Easton Arts Group to Hold Picnic in Historic Cemetery, Gallery Shows

The Arts Community of Easton (ACE) will hold its first annual "Summer Picnic in Historic Easton Cemetery" on Saturday, June 15, from 1 to 5 p.m.

The old-fashioned picnic is intended to raise funds for functional art items to be donated to the cemetery, as well as for beautification projects for the cemetery's grounds.

"We believe the cemetery deserves more permanent trash receptacles as well as recycling, botanical guides, weather-proofed maps and area markers, and a community of caretakers," ACE said in an announcement of the event on its Facebook page.

The picnic will feature live music, artist demonstrations, walking tours of the grounds, yoga workshops, a scavenger hunt, and other activities.

Tickets will be available beginning June 1 at the ACE tent at the Easton Farmers' Market on Saturday mornings, as well as at the cemetery during the event. Prices are $15 for single admission, $25 for couples, and $40 for a family of three to five people.

For more information about the ACE picnic, click here.

ACE is also planning gallery shows over the summer at the "ACE Room C Gallery at the Quadrant", located on the second floor of the bookmart and coffee house, 20 North Third St.

On Sunday, June 9, the one-day show "Get Some Art" will happen at the gallery. Billed as "an excellent way to start your own collection with reasonably priced works", ACE members will drop off pieces that have been kicking around their studio. They hang as soon as the Quadrant Book Mart and Coffee Shop opens its doors that morning, and purchases will immediately leave the gallery, to be replaced with new works.

"A Box of Chocolates" will run at the ACE Room C Gallery at the Quadrant from Saturday, June 15 through Sunday, June 30. For these two weeks, art of all kinds will be revolving through the gallery as ACE members hang and remove pieces at whim. "You never know what you’re going to get."

From Saturday, July 6 through Saturday, Aug. 17, "Art for Option" will be be on display. A wrap-up of the ACE Summer Picnic in Easton Cemetery, photographs and art from the event will be shown. The Art for Option will be concept art that re-imagines existing area markers and trash boxes that will be presented to the cemetery board. This show will be curated by Kate R. McArdle, the picnic event coordinator.

MaGiK Show Says "Goodbye 80-ties" This Weekend

Before setting his sights on the award-winning animation shorts the world knows him best for, Easton's Maciek Albrecht was already an established cartoonist, with works created for the pages of such print luminaries such as  The New York Times Book Review,  Condé Nast Traveler, Rolling Stone, Business Week, Atlantic Monthly, PC Magazine, and many other well-known publications.

All that work still exists in his archives, and now Albrecht feels it's time to release it back into the world.

Much of his current animation work is done on computers, but Albrecht's involvement with technology dates back to the 1980s and '90s, and that's reflected in his work of the time, done by hand.

"Do you remember small black diskettes? I draw many of them," he said recently from his studio. "Now they feel nostalgic."

The studio where "MaGiK" happens, located on the little travelled back alley of Sebring Street in the city's Downtown district. It's usually a by-appointment-only sort of place and isn't open to the public very often.

But that won't be the case this weekend, as the attached gallery will be holding a reception to highlight--and sell--those vintage works, many of which feature themes of the Cold War and the beginnings of personal computing.

Open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. this Saturday and Sunday, the public is invited to drop in to check out  Maciek's past works at the "Goodbye 80-ties" show and sale. It's also a rare opportunity mingle with Albrecht and see where MaGiK happens.

The gallery entrance is at 34 Sebring St., the alley just off Pine Street between South Fifth and Sixth streets. Parking is on the street, but is usually readily available.

For more information about the show, call 610-990-6999.

For more information about the current work of Maciek Albrecht, most recently featured at last weekend's Movies at the Mill, visit www.magikworld.com



This is just a small portion of the vintage works of Maciek Albrecht that will be on display and for sale this coming weekend.


Update, Tuesday, October 2, 5:15 a.m.: The show was such a success this past weekend that Maciek Albrecht has decided it will continue through October. MaGiK Studios gallery will be open for public viewing of the remaining works, as well as sales, on Saturdays through the end of the month, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.