Art Watch: Artisan Wine Trail kicks off

First Fridays, various showings mark beginnings of busy fall By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times This first week in August marks the start of the Brandywine Artisan Wine Trail (www.brandywineartisantrail.com) where every month each of the winery businesses in our area may choose to exhibit art along a different art theme. For August, the art theme is “painting”, and there will be paintings...

Art Watch: Inside Mala Galleria

After growing up in passionate, turbulent Belgrade, gallery owner finds home in Kennett Sq.  By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times Lots of local art abounds in the streets of Chester County this week, but Art Watch this week will be spending some quality time getting to know the fascinating and inspiring gallery owner of Mala Galleria in Kennett Square. Mala Galleria in Kennett Square is a wonderful...

Art Watch: Summer takes wing

Warmer weather embraces themes of flight, bicycles and garden parties By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times With Summer art themes of bicycles, planes, and garden parties, this Summer is shaping up to be quite idyllic.  Mala Galleria‘s June Exhibit gives back 10% of the sales proceeds to the Urban Bike Project which supports Wilmington communities by providing access to bicycles as a healthy,...

Art Watch: Steeling the town in Kennett Sq.

Busy spring art scene continues into June with showings and events By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times Any casual strollers through Kennett Square in the past weeks would have been stopped in their tracks at the new public art sign for Philter coffee house in downtown Kennett Square across from Talula’s Table.  It is a stunningly beautiful combination of welded and forged steel, which combines...

KSQ’s Mala Galleria & ‘First Friday’ art stroll

KENNETT SQUARE – Kennett Square’s many charming boutiques, galleries and restaurants provide an inviting backdrop for its community focused “First Friday’ Art Stroll from 6-9 PM, Friday, May 1st. Mala Galleria has two new featured artists; siblings Leander and Mo Fontaine. A vibrant exhibit has been created to highlight their works Indulging in Color: Black & White. Leander and Mo Fontaine...

Art Watch: Celebrating 10 years of local art

Cheers to The Longwood Art Gallery in Kennett Square! By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times In Kennett Square,  The Longwood Art Gallery, is celebrating its 10th Anniversary with “The Art of Glass” featuring the light-filled glass works of Lore Evans, Lisa Sabol and Don Jost April 3-35.  Lore Evans, of the Glass Gallery in Chadds Ford, feels that “each sheet of glass has its own point...

Let your holiday shopping be an ‘art’

Art is the best gift, give from your heart By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times Though you may prefer to invest in a large new work of art for your home from a local gallery (a really great idea!), this is a unique time of year to find the more portable and affordable works of art available at holiday shows. Zvezdana Scott, owner of downtown Kennett Square’s  Mala Galleria said, ” A new...

Art Watch: art makes a marvelous gift

Galleries all over Chester County are open and ready for your shopping needs By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times The best gift is something that is hand-made, and if you cannot make it yourself, then you might consider having some shopping fun at any of the holiday art venues in our area –  also a great way to support local arts! This week all of the local galleries are open for holiday purchasing,...

Art Watch: Lele Galer

Art Gallery transformations and art that is out of this world! Editor’s Note: For quite some time, Lele has been highlighting the work of countless artists in and around Chester County, but she herself is an accomplished artist — and this week has a major gallery showing in Kennett Square. Even though she was reticent about writing about her own work, we insisted, as we think her fine work...

Art Watch: Gallery shows abound in Chester County

A busy schedule and a chance to meet the artists Anne Yoch Russell and Rhoda Kahler By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times As October draws to a close, we have many opportunities to see the last week of some wonderful exhibitions across Chester County. The Church Street Gallery in West Chester is in its last weeks of showing the wonderfully talented pastel artist Jessica Turgoose, whose exhibit ends November...