Fig West Chester Fall 2015 | vol 16 - 4
giving back | fall 2015 | figwestchester.com volunteer. donate. give back. Karen Delaney, CCAA Executive Director giving back: k a re n d e l a n e y the chester county art association (located at 100 North Bradford Avenue in West Chester) has been giving back to the community since its establishment in 1931. Founded by renowned painters and illustrators N.C. Wyeth, William Palmer Lear, among others, and art critic Christian Brinton, the CCAA was born to share art with the community. The CCAA is able to serve Chester County and strengthen the community's art conscious through year-round classes, programs, and outreach initiatives for adults and children. This summer alone, more than 600 kids enjoyed a robust tenweek art camp. With forty-five different exhibition opportunities happening this 4 figwestchester.com year, the CCAA is also proud to have regular rotation at places like Starbucks, Bryn Mawr Trust, and Oakland's Corporate Center in Exton-giving their nearly 700 artist members a public presence. This fall, the CCAA has the great privilege to showcase seventeen N.C. Wyeth oil paintings. "Sixteen of the seventeen N.C. Wyeth artworks are illustrations of a compilation of poems. They are beautiful, stunning images and I cannot wait until they come here," says Executive Director Karen Delaney. Wyeth's works will be on public display at the CCAA for a small fee from October 10th to October 18th. The pieces are part of a private collection on loan from The Hill School in Pottstown; and one famous painting, "The Giant," from the Westtown School in Westtown. This exhibit will be the first time they are on public display in West Chester since their creation. "This is a unique and rare and special opportunity for us to honor all of our founders and really just tell the story to the community," Karen says. Some 85 years after its inception, the CCAA is still serving its mission and tradition to be a source of inspiration and creativity to connect artists, students, patrons, and the wider community- through art. Visit chestercountyarts.org to find out about classes, membership, donations, and great events like ClayDays.
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