Hicks Art Center Gallery Community College Art Gallery Hicks Art Center Gallery is located on the Newtown campus of Bucks County Community College. The gallery programs public exhibitions year-round featuring artists working in media that reflect the Arts and Communication department’s Majors and Certificate Programs. Presenting exhibitions with diverse practicing artists embodies the ethos of the college and gallery’s mission to maintain a learning environment
Susan Klinger Artist The first time I worked in pastel, I was intrigued by the direct application of pigment to the surface. Nothing between my hand and the pastel. I enjoy the challenge of manipulating color and value to create the illusion of reality on the two-dimensional surface. Light plays an important role in my work, and I love to depict reflections, whether on glass or
Bonnie Vandenberg Fine Artist I have always been involved in creating some form of art, using my hands to express love and emotions. I began painting about 25 years ago, taking occasional art classes. Painting was a calming and meditative way to relieve the pressures of having a full-time job and raising a family. Six years ago, when I retired, painting
Jenny Boccardo textile artist I began exploring textile arts as a child, learning to sew, knit, embroider, quilt, along with other traditional “womanly art forms”, from my mother and grandmothers. The art critiques and collectors of days gone by never really accepted these womanly art forms until quite recently. I fell in love with wool painting and consider it an opportunity to change the perception
Ann Rodgers Brown Specializing in Hand Woven Wire Jewelry As a retired graphic designer who formerly worked in the corporate world, I am now happy to be using my creativity to design and construct my own collection of contemporary, romantic jewelry.As a young child, my grandmother and mother taught me to knit. And I knit for many years with fiber. When I discovered an article
