MCCC to host Pottstown area artists guild exhibition

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The Pottstown Area Artists Guild’s Arts & Culture exhibition will be on display at Montgomery County Community College’s North Hall Gallery, West Campus. Above is Ogunquit, Maine, by Leslie Ehrin. (Image courtesy MCCC)

Artists from the Pottstown Area Artists Guild are planning an exhibition so large it will take a two-story space at Montgomery County Community College to house it.

The exhibition, which runs Dec. 20 through Feb. 8 at MCCC’s West Campus in Pottstown will feature a variety of art from several dozen members of the local guild. An installation by members Bob Hakun and Charlie Emlen is certain to be a focal point. Constructed from an old TV antenna tower, Hakun describes the 25-foot-tall structure as a reimagining of a cell phone tower or an electric tower.

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“I assemble things from found objects,” Hakun said. “Charlie does a lot of outdoor welding. Someone donated an old TV antenna because they knew he worked with outdoor structures.”

Hakun, who has worked strictly in sculptures for the last 10 years, said the College’s Galleries Director Patrick Rodgers was the inspiration behind the yet-unnamed piece.

“Patrick had mentioned that he hoped someone would do an installation,” Hakun said. “We had the space and the parts.”

Hakun and Emlen’s installation, which will fill a space from floor, practically to the second-floor ceiling, will be brought to life via the gallery’s aesthetics.

When you go

The Pottstown Area Artists Guild’s Arts & Culture exhibition will be on display at Montgomery County Community College’s North Hall Gallery, West Campus, 16 East High Street, Pottstown, from Dec. 20 through Feb. 8. An opening reception will be held on Dec. 20 at 5 p.m. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public, and the reception will include food and drink, live music, and a chance to meet artists from the Guild.

To RSVP for the reception or for additional gallery information contact Patrick Rodgers, Galleries Director, at prodgers@mc3.edu or 215-619-7349. The gallery is open Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. and Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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