The Chadds Ford Elementary School PTO is gearing up for the 66th annual Art Sale and Show, scheduled for Friday and Saturday March 20 and 21.
Last year’s donating artist, Shawn Faust, is this year‘s featured artist and the donating artist is Ana Delia McCormack.
Faust said his favorite piece for this year’s show is one he calls “Pony in Birches.”
“It’s been referred to as a white on white painting,” he said during a March 4 interview at the school. “It’s got a white background with snow. The horse is white and he has white snow on him. It’s just a very quiet, nice scene.”
Faust began working on the scene after a heavy snowfall and was impressed with the quiet of the scene.
“It’s so quiet. I don’t know how to put it, but [the snow] insulates the sound, and that’s it, you couldn’t hear a thing. All the horses in the paddock were just standing there being covered by snow. It was kind of surreal,” Faust said.
He’s not exactly sure, but Faust thinks this is the eighth year he’s shown at the CFES, but he keeps coming back for one simple reason, “I love this show.”
While this isn’t the first for Faust, it is the first for school Principal Shawn Dutkiewicz.
“I’m really looking forward to it,” Dutkiewicz said. “The work the PTO does is tremendous.”
The show is he largest fund-raising event for the school and, according to co-chairman Meg Niemkiewicz, it’s the largest fund-raising event in the district.
She attributes the show’s success to the loyalty people show to the school and how buyers return year after year to buy more. Along with that, she said, is the fact that volunteers return to help out even after their kids leave Chadds Ford Elementary.
This year’s show, she said, would less traditional with more variety of art.
As a fund-raiser, the PTO gets 30 percent of the sale price of the works sold. There is also a raffle and the group gets donations.
Niemkiewicz said last year’s event brought in about $19,000 and she hopes to at least match that this year. All the money goes toward projects at the school.
In addition to the usual fare of live music and hors ‘doeuvres during the Friday night opening, there will be a special Art Salon both Friday and Saturday. The salon exhibit, curated by local artist Lele Galer, will feature works from selected local artists.
Another local artist and art teacher, Samantha Hage who operates Art Beat on Station Way Road in Chadds Ford, will hold a Children’s Art Café on Saturday at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
There will also be an Artisan Showcase from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. Local artisans will offer their handmade crafts for sale.
Additionally, Carla Westerman is scheduled to give a talk about Chadds Ford History and its link with the art world on Saturday about 2:30 p.m. following a 2 p.m. tour of the school’s art collection.
Westerman is a former reporter for The Kennett Paper and is a member of the Chadds Ford Historical Society.
The Friday, March 20 adults only opening reception begins at 7 p.m. Saturday's events begin at 10 a.m.
About Rich Schwartzman
Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.
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