2020 ART PEEP SHOW: RETURN OF THE PEEP

Our 2020 Art Peep Show started with a happy explosion of glitter, feathers, and pom pom art (thanks to the mother/daughter combo of Jess and Zoey) and ended with an crazy social-distancing adaptation to allow for safe art viewing in these days of COVID-19. Before the pandemic hit, we had a chef set up a lunch for visitors to pop in and eat, an artist paint his garbage, a neighbor build a giant wooden wonderland inside the diorama, and more. Once the social-distancing hit, we took down the window covering and created a “stop and stare show”, with a poet covering the window with black out poetry made from food packaging, a display set up with art our summer camp students, an installation of the plants of Modern Art, and more.

A big thank you to all of the wonderful artists who were able to participate before things changed, to those who elected to postpone their installations to stay safe. We had established artists, young and old emerging artists, neighbors, families, performers, photographers, writers, poets, and school district of Lancaster students. We are so appreciative of all the neighbors and friends who safely walked by, peeped, and supported the project through the month of March. And we are so grateful to the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts for a generous grant to help fund the Art Peep Show. Keep an eye out for a continuation of the show when we can all get back to living, communing, and appreciating the power of art, together.

Check out some of the installations below (Photos by Michelle Johnsen and Libby Modern).