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History Meets the Arts Weekend - Overview

Friday, June 18, 2010 to Sunday, June 20, 2010

“History Meets the Arts Weekend” merges a 12-year Gettysburg arts festival with the kickoff of The Gettysburg Festival for 2010! Events include gallery exhibits featuring masterful paintings and exquisite sculpture, opportunities to meet world-renown artists, artist demonstrations and much more.  History Meets the Arts is known as “the largest gathering of historical artists in the country.”
 
Historical art abounds throughout Gettysburg’s distinctive galleries, showcasing French/Indian, Frontier, Revolutionary, World War I and II, and of course Civil War art. Admission is free to all events except the Friday night Edible Art Tour, the Festival’s culinary kickoff event. 
 
Participating galleries include: 
  • American Civil War Museum/Gettysburg Gift Center, 297 Steinwehr Avenue 
  • Brafferton Inn, 44 York Street
  • Lincoln Into Art Gallery, 329 Baltimore Street
  • Lord Nelson’s Gallery, 27 Chambersburg Street with a satellite gallery location at Gettysburg Fire Hall, 35 North Stratton Street
 Approximately 50 artists are participating, including:
  • Wendy Allen
  • John Buxton
  • Andrew Chernak
  • Robert Griffing
  • Bonnie Marris
  • Heide Presse
  • Keith Rocco
  • David Wright

Performance Information
Time: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location: Downtown Gettysburg
44 York Street
Gettysburg, PA 17325
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Related Artist Events

History Meets the Arts artists
American Civil War Museum Celebrates "History Meets the Arts"
6/18/2010
Lincoln Into Art Celebrates "History Meets the Arts"
6/18/2010
Brafferton Inn Celebrates "History Meets the Arts"
6/18/2010
Lord Nelson's Gallery Celebrates "History Meets the Arts"
6/18/2010
Edible Art Tour
6/18/2010 : 5:00 PM
Art in the Park Tours
6/19/2010 : 10:00 AM
Art in the Park Tours
6/19/2010 : 1:30 PM
Lincoln in Granite and Bronze
6/25/2010 : 2:00 PM

All artists, repertoire, performance dates, times, venues
are subject to change.

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Event Images

Wendy Allen, "Lincoln 137," Lincoln Into Art Gallery
Wendy Allen, "Lincoln 137," Lincoln Into Art Gallery

Keith Rocco, "Marshall's Crossroads - Charge of the 2nd WV Cavalry," Brafferton Inn
Keith Rocco, "Marshall's Crossroads - Charge of the 2nd WV Cavalry," Brafferton Inn

Andrew Chernak, P-32 US Colored Post Card Image, American Civil War Museum
Andrew Chernak, P-32 US Colored Post Card Image, American Civil War Museum

Bonnie Marris, "Contemplating Dragonfly," Lord Nelson's Gallery
Bonnie Marris, "Contemplating Dragonfly," Lord Nelson's Gallery

Event Juror Nancy Petrisko
Event Juror Nancy Petrisko


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