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Carol Gilbert, Pond Hockey, oil, View Gallery

Wishing you a holiday season filled with joy, inspiration, and many creative endeavors. Happy Holidays from A&C!

Join your fellow members at the Doylestown Arts Festival 2026!

A&C's 2025 Sponsor and Artists' booths at the Doylestown Arts Festival were so successful that we have decided to apply again for 2026! This time around, more artists and writers can participate by submitting samples of small works on a first-come-first-served basis for a specific time period (more details in the January 2026 newsletter). We will send our application to DAF by April 1. Expect our submission window for this to open around March 1, 2026 so we can collect images, book titles and necessary information from you. More details to come!

We are thrilled to offer this exclusive exhibition opportunity to the talented and multi-faceted artists and writers that form the body of the community building membership of A&C!

Planning is underway for the 2026 A&C Members Show!

It's cold now but we are looking ahead and planning for the 2026 A&C Members Show for when it warms up again in spring 2026! We are narrowing down the dates for April/May and will announce the prospectus in the January 2026 newsletter. We look forward to seeing your new, original and outstanding works vying for even more prizes and recognition than last year! 

Sandy Askey-Adams, Winter on the Neshaminy Creek, soft pastel, View Website

Lisa Mathason, Let's Play, mixed media, View Website

COMING SOON

30 Days of Inspiration 2026! 

Our wildly popular month-long event for poets and artists returns!

The 30 Days 2026 submissions window is January 15-January 31, 2026. Go to our website for complete information on submissions.

Poets and artists are invited to submit work for A&C’s social media campaign featuring a different poem matched with a different artwork each day throughout April.

30 Days explores and celebrates the small and large moments that strengthen and connect us through poems, images and the surprising connections between them. 

For complete guidelines go to https://www.bucksarts.org/30-days/

SOMETHING IN THE ARTS FOR EVERYONE!

Art, Music, Literature, and Discussion



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

Call for Entries: Contemporary Art Exhibit I Delaware County Community College I open for entries September 5, 2025 through January 4, 2026 I Regional, emerging artists are invited to submit up to three pieces for consideration I $15 for submission

Maggie Leiby, Carversville in Winter, oil View Website

Michael Kuyper, Winter Reflection Graeme Park, oil, View Website

The Creative Genes Exhibition I Group Exhibition at Hicks Art Center, Newtown Campus of Bucks County Community College, 275 Swamp Road, Newtown, PA. Exhibit on view December 3, 2025- February 28, 2026.

30 Days of Inspiration I Submissions will be open January 15- January 30, 2026. See website in December for complete information on submissions