Celebrating Bethlehem's Southside Culture
Southsider is highlighting some of our favorite arts and cultural events and programming in our 2024 best of summer series. For us, “Insidious Plastics” at The Nurture Nature Center makes the cut as it provided the community the opportunity to learn about their impact on the environment with a beautiful and informative arts-infused exhibition. Just…
As many of us remain in quarantine, Southsider returns to the Banana Factory for a deeper dive into the beauty of one of their digital exhibits.
Katie Hovencamp, a resident artist at the Banana Factory Arts Center and Artist Collective member, currently has a solo exhibition at the Bradbury-Sullivan Center. Her exhibition, titled “Fracturing Gender: Beauty and the Body Politic,” is eye-catching and subversive, cotton candy that’s not so sweet. Hovencamp’s work speaks to beauty, bodies, gender, and space, and the…
Ellen Flynn’s eagerness is intoxicating as we discuss her “favorite time of the year” at the Art Establishment: the Special Needs Art Show. On March 4, the studio will hold this event for the third year in a row, building on its past success. Last year, 53 artists of all ages lined the walls and…
I was lucky enough to talk with Doug Zucco and Ron Schira as they set up for the opening of their latest exhibit at the Art Establishment. We sat on a couch in the middle of the airy space, pieces of their art lined up along the walls and around the floor waiting to be…