Six decades of legacy
Last updated Thursday, September 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Artists representing six decades of legacy converged on Bucks County Community College’s Hicks Art Center August 28 to celebrate “The Faculty Emeriti Arts Exhibition.” Various works by 27 retired professors and administrators from 1965 to 2025 are shown and heard throughout the Hicks Art Center, including recent and historic works that have never been exhibited or played in public before. The opening reception on the Newtown Campus also gave the artistic community the opportunity to meet Carolina Blatt, Ph.D., the new dean of the School of Arts and Communication. The show, which is free and open to the public, runs through October 25.
Carolina Blatt, dean of Bucks County Community College’s School of Arts and Communication, addresses visitors to “The Faculty Emeriti Exhibition” August 28 on the Newtown Campus. “Bucks’ reputation as a creative wellspring in the community is due in large part to the exceptional artists who have populated our faculty and nurtured our students,” Blatt said. The Hicks Art Center show, reflecting six decades of works by retired faculty, is open through October 25. (Credit: Mel Evans for Bucks County Community College)
Bruce Katsiff, who chaired Bucks County Community College’s arts department in the 1970s and 80s before becoming the founding director of the Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, chats with Emmi Schatz, whose mother Charlotte Schatz (1929-2023) taught at Bucks for more than 30 years. Katsiff and Charlotte Schatz are among 27 artists whose works are featured in “The Faculty Emeriti Arts Exhibition” through October 25 on the Newtown Campus. (Credit: Mel Evans for Bucks County Community College)
Jon Burns (left), faculty member at Bucks County Community College, talks with gallery visitor Joe Seltzer before artwork by Bruce Katsiff entitled “Alan Goldstein (BP)” (2011, archival pigment print). Katsiff is among 27 artists whose works are featured in “The Faculty Emeriti Exhibition” through October 25 in the Hicks Art Center on the Newtown Campus. (Credit: Mel Evans for Bucks County Community College)
Gallery visitor Frank Pronesti reflects on Charlotte Schatz’s “Study for War in the Gulf” (1991, acrylic on paper) at “The Faculty Emeriti Exhibition” at Bucks County Community College’s Hicks Art Center. Schatz (1929 – 2023) taught at BCCC for more than 30 years. The exhibition, featuring the works of 27 artists, is open through October 25 on the Newtown Campus. (Credit: Mel Evans for Bucks County Community College)