Author: Lele Galer

For this first week in November, there are fun First Friday art openings from Kennett Square to Wilmington, and thus the kickoff to the holiday season has officially begun. Before getting to those exciting events, we must cheer the talents and most recent award for local Chester County artist Randall Graham who won first prize at the famous Plein Air Brandywine Valley event hosted by…

Without question, the highlight for the arts this week is the highly anticipated blockbuster opening of "Rural Modern: American Art Beyond the City" at The Brandywine River Museum of Art, showing October 29 to January 22.  This is the most  ambitious museum show to date and features 70 works by famous American painters including Georgia O'Keefe, N.C. Wyeth, Charles Demuth, Marsden Hartley, Roger Medearis, Charles…

The major art event of the week and perhaps the year is a two-fold celebration of contemporary realism in America that starts with the gallery opening at The Somerville Manning Gallery of "Behind The Easel" October 20-November 19 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The Delaware Art Museum's "Truth and Vision" exhibition opens Friday October 21 for members only 6 to 9 p.m., and continues through…

October 7th marks the kickoff celebration event for the Chester County Collects exhibition at The Chester County Art Association, CCAA, in West Chester. With over 90 art objects from 10 prestigious art collections throughout Chester County, this show promises to be an exciting and inspiring way to look at art, through the eyes of the collector. What inspires someone to collect a certain artist? How…

October is a very busy month for art!  It starts off with the exciting biannual "Gallery Walk" Friday October 7th from 5 to 9 p.m. in West Chester, Dozens of businesses downtown become mini-art galleries, and existing galleries have fun, catered openings for their newest shows. Go to the West Chester Chamber of Commerce website for a complete list of participating businesses and a map…

Most art galleries are centrally located in every town, but several great galleries in our area are a bit off the beaten path, but should be on everyone's art radar!  Destination galleries like Somerville Manning Gallery in Greenville Delaware offer one of the greatest gallery spaces for contemporary 20th and 21st Century art, including works by the Wyeth family, Bo Bartlett, Clayton Bright. Their current…

Art Lovers - you know who you are - here’s one you won’t want to miss. Gallery 222 is opening this Saturday night. You are invited on Sept. 24 from 6 to 10 p.m. The gallery is named for its address 222 East King Street in Malvern. Thirty-eight of the Delaware Valley Art League’s finest artists will be featured in the show that includes oils…

Several wonderful new shows are opening this Friday, September 16th!  Opening receptions this Friday include: The Art Trust's "Mirage" show in West Chester, Somerville Manning Gallery's Timothy Barr exhibit in Greenville Delaware, The Chadds Ford Gallery's "Scarborough Days" show, and the "The National Juried Show" at the Oxford Arts Alliance in Oxford. On Wednesday September 16, there is an excellent curator talk at 2 p.m.…

The buzz this week is all about local abstract figurative painter Brett Anderson Walker who has two explosive gallery shows opening this week in West Chester. Opening at The Chester County Art Association in their main Allinson Gallery, Brett has a large selection of his figurative paintings as well as sculptural works. This is a solo show that will be on exhibit September 8th through…

From West Chester to Wilmington to Kennett Square, galleries and art associations are gearing up for an art-filled Autumn, starting with this week's First Friday opening receptions. In Kennett Square, Mala Galleria welcomes abstract painter Ellen Catanzaro in a new gallery show entitled "Nature in Abstract." Ellen paints in oil on large wooden surfaces, and often works in collaboration with an interior designer or home…