Gallery
Night
Gallery Night
June 27th | 5 – 10 pm
Visit all of your favorite local galleries! Stop by the Museum anytime from 5 – 10 pm for fresh exhibitions, live music, and more. We’ll be featuring the opening of Rachel Libeskind’s Golden Record inspired exhibition, as well as a display of Frank Novel’s sketchbook art. Garry Bibbs, the Kentuckian sculptor featured in our 2022 exhibition, Ole’ Say Can We See?, will also be in attendance. Erie Clayspace will be firing raku ceramics on the patio and Steve Maynard will perform a DJ set, featuring some sections of the Golden Record.
Galleries
🍹Refreshments
🎶Live Entertainment
🧑🎨Artist Meet & Greet
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10 E 5th St
5 – 9 pm
In Borderlands, Rob Katkowski explores the threshold between the seen and unseen through a series of evocative, otherworldly landscapes. His paintings suggest mysterious entry points into alternate realms—twilight doorways, silent sentinels, and shimmering ponds that hint at hidden depths. These scenes evoke a sense of transition and wonder, where multiple worlds may coexist just beyond our reach.
Katkowski’s work dwells in spaces where reality grows thin—offering fleeting glimpses of portals, disconnection, and possibility. Through his richly imagined compositions, viewers are invited to pause and consider what lies beyond the borders of the known.
On View June 27 – August 2, 2025.
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1505 State St
6 – 10 pm
PACA - The Performing Arts Collective Alliance houses City Gallery on our ground floor, The PACA Gallery on our second floor adjacent to our Live Theater, Clay Space on our third floor, an art school on our fourth floor and many artists who open their doors to the public. Refreshments available in most studios.
D’ Hopkins Denniston Gallery Fine Art
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4960 Pittsburgh Ave
5 – 8 pm
Featuring artist Herm Weber
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1020 Holland St
6 – 10 pm
Dissolves -a solo show of new framed 2D works. Motherhood - a group show exploring the work of mother artists including Laura Domencic, SMKM, Em Crisman, Britt Stowe, Ashley R Cloud, Susan Kemenyffy, Cappy Counard, Karen Ernst, Michele Vitali, and others. Works vary in size and scale and many artists will be on view to greet the public.
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@ Erie Art Museum
6 – 9 pm
Join Erie ClaySpace for a fiery night of art in action! We’re bringing the heat to Gallery Night with a live Raku firing demo on the patio of the Erie Art Museum.
Visitors will get a chance to select a handmade pottery piece, glaze it themselves, and then watch it transform before their eyes as it’s pulled from a red-hot kiln and finished using the ancient Japanese Raku technique. Expect dramatic flames, crackling textures, and one-of-a-kind results — every piece is a surprise!
🔥 Glaze it. Fire it. Take it home.
🎨 All ages welcome. No experience necessary.
🎟️ Pottery pieces available for purchase on-site.
Pop-up Galleries
Whitethorn Games
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11 E 12th St
5 – 7 pm
Indie game publisher focusing on approachable, accessible games that can be played in pieces, that require no special skills or knowledge, and that anyone can pick up and play. Come join us at our studio to play some games and hang with the Whitethorn crew!
Flagship City Food Hall
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22 North Park Row
5 – 9 pm
Glass cutter Quillen Wise will be set up in the IPPA Pizza area demonstrating his craft. Feel free to walk up, ask questions, and take a peek at his artwork for sale.
The Dollhouse at Pointe Foure
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423 State St
5 – 9 pm
Women and Tigers/Nature in Fiber
Women and Tigers by Chelsea Morning is an intimate collage series that delves into the psychological exploration between outward poise and inward intensity.
Robertson Kitchens
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2630 W 12th St
5 – 9 pm
Meet the photograhers at our opening reception. Enjoy fresh lemonade and cookies while viewing the artwork.
Traditions Unlimited
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1608 W 8th St
5 – 8 pm
The Artistic Chair and More
Lene Currie transforms old or antique chairs into works of art. If you have a chair that needs a littlel magic, bring it along.
Erie Ale Works
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416 W 12th St
5 – 10 pm
In The Garden
Patty Mazza and Eric Fargiorgio
Erie Ale Works hosts local Erie artists Patty Mazza and Eric Fargiorgio as they explore garden themes in a less-than-conventional way via mixed media art.
Historic Masonic Temple of Erie
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32 W 8th St
6 – 9 pm
We will be offering tours of our historic Masonic Temple. Do not miss this opportunity to tour this local treasure.
Purrista Cat Cafe
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30 W 8th St
5 – 9 pm
From 5pm-9pm, check out artwork from local artist D-Scribe (Dan Schreiber), Soft Rock played by Ethan Foulk from 6:30pm-8:30pm in the Cafe and discounted Cat Lounge visits to see our sweet rescue kitties!
Ember + Forge
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401 State St
6 – 9 pm
About the work: Eric Anthony Berdis’ Don’t let them clip your tiny little insect wings celebrates LGBTQ+ folks, reflects on the historical struggles of the community’s past, and encourages allyship. Comprised of quilted fabric bug collages crafted by Berdis and community members, the show memorializes LGBTQ+ people who persevered in the past, while acknowledging those who persist today. Folks of ALL ages and art abilities are invited to make a bug (or two) to either take home or contribute to the archive. Bugs donated are seen as gifts that later get quilted with care by the artist.
The bug archive has grown and continued to grow substantially thanks to support from Erie Arts and Culture and Waterloo Art and The Day Glow Color Corp, that allowed for workshops to continuously happen over the previous years.
Erie Arts & Culture
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419 State St
5 – 8 pm
In his debut show, “In a Different Light,” Garrett Hess transforms Presque Isle into a breathtaking dreamscape. Through fog and fresh perspective, this exhibition captures the quiet magic of home like you’ve never seen it before.
Lake Erie Arboretum (LEAF)
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1501 W 6th St
6 – 10 pm
Desiderata
Desiderata is an art exhibit featuring art from local artists, Geoffrey Dunn, Rita Duris, and Brad Lethaby. A portion of the proceeds will go to supporting to LEAF initiatives. Refreshments and crepes from Give A Crepe La CrepErie will be available for purchase.
A. Francisco's
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1201 State St
5 – 10 pm
Colin Bonner
Collin is flipping the script. The media is his take on A. Francisco’s. Collin’s not just our pizzaiolo—he’s part of the soul of this place. He turned the camera on us—the restaurant, the rhythm, the mess, the magic. From flour-dusted prep tables to clinking cocktail shakers, laughter at the bar to that first slice disappearing off a plate—this is A. Francisco’s. Come take a look, stay awhile.
What is Gallery Night?
Gallery Night is a citywide celebration of art. Businesses and local galleries and venues will remain open with some hosting their own events. Shop, eat, listen to music, and spend time with friends and family visiting as many local galleries as you can. There’s no better way to get a feel for Erie’s art and culture scene!
