Art & Museums
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Local Artist Neilson Carlin Commissioned By Archdiocese To Paint The Holy Family
The Catholic Church’s World Meeting of Families, scheduled for Philadelphia in September, will feature the work of a local artist. Neilson Carlin was asked by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to paint the official portrait for the event which is expected to draw over a million people from around the world. According to a feature in…
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Covered Bridge: Weekend Reading
We hope as you enjoy your weekend you’ll also find some time to kick back and survey some of the best writing from around the web. This week we’re bringing you two nonfiction articles, and one humor piece from McSweeney’s. Check it out. “B.B. King, The Defining Bluesman For Generations, “, by Tim Weiner, from New York Times.…
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Chester County Studio Tour Showing 100 Visual Artists Today and Tomorrow
This weekend the doors will be opened wide to the mystical world of art in Chester County, and members of the public can venture into the inner sphere of inspiration for a free look at the life of an artist before the brushstrokes, in the midst of molding the clay and prior to the public…
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Valuing Chester County Companies in Picassos
On Monday, Christie’s New York presided over the record-setting sale of a Picasso painting. “Les Femmes d’Alger (Version ‘O’)”, 1954-55, closed out at $179.4 million–a 462% increase in value over the painting’s $31.9 million purchase in 1997– and set a new record for the most ever paid for a single work of art sold at…
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Covered Bridge: David Goldberg, Literature at 40,000 Feet and Apple Watch Breakdown
Remembering David Goldberg The tech community is mourning the loss of David Goldberg this week. Goldberg, 47, who founded several companies including the so-called “unicorn” SurveyMonkey, died unexpectedly over the weekend. Husband to current Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg since 2004, Goldberg is being remembered as an astute entrepreneur and an ardent supporter of gender equality…
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Covered Bridge: Weekend Reading
We hope as you enjoy your weekend you’ll also find some time to kick back and survey some of the best writing from around the web. This week we’re bringing you stories on local spots you may consider day tripping to now that the weather has changed for the best. Enjoy. “Frank Lloyd Wright’s Most Beautiful…
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Brandywine River Museum: New Exhibit Paints Horace Pippin In A New Light
The story of one of West Chester’s most famous painters has been told many ways by many people, and a new exhibit opening this weekend in Chadds Ford paints the artist’s journey in a new light yet again. The Brandywine River Museum of Art‘s new exhibit, “Horace Pippin: The Way I See It,” will be…
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Chester County Photographer Peter Olson Infuses Images In Artistic Clay
Through the trained eyes of an expert photographer, Peter Olson of Malvern has envisioned a creatively intricate new form of pottery he calls photo ceramica. “Coming to clay with a photographer’s education, Olson’s approach to the vessel has little in common with ceramic artists trained in academic settings,” HAND/EYE Magazine stated in a recent feature. Olson…
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Mural By Presidential Artist Adrian Martinez Added To Growing Downingtown Art Scene
Standing shoulder-to-shoulder with internationally known painter Adrian Martinez, a number of local high school students recently added brush strokes to a new mural celebrating the brand new Downingtown Library and the making of the borough into Chester County’s hub for fine arts. “The project was great for the young artists,” Martinez said in a press release.…
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Doug Keller: Record Store Day Returns To Chester County Tomorrow
The national holiday for brick-and-mortar album retailers returns again this year. We asked Doug Keller to fill us in on the focus behind Record Store Day, and also to tell us about his favorite stores in and around Chester County. By Doug Keller When was the last time you bought an album? If you’re a so-called “Millennial” chances…
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Artist Donna Usher Connects Her Own Past With Future Generations Through Artwork Donation
A Downingtown native has come full circle in her life as an artist, rewarding one of the sources of her inspiration as a young child with the donation of an inspiring work of art for future generations. Longtime local artist Donna Usher, whose numerous masterpieces have been exhibited throughout the world, has donated her painting triptych…
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West Chester Announces Tougher Parking Rules, Again
By Barry Rabin If you’re one of the few visitors to West Chester whose car has yet to be graced with a high-priced parking ticket, you won’t have to feel left out much longer. Amidst criticism by many that recent parking changes – such as eliminating free parking at metered spots near the University –…
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Exelon Underwrites PAFA Art Exhibit On Henry Ossawa Tanner
Exelon Corp. and the Exelon Foundation are sponsoring a Henry Ossawa Tanner exhibition at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and will this summer put 100 students in this region to work enhancing Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park, the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge and Wissahickon Valley Green Park. The foundation approved a $150,000 grant to give…
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Wyeth Art To Be Included In Inaugural Show At State Museum Of Pennsylvania
Friday, Feb. 13 is a free admission day at the State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg, which plans to exhibit the best of Pennsylvania art and artists in an exhibition titled “Inaugural Exhibit of Pennsylvania Arts.” Works from the Wyeth family and the Brandywine River Museum will be among the 55 pieces from 40 institutions.…
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Brandywine River Museum Hosts Jamie Wyeth Retrospective
The first major retrospective of the works of Jamie Wyeth is being featured at the Brandywine River Museum of Art, now through April 5. The exhibit of more than 100 pieces looks at six decades of the artist’s career and charts the evolution of his creative process from early childhood drawings to the recurring themes…
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The Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville Showing “Blade Runner” Tonight
The historic Colonial Theatre will be screening the Harrison Ford, Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Alien) sci-fi film Blade Runner this evening in Phoenixville. Based on Philip K. Dick’s “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” the cult film turned genre-classic presented futuristic visions of earth life with old-school film noir style story telling. From The New York Times:…
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Schiffer-Published Artist Wins Once-a-Lifetime Research Award
A Pennsylvania professor and artist published by Atglen’s Schiffer Publishing has just earned a once-in-a-lifetime Chambliss Faculty Research Award from Kutztown University. Department of Fine Arts Chairperson Cheryl Hochberg was honored for her numerous art exhibitions, extensively published artwork and worldwide participation in artist residency programs, according to a report in The Berks-Mont News. Some of…
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Young West Chester Artists Stage Holiday Art Show At Exton Mall Gallery
Never mind that visit to Santa – art created by West Chester Area School District students is on display at the Exton Square Mall Gallery. The gallery is open from 5 to 8 p.m. Fridays and from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturdays until Dec. 21. Approximately 75 pieces including drawings, paintings, sculptures, photography and…
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