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
May’s arrival brings new featured artists & community focused night
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...
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...
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, ”...
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...
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...
