STATE COLLEGE — Rich colors and warm sunlight weave through an exhibit of 26 pieces by pastel artist Jennifer Shuey featured during April at Zola Kitchen and Wine Bar, 324 W. College Ave.
The exhibit is presented by the Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania.
An artist’s reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, according to Karen Caswell Sapia, manager of Zola Kitchen & Wine Bar.
“Jennifer will be on hand to meet guests and discuss her work, and Zola will provide some small bites,” Sapia said.
In addition to exhibiting her work, Shuey enjoys painting to support local conservation and community causes he cares about.
“In January, I painted Slab Cabin Run at its confluence with Thompson Run in Millbrook Marsh to raise money and awareness for ClearWater Conservancy’s Slab Cabin Run conservation initiative,” Shuey said in the release from the Art Alliance.
“And, just this weekend, I painted a piece for the Spring Creek Chapter of Trout Unlimited, featuring a restoration project that they did on the stream between Bellefonte and Milesburg and several of the veterans from TU’s Veterans Service Program fishing there.”
A portion of every sale from this exhibition will be donated by the artist to ClearWater Conservancy’s Slab Cabin Run conservation initiative to protect the community’s source water.
Shuey is a signature member of the Central Pennsylvania Pastel Society, is the secretary of the Farmland Preservation Artists of Central Pennsylvania, is on the Artist Registry at the Bellefonte Art Museum and has served on the board of the Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania. Her work can be found at www.jennifershueyart.com.
The Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania promotes the visual arts by providing art education for adults and children, offering opportunities for practicing artists to exhibit and teach, presenting the public with exhibitions and sales, and cooperating with other organizations to initiate arts outreach programs that serve communities across Central Pennsylvania.
For more information about the Slab Cabin Run initiative, visit www.clearwaterconservancy.org/donate/slabcabinrun.
