Art
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Chester Clock Tower Gets an Artistic Facelift
Local artists have given some personality to the Deshong Park clock tower at Ninth Street and Edgmont Avenue in Chester, its first makeover in more than 61 years, writes Colin Ainsworth for the Daily Times. Artists from the Chester Made collective created three paintings that were mounted below each of the tower’s clock faces. The…
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Delco Arts Week Is Here! See What’s Coming Up This Week
Delco Art Week kicked off this past weekend with plenty to see and do. And it’s just getting started. Events continue throughout the week, from art exhibits, to studio tours, arboretum tours, dance performances, theater, concerts and more. Check out DelcoArts.org for a complete listing . Take a Wyeth family studio tour at the Brandywine…
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Delco Arts Week Opens Tomorrow With Exhibits and Festivals and Runs Through Sept. 28
Come experience the Arts! Delaware County Arts Consortium and the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance presents the first-ever Arts Week Sept. 21 to 28. Sponsored by Visit Delco PA and the Foundation for Delaware County, Arts Week showcases a wide range of art around the county. Visit DelcoArts.org and schedule times to experience music, dance, art,…
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Mural in 69th Street to Depict History and Highlights of Upper Darby Township
The history of Upper Darby Township is being painted on to a 135-foot long mural at 44 S. 69th Street, writes Kevin Tustin for the Delaware County News Network. The mural is up the street from the Tower Theater and the 69th Street Transportation Center. It will include depictions of the Swedish Log Cabin, Collenbrook…
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Upper Darby High Senior Puts Day to Day Life in Focus at National Geographic Photo Camp
Sylvia Clinton, 18, a rising senior at Upper Darby High School, was one of eight students participating in a July National Geographic Photo Camp, writes Frank Kummer for The Philadelphia Inquirer. A team of photographers from National Geographic came to town to teach the teens their craft, asking the students to capture unique images of…
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Upper Darby Artist Creates Featured Works Thanks to Vision Thru Art Program
Rhonda Gray-Upsey, 47, of Upper Darby likes to create functional art. In 2010 she lost her vision completely for a year due to intercranial hypertension. She regained some vision after surgery but lacks peripheral vision and has limited depth perception. Nevertheless, thanks to the Vision Thru Art program in Mt. Airy, she and dozens of…
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Portrait Honors Villanova Peace Activist Who Opposed Vietnam War
The Rev. Daniel Berrigan, a legendary peace activist who led protests against the Vietnam War and nuclear weapons that landed him in jail, has been memorialized in a portrait by a Philadelphia-born artist unveiled recently at Villanova University, writes Melanie Burney for the Philadelphia Inquirer. A Jesuit priest and poet, Berrigan was known for defiant…
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Five Star Senior Living to Showcase Talent of One of Its Residents, a Former Architect and Artist
Silvio Pietrinferni, a resident at Exton Senior Living, will host an event that displays his original artwork on Thursday, June 27 from 5-7 PM. Pietrinferni, who moved to the United States from Italy in the 1960s, began painting when he was a teenager. He studied fine arts in college and earned his degree in architecture.…
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Young Entrepreneur Sends Out Positive Messages — 1 T-shirt at a Time
Ishan Haque is a successful entrepreneur with his own inspirational T-shirt business. He’s also a philanthropist, donating part of his profits to the Kyle Ambrogi Foundation out of Havertown, which focuses on suicide prevention and depression in teens and young adults. This savvy young businessman has a business presence on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and…
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Brandywine River Museum Antiques Show: Where Antiques and Art Meet
A 48-year tradition returns Memorial Day weekend when the annual Antiques Show opens at the Brandywine River Museum. Fine antiques, including furniture, rugs, porcelain, needlework and much more will be on sale and on display by 26 dealers from the mid-Atlantic and beyond. Proceeds from this fundraising event benefit the Museum Volunteers’ Purchase Fund and…
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Artists in Delco This Week to Capture Spring Beauty
The Wayne Art Center Plein Air Festival kicked off May 13 with the arrival of 32 juried artists who are spending the week capturing the beauty of spring in Delaware County and the region, writes Pete Bannan for Main Line Media News. Over five days they will document the landscape painting “en plein air” (French…
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Tyler Arboretum Celebrates 75th With Sculpture Exhibit
This month marks the 75th anniversary when Tyler Arboretum in Media ceased being a summer residence and working farm in 1944 and became a public arboretum, writes Rachel Spurlock for Main Line Today. To celebrate the change from private to public, the Arboretum will host a “Gateway to Nature” sculpture exhibit, highlighting 13 regional artists.…
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Newtown Square Girl Uses Her ‘Make-a-Wish’ to Help Fund Cancer Research
Eight-year-old Mary Andersen from Newtown Square used her “Make-a-Wish” to help design and launch a new Lilly Pulitzer print, using part of the proceeds to help others, writes Katherine Scott for 6ABC. The girl, who is battling leukemia, recently celebrated the launch of the happy and vibrant “Magical Mary” pattern at the Lilly Pulitzer headquarters…
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Andrew Wyeth Found the Inspiration, Privacy He Needed in Chadds Ford
Andrew Wyeth, one of the nation’s most renowned 20th-century artists, found inspiration and much-needed privacy in Chadds Ford, writes Suman Gupta for the Daily Excelsior. Many of the artist’s most important works were painted in his Chads Ford studio. While Wyeth always sought and achieved independence in his work, he was also closely tied to…
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Essington Man Creates Art by Hand-Crafting Unique Wooden Bicycles
Joseph LaVallee is creating art by hand-crafting unique bicycles out of wood in his Essington workshop, according to a report from Fox 29. So far, LaVallee has used repurposed wood to create three different kinds of bicycles and is now working on his fourth. “These are really made as art; they are eye-catching,” he said.…
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The Culture of the Amazon on Display at Neumann University
Neumann University is hosting an exhibit of photos and artifacts that capture the character and culture of one of the last remaining foraging Amazonian people. Entitled “The Ese’Eja People of the Amazon: Connected by a Thread,” the free exhibit runs until April 15 in the McNichol Art Gallery. Believing themselves to have been descended from…
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Plans for Inaugural Delco Arts Week to Be Announced Tuesday at Event in Wallingford
The Delaware County Arts Consortium and the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance will announce details about the inaugural Delco Arts Week (Sept. 21-28, 2019) during an event on Tuesday, March 5 as part of National Arts Advocacy Day. The formal announcement will occur at 10 AM at the Community Arts Center, located at 414 Plush Mill…
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Photograph Exhibit at Haverford College Offers Vivid Look at Early-1940s America
Photographs taken by the U.S. government more than 75 years ago that offer a vivid look at early-1940s America are currently on display at Haverford College, writes Peter Crimmins for WHYY. In 1940, photographers were sent around the country to document events during that turbulent time in history. The photographers were employed by the Farm…
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