Chadds Ford Art Show & Sale opens on March 17

“Crashing Storm Break” – Featured Art by Stephen Brehm Chadds Ford Elementary School will present its 74th Annual Art Show and Sale on Friday, March 17, 2023, from 7:00 pm -10:00 pm, for an adults-only opening night, as well as a family-friendly day on Saturday, March 18, 2023, from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm. We are excited once again to host the time-honored, volunteer-run event at Chadds...

Unionville Art Gala celebrates 45 years, event on Nov. 12-14

EAST MARLBOROUGH — The Unionville High School Art Gala celebrates its 45th year. This annual art show and sale showcases local working artists and Unionville High School (UHS) Alumni. Due to uncertainty surrounding the pandemic, this year’s show will be a virtual online auction. The Unionville High School Art Gala strives to include a variety of artists – both new and more established individuals....

Area mourns passing of Betsy Wyeth

Betsy James Wyeth PENNSBURY — The Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art announced the death of Betsy James Wyeth on April 21, 2020. Betsy was a catalyst in the creation and opening of the Brandywine River Museum of Art and was a visionary in the worlds of art and architecture. She was also a published author, art collector and a driving force in the career of her husband, artist Andrew...

Mixed Media: As snows thaw, arts schedule heats up

By Caroline Roosevelt, Columnist, The Times I hope everyone’s enjoying the gentle springish thaw this week after all the snow. At this point, the light has changed and, in my opinion, spring can’t come soon enough. So let’s look forward towards the upcoming art events leading us into March. March 12th – April 6th, Somerville Manning will be hosting a solo exhibition of figurative paintings...

Mixed Media: Sharing is caring and…art

By Caroline Roosevelt, Columnist, The Times This February’s show at The Palette & Page in Elkton, MD centers around artistic collaboration. Now, through the end of February, stop in to enjoy “Response,” an annual members show featuring collaboration between writers and artists. Visual artists created a piece as either an inspiration for, or response to, a writer’s piece. The exhibition...

Mixed Media: An Off Site KSQ Pop Up!

By Caroline Roosevelt, Columnist, The Times I’m afraid I’ve held my column hostage while I waited to confirm some very exciting news! Pop Up Art KSQ  will be linking up with Delaware Art Museum and Chris White Gallery to present OFF SITE: A Pop Up Art KSQ Winter Exhibition. The timeline has been quite a whirlwind, with this opportunity opening up yesterday. Pop Up Art KSQ will be installing...

Mixed Media: Celebrating our local holiday art traditions

By Caroline Roosevelt, Columnist, The Times Welcome back from wherever Thanksgiving took you for the last week. For me, I ventured to Charleston, South Carolina to visit family and enjoy the temperate weather, brightly colored colonial buildings, and the smell of salty sea air. It was a lovely respite, but I welcome the return to the Brandywine Valley and our beautiful holiday traditions. Perhaps...

Mixed media: A few closings, and openings in local arts shows

By Caroline Roosevelt, Columnist, The Times We’ve got a few shows that just opened, or are about to open, but first, here’s what’s ending. Art Trust’s current mixed media exhibition, “Mixed,” will end September 28. Join them for their artist talk on September 27th from 7 – 8pm. Sharon Bartmann, Jennifer Hartz, and Jim Roberts will discuss their work and there will be some time...

Mixed Media: Time for submissions to local art shows

By Caroline Roosevelt, Columnist, The Times It’s back to school season! Which means it is also submission and call for entry time for artists. I’d like to start today’s article off by introducing some opportunities and deadlines to artists in the area. First, the much anticipated Fourth Annual National Juried Show with Oxford Art Alliance will be accepting applications through August 31....

Mixed Media: Keeping up with the Main Line Art Center

By Caroline Roosevelt, Columnist, The Times I hope you had the opportunity to tune in to WCHE 1520AM on Wednesday when I interviewed the new Executive Director for the  Main Line Arts Center, Thomas Scurto-Davis for Art Watch. In preparation for any interview, I write out a script that I follow which contains a series of questions peppered with some fun tidbits I like to add for authenticity,...