Author: Lele Galer

The Chester County region experienced an exciting art bloom in June, and as July approaches, galleries and workspaces host their closing receptions until the fall. In the wake of one of Kennett Square’s largest art walks, the Hopper to Homer exhibition at the Brandywine River Museum, the annual exhibition and one of my favorite art parties at Scarlett Thicket Farm, and the installation of a…

This weekend offers a fun opportunity to enjoy a beautiful Chester County weekend of art, from Lisa Fedon's Open Studio sale, to Ivystone Studio in Downingtown and a Plein Air competition at Gallery 222 in Malvern. Metal sculptor Lisa Fedon will be opening up her studio this weekend for a big 25% off everything. Lisa will be joining an art residency program in Florence, Italy…

The Oxford Arts Alliance celebrates "Jazz in the Vineyard" at their wonderful annual Garden Party fundraiser at Galer Estate Winery in Kennett Square this Friday. The Clover Market has a full day explosion of the arts, food and refreshments from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Kennett Square on Sunday.  You have a great art weekend ahead, with "Jazz in the Vineyard" and The Clover…

This weekend, "The Insatiable Eye" opens at Church Street Gallery and also check out "Operation" which is on view through July 28th at the Art Trust at the Meridian Bank.  The first ever Montgomery County Studio tour is also this weekend, Saturday and Sunday. Next week David Katz opens in Coatesville, and Galer Estate Winery hosts the big art/jazz event for The Oxford Arts Alliance.…

June kicks off with a mammoth art event in Kennett Square this Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. to celebrate the arts and salute the first public art sculpture installation in the town. From the start of State Street all the way to the Creamery on Birch Street, art is happening indoors and out. On Saturday, the beautiful Scarlett Thicket Farm Art Show, at 284…

After last weekend's whirlwind art adventure on The Chester County Studio Tour, this week offers some calmer, interesting, compelling discussions about creating and selling art here in Chester County. After looking at so much art all weekend, now is a great week to reflect on it all. Share in captivating art discussions Wednesday and Thursday, and enjoy a delicious mixture of wine and art at…

The hugely anticipated art event of the year is here. The Chester County Studio Tour is this weekend Saturday and Sunday.  This year an astonishing 179 artists are showing and selling their artwork in 72 art studio locations throughout Chester County Saturday May 20th from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and finishing up the next day Sunday from May 21st 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.…

With the flurry of First Friday art openings behind us and The Chester County Studio Tour just over a week away, many artists you know are in a creative panic as they get art ready for the studio tour and organize works for throughout the summer months. Some artists are using the Studio Tour as an opportunity to create works "outside the box" of their…

This weekend marks some terrific "First Friday" gallery openings, from the Delaware County, Chester County through to Wilmington, but the biggest art event of the weekend is the West Chester Spring Gallery Walk which happens this Friday May 5 from 5 to 9 p.m.  All up and down the streets of West Chester, businesses will open mini pop up gallery shows for local artists, and…

For the last weekend in April, local galleries around town will be taking down their April shows. This week I am highlighting the April show of Gallery 222 in Malvern, but there are also terrific shows now all over our area that are too numerable to list. Many are all closing this weekend in preparation for First Friday openings of exciting new shows in May.…