Each Summer MGSoA Invites visiting artists to give public lectures for the students and community hosted by the PA Chautauqua and sponsored by Stinson Stroup. We offer open lectures in person and on zoom. Visit our online calendar to view upcoming lectures & events!
2026 Summer Lectures
Jeffrey Reed, In Process
“From the Environment to Painting
in the West of Ireland”
August 3, 2026
Catherine Drabkin,
“Meaningful Play”
July 22, 2026
Jay Noble,
“A Founder’s Story of Mount Gretna School of Art”
July 15, 2026
Heidi Leitzke,
“Interwoven, Painting with Thread”
July 13, 2026
Mark Lewis,
“Views from the Sidewalk:
Facts and Fictions”
July 1, 2026
Karlis Rekevics,
“Broad, Ordinary Occasions”
July 27, 2026
Elizabeth Flood, In Process
“Lookout”
July 6, 2026
Four Pilars Artist Lecture - Lucy Copper
“Painting Landscapes from Google Images”
June 24, 2026
Abigail Dudley,
“Findint the Throughlines’
July 29, 2026
Megan Williamson,
“Sometimes You Paint a Door
(From Observation to Imagination)”
July 20, 2026
Jacob Janes,
“Titian and Cigarettes”
July 8, 2026
Misato Pang,
“Witnessing Wind”
June 29, 2026