Art & Museums
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‘I Try to Put Some Good In the World’: How a Berwyn Artist Aims to Spread Happiness
David Gerbstadt, a Berwyn artist, spreads happiness wherever he goes with his colorful signs, sculptures, and paintings, writes Samantha Verrelli for Savvy Main Line. Gerbstadt’s art is simple, happy, accessible, and affordable. He makes most of the lawn signs from reclaimed wood and wire, and crafts sculptures from found objects. His neighbors and friends are…
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Art Director of Philadelphia Gallery Turns Drawings Found Forgotten in Antique Shop into Next Big Thing
Claire Iltis, associate director at Philadelphia’s Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, turned drawings she found forgotten in an antique shop into the next big thing, writes Zoe Greenberg for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Iltis stumbled onto the drawings that looked like other-worldly collages in dusty storage bins in upstate New York. Since then, the art labeled with a Dorothy…
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Art Installation and Play by WCU Professor Honors His Brother, Raises Overdose Awareness
A West Chester University theatre professor Charlie DelMarcell and his brother Adam, are turning tragedy into art at a Philadelphia theatre, writes Jane M. Von Bergen for The Philadelphia Inquirer. In honor of their late brother who passed away from a fentanyl overdose, “A Shadow That Broke the Light” is a multi-disciplinary exhibition that raises…
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Two West Chester Residents Win PA Parks and Forests Photography Contest
With nearly 600 photo entries in the Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation’s 2022 Photo Contest, there was stiff competition for the twenty prize slots. “The passion people have for their state parks and forests is evident in the volume and quality of images received,” said Marci Mowery, President of PPFF. “Photography is one of many…
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Jamie Wyeth Talks About His Father’s Relationship with Death After Viewing Unseen Drawings
Jamie Wyeth, the third generation of world-famous Wyeth artists, was shocked to discover a collection of drawings by his father, Andrew Wyeth, after his death in 2009, writes Bob Keyes for Colby News. The iconic artist used a family friends’ attic in Chadds Ford as an occasional studio where he did a series of pencil…
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New Pottery Studio in Kennett Square Ideal Place to Explore Joy of Creating
Debby Wyatt recently opened Centered Clay Studio in a beautiful space in Kennett Square where everybody can discover the joy of creating with clay, writes Tara Smith for The Daily Local News. “When you’re at the wheel, you breathe,” said Debby Wyatt. “There’s nothing like it, and it’s so exciting to come away with a…
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Chester County Library Introduces New Maker-in-Residence Program
Chester County Library has announced its new Maker-in-Residence program, and is calling for Makers to apply to the program at Chester County Library and Henrietta Hankin Branch. What is a Maker? A maker can be an artist, musician, songwriter, crafter, techno-wizard, dancer, and lots more. A maker is a creative who loves the process —…
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New Milwaukee Art Museum Highlights Work of Eight Artists Who Met in Philadelphia
A new show at the Milwaukee Art Museum highlights the works of the early 20th-century artists known as “The Eight”, writes Lance Esplund for The Wall Street Journal. The eight artists who met while studying at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts or working as illustrators and cartoonists at Philadelphia newspapers and magazines portrayed the gritty…
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West Chester-Born Painter Known As a Harlem Renaissance Icon
Although Horace Pippin spent most of his time in upstate New York, the West Chester-born painter has had quite a cultural impact in Chester County. One of his most notable admirers was Albert C. Barnes, the Barnes Collection founder, writes Stephan Nartey for Face2Face Africa. Pippin has 140 finished canvases of work in his…
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Obsession with Waves Helped Phoenixville Photographer Capture Perfect Photo
An obsession with waves helped Nathaniel Hawes, a Phoenixville photographer, capture the perfect photo of “Frame of a Frozen A-Frame,” he writes for The Inertia. Hawes, who also loves taking photos of snow, does not mind driving for hours in hopes of finding the right spot or the right moment for a great shot. That…
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Chester County-Born Artist Creates High-End, One-of-a-Kind Transformations
Steven Hettrich, who grew up in Exton and now resides in Chicago, has become known for his one-of-a-kind interior transformations and use of ancient materials, writes Allison Duncan for Illinois’ Sheridan Road Magazine. Hettrich, who graduated from the then Downingtown High School, has been in business since 1998, creating ceiling murals, timeless plaster walls, and…
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Brandywine Museum of Art Exhibition Will Show Another Side of This Movement-Defying Modernist
A movement-defying modernist’s work is having its first major exhibition. The collection of Italian-born American artist Joseph Stella’s masterpieces is currently on display at Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, soon making its way to Atlanta’s High Museum of Art, writes Natasha Gural for Forbes. But this collection is not staying in the…
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C&N Banked on Community Creativity for 2023 Calendar Images; Result Was an Artistic Windfall
The 2023 C&N Bank calendar, whose stunning monthly images were taken by amateur photographers in the communities it serves, is now available at branches throughout the region. Submitting and Judging The competition launches in the spring, giving local shutterbugs the opportunity to submit for judging their best shots. The 12 best would serve as the…
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Chester County Artist Completed More Than 300 Works Despite Starting to Paint in Her Seventies
A self-taught Chester County artist Ida Ella Jones completed more than 300 works during her painting career that began when she was 72, writes Beverly Sheppard for Pennsylvania Heritage. Dubbed by some “the Grandma Moses of Chester County,” Jones started painting in 1947 and did not stop until her death in 1959 at the age…
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Alambrismo Artist’s Passion Wires Through Mexico, Avondale, and Wilmington
Artist Rogelio Zavala started his new life in Avondale to work on mushroom farm. He arrived in 1985 via Mexico City to find more opportunities and send money back home to his wife, Laura and their four daughters, writes Emma Restrepo for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Later, he moved to Wilmington, where he found his…
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New West Chester Mural Highlights the Work of Friends Association
You can’t miss it if you are walking, driving, or biking down West Chestnut Street in West Chester. It covers an entire outside wall at the building that houses the offices of the 200-year-old Friends Association, the nonprofit dedicated to ending homelessness and bringing stable housing to men, women, and children in Chester County. Thanks…
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West Chester’s Gerry Mahoney Tilghman Remembered as Skating Prodigy and Ice Capades Star
Gerry Mahoney Tilghman, formerly of West Chester, a dynamic ice-skating prodigy and later a headliner for Ice Capades, died on Sept. 16 aged 88, writes Gary Miles for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Tilghman, who was also a model and skating teacher, was a natural-born skater. During her teenage years, she left high school before her…
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West Chester Tattoo Artist Who Used to be Homeless Now Has Thousands of Fans Around the World
Gia Rose, a 40-year-old tattoo artist in West Chester, has endured hardships throughout the beginning of her life, but she didn’t let them stop her from opening one of the first woman-owned tattoo studios in the nation, reports staff from 6ABC. She left home at the age of 16, hopping trains and living on a…
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