What does it take to put on a Local Art Show?

Besides the Artists and their Artwork. It takes a small army of dedicated volunteers. It takes gathering sponsorship's for prizes, printing, advertising and promoting the show. As always we are very thankful for our volunteers and welcome new ones to the fold. We are always thankful for our Sponsors, especially "Elm Terrace Gardens" for allowing us to use their auditorium and Garden room to display all of the artwork received.
We thank the following long time sponsors;
 "The Law Firm of Hamburg, Rubin, Mullen, Maxwell & Lupin,PC", "Harleysville Savings Bank", "Huff & Lakjer Funeral Home, Inc.", "Romeo's Fine Arts", "Sports Clips of Collegeville", and "North Penn Art & Custom Framing" for all of their support throughout the years.
This year we welcome "Discover Lansdale" as sponsors for our "Best of Show" Award.
and "Rosiak Images, LLC" as one of our first prize sponsors.  As we continue to promote and work on this our 20th Annual Spring Member's Exhibition we will list additional business sponsors on the blog and facebook. We always are seeking and welcoming new businesses to help sponsor the arts by sponsoring one of several prizes in this annual show.

Why do we do the show? We do the show as part of our mission to encourage artists and arts enthusiasts to create, earn, network, and grow in a supportive environment. The show allows the members of the North Penn Arts Alliance to display their talents in visual art as paintings or drawings, three dimensional art or sculptures, and photography either traditional or digitally enhanced, and finally in mixed media. We also feature our student/junior members so that you can see the future of art as it grows in the community.

Art and art shows are very important to a community. An art show draws in new residents or new business owners to see what is out there in the community and by supporting the arts in a community it has been discovered that artists will stay within the community. Thereby supporting a local show you are also supporting the local artists. Local artists participate in the show with the intent to sell their work at the show. A purchase of a piece of work for your home or office will support both the artist and the North Penn Arts Alliance.

Finally we do the show so that the North Penn Community can come and see what fabulous artists live in the North Penn Community. Please join us from April 24 to 26 to view the Art of the North Penn Arts Alliance. Join us on Friday evening as we hold the Artists Reception, come and meet the artists in the community, that evening we will award the prize winning Artists and junior Artists for their efforts. While there purchase a raffle ticket for one of the many prizes submitted by the local artists and businesses. Then join us again on Saturday evening as we pull the raffle tickets. There will be refreshments and musical entertainment on both nights.

For more information on the North Penn Arts Alliance please visit us at www.northpennarts.org

To be a sponsor for our show please contact us at 215-393-9110 or
e-mail us at info@northpennarts.org

We're Having a Show!

Last Year's "Best Of Show"
Louise Peardon's photograph titled: "Baby with Red Bowl"

As Spring comes around so does the Annual Spring Members Exhibition of the North Penn Arts Alliance. This year it will be our 20th annual show and once again it will be held at the Elm Terrace Gardens. All proceeds from the show go towards the mission of encouraging artists and arts enthusiast with opportunities to create, learn, network and grow in a supportive environment.

2013 Artists Reception

This annual show features the talents of our adult & junior members by displaying pieces of art ranging from; paintings in oil, acrylic, or watercolor, drawings in charcoal, pencil, pastel, or ink, mixed media, photography, and three dimensional. We invite you to come and see the roses as you view the many works on display. Most of the works will be for sale, along with raffle tickets for prizes supplied by many of the local businesses and several of our artists too.

For three days the auditorium of the Elm Terrace Gardens and the Garden room are turned into an Art Gallery. The doors are open each day at 10:00 am and will close at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday & Friday evenings. Come and see the art and if you wish, join us on Friday evening at 6:30 for the Artists Reception, meet the artists and enjoy some refreshment & entertainment. That evening the Artists will be awarded their prizes at 7:30. While there, purchase your raffle tickets and join us again on Saturday evening as we draw the tickets starting at 7:00 p.m. and conclude the show at 7:30. We will even have a scavenger hunt.The hunt will involve looking for the items within the pieces of art.

Junior Artists and class work. 

For more information on the North Penn Arts Alliance, please visit us at www.northpennarts.org or call us at 215-393-9110.

For those interested in becoming a member and participating in the show please visit http://www.northpennarts.org/images/20thSpring-Prospectus.pdf for the prospectus and information concerning entry into the show.