Arts

Wilkes University’s Sordoni Art Gallery is presenting “Year of the Vote: Gender, Politics, & Power,” a year-long event celebrating and recognizing the 100-year anniversary of women receiving the right to vote. Multiple events will take place each month, all centered around a specific theme.  “We’re not only looking to the …

Series Kicks Off Feb.12 With Alice Sola Kim The Wilkes University English Department’s Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series will bring three distinguished writers to campus in the spring 2020 semester. Each of the writers will visit campus to read from his or her work and conduct workshops with students. …

The Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University presents Material Pulses: Seven Viewpoints from Jan. 28 to March 15. The exhibition, focused on the art of quilt making, presents 17 works by seven fiber artists representing the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Curated by internationally renowned artist and teacher Nancy Crow, Material Pulses contributes …

Wilkes University’s Maslow Foundation Salon Reading Series, which highlights the January 2020 residency for the University’s Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing, features alumni, guests and program faculty, many of whom are prize-winning authors, as guest readers. Readings are held nightly from Jan. 5-9, 2020. The series kicks off …

The Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University ushered in the holiday season with a cookie decorating event. Armed with icing, sprinkles and other tasty decorations, students turned sweater-shaped cookies into works of edible art. And just in case the cookies seemed too pretty to eat, there were extra sugar cookies …

The lecture will prelude his exhibition “Two Presidents, One Photographer” from Oct. 22 to Dec. 8 at the Sordoni Art Gallery The work of legendary White House photographer Pete Souza will be featured when the Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University presents Two Presidents, One Photographer. As a prelude to …

The 28th Annual James Jones First Novel Fellowship awarded first place and $10,000 to Marco Kaye of Maplewood, N.J., for his novel titled Levon. The competition is co-sponsored by the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Wilkes University and the James Jones Literary Society. The first runner-up was …

Wilkes University Theatre announces its 2019-2020 season. The season presents a variety of shows from thought-provoking dramas to musical comedies and Shakespearean classics.All performances will be held in the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts. General admission to the plays Doubt and The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is …

Photography celebrating the Rust Belt region is the focus of Rust Belt Biennial at the Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University from Aug. 27 to Oct. 6. The land, people and history of the Rust Belt inspired Niko J. Kallianiotis, contributing photographer for The New York Times and photography instructor …

The Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University presents Lit by Lyn Godley from June 11 to Aug 4, 2019. Curated by Heather Sincavage, assistant professor and director of the Sordoni Art Gallery, the exhibition is a wide range of light sources, applications and effects in the merging of art and …