Published November 01. 2025 11:29PM<\/p>\n
Chosen as the featured artist for the fourth annual \u201cSculpture at SteelStacks,\u201d Bethlehem-born artist Chelsea Southard explained the inspiration for her \u201cDown the Line\u201d sculpture:<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2018Down the Line\u2019 is an etymological reference used for location and distance on a railway, Bethlehem Steel\u2019s primary method of transport both in and out of the plant, now more commonly used as a measure of time.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis cascade of lines represents the changing trajectory of life, the geometry that emerges from the choices we make each day, every moment.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDown the Line\u201d (2025; 2-inch welded steel tube painted with a black patina) is on view outside the 1863 Stock House, said to be the oldest building on the SteelStacks site and which is home to the Visitor Center – Bethlehem.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese sculptures tell stories, our stories about creativity, about community and about the power of art to transform the spaces we share,\u201d said ArtsQuest President and CEO Kassie Hilbert at the sculpture\u2019s Oct. 9 unveiling at the Visitor Center – Bethlehem, presented by Lehigh Valley Health Network, part of Jefferson Health.<\/p>\n
Also attending: ArtsQuest Director of Education and Outreach Lisa Harms.<\/p>\n
The National Museum of Industrial History partnered with ArtsQuest for the \u201cSteel Weekend\u201d event.<\/p>\n
Southard attended Liberty High School, Bethlehem Area School District; Northampton Community College as an art and philosophy major, and received a bachelor of music in 2014 from Berklee College of Music, Boston.<\/p>\n
Her interactive multi-sensory art works combine sound and light: \u201cEverything I do has a sonic element to it,\u201d she said. \u201cDown the Line\u201d has individual tones when gently played with a rubber hammer.<\/p>\n
Southard shares studio space at her father\u2019s Hanover Township carpentry shop and has a studio in Mexico.<\/p>\n
\u201cDown the Line,\u201d on view through October 2026, Visitor Center, 711 E. First St., Bethlehem. Information: 610-332-1300; https:\/\/www.artsquest.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 COURRIERChelsea Southard with her sculpture \u201cDown the Line\u201d at Visitor Center – Bethlehem, Steeltacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published November 01. 2025 11:29PM Chosen as the featured artist for the fourth annual \u201cSculpture at SteelStacks,\u201d Bethlehem-born…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-22223","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\/22223","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=22223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}