ARTS Oil City and the Oil Region Alliance are excited to announce that they have been selected as a 2025 Cohort for the Alliance for Creative Rural Economies (ACRE) program through Pittsburgh’s Bridgeway Capital. The program, started in 2022, has been successful in three other Pennsylvania cities, as well as Wheeling and Morgantown, West Virginia. Read More…
Local artist, CJ Hurley is in an exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Northwestern Pennsylvania Artists Association (NPAA) at Mercyhurst University’s Cummings Art Gallery. NPAA was founded in 1974 by a small group of visionary artists, and has grown into a thriving organization of more than 100 professional artists. The organization’s mission is to Read More…
The Oil Region Alliance of Business, Industry & Tourism commissioned a Diversity Study project to uncover lesser known and unknown stories within the Oil Region National Heritage Area. The Study focused on the histories of women, African Americans, Asian Americans, Jewish Americans, and transient workers throughout the region from the mid-19th century through the mid-20th Read More…
by Deanna Wolfgong Many people have heard the sayings “Music soothes the savage beast” or “Where words fail, music speaks.” But how many people have actually thought about why? Why is music such a powerful medium? As a music therapist, I’ve seen firsthand how music can change lives. Whether it’s helping someone who is non-verbal Read More…
By Devin Zagar, President of FLEX As the president of FLEX, I’m excited to share that we’ve been hard at work developing a marketing plan to grow our organization and better connect with young professionals across Venango County. This initiative is still in progress, but we’ve already begun laying the groundwork to ensure that FLEX Read More…