The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library, hosts “
Full Deck,” a traveling exhibit of skateboard art on loan from the West Coast, through Sept. 22. An opening reception for the exhibit – an extraordinary medley of eye-popping color, unique self-expression and pungent social commentary – was held Thursday, July 22. "Full Deck" was organized by the Bedford Gallery, Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, Calif. Summer hours at the gallery – in effect through July 31 – are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday to Friday and 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Regular hours, which resume Aug. 1, are 1-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; 2-8 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday and Friday. All exhibits are free and open to the public. The gallery will close Aug. 7 for commencement and Sept. 4-5 for Labor Day.
— Photos by Cindy Davis Meixel, photo editor

"A short history of skate art'" on loan to The Gallery at Penn College through Sept. 22.

A cross-cultural sampling of superheroes lines a gallery wall.

Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn are among the pop-culture icons represented.

Boards successively depict a San Francisco cityscape.

Vibrant photographs add multimedia touch to exhibit.

Presidential portraits

Supplemented by a video display (background), "Full Deck" is anything but a static exhibit.

Sharing a profoundly personal vision

As distinctive as they are diverse

Capturing the poetry of motion

Gallery patrons move among hundreds of colorful creations.

Artistic statements abound

A curious visitor, with skateboard in hand

Intricacy on an uncommon canvas

Multigenerational appreciation for a one-of-a-kind presentation

More of the exhibit's seemingly infinite variety