Author: Lele Galer

No art show this year matches the excitement and breadth of this year's Chester County Studio Tour this weekend May 21 and May 22. With 127 artists showing and selling their work at 53 art studios spread across Chester County, this is the largest Studio Tour to date. The Studio Tour offers a thrilling opportunity to meet artists in their studio, ask questions face to…

The wineries of the Brandywine Artisan Wine Trail celebrate the artists of Chester County throughout the month of May. In conjunction with the popular Chester County Studio Tour, May 21 and May 22, eleven of the thirteen wineries of The Brandywine Artisan Wine Trail will participate. Offerings include wine specials, artists’ exhibits in their tasting rooms or donations wine to participating artist studios on the…

The Chester County Art Association might be called Chester County Active Association this weekend, and throughout the month of May. The Art Association is located at 100 North Bradford Avenue in West Chester and has exhibition galleries on site as well as in neighboring locations. The Association also offers art classes and instruction throughout the year. This Thursday May 12 from 5 to 8 p.m.,…

This Friday is "Gallery Walk" in downtown West Chester, which is "First Friday" on a huge celebratory scale. Every "First Friday" of the month galleries and local businesses have special art openings in Kennett Square, West Chester, Oxford and Phoenixville.   Twice a year the West Chester "Gallery Walk" turns the entire town into an art party from 5 to 9 p.m. Gallery Walk include paintings…

The big news for art events this week is happening in Kennett Square with two community art shows this weekend that will delight the whole family.  Art on the Square is a large annual outdoor art show and sale with over 35 participating artists and craftspeople exhibiting their work this Saturday April 30 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. A portion of Broad Street will…

This Saturday, April 16th "Chroma and Contrast" opens at Beauty Gallery in Newtown Square, featuring brightly colored juried art selections from members of the Delaware Valley Art League (DVAL). Beauty Gallery is located at 3857 Providence Road in Newtown Square and offers an ever-changing permanent gallery as well as an exhibition space for a hand full of themed exhibitions every year. Swing by Beauty Gallery…

April brings a host of wonderful new art shows to Chester County, with many openings this Friday. Openings are exciting art events full of that fresh energy that comes with the unveiling of newly orchestrated shows. Artists and customers mingle and chat, and food, refreshments and often music heighten the spectacle of an opening reception.  This weekend highlights include "Evening of the Arts" in Kennett…

"The Poetry of Nature: A Golden Age of American Landscape Painting" exhibit opened March 19 at Brandywine River Museum of Art. The exhibit highlights the works from the New York Hudson River School of the 1800s. Virginia O'Hara, Curator of Collections, will give a gallery tour Wednesday March 30 at 2 p.m. at the museum. Forty paintings, including works by Thomas Cole, Asher B. Durand…

Throughout Chester County, there are art shows and new exhibitions to inspire us at all of the local galleries.  In Kennett Square, Mala Galleria's "Moving Paint" art show features the work of fabulous watercolorist Sarah Yeoman throughout the month of March. Sarah Yeoman is an award-wining American watercolor artist and a signature member of the Philadelphia Water Color Society. Mala owner Stella Scott writes, that Sarah's…

The highlight of art this week is the 67th Annual Chadds Ford Art Show this Friday and Saturday, March 11 and 12. Chadds Ford Elementary School will host the Chadds Ford Art Show and Sale which provides a unique platform for Chester County artists to show both traditional and contemporary art work that are being created in our area. Proceeds from the art sales go…