 GOGGLEWORKS HOURS JOIN OUR MAILING LIST | info@goggleworks.org BECOME A MEMBER DONATE REGISTER FOR A CLASS | Not only is the GoggleWorks a place for art classes, movie watching, fabulous events and watching artists work in their studios, but it is also the place that over 20 arts organizations call home. Some have likened the GoggleWorks to an "Art Think Tank."  ACOR: The African-American Coalition of Reading | Studio 240ACOR was formerly known as The African-American Planning Committee of the Reading Public Museum. It worked in conjunction with the Reading Public Museum for the February events for Black History Month for two years. Each year it holds a series of fundraisers to gear up for the February event for Black History Month. It is seeking to increase membership and invites anyone interested in becoming a part of ACOR to give us a call. Your help and input would be greatly appreciated. ACOR´s mission is education through the arts; enlightening people to the essence of African-American art, history, and culture. ACOR is open to anyone interested in the promotion of this endeavor. Our goals are to bring African-American artists and craftsmen of all kind together for the purpose of giving them a chance at networking and exposing their talents. Contact: 610-898-7684 office | 610-370-7857 |  Berks Arts Council | Studio 523The Berks Arts Council´s mission is to encourage and promote all the arts, to develop an appreciation of the arts and to enrich and enhance the quality of life through education, presentation and collaborations with other arts organizations. Berks Jazz Fest is a 10-day celebration of jazz, blues and soul music held in and around Reading in mid-March each year. Begun in 1991, the Berks Jazz Fest attracts over 45,000 attendees from around the globe at 130 venues in the Greater Reading area. In addition to bringing in tourist dollars and enhancing the quality of life in Berks County, Jazz Fest supports educational opportunities for area music students, offering workshops and special concert events to perform with and learn from professional musicians. The Bandshell Concert series began in 1991 as an initiative among the City of Reading, Berks Arts Council and downtown merchants to encourage people to visit the city. Concerts, held Friday nights in July, draw 2,500+ people from all over Berks County and the surrounding area to enjoy a diverse line-up of music: reggae, big band, jazz, polka, country & western, blues oldies and more. These concerts serve the needs of the local community, offering free quality entertainment to those less fortunate within the area. Individuals making significant contributions to the arts in Reading and Berks County are eligible for this prestigious honor presented in an annual awards ceremony. Pagoda Awards are distributed in three categories: Lifetime Achievement in Art; Patron of the Arts; and Excellence in Artistic Development. The festival began in 2006 as the Berks Movie Madness Film Festival, and was created to celebrate the art of filmmaking in the Berks County area. Subsequent fests have expanded to showcase more independent feature and short films, as well as monthly 4th Sunday film screenings. Activities for the annual 3-day fall festival include filmmaker panel discussions, filmmaker receptions, and special screenings. The Berks Arts Council is proud to partner with the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts to make grants for public arts projects in a four-county area: Berks, Lancaster, Lebanon and Schuylkill. The impact of this program ensures that countless new arts programs begin in these counties by groups that previously did not consider seeking state dollars. BerksArts Newsletter: Funding: Contact: P: 610.898.1930 | F: 610.898.1932 | berksarts.org  Berks Ballet Theatre | Studio 401The Dance Academy has a reputation of training good, solid dancers. We are very proud of 43 years of teaching excellence and dedication to the principles of classical dance.  Berks Classical Children's Chorus | Studio 529The mission of the Berks Classical Children´s Chorus is to enrich our community by fostering and promoting choral excellence in young people through music education and quality performances. Contact: 610-898-SONG | Fax 610-898-SUNG | driche@bcccsings.org | bcccsings.org  Berks County Commission for Women | Studio 502The mission of the Berks County Commission for Women is to address issues of importance to women and their families in order to insure equal opportunity and treatment in all aspects of their lives by forming productive community partnerships to advocate, educate, research and maintain an accessible public research center. Contact: 610-929-6599 | bccw@alb.edu | berkscountycommissionforwomen.org  Berks County Genealogical Society | Studio 413Have you always wanted to do your "family tree?" Dying to know your local ancestors? The Genealogical Society can help you do just that. The Society´s goal is to collect, preserve, and distribute the rich genealogical heritage of Reading and Berks County. This broad tapestry of data is ripe with history and factual accounts of life here in your own backyard. The Genealogical Society is a non-profit corporation providing many profitable results. Gathering historical facts and data is informative and fun. Staffed entirely by volunteer support, the Genealogical offers membership to anyone with an interest in genealogy." Contact: 610-921-4970 | berksgenes.org  Berks County Living | Studio 525Berks County Living is the region´s premier lifestyle magazine dedicated to highlighting all that is unique and wonderful about the Greater Reading/Berks area. BCL´s first issue was published in the spring of 2000. Now celebrating its 10th Anniversary, this monthly lifestyle magazine continues to inform readers about what makes Berks County an exceptional place to live. BMull Consulting - Web Site Design & Internet Marketing | Studio 545A team of consultants, designers, web developers, and marketers focused on providing professional websites and internet marketing strategies for the Greater Reading, PA Area. Our team creates and manages business web sites. Our internet marketing strategies allow our clients to connect with new customer and expand their business using the web based initiatives. Bryan Mull  Jennifer Breton Photography | Studio 541Jennifer Breton is nationally-published lifestyle portrait photographer specializing in capturing authentic and natural portraits of families, children, babies and expectant parents. She is noted for her outdoor on-location work with children and their families that focuses on the unique bond among family members. Additionally, she uses her newly-renovated GoggleWorks natural light studio to capture artistic portraits of babies and their parents. Jennifer also accepts commercial, editorial and travel assignments. She is in her studio by appointment only. 610.223.9700 | JenniferBretonphotography.com The Community School of Music & Art | Studio 553Our Purpose is to provide the highest quality instruction that will lead to a full and satisfying appreciation of music and the arts.
 Adry Eberhard | 537Adry Eberhard is both a self-taught and classically trained artist. She has studied art since she was 11 years old. Her strengths are portraits and landscapes in all mediums including pencil, charcoal, oil, acrylic and watercolor. Adry mixes her lifelong appreciation of art and her knowledge of Art History with her understanding of different methods and materials. Creative, enthusiastic, patient and skillful, Adry is well suited to help kids translate their raw creative energy and life experiences into art.  Mickey Getty | Studio 327Author: The Junk Lottery (and Soot, a work in progress) Studio# 327 @ GoggleWorks, Reading, PA  David Himes | Studio 538David has been writing music in Berks County for the past 14 years. He has been commissioned by Reading Choral Society, Berks Classical Childrens Chorus, Fall Festival of the Arts, Reading Musical Foundation, Berks Arts Council, Trinity Lutheran Church and local individuals.  Key Klick Design | Studio 543KeyKlick Design Studio is a creative and reliable graphic design company that provides all your two dimensional print materials for your advertising and promotional needs. Our ultimate goal is to evolve our clients´ problems into profitable solutions. We achieve this Key Klick Design Studio offers a wide variety of projects for our clients. It´s very important to us here at Key Klick Design Studio that our clients are taken care of throughout their entire experience with us. Their problems are our problems with solutions at hand. Here is a list of services that we provide. Logos, Stationary Packages, Brochures, Postcards, Invitations, Newsletters, Sell Sheets, Fliers, Package Design, Menus, Posters and more! --  Outsider Folk Art Gallery | Studio 504The Outsider Folk Art Gallery is one of the country´s leading exhibiters and proponents of “outsider art,” also commonly described as “self-taught art” encompassing expression that includes people living mainstream lives, who were not trained as artists, but make great art. Viener and his wife, Sue, discovered folk art and Americana in 1970 and have championed it ever since. The term "outsider art", coined and articulated by Roger Cardinal in 1975, has helped legitimize the work of many fine artists, who otherwise would not have been considered artists. "Self-taught" is a more encompassing expression that includes people living mainstream lives, who were not trained as artists, but who make art. Great artists produce great art, whether they are trained or simply have a natural gift for expressing themselves.. In 1970, Sue and George Viener were introduced to the world of Folk Art and Americana during our visit to the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Museum in Williamsburg, Virginia. In 1986, we met Chuck and Jan Rosenak in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and we were welcomed by them into the world of living self-taught artists. We will only represent art which we own or would be proud to personally live with. We continue to enjoy the thrill of the hunt and learning about emerging artists, newly discovered art and “old masters”. Assistant Director Emily Christensen joined the gallery in 2007. Emily has her BA in Studio Art, from Hunter College.
george@outsiderfolkart.com
 Polish-American Heritage Association | Studio 509The Mission of the Polish-American Heritage Association is to foster and preserve the history Contact: 610-779-4733 RACC Classrooms | Studio 328, 329, 330Reading Area Community College is a two-year, open enrollment college that provides the first two years of a bachelor´s degree, career education for immediate employment, courses to assist in the transition from high school to college, community education and public service activities and training for area business and industry. Classrooms at GoggleWorks are used for both credit and non-credit classes and activities. Reading Buccaneers | Studio 551The Reading Buccaneers Drum and Bugle Corps is a not-for-profit, education oriented, musical organization dedicated to providing its members with a unique performing experience. The Buccaneers are a charter member of the Drum Corps Associates (DCA) and compete annually for the DCA Championship. Additionally, the Bucs perform in various venues including, parades, exhibitions, concerts, and field shows.  Reading Choral Society | Studio 529Founded in 1875, the Reading Choral Society is one of America´s oldest musical ensembles, and from its earliest days has pursued performances characterized by vocal excellence and musical distinction. Under its current music director, David P. DeVenney (only the tenth person to hold this position), the Reading Choral Society continues to evolve and change. While continuing the tradition of programming choral masterworks, the Society has expanded its repertory to include the more frequent performance and commissioning of new music and the exploration of more “popular” literature, like folksong, spirituals, and musical theatre. Its educational programs now encompass regular performances with invited local high school and college choirs and continuing collaborations with the Berks Classical Children´s Chorus. In addition, the RCS sponsors a Young Composers Project and, more recently, the Young Artists Competition, both designed to give college and university music students early professional experience. The Reading Choral Society is comprised now, as it has always been, of dedicated amateur singers from all walks of life, between the ages of 20 and 80. Determined to present the highest calibre musical performances possible, the 75-voice Society rehearses weekly in a professional atmosphere, fulfilling the lives of its members by immersing them in great music, and through RCS performances enriching and enlivening the musical life of the greater Reading community.  Reading Musical Foundation | Studio 503Over 80 years old, RMF is a public charity that provides financial support for music presenters in Berks County, music scholarships by audition and in response to financial need, and extensive music outreach, including programs in most of Berks County´s public and parochial schools. RMF is governed by a self-perpetuating board of volunteer trustees and is administered by two full-time employees. The Foundation depends upon the public´s support each year. Contact: Keri Shultz, Executive Director | 610 376-3395 | kshultz@readingmusicalfoundation.org | ReadingMusicalFoundation.org  Donna Searle | Studio 327A former teacher and administrator, Donna Searle consults with teachers and schools to facilitate writing instruction across the curriculum in educational institutions. She also teaches classes in writing for all ages from 6 to 96 plus. With a special interest in memoir, Donna leads workshops in the community. She is available to consult with authors and to edit manuscripts. See the website for classes and contact information. |
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