First Friday

On the first friday of every month, South Bethlehem comes alive for a community celebration. Local merchants, restaurants and galleries open their doors to celebrate our awesome community.

ArtsQuest's current First Friday activities are headquartered at the Banana Factory Arts Center.

Don't forget to check out the official website for Bethlehem's First Friday

Our First Friday fun at the Banana Factory kicks off at 6pm each month and wraps up around 9pm.

Some fun links:

• About the Banana Factory
• First Friday photo galleries
• Learn about our Banana Factory Resident Artists
• View classes offered at the Banana Factory and the ArtsQuest Center

White Works People's Choice Award (from Feb 3)

• 1st Place: Olaf Starorypinski
• 2nd Place: Adrian Sauers
• 3rd Place: Andrew Kish

March 2

• Featured Artists Liz Magno and Stephanie Smith
• Guest photographer in the Olympus Digital Imaging Center
• Glassblowing demonstrations in the GlassWorks Studio
• Wheel throwing demonstrations in the Ceramics Studio
• Moldings and Columns demonstration by Holly Fields-Scott and Lori Blomstrom in the Visual Arts Classroom
• Jewelry making demonstration by Kevin Herbst Haaf at 7pm in the Jewelry Studio
• Scavenger Hunt 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floor of the Banana Factory
• Olaf Starorypinski will be hosting a fundraising sale of photographs in his studio with prints for sale from approximately 10 different photographers. All proceeds to help Dan Unger the husband of Nori Zelenz, a locally based fine art model.

Exhibits

Jan 14 - Mar 11

LVPA Visual Arts Department Current Students and Alumni Exhibition

Artist: Jessica Bastidas, LVPA class of 2011

Title: My Sketchbook

Banana Factory - Banko

Jan 21- Mar 18

Deconstructing Forms by Daniel Mahlman

Banana Factory - Hallway

Jan 28 - Apr 8

Contemporary Caribbean Artists: Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico
First Latin American Show ever in the Crayola Gallery. Artists include: Marina Gutierrez, Rigo Peralta, Alexis Mendoza from Cuba, Ismael Checo from the Dominican Republic, Luis Stephenberg from Puerto Rico, and Jesus Riveras from Cuba.
The show includes paintings, installations, 3-D work, and much more.


Artist: Alexis Mendoza
Title: En el Jardin de la Noche
Banana Factory - Crayola

Feb 3 - March 31

White Works

Artist: Ann Schlegel

Title: Pete's Trumpet
Medium: Oil, acrylic, paper, graphite

This is one of many beautiful works you can see on display.

Banana Factory Stairway & Walls

Photo Galleries

Did we snap your picture at First Friday... just wanna check out the photos of the fun?
Check out our photo gallery page.