Stephen Barnwell at LHU  

Language of Power
Sloan Fine Arts Gallery
Lock HavenUniversity
October 22, 2018

Stephen had his first solo show
at the invitation of Lock Haven University.
Stephen Barnwell exhibition at LHU   The show is hung and ready for the opening! The gallery is in the main lobby of the arts center, so it will get a lot of traffic.
Stephen Barnwell exhibition at LHU   Students gather for the opening reception and artist's talk.
Stephen Barnwell exhibition at LHU   Getting ready for the artist's talk. Professor Jason Bronner (on right) runs the gallery and organized the show.
Stephen Barnwell at LHU   Stephen giving the artist's talk at the opening. The talk lasted about an hour.
sTEPHEN bARNWELL AT lhu   Stephen discussing his process of how he creates his moneyart prints.
Stephen Barnwell at LHU   About seventy students and faculty attended the artist's talk.
Stephen Barnwell at LHU  

After the talk, Stephen gave away several hundred free moneyart prints to lucky students and faculty.

In his talk, Stephen described how a dream in 1993 started him on his journey of making moneyart. In that dream, Stephen set up a table in the NYC subway and gave away a large amount of strange and beautiful money. To honor that dream, and to come full circle, Stephen set up a table at the opening and gave away free moneyart.
Stephen Barnwell at LHU   At one point, it was a full-on feeding frenzy!
Stephen Barnwell at LHU   After the artist's talk, students and faculty got a closer look at the works described in the talk.
Stephen Barnwell at LHU  

It was a wonderful opening,
and thanks to all who attended!

 

 

 

 

PHOTOS BY JOAN BARNWELL