Author: Lele Galer

“The first time I walked through Kennett Square, I knew I found the place for my gallery." The owner Mala Galleria in Kennett Square is featured in this week’s Art Watch. Having moved half way across the world, Zvezdana Stojanovic Scott found a new home in Kennett Square that reminds her of a charming European town. Mala Galleria in Kennett Square is a wonderful small…

The photography of Sean Davis will be featured this Thursday's Pop up art show at the  Galer Estate Vineyard and Winery.   Sean has recently begun a massive photographic documentation project that spans 30 miles along the Pennsylvania, Route 1 corridor from Avondale to the Main Line. In each township and borough along the way, he's capturing the beauty that makes each area unique. What's…

This first Friday in July marks a First Friday Art Stroll for the towns of West Chester, Kennett Square and Phoenixville. Make sure to mark your calendars for this Friday July 3rd and check out the various opening receptions and pop up shows throughout the towns. First Fridays are a great way to introduce you to these wonderful downtown locations. Make sure to reserve ahead…

With art themes of bikes, planes, and garden parties, this summer is shaping up to be quite idyllic. Mala Galleria's June Exhibit gives back 10% of the sales proceeds to the Urban Bike Project which supports Wilmington communities by providing access to bicycles as a healthy, affordable transportation option. The new exhibit is entitled "Pedal" with oil paintings by David Dziemian, all with a bicycle…

Any casual strollers through Kennett Square in the past weeks would have been stopped in their tracks at the new public art sign for Philter coffee house in downtown Kennett Square located across from Talula's Table. It is a stunningly beautiful combination of welded and forged steel, which combines the artistic talents of local artists Rob Sigafoos and Katee Boyle. It is whimsical, and lovely,…

Two important art events open on the same night this week, Friday April 24th, so you will probably have to make a choice to go to either the Chester County Art Association Invitational dance party in West Chester, or the opening Gala for the Yellow Spring Art Show in Chester Springs. These are both ticketed events that raise money for their respective art programs and…

The two big shows that open this week are at the Art Gallery at Franklin Commons in Phoenixville and at the St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Devon. While both are a bit far a field of Chester County, they include many well known Chester County artists and are well worth the short car trip. An art organization called The Artists Equity Association is holding its…

At Galer Estate Vineyard and Winery in Kennett Square, artist Sarah Yeoman will be exhibiting the brilliant artwork of her late husband, artist Paul Skibinski. Paul created a series of 50 wonderful drawings and poetry after his Stage IV melanoma cancer diagnosis in September of 2012. This show "Drawing before Departing" is a tribute to his love of life and boundless creativity. Previously shown at Chester…

In Kennett Square, The Longwood Art Gallery, is celebrating its 10th Anniversary with "The Art of Glass" featuring the light-filled glass works of Lore Evans, Lisa Sabol and Don Jost April 3-30. Lore Evans, of the Glass Gallery in Chadds Ford, feels that "each sheet of glass has its own point of interest, its own 'heart'". From functional works in glass, to mobiles and unique…

Now that the dreary grey days of Winter are behind us, I cannot get enough of color! This week has some terrific art shows that will get you in a colorful mood to welcome in the Spring. The Church Street Gallery in West Chester is showing the painted works of John Murray through April 19th. The opening for the show is this Friday, March 27th…