Art & Museums
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TCHS Brandywine Students Celebrate the Arts with Second Annual Exhibit at Exton Mall
Commercial and graphic arts students at the Technical College High School Brandywine Campus are offering the public an insight into their creative talents. For the second year in a row, TCHS Brandywine seniors partnered with the Chester County Art Association to display their original artwork at the Association’s storefront in the Exton Mall. The exhibit,…
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West Chester Woman’s Family Gets Back Rockwell Painting Stolen 40 Years Ago
After 40 years of waiting, a West Chester woman who grew up admiring her parents’ “Lazybones” painting by Norman Rockwell was finally reunited with the $1 million masterpiece last week. The artwork was stolen in 1976, and its search reinvigorated in 2006, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer report by Kevin Riordan. It was finally discovered…
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Chadds Ford’s Brandywine River Museum Gifted Wyeth Art from Merging DuPont
The demise of the DuPont Co.’s Wilmington headquarters has led to a procession of famous artwork – like N.C. Wyeth’s “Island Funeral” – across the state line to a “delighted” Brandywine River Museum of Art. The museum, near the Wyeth family’s Chadds Ford homes and studios, has been given a share of 20 DuPont-owned artworks,…
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New Novel Brings to Life the Woman in Andrew Wyeth’s Best-Known Painting
Her story runs so much deeper than the hues of blue sky and the texture of an earthy horizon, and so a new novel brings to life the woman who inspired Andrew Wyeth to paint “Christina’s World.” As Chadds Ford celebrates the centennial of Wyeth’s birth, author Christina Baker Kline reveals her tribute to the…
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County Commissioners Recognize Winners of Landscapes3 Photo Competition
The Chester County Commissioners recognized the three winners of the county’s Landscapes3 photo contest at a recent Commissioners’ sunshine meeting. The winners are Lee Schlingmann from East Fallowfield Township, Kathryn Mims from Pocopson Township, and Carol Slocum from Glenmoore. The photo contest was launched last October as part of Chester County’s development of its next…
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Evolution of Wyeth’s Imagery on Display in Upcoming Exhibit Celebrating 100 Years Since His Birth
With a keen sense of “distilling the essence of character” into paintings prized for their 20th century realism, Andrew Wyeth achieved “immense public success,” and left a legacy renowned across the world. This year, an important art exhibit will look back and showcase the artist’s life on the milestone 100th year since his birth. “Andrew…
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U.S. Postal Service to Mark Centennial of Andrew Wyeth’s Birth with Stamps Featuring His Work
The United States Postal Service has announced that it will issue a pane of stamps in 2017 inspired by the art of Andrew Wyeth to commemorate the centennial of the artist’s birth, according to ArtfixDaily.com. Wyeth was born and spent his life in Chadds Ford, home of the Brandywine River Museum of Art, which displays…
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Coatesville Photographer Puts Spotlight on Her Native City in Upcoming Documentary
Sarah Alderman, a Coatesville native and professional photographer, has decided to draw from her passion for the city she grew up in, and turn it into an interactive documentary, entitled BYPASSED, writes Lisa Dukart for Main Line Today. The project is web-based. It manages to beautifully combine photography with interviews presented in a documentary style…
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New Year’s Eve Gala in Refurbished West Chester Armory to Mark Opening of New Arts Center
The New Year’s celebration at the refurbished West Chester armory will not only usher in 2017, but will also mark the opening of a new performing arts center in Chester County, writes Michaelle Bond for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The New Year’s Eve gala will be the inaugural event of the Knauer Performing Arts Center on…
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Rustin Grad, Thornton Resident Cast in National Tour of Former Broadway Hit
Thornton resident Ian Gallagher Fitzgerald is thanking his lucky stars after “landing the role as one of the ‘Angels’ in the National Tour of Kinky Boots,” according to an article in The Times of Chester County. Fitzgerald attended Bayard Rustin High School, and his tour will bring him back to the area when Kinky Boots arrives at…
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Save Yourself the Trip: New York-Quality Theatre is Right Here in West Chester
There is something special about seeing something live, to witness great talent right there in front of you. Whether it’s a towering home run, your favorite song in a packed arena, or a professional performer hitting that beautifully pitched note. It’s magic. It moves you. It is something that many of us will spend hours…
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Bishop Shanahan Student Wins Archdiocese’s Inaugural Christmas Card Design Contest
A student from Chester County wowed the Archdiocese of Philadelphia with her depiction of the Nativity, which will be seen and enjoyed by thousands on this season’s Christmas card from Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, according to a staff report from PhillyVoice. Erin Layton, a junior at Bishop Shanahan High School, won the inaugural Christmas card…
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Malvern’s Bryn Mawr Rehab Kicks Off Annual Art Ability Exhibition, Sale
Malvern’s Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital recently kicked off its 21st Annual Art Ability Exhibition and Sale to great success. Art Ability is the nation’s largest exhibition and sale of art and fine crafts created by artists with cognitive, physical, hearing, and/or visual disabilities. Over 300 people got the opportunity to enjoy the creative works of…
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Chester County Planning Commission Seeks Submissions for Photo Contest
The Chester County Planning Commission is launching a photo contest, and is seeking submissions on favorite places to have fun, take a walk, or just relax in Chester County. The contest is part of Chester County’s update process for its comprehensive plan which currently falls under the banner of Landscapes2. The update – Landscapes3 –…
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Andrew Wyeth Painting the Inspiration for Protagonist of New HBO Series
“Christina’s World,” the magnum opus of the late Andrew Wyeth, has served as the inspiration for the protagonist of a new HBO series, writes Allie Gemmill for Bustle.com. The 1948 painting by the renowned Chadds Ford artist has influenced the character of Dolores in Westworld, a science-fiction thriller that debuted this month and is receiving…
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Destination ChesCo: Halloween Arrives Early at the Brandywine River Museum
I love Halloween. Although I don’t enjoy scary things, like haunted hayrides or scary movies, I look forward to a night dressed in costume with a valid excuse to eat candy. Halloween was always magical. I could hide my insecurities and chubby exterior behind my favorite costume and be anyone I wanted to be. In some small way, that made…
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Tour of Historic Art in Chadds Ford Impresses
One of the Northeast’s most prized art attractions is located in Chadds Ford, where the display of art by the Wyeth family continues to impress people near and far. Travel writer Martha Steger detailed her Chadds Ford weekend immersion “in the arts and sites showcasing works of the Wyeth family and the Brandywine School artists” in…
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Downingtown Auction House Sells Regional Treasure for $108,000
A regional treasure will travel to Texas following last week’s Pook & Pook auction of Americana antiques and collectibles. The Downingtown auction house collected $108,000 for a rare dower chest from 1795 that was “storied and lavishly decorated,” according to a report in Antiques and the Arts Weekly. At the Oct. 8 culmination of the…
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