hall
In conjunction with Helen Berggruen’s exhibition, “Between Two Worlds” at the Demuth Museum (May 6-July 24) Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Helen is doing a short Residency at Elizabethtown College from April 18 – May 8, 2022. Helen will create monotype prints with the assistance of Milt Friedly, Professor of Art. During her stay, Helen will travel Lancaster County, making small watercolor paintings of local sites. These paintings will be included as part of Helen’s show at the museum. In addition to Helen’s show at the Demuth Museum, current and emeritus Elizabethtown Faculty will exhibit work in the upstairs gallery at the Demuth. Faculty included in the show are Kristi Arnold, Mahua Bhattacharya, Dan Burns, Jeff Bye, Linda Eberly, Milt Friedly, Patricia Likos Ricci, Lou Schellenberg and Dante Weikel. Helen Berggruen will give a free Public Talk at Elizabethtown College on Thursday, April 21 at 4:00 PM in Brinser Lecture Room, Steinman Hall with a reception following. ABOUT THE IMAGE: Helen Berggruen Gathering Storm 2018 Oil on canvas 28x22 inches
About the Artist The Demuth MuseumApril 25, 2022
35th Annual Juried Student Show Reception
April 25, 2022 5:00 PM
The 35th Annual Juried Student Show will be in Lyet Gallery, Leffler Chapel & Performance Center from April 14 through April 26, 2022. The Awards Ceremony and reception will take place on SCAD Monday, April 25 at 5:00 PM.
Previous Events
Echo Valley Art Group Annual Exhibit
January 20 - February 27, 2022 Hess Gallery, Zug Memorial Hall
Opening Reception: January 20, 4-8 p.m., Hess Gallery, Zug Memorial Hall
01/20/22 - 02/27/22
Echo Valley Art Group Annual Exhibit
01/20/22 - 02/27/22
The Echo Valley Art Group, established in 1945, is an organization limited to 25 professional artists of a broad range of ages and styles, working and creating in the Lancaster County area. Membership is by invitation, with artist selection based on their exhibition history, career development, participation in the arts community, and what they add to the group. EVAG meets monthly to discuss their work and current art events, and to organize their annual exhibit of new work, and other exhibits. We hold an annual auction of original art, with the intent of sharing our artwork with our community and collectors, and to raise funds to support the arts in Lancaster. Echo Valley believes that a community that values the Arts, thrives. "Echo Valley" was the name of the Cleves Dodge farm on the south edge of Neffsville, PA. That's where in 1945, Peggy P. Dodge and a few friends began to meet weekly in a farm building to study and practice art. Their instructor was Pauline Stauffer, an accomplished artist and Lancaster High School art teacher. In the first year, the group had grown to over 20 people, but all was very informal and unstructured, the group gathering to make friends and create art and generally have fun. By the end of the first decade, which was also the country's first decade after WWII, art had begun to gain a strong foothold in Lancaster County. This was encouraged by the high level of art instruction in schools and colleges, and the influx of professional artists and designers being employed by the expanding local industries. In the 1950's and 60's, Echo Valley gained many of these local professionals to their membership, who must have welcomed the opportunity to make social contact with like-minded peers and exhibit work with them. It was at this point that the group formalized its existence with by-laws and a limited membership of 25 active members, which it still maintains today.
Heidi Leitzke Exhibit: a bridge across, a path through
October 28 - December 10, 2021
Artist Talk and Reception: October 28, 4-7 p.m. Hess Gallery
10/28/21 - 12/10/21
a bridge across, a path through
10/28/21 - 12/10/21
This exhibition will feature original Thread Paintings, Oil Paintings and Works on Paper. In all of my work, I explore nature-based subject matter as a way to reflect upon and better understand my human experience. I am not trying to render an exact likeness of any one place, but rather celebrate the spirit of aliveness I find in nature. Along with uncoiling ferns and blossoming trees, I am currently painting bridges and paths in real and imagined landscapes. I have been thinking about how a bridge is literally a way to connect two sides, in my mind becoming a metaphor of connection between two people with different experiences or ideals. This was particularly poignant in the fall of 2020, as we were in the midst of a very divisive election season and people were separated by their beliefs. A path winding through a space symbolizes a journey, perhaps through the past year, living through the pandemic. Now as we near the end, there is both joy and anxiety associated with re-emerging into the world, this spring. We are all trying to navigate our world that feels both familiar and forever changed -Heidi Leitzke
The 34th Annual Juried Student Art Show (2021)
Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Saturday-Sunday, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Lyet Gallery, Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. Visitors are required to check in at Campus Security.
05/02/2021 - 05/16/2021
Senior Exhibition
Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Saturday-Sunday, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Lyet Gallery, Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. Visitors are required to check in at Campus Security.
2018 Student Art Show
Lawrence Ferlinghetti Exhibition
Lawrence Ferlinghetti: An American Cultural Icon
Curator, George Krevsky
Lyet Gallery and the Bowers Writers House
Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown College celebrates a major exhibition of Lawrence Ferlinghetti's art work and poetry in the Lyet Gallery and the Bowers Writers House at Elizabethtown College. The exhibition will include 20 art works created by Ferlinghetti from 1954-2011.
As part of the celebration of this iconic American cultural figure, cinematographer Chris Felver will be showing his PBS documentary “The Coney Island of Lawrence Ferlinghetti” and meeting with students from the media department. George Krevsky, who represented Ferlinghetti’s visual art for 25 years, will meet with students from the Art Department to discuss Ferlinghetti’s visual art. Additionally, Jesse Waters has engaged visiting Poetry Scholars to present a program of poetry readings and ephemera in the Bowers Writers House.
| Date/Time | Name of Event | Location |
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October 11 |
Exhibition Opens |
Lyet Gallery |
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October 16 6:30 p.m. |
"The Coney Island of Lawrence Ferlinghetti" film and talk by cinematographer, Chris Felver |
Brinser Lecture Room |
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October 20 3:30 p.m. |
Reception and Curatorial Talk by George Krevsky |
Lyet Gallery |
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October 20 6:30 p.m. |
"Under the City Lights: Lawrence Ferlinghetti, A Celebration" Selected Ferlinghetti poems read by Carmen Sarracino, Jesse Waters, George Krevsky and selected students |
Bowers Writers House |
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October 23 4 p.m. |
Fine Arts Department hosts a Gallery talk by Curator George Krevsky Open to the public |
Lyet Gallery |
04/06/2021 - 04/23/2021
Galleries on Campus
John W. Hess Gallery
The John W. Hess Gallery is located in Zug Memorial Hall and features a variety of exhibitions throughout the academic Year.
Lyet Gallery
The Lyet Gallery, located on the second floor of Leffler Chapel and Performance Center, features changing exhibits.
McCormick Gallery
The McCormick Gallery, located on the first floor of Leffler Chapel, displays works on loan and objects from the College's permanent collection.
The Department of Fine Arts oversees and hosts works by local, regional and national artists in one-person, two-person and group shows in the three campus galleries. Special exhibitions are organized by art faculty, students and outside curators.
Changing exhibitions are hosted in the John W. Hess Gallery in Zug Memorial Hall and the Lyet Gallery on the second floor of Leffler Chapel. Works on loan and objects from the permanent collection are displayed in the McCormick Gallery on the first floor of Leffler Chapel.