EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS FOR 2011 Exhibitions and events at the Anita Shapolsky Foundation in Jim Thorpe, PA for Summer 2011 listed below. For more information, please contact Shirley Thomas at 570-386-2105 for details and registration.   May 28th - Opening of the 2011 Season May 28th - July 10th Ernest Briggs, Seymour Boardman, (Sculptor) Harry Leigh and Ed Meneely Reception May 29th 3 - 5 pm July 17th - August 27th Selected Pennsylvania Masters Reception July 17th 3 - 5 pm August 16th - October 16th Selected Masters from the Collection July 30th 2nd Annual Painting Marathon, 11 am - 4:30 pm Second Saturdays Poetry Reading and Performance at 2 pm October 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 15th and 16th Fall Foliage Live Music in the streets of Jim Thorpe, plus live bands at the Foundation Saturday Art Classes - Session I Drawing and Painting Abstractly  For ages 9-14, 10 am-12pm, June 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th Sesson II   Collage and Found Materials: July 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th ALSO ON VIEW (upper level) -  Paintings and sculpture from the Foundation’s permanent collection:  Works by Ernest Briggs, Seymour Boardman, John Hultberg and others from the 1950s - 1980s.   New Exhibition: Selected Pennsylvania Masters July 17th - August 27th       Pennsylvania Masters - installation view Pennsylvania Masters - installation view Pennsylvania Masters - installation view                   PAST EXHIBITION May 28th - July 10th Ernest Briggs, Seymour Boardman, Harry Leigh and Ed Meneely       Harry Leigh, Black Column, Wood, 103" x 68" Harry Leigh, Red Columns, Wood, Highest height 135"         Seymour Boardman Ed Meneeley Seymour Boardman       Ed Meneeley Ed Meneeley Ernest Briggs     PAST EXHIBITON - SUMMER 2010 ERNEST BRIGGS AND SEYMOUR BOARDMAN - until June 27, 2010       Ernest Briggs, Untitled, January 1960, o/c, 113" x 94" Ernest Briggs, Untitled, January 10, 1960, o/c, 110" x 94"     Seymour Boardman, Untitled, 1974, a/c, 41" x 60" Seymour Boardman, Untitled, 1980, a/c, 59" x 80"       Modern Sensibilities - Installation view Modern Sensibilities - Installation view       Modern Sensibilities - Installation view Modern Sensibilities - Installation view             Foundation opens:  May 28th to October 16th, 2011; Hours: Sat. & Sun., 11am-5pm and by appointment. Contact: (570) 325-5815 or (610) 442-4148. Foundation hours are 11am-5pm, Sat. & Sun., and by appointment.  For further information:  www.asartfoundation.org, (570) 325-5815, (610) 442-4148. The Anita Shapolsky Art Foundation was established in 1998 and is home to one of the largest and most historically pertinent collections of American Abstract Expressionism in Pennsylvania.  Also included are works of younger artists in the tradition of Abstract Expressionism.  The Foundation’s 10,000 square foot exhibition center in Jim Thorpe, PA, is located in an historic former church, built in 1849 and containing Tiffany and LaFarge stained glass windows and intricately carved woodwork throughout.