ESU Presents Show Featuring Significant Works of “The Strauser Circle,” November 15

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Join East Stroudsburg University President Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D. for a special exhibit in the Sterling Strauser Gallery in the ESU Innovation Center, located at 562 Independence Road, East Stroudsburg, on November 15 from 6 – 8 p.m. The exhibit, titled “The Strauser Circle: Selected Works from the Robinson Family Collection,” includes works of outsider artists from the private collection.

The cost per person is $50 and pre-registration is recommended. All funds raised will go to support the Sterling Strauser Gallery, which is temporarily located in the Innovation Center but is proposed to be permanently housed in the future Keystone Center. The show will feature both a live and a silent auction of the artwork by various artists that evening. The event also will include entertainment, hors d’oeuvres, and beverages.

The gallery, which officially opened in May of 2012, features the works of Strauser, who lived and painted in East Stroudsburg from 1928 to 1995. The gallery’s initial collection was made possible thanks to a generous donation of 114 of Strauser’s paintings by philanthropists and ardent art dealers, Grey and Linda Carter and family of McLean, Va. Mr. Carter is a private art dealer and artists’ representative. In 1964, after meeting Sterling Strauser, Grey began buying and selling works of art to meet his desire to acquire a collection. His gift to ESU was intended to honor his longtime friend.

This year’s show will include some of those donated works, but will highlight significant pieces of work from members of the “Strauser Circle” of artists. The “Strauser Circle” is made up of a group of artists that he and his wife, Dorothy, a fine artist in her own right, discovered and promoted. The artists that will be featured will be Victor Joseph Gatto, Justin McCarthy, Jack Savitsky, Joseph Polinski, and others.

For additional information, call Gwen Hughes, administrative support specialist for the Office of University Advancement, at 570-422-7000.