Beginning April 2, Main Street Gallery in Quakertown is holding an “Emerging and Established Artists of Buck County” exhibition featuring “a provocative mix of acclaimed emerging and established artists from the region.”
Until recently the gallery, run by Jim Lukens, featured solely his artwork plus one or two others that didn’t compete in style or medium. However, from inception, Lukens envisioned the gallery as a signal of change and cultural revitalization in Quakertown.
To facilitate his vision, Lukens is opening the gallery to more than a dozen artists chosen by him for a variety of reasons including their uniqueness and representativeness of the transformative work to which the region is home. Most are from the Upper Bucks area and showing locally for the first time there.
“The majority of work here will remain mine, but I’m excited to have the opportunity to share their voice and to provide a venue where they can form their own relationship and have a ground floor to build a solid future,” Lukens said.
He also credits McCoole’s owner Jan Hench for being a steadfast supporter of the visual and performing arts; for helping him launch the Main Street Gallery, and providing a venue to showcase emerging artists in the region.
Another goal of the show, Lukens said, is, “I want to make art accessible to everyone.”
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