Bower Center Announces Opening of 2022 Suzie Viemeister Emerging Artist Program Along with New Exhibits!

 

2022 Suzie Viemeister Emerging Artist Program

 

After a one-hear hiatus due to COVID 19, the Bower Center for the Arts Emerging Artist Panel is excited to offer an Emerging Artist the opportunity to participate in a six-month residency. Artists may submit applications beginning on December 13, 2021, through January 15, 2022. The announcement of the Emerging Artist award will take place in February 2022 with the residency scheduled to begin in February.

 

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Bower Center Concert Series 2021

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Sponsored by: Destination Bedford

 

John Hardy in A Christmas Carol.

A One Man Play for the Holidays

December 18th, 6-8pm

    John Hardy, nationally known for his one-man play, Rattlesnake, will be performing an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. The production features Hardy playing over forty characters. A Christmas Carol, A One-Man Play, Adapted and Performed by John Hardy, runs approximately seventy five minutes and is performed in one act. It is appropriate for audiences of any age but is best suited for ages ten and above.

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Current Exhibits!

 

Winter Gifts 2021

Nov. 23 - Dec. 23, 2021

      Come shop for one of a kind gifts in our Winter Gifts Section. Winter Gifts is the Bower Center's annual holiday fundraiser. 50% of each purchase goes to the Center.

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SEE ME!

Nov. 23 - Jan 22, 2022

    Let’s explore the concept that we as people are genetically the same ( 99.9 percent according to the National Human Genome Research Institute) BUT ... we are different in how the world views and separates us. Join us on January 9th for two cultural reflection discussions Veronica Jackson and Ryann Mason.

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Adam Sensel: Bardo, Bedford & Beyond

Nov. 23 - Jan 22, 2022

  "Bardo, Bedford and Beyond: an exploration of my mind’s eye, a stylized reality presented as oil on canvas paintings. The Bardo, a Buddhist term is the state of existence intermediate between two lives on earth, according to Tibetan tradition. I like to describe my works as “paintings from the bardo”." - Adam Sensel

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You're Invited to our Upcoming Reception!

2nd Friday Exhibits Reception

Friday, December 10, 5-7pm

  Celebrate the Opening of our newest exhibits by joining us on Friday, December 10th. We will have light refreshments and a cash bar during the reception. You will also have a chance to meet the artists of the works and even shop for one of a kind gifts in our Winter Gifts Exhibition! We hope to see you there!

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Call For Artists Deadlines!

 

8th Annual Edna Curry/John Bower Exhibition (NEW Junior Division)

Entry Deadline: January 22, 2022

     Junior Division: Artists aged 13- 17 who would like to begin entering exhibits may enter up to two original artworks.

    Adult Division: The adult division is open to all artists aged 18 and over. All entries must be original works (no reproductions) and created by the artists within the past three years and not been in a previous juried or judged exhibit at Bower Center.

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Itsy-Bitsy Art

Entry Deadline: March 9, 2022

    This beloved exhibit of small art that used to be shown at Art Upstairs, and later at The Electric Company, is being revived here in its new home at Bower Center.

Entry fee: $20. Enter up to 3 art works. All art must be for sale

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10th Annual National Juried Exhibition

Entry Deadline: March 23, 2022

    This exhibition is open to all artists over the age of 18. All entries must be original works (no reproductions) and created by the artists within the past three years and not been in a previous juried exhibit at Bower Center.

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