Author: Caroline Roosevelt

Last Friday,  Pennsylvania Made of Steel exhibition held a reception at The Hill School Center for the Arts. The drive to The Hill School set the stage for the exhibition, which paid homage to the steel industry either directly, through Grutzka’s industrialist city scapes depicting the smokestacks of the steel mills, or indirectly through the use of steel as a medium used to execute work…

Happy Spring! Frankly, I’m a little disappointed with the decreased precipitation estimates. If my spring is going to act like winter, it better act wintery as all get out. I demand two feet or more at this point. We will get through this, Chester County. In fact, we have some things to look forward to, once you dig yourself out of the fourth igloo in…

Happy 3.1415926 or Pi Day! If there’s ever a day to explain away ordering an entire pizza for yourself, it would be today. So, I say, take full advantage! While you’re doing that, I’ll tell you a little bit about what’s going on in the arts this week and next week. This Friday, Church Street Gallery will debut a new exhibition of Margo Allman’s work…

Welcome to the second snowstorm in the last week for the Chester County region!  I am practicing my “hygge” as I watch the flakes steadily pour down and stick to the ground this morning. If you haven’t heard of the term, hygge is the Danish term for “cozy” and it’s a lifestyle in their country. Small pleasures that keep the winter blues at bay such…

The old adage “In like a lion, out like a lamb,” may be appropriate for the progression of spring weather in these parts, but in the art world it’s reverse. Although we have a quiet March First Friday, there will be more offerings as the temperatures rise! We do have some openings, however, so let’s start in Kennett Square. Mala Galleria will be hosting a…

Ah, this week marks 2018’s first official trailer for the spring season with Tuesday and Wednesdays 70 degree weather and spots of sun! Although I’m usually an indoor cat, I found myself sprawling on the lawn at Longwood Gardens yesterday, trying to soak in some vitamin D, knowing I’ll probably have to store it for another month and half before spring weather really takes effect.…

This column usually focuses on regional art news, but I’d like to start this column by applauding the new presidential portraits unveiled this week. I know, I know, politics are not a subject to bring up in mixed company, but the art that memorializes the history of our country lives in a different realm and one that deserves of its’ own reviews. Former President Barack…

February may have started off on a bummer note with the groundhog (aka dirt rat) seeing its shadow and thus condemning everyone to six more weeks of winter, but there’s plenty to entertain while you twiddle your thumbs waiting for the daffodils. Chinese New Year is coming up, and it’s the Year of the Dog, arguably the best animal, period. Delaware Contemporary will be celebrating…

The surrealists of the 20th century gained a reputation for inventing quirky art games. Surrealism, as a genre, is an exercise in the absurd; turn everything on its head and laugh, or grimace at the futility of it all. It is from this dark sensibility that games such as Exquisite Corpse (nee “cadavre exquis”) arrived. It’s hard to escape even the most elementary art course…

Last Wednesday I ventured out to the Delaware Contemporary for the Robert Straight Q&A which is part of an ongoing series entitled ON ART. Delaware Contemporary hosts this series. Admission is free, and it is open to public. On this occasion, we were joined by about 30 other art enthusiasts, many of whom were art students at Delaware College of Art and Design, or University…