BCCC To Host 2024 Bucks County Wine And Art Trail Exhibition

NEWTOWN, PA — The Arts and Communication Department at the Bucks County Community College is joining with the Arts and Cultural Council of Bucks County and Visit Bucks County to present this year's "Bucks County Wine and Art Trail Exhibition."

The exhibit will be held at the Hicks Art Center Gallery from September 25 to October 27. An opening reception is scheduled for Friday, October 4 from 4 to 7 p.m. to meet the participating artists and sample wines from the vineyards featured in the artworks. Participants must be at least 21 years old to sample the wines.

For the first time, the Hicks Art Center Gallery at Bucks County Community College will host the exhibition as the Arts and Cultural Council sets its sights on promoting its members outside of Freeman Hall, their home gallery space in Doylestown.

“We have always believed in finding new opportunities for our creative members and this partnership with Hicks Art Center Gallery is just the opportunity,” said board member Ashara Shapiro. "This collaboration with Hicks Art Center Gallery and Visit Bucks County will bring the vibrant works of our talented artists to a larger community, ensuring even more visitors can enjoy the exhibition."

The Arts & Cultural Council of Bucks County is partnering with Visit Bucks County for this special exhibition, showcasing 39 regional artists who have created paintings, drawings, and photographs inspired by Bucks County wineries.

Visitors will have the opportunity to enjoy and purchase more than 50 framed works of art on view at the Hicks Art Center on the Newtown campus with a portion of the proceeds benefiting Bucks County Community College student scholarships.

The following list of artists made artworks in 2023 on vineyard grounds “en plein air” or made preparatory drawings or photographs to complete the finished pieces in their studios after they visited Bucks County wineries of their choice: Sandy Askey-Adams, Sally Bishop, April Ann Bohmler, Jean Broden, Meg Constable, Susan Daily, Matt DeProspero, Daniel DuBravec, Sandra Eliot, Monica Etz, Christina Franklin, Seana Gallagher, Jennifer Gorman-Strawbridge, Linnie Greenberg, Lynn Holl, Sharlene Holliday, Amy Iversen, Kathie Jankauskas, Erick Kinsel, Hayley Kinsel, Michael Kuyper, Charlene Lavinia, Thomas Mallon, Helene Mazur, Helen Lee Myers, Nancy Miller, Pearl Mintzer, Anita Nolan, Lori Parsells, Amanda Penecale, Sara Pinkus, Sue Ann Rainey, Sonia Rinker, Nancy Saladik, William Shoop, Carolyn Shoop, Susan Thistle, Lisa Thorsten and Helena van Emmerik-Finn. Participating vineyards include: Bishop Estate, Buckingham Valley, Crossing, Rose Bank, Rushland Ridge, Sand Castle and Wycombe.