The works of three area artists were celebrated in the \u201c2024 East 40 Artist-in-Residence Exhibition,\u201d Communications Hall Gallery, Northampton Community College (NCC), Bethlehem Township.<\/p>\n
The East 40 Gardens & Nature Area is described as \u201cA Center for Place-Based Learning.\u201d<\/p>\n
Information about applications for the East 40 Artist-in-Residence program is available on the program\u2019s website.<\/p>\n
\u201cTypically, we have two to three spots available in the summer for the artist-in-residency program,\u201d says East 40 Manager Katelynn Frey.<\/p>\n
Chosen for NCC\u2019s annual East 40 Artist-in-Residence program in Summer 2024 were photographer Sasha Phyars-Burgess, musician Mike Lorenz and poet Anne Sipos.<\/p>\n
They visited the 40-acre open space on the NCC campus, seeking inspiration while interacting with students and the public.<\/p>\n
The East 40 community began in 2010 to foster a welcoming space for \u201cplace-based learning\u201d among the meadows, gardens and woodland.<\/p>\n
\u201cEast 40 is an idea. An idea for a way of living, a way of thinking.\u201d says Phyars-Burgess. \u201cIt is a turn away from a culture that wants you to commodity yourself to every end of the spectrum.\u201d<\/p>\n
Phyars-Burgess, with a studio in Bethlehem, graduated with a Bachelor\u2019s in Photography from Bard College.<\/p>\n
Lorenz found inspiration for composing the six instrumental tracks for his \u201cEast 40\u201d CD when he brought his guitar to the bucolic summer setting to improvise \u201cmaterial that could become a larger piece.\u201d<\/p>\n
Several 9 in. x 13 in. color photographs taken by Lorenz highlight what he found at the East 40 that struck a chord with him.<\/p>\n
The Bethlehem-based jazz guitarist, composer and educator says, \u201cI spent the fall putting the disparate pieces together and connecting them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lorenz recorded the music in early 2025 and after editing and mixing the material, released the CD in November 2025.<\/p>\n
Lorenz received a Bachelor\u2019s in Music and Master\u2019s in Teaching from Moravian University.<\/p>\n
Sipos\u2019 poetry \u201crocks\u201d with the words of the last two stanzas of her poem, \u201cThreshold,\u201d transcribed to stones where those visiting her East 40 \u201crock poetry garden\u201d built their own compositions with them.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis project lives in that shared space between speaking and listening, between solitude and connection,\u201d says the poet and NCC educator. \u201cHere, the rocks are both the page and the poem, both offering and invitation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sipos\u2019 \u201cThrough the Threshold\u201d is inspired by lines of poetry lines from her poems, \u201cThreshold\u201d and \u201cThrough the Threshold.\u201d A \u201cdigital scrapbook\u201d of the pictures can be viewed on the East 40 website.<\/p>\n
Sipos, a Northampton resident and NCC educator, is a graduate of Liberty High where she taught English. Sipos received a Bachelor\u2019s in English and a Master\u2019s in Education from Lehigh University.<\/p>\n
The exhibition was sponsored by the Northampton Community College Art Department and The East 40 Center for Place-Based Learning at Northampton Community College.<\/p>\n
\u201c2024 East 40 Artist-in-Residence Exhibition: Sasha Phyars-Burgess, Mike Lorenz, Anne Sipos,\u201d concluded March 6, Communications Hall Gallery, Northampton Community College, 3835 Green Pond Road, Bethlehem Township. Information: https:\/\/www.ncceast40.org\/<\/p>\n
\u201cGallery View\u201d is a column about artists, exhibitions and galleries. To request coverage, email: Paul Willistein, Focus editor, pwillistein@tnonline.com<\/p>\n
PRESS PHOTO BY ED COURRIERFrom left: photographer Sasha Phyars-Burgess, musician Mike Lorenz and poet Anne Sipos, \u201c2024 East 40 Artist-in-Residence Exhibition,\u201d Northampton Community College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The works of three area artists were celebrated in the \u201c2024 East 40 Artist-in-Residence Exhibition,\u201d Communications Hall Gallery,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-137275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}