Published July 31. 2026 08:57AM<\/p>\n
PRESS PHOTO BY ED COURRIER<\/p>\n
PRESS PHOTO BY ED COURRIER\u201cFemi J. Johnson: Art as Life\u2019s Journey,\u201d features a collection of works by the Allentown-based artist as he prepares to relocate his studio to Arizona later this year. \u201cOlokun is the god energy at the bottom of the ocean,\u201d says Johnson about his painting at left, \u201cDance in Olokun\u201d (2026; acrylic on canvas, 48 in. x 36 in.). \u201cIt\u2019s the energy that resides in our deepest emotions, in our deepest thoughts, in our most suppressed dreams,\u201d explains the artist. The exhibit runs through Aug. 10, Arthaus, 645 W. Hamilton St., Allentown. Gallery hours: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. Tuesday – Saturday. Closed Sunday, Monday. Call 610-841-4866; or email refindallentown@gmail.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published July 31. 2026 08:57AM PRESS PHOTO BY ED COURRIER PRESS PHOTO BY ED COURRIER\u201cFemi J. Johnson: Art…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-256317","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\/256317","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=256317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}