The painting Rainy Spring Evening on Route 29 by Michelle Thomas typifies the works that art enthusiasts will find on the Spring 2018 NBat tour and was chosen as the cover photo for the event brochure.
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Each season, the North Branch Art Trail presents an opportunity for locals and tourists alike to get out and explore a wide variety of businesses, events, and attractions along and near a 100-mile stretch of the beautiful North Branch of the Susquehanna River.
The Spring NBat Artisans Tour is a 10-day self-guided driving tour that begins Friday, May 4th and continues through Sunday, May 13th, featuring more than 40 Tour Stops to discover & explore between Owego, NY and Wilkes-Barre, PA.
To guide you along the way, be sure to pick up a copy of the Art Trail’s Spring NBat Guide. You’ll find your very own copy in the April 25 issue of The Susquehanna Independent (Montrose, PA), the April 29 issue of the Owego Pennysaver Press (Owego, NY), or the April 29 issue of The Sunday Review (Towanda, PA) or at tourism organizations and participating Spring Tour Stops throughout the region.
Turn to the Guide’s center-spread to find our easy-to-use map that shows where you’ll find each of the 40+ Tour Stops. In addition to art galleries, artist studios & artisan stores, you’ll find arts & tourism organizations; restaurants & coffee houses; specialty food shops & bakeries; craft shops & antiques stores; farm markets & historic sites; hotels & inns; movie theaters & performing arts centers; community events; and a whole lot more.
Use the map to select your starting point and decide just how many of our cool towns you can make it to: Owego, Waverly/Sayre/Athens, Towanda/Wysox, Wyalusing, Montrose, Laceyville, Meshoppen, Mehoopany, Tunkhannock, Clarks Summit/Waverly, Scranton, and so on. And who knows what exciting finds you’ll discover between tour stops!
Along the way, be sure to keep an eye open for our “NBat Tour Stop” signs. They’ll help you find what you’re looking for and identify each Tour Stop when you arrive.
Once the 10-day artisans tour is over, be sure to hold on to your NBat Guide. It will be a valuable resource to have close at hand in May, June & July, until the Summer Guide comes out at the beginning of August.
FEATURED IN THE SPRING NBat GUIDE:
Spring Tour Stop listings (showing map location on center-spread map)
North Branch Exhibits (a listing of art exhibits taking place during the Spring NBat Artisans Tour, May 4-13)
North Branch Gallery Guide (a sampling of art galleries & artists studios located throughout our region)
Featured Artists (this issue: Chris Lathrop, Montrose and L.P.Howard III, Hop Bottom)
Upcoming Artisans Tours:
Mark your calendar! The North Branch Art Trail’s upcoming artisans tours are:
Summer 2018 NBat Tour, August 10-19 – Summer NBat Guide covers Aug-Sep-Oct
Fall 2018 NBat Tour, November 2-11 – Fall NBat Guide covers Nov-Dec-Jan
Winter 2019 NBat Tour, February 8-17 – Winter NBat Guide covers Feb-Mar-Apr
History of the North Branch Art Trail:
The North Branch Art Trail is a program of the Kitson Arts Alliance.
Created in 1994 by Wyalusing-area artist Brian Keeler, the original North Branch Art Trail flourished for a number of years, bolstered by an annual event in Wyalusing around Columbus Day that featured regional art exhibits, studio tours, a community festival, and even a triathlon.
After guiding and growing the Art Trail and its annual events for nearly two decades, Keeler moved out of state. With his blessing, the Kitson Arts Alliance stepped in to keep the Art Trail going – expanding it to its current 100-mile route, seasonal artisans tours, and a quarterly companion publication, the NBat Guide.
For more information, visit www.northbrancharttrail.com, like both Kitson Arts Alliance and North Branch Art Trail on Facebook, or send an email to dantompkins570@gmail.com.
You’ll find your copy of the Spring NBat Guide as an insert in The Susquehanna Independent (Montrose & Susquehanna County, PA) on Wednesday, April 25; in the Owego Pennysaver Press (Owego & Tioga County, NY) on Sunday, April 29; or in The Daily Review’s Sunday edition (Towanda & Bradford County, PA) on Sunday, April 29 and also at tourism organizations and participating Spring Tour Stops throughout the region, including:
Hop Bottom PA
L.P. Howard III Art Studio
Ithaca NY
North Star Art Gallery
La Plume PA
Linder Art Gallery, Keystone College
Laceyville PA
Laceyville Hardware & Floor Covering
The Oldest House
Mehoopany PA
Darling’s Antiques & Vintage Decor
Meshoppen PA
Carlin Farm’s 4 Seasons Farm Market
Kintner’s Olde Mill
Marty’s Market
Montrose PA
Angelo Ventresca Associates
Chris Lathrop Art Studio
The Farm at Johnson Pond
Keystone Community Resources
Nichols NY
The Marketplace at Tioga Downs
Owego NY
The Black Cat Gallery
Carol’s Coffee & Art Bar
Creative Joy
Crystal City Olive Oil
Early Owego Antique Center
Gallery Forty-One
Las Chicas Taqueria
The Left Bank
Mr. Pat’s Coins & Antiques Shop
Original Italian
ParkView Restaurant & Pub
Ti-Ahwaga Community Players & Performing Arts Center
Tioga Arts Council
Tioga County Historical Society
Sayre PA
Comfort Inn & Suites
Scranton PA
AFA Gallery
ArtWorks Gallery & Studio
Towanda PA
Bradford County Tourism Promotion Agency
Community Cup Coffee & Tea House
Endless Mountains Craft & Gift Shoppe
Tunkhannock PA
Comfort Inn & Suites
Courthouse Art Gallery
Dietrich Theater
EMCA Gallery
Keystone Konfections
Kitson Gallery at Pen Corners
Swalebrook Studio & Gallery
Tioga Bistro
Tunkhannock Public Library
Wisnosky Jewelers
Wyoming County Chamber of Commerce
Waverly NY
Greater Valley Chamber of Commerce
Waverly PA
The Waverly Community House
Wyalusing PA
American Sandwich Co.
Blue Heron Artisan Store
Wysox PA
Wysox Merchant Center
North Branch Exhibits – Spring NBat Artisans Tour, May 4-13
2018 LCCC Art Student Exhibit
Showcasing their diverse skills, the student exhibition combines a mix of artistic pursuits and talents, allowing the LCCC art students an opportunity to present publicly a selection of their best work.
LOCATION: Schulman Gallery, Luzerne County Community College, 1333 S Prospect St, Nanticoke, PA 18634
HOURS: call for hours – exhibit continues through June 15
INFO: 570-740-0727
Big Art, Small Town Girl – the paintings of Carol Livermore Ostrander
LOCATION: Carol’s Coffee & Art Bar, 177 Front St, Owego, NY 13827
HOURS: Mon-Wed, 7am-5pm; Thu, 7am-8:30pm; Fri, 7am-5pm; Sat, 8am-6pm; Sun, 9am-4pm
INFO: 607-972-7532 – CarolsCoffeeAndArtBar.com, ArtLivermore.com – Map Location (pg 12-13): 7
Commencement! Ithaca Memories by Brian Keeler
The start of a new life leaves memories of Ithaca and the Finger Lakes.
LOCATION: North Star Art Gallery, 43 Snyder Hill Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850
HOURS: Fri-Sun, 11am-4pm; and by appointment – exhibit continues through May 31
INFO: 607-323-7684 – NorthStarArtGallery.com – Map Location (pg 12-13): 30
Data Dreams & Improbable Objects by Mary Bates Neubauer
LOCATION: Linder Art Gallery, Keystone College, One College Green, La Plume, PA 18440
HOURS: call for hours – exhibit continues through July 6
INFO: 570-945-8000 – keystone.edu/linder-art-gallery
Inner Universe by Kathy Fallon
LOCATION: Waverly Small Works Gallery, The Waverly Community House, 1115 N Abington Rd, Waverly, PA 18471
HOURS: Sat, 11am-3pm; Mon-Fri by appointment – exhibit continues through May 19
INFO: 570-586-8191 – waverlycomm.org – Map Location (pg 12-13): 40
May 2108 Member Exhibition
LOCATION: AFA Gallery (Artists for Art), 514 Lackawanna Ave, Scranton, PA 18503
HOURS: Wed-Sat, 12pm-5pm – May 3-18
INFO: 570-969-1040 – ArtistsForArt.org
Pictograms – The Art of Rama
LOCATION: ArtWorks Gallery & Studio, 503 Lackawanna Ave, Scranton, PA 18503
HOURS: Mon-Fri, 8am-4pm or by appointment – May 4-28
INFO: 570-207-1815 – ArtworksNEPA.com – Map Location (pg 12-13): 2
Pop Art at the Dietrich – featuring Steve Colley, Michelle McKenzie, Scott Nichols, Mike Reznick, Amanda Robinson, Rhi Wallace
LOCATION: Earnshaw, New & Sherwood Galleries at the Dietrich Theater, 60 E Tioga St, Tunkhannock PA 18657
HOURS: art galleries are open during theater hours
INFO: 570-836-1022 – DietrichTheater.com – Map Location (pg 12-13): 16
Pyrrhic Defeat: A Visual Study of Mass Incarceration
A local artist gives a glimpse into what the current trend of mass incarceration looks like with an overwhelming array of graphite and charcoal studies.
LOCATION: ArtWorks Gallery & Studio, 503 Lackawanna Ave, Scranton, PA 18503
HOURS: Mon-Fri, 8am-4pm or by appointment – May 4-28
INFO: 570-207-1815 – ArtworksNEPA.com – Map Location (pg 12-13): 2
Selections from the Sordoni Collection of American Illustration & Comic Art – featuring 135 works by over 100 artists
LOCATION: Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University, 141 S Main St, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701
HOURS: Tue-Fri, 10am-5pm; Thu, 10am-7pm; Sat-Sun, 12pm-5pm – exhibit continues through May 20
INFO: 570-408-4325 – wilkes.edu/SordoniArtGallery
Swalebrook Friends – Art & Artisans
LOCATION: Swalebrook Studio & Gallery, 221 W Tioga St, Tunkhannock, PA 18657
HOURS: Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm; Sat, 9am-1pm
INFO: 570-240-1068 – SwalebrookStudio.com – Map Location (pg 12-13): 35
The Blues in Art & Music at The Cup – featuring Erika Gibson-Bertram, Catrina King, Scott Nichols, John Rocklin, Joe Welden
LOCATION: Community Cup Coffee & Tea House, 421 Main St, Towanda, PA 18848
HOURS: Mon-Thu, 7am-3pm; Fri, 7am-3pm & 6pm-9pm – exhibit continues through end of June
INFO: 570-250-1478 – communitycupcoffee.com – Map Location (pg 12-13): 11
The Road More Traveled, A Retrospective – featuring paintings by Lance Montross, photographs by Shane Montross
LOCATION: Courthouse Art Gallery, Wyoming County Courthouse, 1 Courthouse Sq, Tunkhannock, PA 18657
HOURS: art gallery is open during courthouse hours
INFO: Map Location (pg 12-13): 12
The Works of Maxine Bendock
Stained glass and woodburning artist
LOCATION: Blue Heron Artisan Store, 20 Main St, Wyalusing, PA 18853
HOURS: Thu-Fri, 11am-6pm; Sat, 10am-6pm
INFO: 570-721-6070 – blueheron-wafa.org – Map Location (pg 12-13): 4
Various Artists will be on hand to conduct demonstrations and discuss their work during the May 4-13 NBat Artisans Tour
LOCATION: The Black Cat Gallery, 214 Front St, Owego, NY 13827
HOURS: Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm; Sat, 9am-6pm; Sun, 11am-4pm
INFO: 607-687-5550 – BlackCatGalleryOwego.com – Map Location (pg 12-13): 3
Whimsy and Wonder – featuring work from the students at the Verve Vertu Art Studio, Dallas
LOCATION: The Pauly Friedman Art Gallery, Misericordia University, 301 Lake St, Dallas, PA 18612
HOURS: Tue-Thu 10am-8pm; Fri 10am-5pm; Sat-Sun 1pm-5pm – April 6-June 2
INFO: 570-674-6250 – misericordia.edu/art