Lehigh University Art Galleries - LUAG

100 artworks from 100 local artists have been carefully wrapped and packed. We’ll sure miss our time with them.

And we’re also excited about what’s coming next.

Follow along as we transition the Main Gallery from a commemoration of 100 years of LUAG to a multifaceted, thought-provoking look at 250 years of the United States of America.

“This Land” opens September 1🤍

🎉We’re so grateful to all who came to celebrate the closing of our Centennial exhibition, “Here and Now, 100 Years of LUAG, 100 Local Artists” on May 9. It’s been an extraordinary year celebrating our big birthday and the creativity of the Lehigh Valley region!

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🖼️It’s hard to believe that it’s officially closing day for “Here and Now: 100 Years of LUAG, 100 Local Artists”. Come visit before we close for the summer at 5:00pm today.

It has been an honor to feature 100 works that represent the extraordinary creative community in the Lehigh Valley. If you miss the chance to see it in person, you’ll be able to view a reproduction of 17 artworks (including this one!) along the South Bethlehem Greenway through July.

ABOUT THE ARTIST: In 1996, Charley Farrell suspended his architectural career of thirty years, sold his architectural firm, and returned to school to pursue a Master of Fine Arts degree in painting. After graduation, he worked for two years as a Resident Affiliate Artist at the Tryon Center for Visual Arts and was represented by the Hodges Taylor Gallery, both located in Charlotte, North Carolina. His work received an award in a juried exhibition in the Art of the State of Pennsylvania. Several of his paintings were accepted by the North Carolina Museum of Art in a juried show of North Carolina Artists.

In 2001, in support of his wife’s decision to teach at Lehigh University, he relocated in Berks County, continuing to develop his interest in Architecture and Art. Fifteen years ago, he began writing music, and performs with his wife, Amy Forsyth, as a Singer/Songwriter at local venues.

In 2014, he retired from architectural practice to focus on painting and music. He has exhibited his paintings at the Freyberger Gallery, Penn State Berks, The Goggleworks in Reading, PA, and Studio B, in Boyertown, PA. He has won numerous awards, including First Prize for the Art of Jazz, Berks Arts Council Juried Exhibition, the Grand Prize for the Goggleworks 11th Annual Juried Exhibition. He had a solo exhibition in 2018 at the Goggleworks Center for the Arts. His artwork has been exhibited in New York, New Jersey, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina.

🖼️There are just TWO DAYS left to view LUAG’s landmark exhibition of 100 local artists in our Main Galleries, located inside Zoellner Arts Center. “Here and Now: 100 Years of LUAG, 100 Local Artists” closes tomorrow, May 22.

LUAG closes for the summer when this exhibition closes, so we hope to see you today or tomorrow! Check out the artworks in person at LUAG before 5pm tomorrow, May 22 — and you can view a reproduction of 17 artworks (including this one!) along the South Bethlehem Greenway through July.

ABOUT THE ARTIST: Peter Ydeen () studied at Virginia Tech, Brooklyn College, and Skowhegan School of Painting. Following his education, he made his way as a technician in a number of fields, including technical illustration, industrial set construction, display, architectural drafting, and model-making.

As director of Joseph Zelvin Models, he built finished models for many architects, including Philip Johnson, Michael Graves, and Robert Stern, and for several years ran the model shop for the visionary architect Emilio Ambasz, with many of his models being published and exhibited. From 1991 to present, together with his wife, Ydeen has run Arts du Monde, selling Chinese, African and Tibetan Antiques.