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Elena Maksina, Summer Heat, oil, View Website

A&C will be participating in the 2025 Doylestown Arts Festival!

We are happy to report that we will once again be representing our wonderfully creative members at this year’s Doylestown Arts Festival! For the first time, we submitted an artists’ booth proposal and it was accepted in addition to our cultural partner booth! 

Congratulations to the following artists and writers who were invited to display their artworks and books in the booth: 

Artists: Bruce Berlin, Hernan Faraci, Mariellen Heffner, Sharlene Holliday, Mary Beth Hucker, Sue Ann Rainey, Holly Lee Rostkowski, Jenny Schaeffer and Lisa Thorsten 

Writers: LCW Allingham, Cheryl Baldi, Bill Hemmig, Lynn Levin, Anna Maria Manalo, Ethel Rackin, Hayden Saunier, Julie Standig

Anna Maria Manalo, The Infernal, book cover

Marieellen Heffner, Green Hill Fall, acrylic

Next year we will jury the artists’ and writers' booth application so be sure to look for submission details in the coming winter newsletters.

If you are attending the festival, please visit us at booths 149 and 150 located on South Hamilton. 

If you would like to volunteer during the festival in our booths to promote A&C to attendees, email membership@bucks.edu to sign up for a two-hour time slot.

See you there!

IMPORTANT REMINDER FOR A&C MEMBERS

Updates to Gallery Pages and Notifications of Events

Due to website security issues, we have had to change aspects of the member-only section of the website. Longtime members will find they can no longer go into the website to make updates to their gallery pages themselves. Instead, please email changes and updates to us at membership@bucksarts.org. 

If you have an event or exhibition you want us to promote and/or if you are ready to set up a new gallery page — here is how to do it.

1. Find Member Login | A&C Connect on the top left of the A&C homepage (www.bucksarts.org)
2. Enter your username and password. (If you do not know or have forgotten you login credentials, select forgot password and follow the instructions. Or email membership@bucksarts.org and ask for a new password.)

Once on the A&C Connect page, you will find links to: 

• Events and News Promotion Form

(Use this form for upcoming events you would like us to promote on our calendar and social media. Fill out and click submit.)

• Gallery instructions 

(Follow these tips and send the info to membership@bucksarts.org.)

• Marketing Tips
• Newsletters

We are working on a full-scale fix for members’ access that will take a few months. Thank you for being patient!

Charlene Lavinia, Mattea and James, oil View Website

Shanthi Manickam, Under the Tree, oil, View Website

Louise Fiore, After the Rain, Photograph, View Website

UP NEXT!

FIRST THURSDAYS SALON

September 4, 7:00-8:30 pm. Freeman Hall

Start the fall season off by hearing the voices of the current Bucks County Poet Laureate, Lake Angela, and three area poets, Camille Norvaisas, Ethel Rackin, Amy Small-McKinney, all with powerful new books to share. Get inspired!

Writers! 

Do you have a new book or newly published work? Have you never read your work at a First Thursdays Salon? We are planning the 2026 First Thursdays schedule and we want to hear from you. If you are interested in participating, write us at programs@bucksarts.org.

SOMETHING IN THE ARTS FOR EVERYONE!

Art, Music, Literature, and Discussion

Art of the State I The State Museum of Pennsylvania I 300 North Street, Harrisburg, PA I Sunday June 8 - September 14, 2025 I ACC member Michael Frank’s photograph, “Amish Paradise,” is exhibited in the show.

Skytop Lodge Plein Air Workshops June 22, August 24, Sept 28, October 19, 2025 I Learn New Techniques, skills and different ways to make a masterpiece $125/person I Purchase tickets at skytop.com

Skytop Lodge Plein Air Days I June 22, 23, & 24; July 13,14,15; August 24, 25, &26; Sept 28,29 & 30; October 19, 20 & 21

All participants are encouraged to submit their paintings to a month long plein air exhibit November 2025 at the Lakeview Gallery For more info and to register, contact pleinair@skytop.com

Inviting Nature’s Alchemy I Stover Mill Art Gallery I 852 River Road, Erwinna, PA  Saturdays and Sundays August 2-August 24, 1pm-5pm I Featuring the work of Kimberlee Nentwig and Evelyn King 

Fall Colors I Exhibition at Hicks Art Center Gallery at BCCC I Lobby of the Zlock Performing Arts Center I Exhibition dates: August 18- November 15, 2025 I A&C Members invited to exhibit: Drop off August 13, 12-6pm. Pick up November 18, 12-6pm Zlock lobby.

Bucks Arts Emeriti Exhibition I Opening reception August 28, 4pm- 7pm I Exhibition dates: August 27- October 25, 2025 I Hicks Art Center I 275 Swamp Road, Newtown, PA

First Thursdays I September 4, 7:00pm-8:30 pm I Join us to hear these four poets: Lake Angela, Camille Norvaisas, Ethel Rackin, Amy Small-McKinney I Freeman Hall 181 E. Court Street, Doylestown PA

Louise Levy Solo Photography Show Generations of Indian Valley I 259 N. Second Street, Souderton, PA I September 4, 8am- October 3, 5pm.

A Celebration of the River I Stover Mill Art Gallery I 852 River Road, Erwinna, PA I Saturdays and Sundays September 6- September 28, 1pm-5pm I Receptions: Saturday and Sunday September 6 and 7, 1pm-5pm I Pastels and Oils by Helena van Emmerik-Finn and Sculpture by Jeanine Pennell 

Vampire Hunters Book Release Party Celebrating the release of the 2025 Horror Anthology, Vampire Hunters I Vampa Museum, Doylestown I September 13, 5pm-8pm. 12pm-4pm Lounge in property gardens, 5pm-8pm party and readings with light food and refreshments in the Vampire Sanctuary. 

Indie Bookshops of New Jersey I Bill Hemmig and Margaret Montet are gathering photos and stories for Read Furiously’s 2026 Calendar: Indie Bookshops of New Jersey. Follow their travels and learn about the bookshops they’re visiting on their blog on the publisher’s website

Cathleen Hanville, Shady Brook Bee, Digital photograph, View Website

James Hamilton, Clockwork Oranges No. 38, oil, View Website

Alexis Greer Armentrout, Bubble Gum, oil, View Website

Barbara Backman, Summer Farm, soft pastel, View Website

Hicks Art Center Hosts The Faculty Emeriti Arts Exhibition Exhibition August 27 - October 25, 2025

Bucks County Community College is celebrating six decades of creative legacy in the upcoming The Faculty Emeriti Arts Exhibition

Multi media works by 27 retired professors and administrators from 1965 to 2025 will be shown and heard throughout the Hicks Art Center, including recent and historic works that have never been exhibited or played in public before.

Opening reception includes meet-and-greet with participating artists and the new Dean of the School of Arts and Communication, Dr. Carolina Blatt, with live music by faculty ensemble quartet.

“Bucks’ reputation as a creative wellspring in the community is in large part due to the exceptional artists who have populated our faculty and nurtured our students. "This show is a testament to the caliber of artists who have worked and trained here. Seeing decades of faculty work gathered in one place is sure to inspire.” -Dr. Carolina Blatt

Works by the following will be included in the exhibition:

Jon Alley 

Selma Bortner 

Steven M. Bresnen 

Karl Carter 

Robert Dodge 

Frank Dominguez 

Edward Ferdinand 

Caren Friedman 

Alan Goldstein 

Emmet Gowin

Susan Hagen 

David Hunter 

Catherine Jansen 

Bruce Katsiff 

Paul F. Keene Jr. 

Gwendolyn Kerber 

Stephen S. Levine 

Emily Brett Lukens

John Mathews 

Roberta Mayer 

Marlene E. Miller 

Fran Orlando 

Charlotte Schatz 

Sandra Scicchitani 

Milton Sigel 

Mark Sfirri

Dan Wilkinson

Bruce Katsiff, Bucks Arts Faculty in Hicks Art Center,1977, silver gelatin print

The exhibition will be on view from August 27 - October 25, 2025. To attend the free, opening reception on August 28 from 4 – 7 pm at Hicks Art Center, please RSVP by emailing foundation@bucks.edu. To schedule a free, guided gallery tour with Exhibitions Associate Clifford Eberly, email gallery@bucks.edu.

The Faculty Emeriti Arts Exhibition is dedicated to Professor Emerita Marlene E. Miller, who taught at Bucks from 1966 to 1998 and recently passed away on July 30.