The State Museum of Pennsylvania honored some of the best artists from across the commonwealth, with artists both seasoned and emerging joining forces to create a tour de force. The power of art is such that it can transform a mere viewer to a full in participant. There is art that speaks in a whisper, art that leaves us thunderstruck, and art that bowls us over with a feather.

James Evangelista's "The Laws Must Change" is a close up of a child's  face peering through a wire fence. No work is more charged politically or fraught emotionally as one imagines a child separated from their family and their freedom. This photo speaks a thousand words without uttering a sound.

 by Bob MacGinnes - Greater Harrisburg Community Magazine

 

In The Loupe

We set out on Tre Cime di Lavaredo
Annual "Art of the State" A feast for the eyes and the emotions; winners announced. 
I began photographing crosses ten years ago. They are composed in my camera with intention. The cross is a symbol of my faith and every time I place a cross in my viewfinder it’s my way of giving thanks to God for breathing inspiration into me so that I can move forward in my life and in my growth, so I can help translate the beauty of this world for myself and others.  And the beauty of our world exists in everything, in joy and sadness, in life and death, in suffering and redemption — everything I experience when I am shooting. I think all creative work has its roots in the Spirit of God which is all around us, even when we are numb to it. Even when we feel it has left us, but still, it is there.
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Annual Art of the State

6/16/2023

The State Museum of Pennsylvania honored some of the best artists from across the commonwealth, with artists both seasoned and emerging joining forces to create a tour de force. The power of art is such that it can transform a mere viewer to a full in participant. There is art that speaks in a whisper, art that leaves us thunderstruck, and art that bowls us over with a feather.

James Evangelista's "The Laws Must Change" is a close up of a child's  face peering through a wire fence. No work is more charged politically or fraught emotionally as one imagines a child separated from their family and their freedom. This photo speaks a thousand words without uttering a sound.

 by Bob MacGinnes - Greater Harrisburg Community Magazine