Art is ready to show up in 2022! Galleries around the Brandywine Valley have new shows for the new year. With emerging artists, past favorites, and unusual mediums, the exhibits brighten the dark days of winter. Don’t forget to check the gallery’s website or call ahead for updated safety measures. The Chester County Arts Association, as always, brings in the new year with vibrant exhibitions.…
There is so much more than meets the eye in Chester County. No one knows that better than Constance McBride, who for the past two years wrote the Art Live column for Chadds Ford Live. A ceramic sculptor herself, McBride was surprised to find a thriving art scene when she moved to the area. “Aside from the Wyeths, I wasn’t familiar with the Brandywine Valley…
Opening on February 6, and running through April 10, 2022, the Brandywine River Museum of Art will present Wayne Thiebaud 100: Paintings, Prints, and Drawings. Highlighting the full range of this iconic American artist’s work made over 70 years, the exhibition features a spectacular selection of his paintings, watercolors and prints. Created on the occasion of Thiebaud’s 100th birthday, the exhibition now also serves as a fitting…
Darlington Arts Center in Concord Township kicks off 2022 with a new exhibit Lynnette ShelleyGallery Opening & Reception on Saturday, Jan. 8 from 6:30-8 p.m. Lynnette Shelley is an award-winning Pennsylvania artist specializing in contemporary mixed-media animal and nature paintings. Fusing her great love of wildlife, patterns, and archetypes into her strikingly unique artworks, she creates highly detailed and complex compositions using a sophisticated process…
This is the perfect season to level up your holiday shopping by supporting local artists, craftspeople, and galleries! One-of-a-kind gifts abound in the exhibits, shows, galleries, and markets throughout the beautiful Brandywine Valley. The first weekend of December is full of events sure to cheer the spirit and provide gorgeous crafts and pieces of arts to keep it up through the year. At the Chester…
A 40-year tradition is coming to an end. This year's Christmas in Miniature, at least as most people in the Chadds Ford area know it, is the last one. And the person who started it all will be retiring and closing her doors in January. Christmas in Miniature was born as the brainstorm of Barbara Moore in 1982 when she was the director of the…
There is so much to celebrate this year in the Brandywine Valley! As we creep into the holiday season, decorations and cheer abound. Nowhere is that more evident than at the Square Pear Gallery in Kennett Square, where a new exhibit is ready to share joy to visitors and shoppers alike. "Wrap It Up" runs now through January 10th and is the perfect way to…
The Brandywine River Museum of Art will be reopening on Nov. 26 after being closed for almost three months because of the flooding from Hurricane Ida. And that includes a modified version of Brandywine Christmas. “We are just calling it the ‘Brandywine Railroad’ this year,” said Nicole Kindbeiter of the museum’s public relations department in an email. “And while there will still be three trees…
There is a distinctly light and positive energy bubbling away at Gallery 222 in Malvern. A lot of that energy comes from owner Andrea Strang, and the rest is supplied by the current exhibit which opened November 10th. Art by Randall Graham and Alison Leigh Menke offers bursts of color to match our stunning fall landscape. Graham is a mainstay of the Chester County art…
After a long time without public events, Darlington Arts Center in Concord Township reopened to the general public with a small exhibit Saturday night. The exhibit featured the works of a handful of artists from the Art 504 Creative Collective. The crowd was small, but Darlington’s Executive Director Eric Thompson said he anticipated that because people are still a little tentative about mixing in public…
The Unionville High School Student Art Show Committee announced that Josie Tucker has been selected as the UHS Featured Student Artist for 2021-2022. Additionally, Jessica Hall has been awarded 1st honorable mention and Mariel DiNatale has been awarded 2nd honorable mention. Local artist and Student Art Show Committee member Sarah Snyder-Dinsel said, “I am constantly amazed at the caliber of artwork created by UHS students.…