The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts is pleased to spotlight the work of talented Pennsylvania 2D artists through our prestigious Images 2025 Juried Exhibition.
Images 2025 is a 2-D gallery exhibition featuring drawings, paintings, pastels, mixed media, photography, hand-pulled prints, watercolors, fiber, paper, and digital art from artists aged 16 and older whose primary residence is in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
View the live exhibition at Schlow Centre Region Library from July 1 – August 1, 2025. You can also enjoy the online exhibition on the Festival of the Arts' website. In person visitors should be aware that some portions of the show may be periodically unavailable during Library programming.
Many of the artworks in the Images 2025 Exhibition are for sale. Purchasing art will always be the best way to support and encourage artists. A work of art is something that you can enjoy for years to come. If you would like to purchase a piece in the show, please contact the Festival office at (814) 237-3682 or office@arts-festival.com, and they will be glad to help you.
A total of $1,800 in cash prizes will be awarded as follows: one Best of Show Award ($500), Best Painting ($200), Best Pastel ($200), Best Photograph ($200), and 4 merit awards ($150 each). There is also an award for Best Student Submission ($100). Winners will be announced at an Awards Reception during the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts on July 10, 2025 at 5:30 pm.
Images 2025 juried fine art exhibition was made possible in part by sponsorships from the Chamber of Business and Industry of Centre County, Benson and Christine Lichtig/Lion & Cub Store, Central Pennsylvania Pastel Society, State College Photo Club, Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania, Bellefonte Art Museum for Centre County, Joyce Robinson and Norman Spivey, Schlow Centre Region Library, and The Gallery Shop. Thank you to our sponsors for their generous support!
Students of The Music Academy will present musical performances in the Images 2025 galleries Thursday, July 10 and Friday, July 11.
Exhibition Juror
Richard Rinehart, Director of the Samek Art Museum at Bucknell University, will be the juror for this year’s exhibition.
Richard has served as Digital Media Director & Adjunct Curator at the UC Berkeley Art Museum and as curator at New Langton Arts and for the San Jose Arts Commission. He juried for the Rockefeller Foundation, Rhizome.org, and others.
He has taught courses on art and new media at UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, the San Francisco Art Institute and elsewhere. He served on the boards of the Berkeley Center for New Media, New Langton Arts, and the Museum Computer Network.
He led the NEA-funded project, “Archiving the Avant-Garde”, to preserve digital art and has co-authored a book with Jon Ippolito for MIT Press on collecting and preserving media culture, “Re-Collection: Art, New Media, & Social Memory”.
