Celebrate Art at Bucks
Open studios, demonstrations and more take place May 5 at Newtown, part of a series of events through May 14
The Times
Bucks County Community College presents Art at Bucks now through May 14, with concerts, exhibitions, films and a variety of other activities. The events, including an open house on Sunday, May 5, showcase the nationally accredited programs available at the public, two-year college.
The 12th annual Tyler Formal Gardens and Landscape Lecture takes place at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 27, in the Zlock Performing Arts Center. It features Ethan Kauffman, director of the Stoneleigh Garden, a natural garden and former estate of the Haas family in Villanova, Pennsylvania. Tickets are $15.
Artmobile, the college’s traveling outreach museum, will be open adjacent to the Hicks Art Center. Visitors can take in the interactive exhibition “Planting Seeds: The Art & Science of Pollination” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday, May 1 through Friday, May 3. “Planting Seeds” features 14 artists and scientists from the local area and across the nation who work to increase awareness of pollinators in our environment, the threats to their habitat loss, and the consequences of diminished populations. Admission is free.
The college’s student-run Drama Club presents Next to Normal on Friday, May 3 at 7 p.m., and Saturday, May 4 at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the Zlock Performing Arts Center. The play explores how one suburban household copes with crisis and mental illness. Tickets are $15 and $10 for current Bucks students with ID.
On Friday, May 3, the 54th annual Student Exhibition opens in the Hicks Art Center Gallery, running through Tuesday, May 14. A scholarship and awards ceremony takes place at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 5 during the department’s open house. Admission is free.
From 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 5, the Department of the Arts opens its doors for free demonstrations, gallery receptions, open studios and more. Demonstrations include woodturning, glassblowing, printmaking, and a bronze foundry pour. In addition, students will be selling their arts and crafts in the Hicks Art Center courtyard.
Students studying film and video production get their chance to shine from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 8, when the annual juried Bucks Filmfest takes place in the Kevin and Sima Zlock Performing Arts Center. The festival showcases a selection of works in narrative, documentary, experimental and animation, created by Arts Department students of cinema/video, photography and multimedia. This event is free and open to the public.
For complete details, visit bucks.edu/culture/artatbucks, or call the Arts Department at 215–968–8425. The college is located at 275 Swamp Road, Newtown, where there is free parking.
