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The Diamond City Partnership and Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University will host a new community event, SOMA Night Lights, Friday 6 to 11 p.m. on the 100 block of South Main Street in Downtown Wilkes-Barre. This event is free and open to the public.
SOMA Night Lights, named for Downtown Wilkes-Barre’s newly branded South Main Arts District (SOMA), will temporarily transform the district into a colorful canvas for the visual and performing arts. Working with artist Jeff Dubrow, SOMA Night Lights will feature several video-mapped projections on buildings throughout the district, including one compiled from community submissions. The video-mapping technique aligns video artwork to three-dimensional forms, using surfaces beyond flat screens to create immersive visuals.
In addition to the projections, the event will include a pop-up Kid’s Courtyard offering free crafts for children, live art demonstrations by artists, and open houses at participating SOMA galleries. Demonstrations for this event include the Rusty Iris led by Bad Hat Fire, Keystone College Mobile Glass Studio, and a community “graffiti bomb” led by Wilkes University alumna Paige Edwards.