The Hicks Art Center Gallery at Bucks County Community College announced the opening of the group art exhibition Skull Sessions, on view through Jan. 6.
From realism to narrative installation, the artworks in the exhibition represent a current survey of the range of genres in which artists amongst their art group peers are currently practicing.
The title of the exhibition takes its name from the strategy-building sessions that are more typically associated with athletics, especially football. In Skull Sessions, the art speaks for the artist with ideas shared and communicated to the viewers as if they are players on a united team.
Like an art fair format, the artworks and installations in Skull Sessions are arranged within the areas of Hicks Art Center designated to the following 20 different artist-run collectives and cultural organizations in the Bucks County and Philadelphia regions: African American Museum of Bucks County, Art at Kings Oaks, Arts and Cultural Council of Bucks County, ARTWRKD, Automat, fjord, Grizzly Grizzly, Newtown Historic Association, Past Present Projects, Peep Projects, Pink Noise Projects, Rush Arts Philadelphia, Space 1026, Termite TV Collective, The Upstairs Gallery of Bucks County, Vox Populi and Zach’s Crab Shack.
The groups are represented by artworks or displays from their board members, curators, directors or members at-large, some of whom do not often exhibit their own works collectively. Skull Sessions offers a unique opportunity for the public to see the 20 participating artist-run spaces and cultural organizations in one location together for the first time.
There is an opening reception on Dec. 6, from 4 to 7:30 p.m. at Hicks Art Center. All are invited and welcome to meet the artists and cultural organizations’ members. Free and open to the public.
Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturdays, from noon to 4 p.m. The gallery is closed Dec. 22-Jan. 2 for winter break. Visit hicksgallery.bucks.edu or call 215-968-8425 for more information. The gallery is located at 275 Swamp Road, Newtown.
