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Stephanie Rado Taormina: Time & Transformation

Stephanie Rado Taormina: Time & Transformation

Through March 15

This exhibition brings together nearly two decades of Stephanie Rado Taormina’s creative evolution — from her earliest abstract works of 2007 to the figurative abstractions of today. Each period reflects a distinct chapter in how she has lived, seen, and expressed the world around her. In the beginning, Taormina’s paintings explored form and feeling —…

Brandon Clay Smith

Brandon Clay Smith: Convulsive Motion

Through March 15

In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, when the monster stirs to life for the first time, the book says there is a ā€œconvulsive motionā€ in the limbs. Invoking something like a newborn animal scrambling clumsily and desperately to stand, or arms reaching after long sleep with tingling fingers too weak to pull one’s weight forward. The limbs…

22nd Annual Frank Scott Memorial Art Show: The Art of Jazz

22nd Annual Frank Scott Memorial Art Show: The Art of Jazz

Through March 18

Founded in 2005, The Art of Jazz honors the legendary local jazz musician Frank Scott. The Art of Jazz exhibits annually in coordination with Boscov’s Berks Jazz Fest. This is a juried exhibition opened to artists of all mediums to submit pieces inspired by the theme ā€œCelebrate Jazzā€ This year our juror is Emily Edelstein,…

Rosalyn Richards: Floating Habitats

Rosalyn Richards: Floating Habitats

March 27–May 10

Rosalyn Richards’s new series of paintings, Floating Habitats, evolved from earlier works influenced by geometric imagery from architecture, passages, and portals.  In Floating Habitats, she has placed a greater emphasis on atmosphere, natural phenomena, landscape, and cosmology.  This process produces a more ephemeral visual experience by using veils of color, spontaneous drips of paint, and…

2026 BCIU Secondary Art Exhibition

2026 BCIU Secondary Art Exhibition

March 27–April 14

The 2026 BCIU Secondary Art Exhibition will be on display in the Cohen Gallery on the first floor of GoggleWorks Center for the Arts.

Joe Hocker

Joe Hocker: Hidden River

January 10–February 10

Joe Hocker’s work investigates the layered relationship between landscape, culture, and the regional history of Southeastern Pennsylvania. Working with photography, material processes, and historical inquiry, Hocker constructs site-based projects that explore how human activity and environmental transformation are mutually imprinted on place. His ongoing body of work, Hidden River, reveals how the past lingers within…

GoggleWorks Annual Studio Artist Exhibition, 2025

GoggleWorks Annual Studio Artist Exhibition, 2025

December 17, 2025–January 25, 2026

GoggleWorks Center for the Arts is proud to present the Annual Studio Artist Exhibition, a showcase dedicated to the artists who make our studios a vibrant hub of creativity. Featuring both current and former Studio Artists, the exhibition honors the ongoing exchange of ideas, skills, and inspiration that define our community. From painting and ceramics…

GoggleWorks In-House Exhibition, 2025

GoggleWorks In-House Exhibition, 2025

November 14, 2025–January 4, 2026

The Annual In-House Exhibition at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts highlights the vibrant creativity community that makes up our day to day. This annual showcase features work by our dedicated staff, inspiring instructors, talented studio renters, and select resident organizations. Together, these artists represent the heart of GoggleWorks, cultivating a dynamic environment where learning, experimentation,…

Mindy Flexer: Facing the Wheel

Mindy Flexer: Facing the Wheel

November 7–December 7, 2025

The first universal organizing principle in Mindy Flexer’s work is transformation. As a plein air painter early in her career, she recognized herself as a transient being, capturing fleeting moments. Witnessing the final days of beloved comrades and the first days of new life, she came to understand the impermanence of individual lives and entire…

Berks Art Alliance 46th Open Juried Exhibition

Berks Art Alliance 46th Open Juried Exhibition

November 6–30, 2025

The Berks Art Alliance began in November of 1941 as The Art Haven Guild of Berks County and changed its name to the Berks Art Alliance in 1947.  The first annual membership exhibition was held in March of 1944 at the studio and gallery at 538 Centre Avenue, Reading.  That show continues today at the…

Open Call! GoggleWorks Annual Studio Artist Exhibition, 2025

Open Call! GoggleWorks Annual Studio Artist Exhibition, 2025

September 9–November 23, 2025

GoggleWorks Center for the Arts is proud to present the Open Call for the Annual Studio Artist Exhibition, a showcase dedicated to the artists who make our studios a vibrant hub of creativity. Featuring both current and former Studio Artists, the exhibition honors the ongoing exchange of ideas, skills, and inspiration that define our community.…

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