Past Events

2012

  • Manufactured in Philadelphia: Paintings by Chuck Connelly
    Artist's Reception: December 1, 6-9pm
    Exhibit: December 1-22

    Chuck Connelly received international acclaim for his work almost immediately after his graduation from the Tyler School of Art in 1977. After refining his work for two years in Germany, Connelly became one of the top contemporary artists of his time, exhibiting at the leading galleries in New York, including the Annina Nosei, Serra di Felice, and Lennon, Weinberg, as well as in Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Rome, and Dusseldorf, West Germany.

    His work was highly coveted and was sold into public and private collections across the country and internationally, Connelly himself becoming an icon of the 80’s and 90’s art scene. His rapid rise to fame was followed by a dramatic and controversial downfall, which was documented in the HBO feature “Art of Failure: Chuck Connelly Not For Sale” in 2008. Since then, Chuck has adamantly continued painting, producing volumes of cutting-edge works against the odds. Connelly’s vivid life story and dramatic career are matched only by the pure brilliance of his work as an artist. Regardless of his success or failure in the public eye, Connelly has persistently produced remarkable paintings of the quality that earned him such avid acclaim in the early part of his career.

    The Chestnut Hill Gallery had the honor of exhibiting Connelly’s works in 2011, in a quartet show including the works of Harry Anderson, Ted Victoria, and Hal Hirshorn, curated by Connelly himself. This month, Connelly will return for a solo show featuring a selection of his works from his personal collection. Bold, dramatic, and emotionally charged, Connelly’s selection exposes the artist’s defined talent and experience, as well as his unfailingly innovative style as he moves forward in his painting career.

    Art Factory
    Art Factory

    Still Life
    Still Life on Purple

    Striped Tornado
    Striped Tornado

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  • November, 2012
    Exhibit: The Modern Art Four

    Libby Calamia
    Libby Calamia has exhibited across the country, in New York, Pennsylvania, Utah, Indiana, Maryland, and California, and internationally, including England, France, Spain, Canada, and Colombia. A passionate abstract artist and expert in lithography, Calamia has received numerous awards and nominations for his work, which is collected world wide. "Abstract Art directs the artist to intellectually explore beneath the surface of the subject - which alone creates artwork really worth producing." --Libby Calamia

    Picture


    Debs Bleicher
    Debs Bleicher has been drawing, sketching, and art making since he was five years old. After receiving his teaching certificate in Art Education and a degree in ceramics from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University, he taught in the Philadelphia School District for eight years, while continuing his own artistic education in ceramics, printing, collage, monoprint, and more. Since 2003, he has been taking painting classes and exploring mixed media collage paintings. He describes his method as being "summed up in one word - experiment."

    Bleicher

    Constance Cone
    Constance Cone has been working as an artist since 1973. During the first part of her career, she was a fine art photographer using large format cameras, making platinum and palladium prints (two non-silver processes). In the late 80's, she began working in more traditional media, eventually receiving her MFA in painting and printmaking. Her current work, pastels inspired by landscape, is primarily abstract.

    Cone

    Kitty Caparella
    Kitty Caparella, a well-known gallery artist who last exhibited at the CHG in 2009, describes her current work as an exploration of "lines found in nature that create shapes and cityscapes that become personalities as they are abstracted. With these new shapes, I can find subtlety, grace, and new meanings. Working in encaustic - hot wax and oil-based paints - allows me to gouge into the wax to create deep and light lines, while different colors express various moods in the shapes that are created."

    Caparella

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  • October 6th - 27th
    Exhibit: Arcadia Here Now
    Artist's Reception: October 6th, 6-8pm

    Arcadia: the promise of freedom, innocence.

    "The current works presented are inspired by a course of study begun in recent years, being newly introduced to standing in the unknowing, instructed to become comfortable with that. Supplied with tools, directed toward discovery and heedful to the gravity of life and craft, gratitude became a foundation, authenticity a priority. " - Alfred Ortega
  • June 9th - 30th
    A Summer's Palette
    Artists' Reception: June 16 - 6-8 pm

    Join us in celebrating these four distinguished and prolific artists
    Philip Cohn
    Patrick Casher
    Helene Halstuch
    Beatrice Golden

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  • May 5th-19th
    Tom Steigerwald's Secret Garden: A Season to Remember

    Join us for the reception on Saturday, 5/12 where the appetizers, vino, music and camaraderie will abound. The Liebesfreud String Quartet will perform from 6-7:30. All works on exhibit will be available for purchase.

    The Chestnut Hill Gallery is honored to present the extraordinary botanical works of late Philadelphia artist Tom Steigerwald. Steigerwald (1945-2011), a Philadelphia native, known for his beautiful trompe l'oeil botanical paintings, created his mural-like masterpieces on Masonite, not a square or rectangle canvas, but a series of pieces cut into flowers and leaf forms then painted to give depth, life and movement.

    Steigerwald, a Tyler School of Art Graduate taught drawing and anatomy at both Moore College of Art and Drexel University. His works are widely collected and he has exhibited at the Whitney Museum of Art and the Aldrich Art Museum. He has been featured in many publications including the Philadelphia Inquirer. His larger-than-life works, featuring the flowers and plants he loved, will be on display at the Chestnut Hill Gallery from May 5th through the 26th in a show curated by Gallery Director, Joseph Borrelli and Tom's wife, Patrice Steigerwald.

    Read:  "Tom Steigerwald - Renaissance Man"  a featured story in Ticket in Mongtomery newspapers



    • Tom Steigerwald was known for his large-scale and realistic botanical paintings that bring the flowers he so loved out of the garden and into the gallery. This exhibition, presented by Steigerwald's wife, Patrice, in memory of the great local artist, will feature this stunning works.

     

  • Chestnut Hill Gallery Presents Pop Up!
    A    pril 14th-28th opening reception
    April 21st 6-8 pm

    Featuring Works By:

    John Stango graduated from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia Pennsylvania with a BFA in fine art and graphic design. Currently living and working in Philadelphia, Stango's visually striking works bring a very modern component to the pop-art style of the 1950's.

  • The American Color Print Society presents The Spring Members Exhibition Reception

    Reception: March 10th, 2012 6 - 8 pm
    Exhibit: March 3 - 24

    The Chestnut Hill Gallery is proud to present the Annual American Color Print Society Spring Members Exhibition

    The American Color Print Society was founded in 1939 in Philadelphia, PA. At that time, the typical print was a black and white etching, with very little chance of a color print passing a jury. In 1940, 85 artist members staged the first National Color Print Exhibition at the Philadelphia Print Club, now The Print Center. These artists opened printmaking to color and encouraged experimentations which today has become part of American Art tradition: the use of color in lithography, block printing, etching, intaglio, monotype and computer art; and creativity has been further extended to materials and techniques in multiple combinations.

    The 74th ACPS annual members' exhibition showcases the member artists from a national perspective, as well as the Philadelphia area; exhibited artwork will arrive from all areas of the United States

    The Chestnut Hill Gallery is honored to be hosting the American Color Print Society's Annual Members' Reception once again

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    2011

  • The Chestnut Hill Gallery presents
    Tranquil Dawn: American Realism with Neal Hughes
    November 1st – November 19th
    Artist’s Reception Saturday, November 5h | 6-8 pm

    Coming up in November! Renowned artist Neal Hughes will be displaying a selection of his incredible work here at the Chestnut Hill Gallery. "New Jersey artist Neal Hughes uses his considerable artistic skills as an act of celebration and testament, and he is rewarded with inspiration that helps him make creative decisions that elevate his oil landscapes." - M. Stephen Doherty, Editor-in-Chief, American Artist Magazine.

    Neal Hughes' paintings are rooted in the American realist tradition as defined by artists such as Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins and Andrew Wyeth. With a traditional approach to composition and technique, his work incorporates contemporary design with a classical sensibility. Interested in art from an early age, Neal first started painting when he took art lessons in grade school. He went on to graduate from the Philadelphia College of Art (University of the Arts) and his work is included in numerous private and corporate collections. He has also completed major commissions for the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team and The National Civil War Museum. Neal has won numerous awards, including the Maritime Gallery Yachting Award and an Award of Excellence at the prestigious International Marine Art Exhibition at the Gallery at Mystic Seaport. In addition, he was the grand prize winner of the Utrecht 60th Anniversary Art Competition, winning the top prize out of over 12,000 entries. Mark your calendars for November 5th! See you there!

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