Coming to PoconoArts gallery: Oil paintings by Sharon Cosgrove

STROUDSBURG — The PoconoArts Studio Gallery will exhibit the oils of Sharon Cosgrove, a professor of art at Wilkes University where she teaches undergraduate courses in painting and printmaking.
Her paintings and prints have been exhibited in more than 50 shows, nationally and internationally. She served an “ambassadorial” role for cross-cultural exchange when her work was selected for the Art in Embassies Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and was displayed at the U.S. Embassy in Astana, Kazakhstan. As part of this program, she also traveled to Kazakhstan in March to offer presentations and master classes in conjunction with women’s history month.
She is the recipient of the Medici Award in Painting from the International Biennale Exhibition of Contemporary Art in Florence, Italy, and has been Visiting Artist at the Brandywine Workshop in Philadelphia, The International School of Art in Umbria Italy, and The American Academy in Rome.
By student nomination, she received the Non-Traditional and Innovative Teaching Award at Wilkes University, where she's taught for more than 20 years.
She has facilitated group painting and mural projects with international artists, students, and victims of domestic violence.
An opening reception will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 1, at the gallery, located at 18 North 7th St. in Stroudsburg.
The Pocono Arts Council is a local arts service organization serving Monroe, Pike, Wayne, Lackawanna and Luzerne counties. For more information visit www.poconoarts.org.