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Sense of Place 
Featuring works by
Photography Students at The Neighborhood Art House and NPAA Members:
Lainie Blair Addessi, Lisa Austin, Ron Bayuzick, Jamie Borowicz, Daniel Burke, Rachael Burke, Gary Cardot,Marsha Langnman Cisek, Robert Eustace, Carol Griffiths, Dorothy Kloss, Joe Krol, Brad Lethaby, Kimberly Mickelson-Slocum, Sarah MK Moody, Victoria Norvaisa, Brian Pardini, Joyce Perowicz, Alexa D. Potter, Kris Risto, Mary J. Rosiak, Deborah Sementelli-Hoenes, Francis T. Shanz, John Vahanian, Larry Walczak, Herm Weber, Rob Weber, Stephanie Wood, Greg Zbach 
Friday August 14-September 11 

Sense of Place
The Northwest Pennsylvania Art Association in tandem with the Neighborhood Art House created a group exhibition dealing with the concept of place and the response of the artist to their region, city, neighborhood or even personal space. Thus the artwork addresses psychological realms (Kris Risto, John Vahanian, Brad Lethaby); landscapes (Gary Cardot, Herm Weber); urbanscapes (Lisa Austin); environmental collapse (Alexa D. Potter, Larry Walczak); children (Sarah MK Moody) and abstractions (Francis T. Schanz, Rachel Burke, Joyce Perowicz). Curated alongside the spectra of NPAA member work is that of young photography students from the Neighborhood Art House—part of NPAA’s new endeavor to include diverse communities in the region including minorities, young people, senior citizens and New Americans in NPAA activities.
The Benedictine Sisters developed the Neighborhood Art House in a renovated building at 10th and Holland that has educated, encouraged and celebrated Erie’s inner city children. The Art House faculty offer classes in a rich variety of media, much of which would otherwise be unavailable to these or any other children. The Art House student work presented here is a formally beautiful, content-rich narrative of life in an urban environment.
The Curatorial Committee of the NPAA—chaired by new member Sarah MK Moody—and the Exhibitions Committee, led by Greg Zbach, hung Sense of Place.
Our deep thanks to Rick Bowser, manager of 1020 Collective, for graciously allowing use of this beautiful space; the children of the Neighborhood Art House; the members of the NPAA who contributed work to the show and the members of the curatorial and exhibition committees of the NPAA who curated and installed the exhibition. We hope that this exhibition is the beginning of more collaborative efforts between the NPAA and other nonprofits like the Neighborhood Art house who are doing so much to enrich the city of Erie and its arts community. ​

NPAA Exhibition Resumé

2020
  • Sense of Space (Joint exhibition with the Neighborhood Art House), 10/20 Collective
  • Crary Exhibition, Crary Art Gallery, Warren, PA
2019
  • NPAA Biennial Exhibition, Erie Art Museum
     •    LEAF Show, Frontier Park
  • Francis T. Schanz 20th Annual Scholarship Exhibition
2018
  • Holiday Show and Sale, Attic Rehab Gallery
     •    LEAF Exhibit, Frontier Park
  • Francis T. Schanz 19th Annual Scholarship Exhibition
2017
  • Holiday Show and Sale, Artlore Studio
  • NPAA Biennial, West Erie Plaza
  • LEAF Exhibit, Frontier Park, Erie
  • Francis T. Schanz 18th Annual Scholarship Exhibition, Erie
2016
  • Holiday Show, Erie Art Museum
  • Francis T. Schanz 17th Annual Scholarship Exhibition
  • Art On The Hill, Mercyhurst University, Cummings Art Gallery
2015
  • Holiday Show, Bayfront Gallery
  • NPAA Biennial, Under The Clock
  • Art Lottery Scholarship Exhibition 
2014
  • Holiday Show, Urraro Gallery
  • First NPAA Juried Exhibition, Gannon's Schuster Gallery
  • Art Lottery Scholarship Exhibition
2013
  • Holiday Show, Gannon Schuster Gallery
  • NPAA Biennial, Lovel Place
  • Art Lottery Scholarship Exhibition
2012
  • Holiday Show, Kelly Run Gallery, Cambridge Springs, PA
  • NPAA Exhibition Invitational, Trumbull Art Gallery, Warren, OH
  • Creative Hands, H.A.N.D.S, 7 East 7th Street
  • Art Lottery Scholarship Exhibition
  • NPAA Exhibiti onInvitational, Stonewall Gallery at Campbell Pottery Store, Cambridge Springs, PA
2011
  • Holiday Show, Erie Art Museum
  • Erie Insurance
  • NPAA Biennial, 1020 Holland St
  • Art Lottery Scholarship Exhibition
  • Mercyhurst Show, Mercyhurst College
2010
  • Holiday Show, Bayfront Gallery
  • Mercantile Show,1401 State Street
  • Art Lottery Scholarship Exhibition​
2009
  • Holiday Show,1020 Holland St.
  • Nuts & Boltz,1020 Holland St.
  • Art Lottery Scholarship Exhibition
2008
  • Urraro Gallery​
2007
  • Urraro Gallery
  • Lucky Gallery, NYC
  • Heeschen Gallery, Meadville
  • Cummings Gallery, Mercyhurst College
  • Art Lottery Scholarship Exhibition​
2006
  • Auer Gallery
  • Schuster Gallery, Gannon University
  • Art Lottery Scholarship Exhibition
2005
  • Bayfront Gallery
  • Art Lottery Scholarship Exhibition​
2004
  • Urraro Gallery
  • Art Lottery Scholarship Exhibition
  • Prince Street Gallery, NYC
  • Cummings Gallery
2003
  • Artober Fest, Erie Art Museum
  • Art Lottery Scholarship Exhibition
2002
  • Schanz Gallery
  • Art Lottery Scholarship Exhibition
2001
  • Cummings Gallery, Mercyhurst College
  • Lakeland Community College Gallery, Kirtland, OH
  • First Night Erie Exhibition
2000
  • First Night Erie Exhibition
1999
  • Erie Philharmonic Exhibition
  • Adams Gallery Exhibition, Dunkirk, NY
  • First Night Erie Exhibition
1998
  • Cummings Gallery, Mercyhurst College
  • Glass Growers Gallery
  • First Night Erie Exhibition
  • Susquehanna River Art Center, Clearfield, PA
1980
  • UP Gallery, Pittsburgh
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