2026 Give Local York One day online fundraising event
Anyone, Anywhere can help give a gift to support Mount Gretna School of Art on this one-day giving event online that makes your donations go even further with matching challenge grants and hourly prizes!
Four Pillars Artist Lecture - Lucy Copper, “Painting Landscapes from Google Images”
Lucy Copper, Cat TV (After Ebba Carstensen), oil on oil-absorbing mat, 16" x 12", 2025
Four Pillars Artist in Residence, Lucy Copper, will present a lecture titled, "Painting Landscapes from Google Images," in person at the Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy and on Zoom.
All lectures are free and open to the public. Donations are welcome but not required.
Zoom link will be available soon! Check back for details.
Mount Gretna School of Art lecture series are sponsored by Stinson Stroup.
Misato Pang, “Witnessing Wind”
Misato Pang, “Encounter 1,” Acrylic and oil on canvas, 24x20 inches, 2025
Guest artist and critic, Misato Pang, will present a lecture titled, "Witnessing Wind," in person at the Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy and on Zoom.
All lectures are free and open to the public. Donations are welcome but not required.
Zoom link will be available soon! Check back for details.
Mount Gretna School of Art lecture series are sponsored by Stinson Stroup.
Mark Lewis, “Views from the Sidewalk: Facts and Fictions”
Mark Lewis, Twilight Painter, Mixed media (fabric, yarn, canvas, acrylic, afghan fragments, etc.), 108x144 inches, 2022-2023
Lead Painting Instructor, Mark Lewis, will present a lecture titled, "Views from the Sidewalk: Facts and Fictions," in person at the Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy and on Zoom.
All lectures are free and open to the public. Donations are welcome but not required.
Zoom link will be available soon! Check back for details.
Mount Gretna School of Art lecture series are sponsored by Stinson Stroup.
Elizabeth Flood, “Lookout”
Elizabeth Flood, Nightwatch (Atlantic Ocean), oil on linen, 36 x 40 inches, 2023
Guest artist and critic, Elizabeth Flood, will be giving a lecture titled, “Lookout,” at the Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy and on Zoom.
All lectures are free and open to the public. Donations are welcome but not required.
Zoom link will be available soon! Check back for details.
Mount Gretna School of Art lecture series are sponsored by Stinson Stroup.
Jacob Janes - “Titian and Cigarettes”
Jacob Janes, Salt of the Earth, oil on paper, 16x22 inches, 2024
Lead Drawing Instructor, Jacob Janes, will present a lecture titled, "Titian and Cigarettes" in person at the Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy and on Zoom.
All lectures are free and open to the public. Donations are welcome but not required.
Zoom link will be available soon! Check back for details.
Mount Gretna School of Art lecture series are sponsored by Stinson Stroup.
Heidi Leitzke, “Interwoven, Painting with Thread”
Heidi Leitzke, Spiral-Season, acrylic and thread on linen, 8x8 inches, 2025
Guest artist and critic, Heidi Leitzke, will present a lecture titled, "Interwoven, Painting with Thread" in person at the Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy and on Zoom.
All lectures are free and open to the public. Donations are welcome but not required.
Zoom link will be available soon! Check back for details.
Mount Gretna School of Art lecture series are sponsored by Stinson Stroup.
Megan Williamson, “Sometimes You Paint a Door (from Observation to Imagination)”
Megan Williamson, I Painted This Horse Before I Met Him, Oil on canvas, 24 × 18 inches, 2024
Guest artist and critic, Megan Williamson, will present a lecture titled, "Sometimes You Paint a Door (from Observation to Imagination)," in person at the Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy and on Zoom.
All lectures are free and open to the public. Donations are welcome but not required.
Zoom link will be available soon! Check back for details.
Mount Gretna School of Art lecture series are sponsored by Stinson Stroup.
Catherine Drabkin, “Meaningful Play”
Catherine Drabkin, Fence, collagraph, 13x18 inches, 2024
Lead Drawing Instructor, Catherine Drabkin, will present a lecture titled, "Meaningful Play," in person at the Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy and on Zoom.
All lectures are free and open to the public. Donations are welcome but not required.
Zoom link will be available soon! Check back for details.
Mount Gretna School of Art lecture series are sponsored by Stinson Stroup.
Artist Lecture by Karlis Rekevics, “Broad, Ordinary Occasions”
Karlis Rekevics, Bastion, Affectation, Differences?, Cast Plaster, approx. 14 x 25 x 35 feet, Installed for Sculpture Key West 2008, Key West, Florida
Guest artist and critic, Karlis Rekevics, will present a lecture titled, "Broad, Ordinary Occasions," in person at the Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy and on Zoom.
All lectures are free and open to the public. Donations are welcome but not required.
Zoom link will be available soon! Check back for details.
Mount Gretna School of Art lecture series are sponsored by Stinson Stroup.
Abigail Dudley, “Finding the Throughlines”
Abigail Dudley, Be Mine, oil on linen, 18x20 inches, 2025
Lead Painting Instructor, Abigail Dudley, will present a lecture titled, “Finding the Throughlines,” in person at the Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy and on Zoom.
All lectures are free and open to the public. Donations are welcome but not required.
Zoom link will be available soon! Check back for details.
Mount Gretna School of Art lecture series are sponsored by Stinson Stroup.
Jeffrey Reed, “From the Environment to Painting in the of West of Ireland”
Jeffrey Reed, Belderrig, 5x5 inches, acrylic on paper, 2025
Guest Artist, Jeffrey Reed, will present a lecture, "From the Environment to Painting in the of West of Ireland," in person at the Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy and on Zoom.
All lectures are free and open to the public. Donations are welcome but not required.
Zoom link will be available soon! Check back for details.
Mount Gretna School of Art lecture series are sponsored by Stinson Stroup.
Year-End Giving Reminder for Tax deadlines
Give a gift by December 31st for our Annual Fund that will benefit our 2026 students in time for the tax deadline for 2025.
Applications Open for the Four Pillars Artist in Residency
We’re now taking applications for the 2026 Four Pillars Artist in Residency summer session through January 15, 2026.
2025 Extra Give One-day Fundraising Event!
Anyone, Anywhere, Online: For 24 Hours on Nov. 22
Uplift a Non-Profit that Transforms Lives Through Time Spent in Nature, Seeing, Painting, and Material Rich Tactile Human Sensory Intelligence!
Looking to support an arts program with real impact—a program with real tooth?
Join us for this 24-hour fundraising event to support the Mount Gretna School of Art (MGSoA)—a program that’s reinvigorating arts education in the 21st century.
Visit our ExtraGive page for more info on how to donate!
https://www.extragive.org/organization/mount-gretna-school-of-art-lancaster
2025 Edible Landscape, Annual Gala & Fundraiser
Mark your calendar for MGSoA’s annual gala & fundraiser this year
Can’t attend? please give a gift of sponsorship for one of our students to attend the event & exhibit their art!
Visit https://www.mgsoa.org/edible-landscape-2025 for more information & register for the event! (please RSVP by Oct 6th)
All'Aperto Quick Draw, Lititz, PA
Mount Gretna School of Art co-hostined All'Aperto Quick Draw with Keystone Italian Project for a one-day juried ‘quick draw’ that runs concurrently with L'Italia Festival of Lititz, PA annually.
Visit our event page for more details:
https://www.mgsoa.org/allaperto-quick-draw
Four Pillars Artist Panel Discussion
Amy Erickson, Norman Regional Vortex, 2024, Acrylic on Panel, 36 x 48 inches
Liam Corcoran, Jacob's Ladder, woodcut print on paper, 34 x 48 inches, 2025
This Lecture is hosted by the PA Chautauqua in the Hall of Philosophy and will be available in-person and online.
Monday, Aug 4, 2025 7:15pm Eastern Standard Time (US and Canada)
NO VIDEO
Stanley Lewis, "On Leland Bell and Andre Derain"
Stanley Lewis, Porch Steps, Trees and Snow, oil on canvas, 18 5/8 x 14 inches, 2009
This Lecture was hosted by the PA Chautauqua. A special thanks to Stinson Stroup for supporting the lecture series.
View Lecture Recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EiSzc1c9f5yaW7MOgDDTJlfOlQJP0yaA/view?usp=drive_link
Xico Greenwald, "Chill Vibes Only"
Xico Greenwald, Fruit Basket, oil on canvas over panel, 39 1/2 x 33 3/4 inches, 2025
This Lecture was hosted by the PA Chautauqua. A special thanks to Stinson Stroup for supporting the lecture series.
View Lecture Recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lg1pjIsHPdeNx6F-tffKjVzltOnUl9JV/view?usp=drive_link
Annual Student Show, 2025
Thank you for everyone who attended our 13th Annual student show at the PA Chautauqua’s Hall of Philosophy!
It’s a great opportunity to meet student artists, view & buy art. Look for next year’s annual student show on our website calendar as Summer 2026 approaches, or sign up for the MGSoA newsletter!
On Goya, Artist Lecture by Jay Noble
Friar Pedro Shoots El Maragato as His Horse Runs Off
c. 1806
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
The Art Institute of Chicago
Neil Callander, "Happy to Wait"
Neil Callander, Diurnal Heads, Large and Extended, oil on linen on multiple panels, 54 x 48 inches, 2017-2024
This Lecture was hosted by the PA Chautauqua. A special thanks to Stinson Stroup for supporting the lecture series.
View Lecture Recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17L77ui1ML1JJaXkubDVvcJDG-GK4h4wO/view?usp=drive_link
Matthew Mann, "Something About Utopia, Landscape, Puzzlement and Capitalism"
Matthew Mann, Tongue Tie, oil, acrylic, silkscreen and collage on canvas, 50 x 40 inches, 2023
This Lecture was hosted by the PA Chautauqua. A special thanks to Stinson Stroup for supporting the lecture series.
View Lecture Recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sjVvRbbY7pC-jlYwN4xTJ6exS5OxefIn/view?usp=drive_link
Martin Dull, “Stop Making Sense”
Martin Dull, Gnar, canvas, caran d’ache and acrylic on wood, 10 x 7 1/4 inches, 2023
This Lecture was hosted by the PA Chautauqua. A special thanks to Stinson Stroup for supporting the lecture series.
View Lecture Recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qh0TRyMqUuV99mXoSQJ9VNln0PHIUK2m/view?usp=drive_link
Timothy King, "Visual Parallax as a Painter's Problem"
Timothy King, Tyler Creek, Wing Park, oil on canvas 42 x 54 inches, 2018
This Lecture was hosted by the PA Chautauqua. A special thanks to Stinson Stroup for supporting the lecture series.
View Lecture Recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cbJKqfVtc6IWTguJZr6C2-LXF3mIyEbK/view?usp=drive_link
Lou Schellenberg, "Finding Space"
Lou Schellenberg, Drokes and Rocks, oil on panel, 8 x 10 inches, 2024
This Lecture was hosted by the PA Chautauqua. A special thanks to Stinson Stroup for supporting the lecture series.
View Lecture Recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10iCABjquVCSqNEDUuuydvntipr7VKIRj/view?usp=drive_link
Open Studio, First Friday
Martha Armstrong painting class at the Heights Community Building, Summer 2023
Rachel Rickert, "Of the Land"
Rachel Rickert, Eagle Ridge, handmade rock pigment and oil on panel,12 x 12 inches, 2024
This Lecture was hosted by the PA Chautauqua. A special thanks to Stinson Stroup for supporting the lecture series.
View Lecture Recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bDMIKosikQjs35GctrW6-uzSSQEhf3t1/view?usp=drive_link
Deirdre Murphy, "Gradients of Growth"
Deirdre Murphy, Solace, oil on canvas, 48 x 36 inches, 2024
This Lecture was hosted by the PA Chautauqua. A special thanks to Stinson Stroup for supporting the lecture series.
View Lecture Recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uwJc-u1xTBJhWY6K4_vA2OT298acu9y5/view?usp=drive_link
Four Pillars Artist Panel Discussion - Yair Romero Sikorski and Shauna Marley
This Lecture will be available for in-person registration and online.
Please join us, Wednesday, June 25th, 2025 10:00 am Eastern Standard Time (US and Canada)
Four Pillars Artists Panel Discussion, Paulina Swietliczko & Lindsay Mueller
Paulina Swietliczko, “Run Rosie Run,” oil on canvas, 30x30 inches, 2020
Lindsay Mueller, “Trunk,” oil on wood panel, 24x18 inches, 2023
Watch the Recording online:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SwBrJyMRRU_-0723WL2g59lBT3gyvxUb/view?usp=drive_link
Catherine Lepp, "The Figure in the Landscape"
Catherine Lepp, “Mosh Pit,” oil on canvas, 42x48 inches, 2022-23
Watch the Recording online:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BFnGB0vTLMXAjIQwRPkmgBpWUJ52LQVG/view?usp=drive_link
Alex Cohen of Art at Kings Oaks presents, "David This is Not About You: A Film About David Fertig"
Vera Iliatova, “A Trance, Reversal,” oil on canvas, 40x50 inches, 2024
Annual Student Show, 2024
Thank you to everyone who attended our 12th Annual student show!
Please join us during the upcoming summers for an opportunity to meet student artists, view & buy art at our Annual Student Art Show.
Edmond Praybe, "Still Life: Conversations with Objects"
Edmond Praybe, “Gloves,” Oil on Linen, 48x36 inches, 2022
Watch the Recording online:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1amROMTLZWc7bI2JUh7Jy0FWQtW__AeST/view?usp=drive_link
Kamini Avril, "The hand sees what the eye feels"
Kamini Avil, “October,” Oil on Canvas, 40x40 inches, 2023
Watch the Recording online:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11EWoQ5aTDnAfKyWlZVJpRyapNnhMw9Gn/view?usp=drive_link
John Goodrich, "Against Escapism"
John Goodrich, “Schoodic Trees,” oil on paper, 12x16 inches, 2022
Watch the Recording online:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yZdH6JsY7f1P5FbMfM3ysgGjNz8ZBucY/view?usp=drive_link
Stanley Lewis, "The paintings of William H. Johnson"
William H. Johnson, North American; American, 1901-1970, (Artist),. Up with the Sun. ca. 1942-1944. Florence County Museum.
William H. Johnson, North American; American, 1901-1970, (Artist),. Chapel of Notre Dame de la Protection, Cagnes-sur-Mer. ca. 1942-1944. Florence Museum of Art.
Watch the Recording online:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rBw8fbll3U3y_a25-KBb0bOF1xWjcnqp/view?usp=drive_link
EM Saniga, "Paintings and Drawings, 1985-2020"
EM Saniga, “Kurt with imperial moths,” oil on wood, 10x12 inches, 2015
Watch the Recording online:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IhTe2Y7X0c_ORSkeQn25YWU739FvEawS/view?usp=drive_link
Barbara Grossman, "How I Arrived Here"
Barbara Grossman, “Red Geranium,” oil on linen, 56x50 inches, 2022-23
Watch the Recording online:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b_DfZgyM0rKddaKBoqZOnn2Vx0XjQa82/view?usp=drive_link
John David Wissler, "It's not what you look at that matters, it's how you see" - quote from Henry David Thoreau
John David Wissler, “Rising Reflected,” oil on panel, 12x27 inches, 2023
Watch the Recording online:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yr7WgFTEj2W862mtom0UV4en-VKmTcXE/view?usp=drive_link
PAST LECTURES & EVENTS
We’ve begun a project to show our past lectures and public events, along with upgraded lecture videos posted here as we can get to them.
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All'Aperto Quick Draw, Lititz, PA
MGSOA co-hostined All'Aperto Quick Draw with Keystone Italian Project for a one-day juried ‘quick draw’ that runs concurrently with L'Italia Festival of Lititz, PA annually
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Four Pillars Artist Panel Discussion, Liam Corcoran & Amy Erickson
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
August 4, 2025
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Artist Lecture by Stanley Lewis, "On Leland Bell and Andre Derain"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 30, 2025
Article for Stanley’s talk, “The Case for Derain as an Immortal,” by Leland Bell
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Artist Lecture by Xico Greenwald, "Chill Vibes Only"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 28, 2025
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Annual Student Show, 2025
Thank you for everyone who attended our 13th Annual student show at the PA Chautauqua’s Hall of Philosophy!
July 27, 2025
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On Goya, an Artist's Lecture by Jay Noble
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 23, 2025
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Artist Lecture by Neil Callander, "Happy to Wait"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 21, 2025
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Artist Lecture by Matthew Mann, "Something About Utopia, Landscape, Puzzlement and Capitalism"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 16, 2025
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Artist Lecture by Martin Dull, “Stop Making Sense”
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 14, 2025
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Artist Lecture by Timothy King, "Visual Parallax as a Painter's Problem"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 9, 2025
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Artist Lecture by Lou Schellenberg, "Finding Space"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 7, 2025
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Open Studio, First Friday
Thank you to everyone who stopped by The Heights Building for the open studio for the class of 2025.
July 4, 2025
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Artist Lecture by Rachel Rickert, "Of the Land"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 2, 2025
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Artist Lecture by Deirdre Murphy, "Gradients of Growth"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
June 30, 2025
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Four Pillars Artist Panel Discussion, Yair Romero Sikorski and Shauna Marley
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
June 25, 2025
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Four Pillars Artists Panel Discussion, Paulina Swietliczko & Lindsay Mueller
Held at The Heights Community Building
August 5, 2024
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Artist Lecture by Catherine Lepp, "The Figure in the Landscape"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 31, 2024
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Artist Lecture by Alex Cohen of Art at Kings Oaks presents, "David This is Not About You: A Film About David Fertig"
Held at The Heights Community Building
July 29, 2024
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Annual Student Show, 2024
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our 12th Annual Student Show
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 28, 2024
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Artist Lecture by Edmond Praybe, "Still Life: Conversations with Objects"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 24, 2024
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Artist Lecture by Kamini Avril, "The hand sees what the eye feels"
Held at The Heights Community Building
July 22, 2024
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Artist Lecture by John Goodrich, "Against Escapism"
Held at The Heights Community Building
July 19, 2024
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Artist Lecture by Stanley Lewis, "The paintings of William H. Johnson"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 17, 2024
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Artist Lecture by EM Saniga, "Paintings and Drawings, 1985-2020"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 15, 2024
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Artist Lecture by Barbara Grossman, "How I Arrived Here"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 10, 2024
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Artist Lecture by John David Wissler, "It's not what you look at that matters, it's how you see" - quote from Henry David Thoreau
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 8, 2024
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Open Studio, First Friday
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Open Studio for our class of 2024
Held at The Heights Community Building
July 5, 2024
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Artist Lecture by Jordan Wolfson, "Painting, Power, and Presence: A Look at the Painting Journey"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 3, 2024
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Artist Lecture by Elisa Jensen, "Intimacy, Presence and the Interior"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 1, 2024
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Four Pillars Panel Discussion, Quinn McNichol & Maggie King Johns
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
June 26, 2024
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2024 Benefit Invitational, Art Show & Auction
Held at Lancaster Galleries, Lancaster, PA
On view April 9-13, 2024
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Four Pillars Panel Discussion, Ben Frederick & Emily Manning-Mingle
Held at The Heights Community Building
July 31, 2023
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“Color Medley Workshop” Workshop with Emily Manning-Mingle
Held at the Heights Community Building
July 29, 2023
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Artist Lecture by Tim Kennedy, "Nature and Culture, Painting Public Spaces"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 26, 2023
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Artist Lecture by Eve Mansdorf, "Hidden Motives"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 24, 2023
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“Shapely Extraction” Workshop with Ben Frederick
Held at the Heights Community Building
July 22, 2023
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Artist Lecture by Brian Rego, "Aesop and the Window"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 19, 2023
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Artist Lecture by Michael Amendolara, "Portraits of the Earth"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 17, 2023
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Artist Lecture by Glenn Goldberg, "Under my Umbrella: Objects and Belief"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 14, 2023
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Artist Lecture by Amber Scoon, "Barbarian Mother"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 12, 2023
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Artist Lecture by Stanley Lewis, "Trying to Understand Painting"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 10, 2023
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“Using space to inform and build” Workshop with Sarah Ransohoff
Held at The Heights Community Building
July 8, 2023
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2023 Open Studio, First Friday
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Annual Open Studio for our class of 2023
Held at The Heights Community Building
July 7, 2023
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Artist Lecture by Martha Armstrong, "Bonding with Trees"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 5, 2023
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Artist Lecture by Quinn McNichol, "Integration of inner and outer worlds"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 3, 2023
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"Monochrome Painting: Meaning in the Minutiae" Workshop with Ryan Strochinsky
Held at the Heights Community Building
July 1, 2023
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Artist Lecture by Carrie Patterson, "Sight to Site: A Visual Field Guide"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of PhilosophyDescription goes here
June 28, 2023
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Artist Lecture by Ro Lohin, "Stardust and Murmerations"
Held at the Heights Community Building
June 26, 2023
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Four Pillars Artist Panel Discussion, Ryan Strochinsky & Sarah Ransohoff
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
June 21, 2023
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2023 Benefit Invitational, Art Show & Auction
Held at Lancaster Galleries, Lancaster, PA
March 28 - April 1, 2023April 2, 2023
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2023 MGSoA Alumni Feature
Featuring works by Ibrahim Harris, Benjamin Hawley, Jacob Janes, Marisa Smith Alberts, & Yiting Zhao
On view March 3rd - April 1st, 2023
at Lancaster Galleries
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Four Pillars: Mount Gretna Artist Residency Exhibition at Susquehanna Museum of Art
Featuring works by Brittany Gilbert, Jacob Janes, Sam Kelly, Colleen Kelsey, Amanda Case Millis, Misato Pang, Kristen Peyton, Scott Seebart, Rob Werbicki & Emily Zuch
Harrisburg, PA
August 3 - November 20, 2022
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Four Pillars Artist Panel Discussion, Colleen Kelsey & Emily Zuch
Held at the Heights Community Building
August 1, 2022
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Artist Lecture by Sam Kelly, "I pack for a long trip"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 27, 2022
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Artist Lecture by Eric Holzman, "Connecting to Spirit, Connecting to form"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 25, 2022
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Thank you to everyone who joined us for our 9th Annual Student Show
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 24, 2022
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Artist Lecture by Ying Li, "Blossoms in a Sudden Strangeness - Paintings at Pandemic Time"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 20, 2022
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Artist Lecture by Mark Brosseau, "Painting Space: An Experiential Approach"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 13, 2022
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Artist Lecture by Alix Bailey, "Influence and Intuition"
Held at The Heights Community Building
July 11, 2022
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Artist Lecture by Bruce Garrity, "Working Space"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 6, 2022
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Artist Lecture by Morgan Hobbs, "Belling the Cat & Other Impossible Missions"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 4, 2022
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Artist Lecture by Lorna Ritz, "Beyond Habitual Seeing: A Meditation in Color"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
June 29, 2022
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Artist Lecture by Kurt Moyer, “Natural Reality and Abstract Reality”
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
June 27, 2022
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Four Pillars Artist Panel Discussion, Jacob Janes & Misato Pang
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
June 22, 2022
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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2022 Benefit Invitational, Art Sale & Auction
Held at Lancaster Galleries, Lancaster, PA
April 10, 2022
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Artist Lecture by Michael McCaffrey, "Incessant Search for Subject"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 28, 2021
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Artist Lecture by Stephanie Pierce, "All questions answered, no mysteries solved"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 26, 2021
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Annual Student Show, 2021
Thank you for everyone who joined us for our 9th Annual student show at the PA Chautauqua’s Hall of Philosophy!
July 25, 2021
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Artist Lecture by Melanie Johnson, "Time takes no time in a story"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 21, 2021
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Artist lecture by Rachael Wren, "Throughlines/Treelines"
Held at The Heights Community Building
July 20, 2021
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Artist lecture by Four Pillars Artist in Residence, Amanda Millis, "Painting Life, painting life"
Held at The Heights Community Building
July 19, 2021
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Artist lecture by Todd Kelly, "Journey to the Promised Land"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 14, 2021
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Artist lecture by Ophir Agassi, "Approaching the Unknown"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 12, 2021
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Artist lecture by John Mitchell, "Sure as the vine"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 7, 2021
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Artist lecture by Suzanne Dittenber, "The Embodied Qualities of Books"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 5, 2021
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Artist lecture by Sarah D'Ambrosio, "Figuring it Out"
Held at The Heights Community Building
July 2, 2021
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Artist lecture by Mark Lewis, "The Beginning, Middle and Now: Content in the Paint"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
June 30, 2021
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Artist lecture by Robert Werbicki, "Put this design in your carpet"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Artist lecture by Anki King, "Lost and Found"
Held at The Heights Community Building
June 25, 2021
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Artist lecture by John David Wissler, "The Picture and The Muse"
Hosted Online
August 5, 2020
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Artist lecture by Deirdre Murphy, "A Delicate Collision between Art & Science"
Hosted Online
August 3, 2020
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Annual Student Show, 2021
Thank you for everyone who attended our 9th Annual student show at the PA Chautauqua’s Hall of Philosophy!
August 2, 2020
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Artist lecture by Amber Scoon, “Letters to John Berger”
Hosted Online
July 31, 2020
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Artist lecture by Alex Cohen, "Puzzling"
Hosted Online
July 30, 2020
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Artist lecture by Benjamin King, “Seeing to the Other Side”
Hosted Online
July 29, 2020
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Sam Kelly & Scott Seebart, Four Pillars Artists Panel Discussion
Hosted Online
July 27, 2020
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Aubrey Levinthal, "Painting With Doubt"
Hosted Online
July 22, 2020
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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E.M. Saniga, "Paintings and Drawings"
Hosted Online
July 20, 2020
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Elizabeth Flood, “On Her Work”
Hosted Online
July 15, 2020
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Kyle Staver, "Twice Told Tales"
Hosted Online
July 13, 2020
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Ty Smith, "Structure and Light"
Hosted Online
July 8, 2020
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Kristen Peyton & Brittany Gilbert, Four Pillars Artists Panel Discussion
Hosted Online
July 6, 2020
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Bill Scott, "Leaf and Line. The Reasons for Painting and Imaginary Paradise"
Held at The Heights Community Building
August 5, 2019
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Four Pillars Group Show
Held at Exeter Gallery, Baltimore, MD
August 3, 2019 -
First Friday Open Studio
Held at The Heights Community Building
August 2, 2019
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Kimberly Trowbridge, "Into the Garden"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 31, 2019
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Bill White, "Translating Light into Color"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 29, 2019
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Annual Student Show, 2019
Thank you for everyone who attended our 7th Annual student show at the PA Chautauqua’s Hall of Philosophy!
July 28, 2019
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Thaddeus Radell, "Painter as Alchemist"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 24, 2019
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Erin Raedeke, "Making Sense of Things"
Held at The Heights Community Building
July 22, 2019
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Ken Kewley, "Stills and Animations"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 17, 2019
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Josephine Halvorson, "On the Ground"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 15, 2019
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Plein Air Paintings & Drawings (including MGSoA alumni)
Held at Lancaster Galleries
Lancaster, PA -
Catherine Lepp, "Figures in the Landscape: Color and the Human Form"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 10, 2019
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Giordanne Salley, "Observing and Inventing"
Held at The Heights Community Building
July 8, 2019
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Open Studio, First Friday
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Open Studio for our class of 2024
Held at The Heights Community Building
July 5, 2019
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Scott Ramming, "Anxiety of the Real"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 3, 2019
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Michael Allen, "Observation, Memory, and Invention"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 1, 2019
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Barbara Grossman, "The Segue between Observation and Intuition"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
June 26, 2019
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Benefit Invitational Art Auction "Buy Early or Bid High"
Held at Lancaster Galleries
Lancaster, PAMarch 26, 2019
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STUDIO LIFE: THE 2018 FELLOWS OF MT GRETNA’S "FOUR PILLARS" ARTIST RESIDENCY
Held at Susquehanna Art Museum
Harrisburg, PAMarch 1 - April 28, 2019
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"Force of Nature," Gretna Campbell and Louis Finkelstein
Held at Susan C. and Gerald C. Eckart Art Gallery at Millersville University
August 29–October 17, 2018
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Four Pillars Artist Panel Discussion
Four Pillars Artists in Residence Seth Becker, Elizabeth Larson, Jamie Bowman & Blake Walinder
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
August 22, 2018
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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John Mitchell, "John Mitchell: On His Work"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 25, 2018
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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John Dubrow, "On His Work"
Held at The Heights Community Building
July 20, 2018
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Deborah Kahn, “Angle of Vision”
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 18, 2018
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Annual Student Show, 2018
Thank you for everyone who attended our 6th Annual student show at the PA Chautauqua’s Hall of Philosophy!
July 15, 2018
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Public Workshop, “Preparing art for exhibit” with Michael Allen
Held at The Heights Community Building
July 13, 2018
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Megan Williamson, “Because I Thought It Was Beautiful”
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 11, 2018
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Public Workshop, “Drawing with the Sun, exploring cyanotypes” with Heidi Leitzke
Held at The Heights Community Building
July 7, 2018
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Open Studio, First Friday
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Open Studio for our class of 2018
Held at The Heights Community Building
July 6, 2018
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Clintel Steed, “Understanding the Power of Nature through Process!!!”
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 4, 2018
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Public Workshop, "Figure Drawing" with Al Gury
Held at The Heights Community Building
June 30, 2018
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Matthew Murphy, “or And”
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
June 27, 2018
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Public Workshop, "Monoprints in the Field and on the Press" with John David Wissler
Held at The Heights Community Building
June 23, 2018
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Matthew Lopas, “From the Viewfinder to the Globe”
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
June 20, 2018
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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John Goodrich, "The Painter's Eye: Remaking the World"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
June 13, 2018
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Public Workshop, “Preparing Surfaces for Painting” with Michael Allen
Held at The Heights Community Building
June 12, 2018
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Four Pillars: Mount Gretna Artist Residency Exhibition, "Full Circle"
Held at Gross McCleaf Gallery
Philadelphia, PAJune 1 - June 28, 2018
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2018 Benefit Invitational Art Auction
Held at Lancaster Galleries
Lancaster, PAApril 22, 2018
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Four Pillars Artist Panel Discussion; Fred Draper, Sarah D'Ambrosio, Grace Colletta & Katherine Carey Hall
Held at the Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
August 23, 2017
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Scott Noel, "Forging an Imaginative Relationship with the Past: 30 years of Working with the Figure"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 26, 2017
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Annual Student Show, 2017
Thank you for everyone who attended our 5th Annual student show at the PA Chautauqua’s Hall of Philosophy!
July 23, 2017
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Public Workshop, “Preparing paintings & drawings for exhibit” with Michael Allen
Held at The Heights Community Building
July 21, 2017
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Ro Lohin, "On Her Work: Metaphors for Emotional States"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 19, 2017
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Public Workshop, "Source / Measurement / Shift, Still Life Drawing from Observation to Abstraction" with Ty Smith
Held at The Heights Community Building
July 15, 2017
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Judy Glantzman, "Showing Me to Looking Outward: From Psychological Self Portraiture to Reflecting the Outside World"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 12, 2017
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Public Workshop, "Still life center stage: Introduction to Pastels as a Painting Medium," G. Daniel Massad
Held at The Heights Community Building
July 8 - 9, 2017
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Open Studio, First Friday
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Open Studio for our class of 2017
Held at The Heights Community Building
July 7, 2017
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Stanley Grand, "Academies of Art: From Leonardo to the Bauhaus"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 5, 2017
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Public Workshop, "Using Transcriptions to inform Composition in Still Life," Dorothy Frey
Held at The Heights Community Building
July 1, 2017
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Amy Mahnick, "seeking the whole"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
June 28, 2017
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Elizabeth Geiger, "How to be a More Effective Painter"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
June 21, 2017
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Public Workshop, "Preparing Surfaces for Painting," Michael Allen
Held at The Heights Community Building
June 20, 2017
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Benefit Invitational Live Art Auction
Held at Lancaster Galleries
Lancaster, PAApril 2, 2017
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Rebecca Saylor Sack, "Works"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 20, 2016
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Annual Student Show, 2016
Thank you for everyone who attended our 4th Annual student show at the PA Chautauqua’s Hall of Philosophy!
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Ying Li, "From Yangzi River to San Juan Mountains"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 13, 2016
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Matt Phillips, "The Shape of Touch"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 6, 2016
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Open Studio, First Friday
Held at The Heights Community Building
July 1, 2016
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Stanley Lewis, "Thoughts on Painting"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
June 29, 2016
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Children’s Art Workshop, by Sarah D’Ambrosio
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
June 28, 2016
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Robert Barnes, "On Narrative vs. Painting"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
June 22, 2016
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Elise Schweitzer, "Centaurs to Skydivers: The Dramatic Delights of Large-Scale Painting"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
June 15, 2016
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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2016 Invitational Benefit Art Auction
Held at Lancaster Galleries, Lancaster, PA
April 10, 2016
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2016 Emerging Artists in Residence at Millersville University
Held at Millersville University, Department of Art and Design
February 29 - March 30, 2016
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MGSoA Capstone Seminar, Three Person Show, Mia Buonaiuto, Sarah D'Ambrosio & Robert Werbicki
Held at Eckert Art Gallery at Millersville University
August 28 - October 11, 2015
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Jennifer Samet, "Slow Art: Looking at Painting in a Culture of Distraction"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 22, 2015
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Annual Student Show, 2015
Thank you for everyone who attended our 3rd Annual student show at the PA Chautauqua’s Hall of Philosophy!
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Stephanie Pierce, "On my work"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 15, 2015
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Mark Lewis, "On His Work: Painting, Drawing, and Collage"
On His Work __ Painting, Drawing, and Collage
July 8, 2015
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Open Studio, First Friday Art Walk
Thank you to everyone who stopped by The Heights Building for the open studio for the class of 2015
July 3, 2015
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Carrie Patterson, "Abstracting Perceptual Experience in the Landscape"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
July 1, 2015
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Catherine Drabkins, "Space, Color, and Feeling"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
June 24, 2015
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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Brian Rego, "Pictorial Space and the Function of Narrative"
Held at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua Hall of Philosophy
June 17, 2015
VIDEO IN PROCESS
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2015 Benefit Invitational, Art Sale & Auction
Held at Lancaster Galleries, Lancaster, PA
April 12, 2015