This Week, July 19 to 25
LECTURES
Lymes Disease & Cancer Awareness Symposium, at The Cooperage, 1030 Main St., Honesdale. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. July 26. Featuring an in depth expose on Lymes disease, GMO foods, autoimmune disorders and cancer with expert speakers. Donations welcome. Organic and whole food refreshments will be available. 570-253-2020.
ONGOING EXHIBITS
It’s Been a Bit, an exhibit featuring work by Tyler Coey after a two year hiatus from art. Converge Gallery, 140 W Fourth St., Williamsport. This exhibit will run through Aug. 26. 570-417-6737.
Her Views, His Visions, the latest body of landscape paintings by artists Morgan Simon and Benjamin Jackson in ArtWorks Gallery, 503 Lackawanna Ave., Scranton. Runs through August 1. Gallery hours Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. or by appointment. Free and open to the public. 570-351-6694.
Capturing Realism 2017, featuring 50 international artists of the Ani Art Academics. The Pauly Friedman Art Gallery, 301 Lake St., Dallas. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday until August 26. 570-674-6250.
The Melting Pot, an open-call, juried show with cash prizes for best pieces. Runs through Aug. 18 at the Exchange Gallery, 24 E Main St., Bloomsburg. ExchangeArts.org.
The Best of the Susquehanna Women’s Imaging Society, featuring a diverse group of women from the Susquehanna River Valley collaboratively showing their finest work. Luzerne County Community College Shulman Gallery, 1333 S Prospect St., Nanticoke. Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, through Sept. 26. Free and open to the public. 570-740-0727.
Retrospective art exhibit, featuring forty years of photography by Bloomsburg University professor Vera Viditz-Ward. Through Sept. 21 at the Haas Gallery of Art at the University, 400 E Second St., Bloomsburg. Free and open to the public. 570-389-5134.
Wyoming County’s Industrial Past Exhibit, photos and artifacts evoke the memory of newspapers, sawmills, grist mills, feed mills, woolen mills, shoe and dress factories and many other businesses. On display at Dietrich Theater, 60 E. Tioga St., Tunkhannock, through Aug. 31. Exhibit can be viewed during movie showings and by appointment, 570-996-1500.
Atelier Joel Carson Jones, features hyper-realistic oil paintings, drawings, etchings and engravings by 14 past and present apprentices of Joel Carson Jones. Mainstreet Gallery, 370 Pierce St., Kingston. Through July 31. Free and open to the public. 570-287-5589.
Redefining Nature Photography, presented by Camerawork Gallery, featuring photographs by Shane McGeehan which explore human nature by manipulating and altering scenes in the natural world. The exhibit will be shown through July 29. The gallery is located in the lower level of Marquis Art and Frame, 515 Center St., Scranton. Free and open to the public. 570-344-3313.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Call for Artists at Fall Art Expo, for the annual juried expo, coming Oct. 14-15 at the Forksville Fairgrounds, Rt. 154, Forksville. Artists can send photos of their work by mail or email. There is no fee for jurying, but there will be a $20 entry fee for up to three pieces upon acceptance. At least $1200 in cash prizes will be awarded. Major categories are 2-D, photography, 3-D, but anything an artist can produce is accepted. email info@sullicanarts.org or call 570-928-8927 for an application.