Mixed Media: Chester County Open Studio Tour

By Caroline Roosevelt, Columnist, The Times Lynette Shelley at Ivystone This weekend marks the kick-off of the County Open Studio Tours starting with Chester County. You have plenty of ways to curate your schedule, plenty of conduits to take, with 154 artists spread over 64 studios. Not even the most diligent of art walkers could make it to every site location so I recommend choosing either a theme,...

Art Watch: Keep on the lookout!

By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times There are 100 different clay creatures (Clay-tons) hidden throughout Chester County by the 20 clay artists involved in the Annual Clay Days art exhibition. This year, “Clay Days” is revving up the excitement by including an art-inspiring treasure hunt all over the county. If you find one of these hidden clay creatures, it is yours to keep, and the artists...

Art Watch: The most important art weekend of the year

The Chester County Studio Tour is this weekend By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times 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 10am-6pm, and finishing up the next day Sunday May...

Art Watch: Artists speak tonight at Church St. Gallery

Also: Lisa Sabol’s glass works at Galer Estate, Friday By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times Tonight, Tuesday August 9th, at 7pm in West Chester, visit Church Street Gallery for a fascinating discussion with six artists from their current Summer Group Show at 12 South Church Street, that goes through the end of August. Artists Robert Bohne, Terry DeAngelo, Sandra Severson, John Suplee, Jessica...

Art Watch: The Delaware Valley Art League

Be a part of a creative community…Get out your paints! By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times Last week I wrote a bit about the life-changing power of one teacher to inspire hundreds of adults to get out and create and exhibit their work. We all have oil paints or pastels in a drawer somewhere, maybe it is the time to take them out and rekindle that  creative flame? Sometimes it takes the community...

Unionville Art Gala set for Nov. 7 & 8

Top professional and student works on display, raises funds for school The Unionville Art Gala takes place this weekend at Unionville High School, featuring professional and student works, as well as a silent auction, live music, food and more.This year’s Featured Artist is Steel Sculpture Artist Karen Delaney, pictured above, some of her works. EAST MARLBOROUGH — The 2014 Unionville Art Gala...

Unionville Art Gala is a big hit

By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times A display of art work by the Unionville High School Art Gala’s featured artist, Jeff Schaller. Once again, the event brought artists from around Chester County and beyond to show their works and offer them for sale. The 2013 Unionville Art Gala held at Unionville High School in Kennett Square was a great success drawing large crowds during the Friday Night...

Art Watch Special: Unionville Art Gala

2013 Unionville Art Gala sets the stage for local art By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times The 2013 Unionville Art Gala will open to the public Friday November 8th from 6-9pm and finish the following day, Saturday November 8th from 10am-3pm. Sixty local artists will exhibit original artworks priced from $5 to $5000, in a wide range of media including painting, jewelry, ceramic and metal art. This is...

Chester County Studio Tour this weekend

Sculpture work by West Chester artist Rhoda Kahler, whose studio will be among those open to the public this weekend as part of the Chester County Studio Tour. Four years now and growing stronger each year — local artists and studios open their doors to the public to offer a behind the scene look at their work and process. This year’s event, which is free to the public, looks to be the biggest...

Local artists exhibiting in Chesco Studio Tour, May 21-22

Unionville’s Lele Galer among more than a dozen artists being featured WEST CHESTER –  Imagine visiting the studio of Andrew Wyeth in Chadds Ford 60 years ago. The rolling fields and stone farmhouses of Chester County had yet to become the icons of American landscape painting. It would have been an opportunity to experience history being made and art experienced. Today, a new generation of...