Art Watch: David Katz’s bold and beautiful flying chairs

Plus RockDraw, Fantasy & Abstract, & painting in Longwood By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times Oil painter David Katz will be showing his big, bold and beautiful artwork at Galer Estate Winery Pop up show Thursday July 17th.  David works on very large handmade canvases and paints whatever interesting series of images pop into his head. He starts with a large gessoed canvas and then positions...

Art Watch: ‘Lure of The Brandywine’ on exhibit

Grand Celebrations of Art and Nature – and local art happenings this week By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times There are some terrific art exhibits underway in our larger local art institutions that each celebrate the link between art and nature. At The Brandywine Conservancy and Museum of Art the featured exhibit is “Lure of the Brandywine: A Story of Land Conservation and Artistic Inspiration”...

What to do: Battle of Brandywine, art, music and more

A wide range of exciting events to overfill your May weekend By Denny Dyroff, Correspondent, The Times A busy weekend of activities might just be topped by the reenactment of The Battle of Shady Hollow will be reenacted this weekend in Birmingham Township. “On Hallowed Ground,” the re-enactment of the 1777 Battle of Sandy Hollow, is scheduled to be held on May 17 and 18 at Sandy Hollow Heritage...

CCAA: See ‘Chicago in L.A.’ in Brooklyn

Association plans bus trip to see exhibits by two contemporary standouts Judy Chicago is one of the artists who will be featured at the Brooklyn Art Museum. The Chester County Art Association (CCAA) is hosting an all-day chartered bus trip to the Brooklyn Art Museum on Thursday, May 15. Artists on display include 1970’s feminist artist Judy Chicago and Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei. Judy...

Art Watch: Laura Lewis

Time-worn objects shaped into jewelry treasures new plus what’s going on this week in art By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times Jewelry artist Laura Lewis will be exhibiting her jewelry and hand blown glass pieces at Galer Estate Winery for this Thursday’s Pop up Art show May 1st from 4-8pm.  Every Laura Lewis jewelry piece is a combination of a found object fragment and her own artistry....

Art Watch: Kirsten Fischler

Tiffany inspired color transformations of reclaimed wood By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times Kirsten Fischler is painter with a very unique style of art.  Kirsten collects recycled wood building materials, cuts them up, paints them and then reconfigures the elements into a singular work of art. Often the pictorial elements are simply rectangular cuts of a piece of plywood- but what a piece of plywood! Her...

Art Watch: Painting on collage combines old and new

Plus: what’s going on this week in art By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times Painter Jasmine Alleger will be exhibiting this Thursday March 20th  at Galer Estate Winery for a Pop up show from 5-9pm.  Alleger combines found materials and photographs with painted objects of everyday subject matter. She writes that “the juxtaposition of collaged material with painted objects is a way to navigate...

Art Watch: Shake off winter by taking in some art

Although Spring may be slow in coming, the Spring art scene is blooming By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times With all the snow and ice of the past weeks, it will be nice to start visiting the local galleries again, going to events and warming up to great food, wine and local art. The end of winter is a perfect time to get inspired to be creative, and it is always great when art combines to raise money...

Building on the energy of Cuban music, dance

Chester County Art Association holding special one-night fund-raiser Internationally acclaimed Jose ‘Pepito’ Gomez will perform on Wednesday, Feb. 19, at a music and dance benefit for the Chester County Art Association. Drawing on the allure of music and dance, the Chester County Art Association (CCAA) will present internationally renowned Cuban musician Jose “Pepito” Gomez...

Art exhibit spotlights region’s iron, steel heritage

Paintings, sculpture will be displayed at Penn State’s Great Valley campus An exhibit with some artistic and historic heft will open on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at the Henry Gallery at Penn State’s Great Valley campus. The unique iron and steel heritage of Chester County and the region set the background for an exhibit, which is entitled “Pennsylvania: Made in Steel.” An opening reception for...