AFA was founded in 1988. A local artist had a studio on Lackawanna Avenue in Scranton.
A number of fellow artists got together and began to think about how beneficial it would be to create a network of artists in NEPA. They felt there were a number of artists in the region but didn’t know each other very well. This group decided that each person would invite five other artists to a meeting in one month.
The following month 30-40 artists got together in the studio. They decided to form an organization for artists —to get to know each other and expand the places for exhibitions by networking. Read more
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