What is an Arts Alliance?

The North Penn Arts Alliance is a group that offers artists and arts enthusiasts’ opportunities to create, learn, network, and grow in a supportive environment. What does this mean? Is it just for visual artists or is it for all artists? We strive to work with all of the arts, and several of our members are involved in music, dance, and acting, but many of our members are involved in the many disciplines of the visual arts. That does not mean that the other arts are left by the wayside. We have several members that will play music for us at our shows and exhibitions. Last season we had a presentation on Belly Dancing and this season we will involve music and theatre. Yes we will have photographers and watercolorists, illustrators and others that practice drawing, painting, ceramics, sculpture and jewelry making, but it is that blending of the talents and mind sets that make us an alliance. We are a group of people that are interested in working towards encouraging the arts and the education of the arts in the North Penn Community.

How do we do this when we do not have a permanent facility? We do it through the generosity of our supporters such as Univest who allows us to use their community room at 521 W. Main Street in Lansdale to hold our monthly meetings and presentations on the first Wednesday of each month. We do it through sponsors of our annual art shows, such as Moyer Indoor/Outdoor who sponsors the “Best of Show” award for our spring show which is held at the Elm Terrace Gardens. North Penn Art and Custom Framing provide us the use of their store for our Anniversary show (coming up in November). We do it by working with the School District and the Lansdale Parks and Recreation Department to provide art classes and workshops for children and adults. Finally we do it through the support of our members. Our members are artists, musicians, dancers, and actors either working in the field professionally or providing education through various school systems. Several of our members have exhibited throughout the state and others have exhibited their talents across the country.

But the key here is support. Support of the Arts, support of each member and what they do as an artist or lover of art, and support of the North Penn Arts Alliance.

This year as we celebrate 25 years of offering artists and art enthusiasts’ opportunities to create, learn, network, and grow in a supportive environment, we encourage you to come along and join us on this fantastic journey of ART. With our continuing support and the support of others in our community that we call North Penn, we can continue to support all of the arts in our own back yard. There are many talented people in the community involved in the arts and we welcome them to join us for the love of art.

For more information about the North Penn Arts Alliance, our calendar of events and where members are showing, visit us at www.northpennarts.org