Equinox Call for Entries Exhibit Opens March 11
Category:ExhibitsFor the seventh time, The Huntingdon County Arts Council will hold a Call for Entries show. This show will run from March 11 to 27 at The Playhouse at McConnellstown, and the theme will be Equinox.
An opening reception will be held on Friday, March 11, from 6 to 8 pm.
Light refreshments will be served.
March 20, 2022 is the date of the Vernal (or Spring) Equinox. Vernal means “new” or “fresh” and equinox means “equal.” This is the day when the direct rays of the sun fall on the equator and day and night are nearly identical in length. Astronomers consider the Vernal Equinox to be the first day of spring. For people around the world, this day represents renewal, new life, and joy. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow captured this spirit when he wrote, “The spring came suddenly, bursting upon the world as a child bursts into a room, with a laugh and a shout and hands full of flowers.”
Previous Call for Entries shows included Luminosity in 2019 (inspired by a quote from Galileo Galilei), Along the Juniata in 2018, Latitude, Longitude: Celebrating the 250 years of Huntingdon Borough in 2017, Explore, Reclaim, and Conserve: Huntingdon County in 2016, Contours in 2015 (about bicycles and bicycling), and The Raven in 2014 (based on the poem by Edgar Allen Poe). Call for entry shows are popular with the public and provide an opportunity for all local artists to show their work.
The exhibit is at the Playhouse at McConnellstown, 11680 Raystown Road (Rte 26), Huntingdon.
The exhibit is open Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday from 11 am to 5 pm and will be open through Sunday, March 27.
As always, admission to the exhibit is free.
