6th Annual High School Art Exhibit

December 5, 2024–January 31, 2025

The Friedman Art Gallery presents the 6th Annual High School Art Exhibit. The display features more than 60 original works created by local high school art students. Participating schools include:

  • The Creative And Performing Arts Academy (CAPAA)
  • Crestwood High School
  • Dallas High School
  • Lake-Lehman Area High School
  • Sue Hand’s Imagery

Art teachers were invited to select and submit some of their best student artwork for the exhibit. Two-dimensional drawings and paintings, photography, and three-dimensional artwork are on display. The exhibit is open during the Friedman Art Gallery hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., except during the holiday break. The gallery is open to the public, and there is no cost to attend.

Celebration of the Arts

In addition to the exhibit, the Friedman Art Gallery will be hosting the 6th annual “Celebration of the Arts” on Thursday, December 5, 2024 in the Barry Auditorium of the Academic Commons. There will be a holiday concert provided by the Wyoming Valley West Chamber Strings from 12:15 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. An artists’ reception with light refreshments, sponsored by Arts at Hayfield, will follow the performance. This event is open to the campus community and the public at no charge.

 Tour the exhibit:

6th Annual High School Art Exhibit: A 360 View

Local high school students exhibited their artwork during the sixth annual High School Art Exhibit at Penn State Wilkes-Barre’s Friedman Art Gallery. The exhibit ran from Dec. 5, 2024 through Jan. 31, 2025. For the exhibit, local high school art teachers were asked to select and submit some of their best student artwork. The Friedman Art Gallery displayed more than 60 examples of original local high school student artwork in the following categories: two-dimensional drawings and paintings; photography; and three-dimensional artwork. Participating schools included Lake-Lehman, Crestwood, Dallas, Wilkes-Barre Area Creative and Performing Arts Academy, and Sue Hand’s Imagery. 

Credit: Jonathan Pineno